National Rifle Association Journal Summer 2011 Volume XC Number 2 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Contents JOURNAL 2 Notes from the Secretary General SUMMER 2011 5 Shooting Matters – Competitions VOLUME XC NUMBER 2 8 Notes from the Managing Director of NSC Published three times a year by the 9 Shooting Matters – Range Operations National Rifle Association 10 Notes from the Director of Training Bisley, National Shooting Centre 12 Shooting Discipline Matters Brookwood, Surrey GU24 0PB 17 Aunts and Uncles Telephone: 01483 797777 18 Bisley Live 0845 1307620 (local rate) 19 Forthcoming Tours Fax: 01483 797285 20 Miniature Cannons Range Office: 01483 797777 ext 152 22 Phoenix Meeting Clay Range Office: 01483 797666 25 Ibis Open E-mail:
[email protected] 26 T Rex - Awake at Last! Website: http://www.nra.org.uk 27 And you thought Shooting Sports have a Bad Time 28 Talking with John Webster Chairman: Robin Pizer 29 Great Britain Under 19 Team to South Africa Secretary General: Glynn Alger 34 NRA Team to the Channel Islands 2010 Membership Secretary: Heather Webb 39 British Shooting Sports Council Managing Director NSC: Jeremy Staples MRICS 42 Sporting Rifle Financial Manager: Graham Gold FCCA Editor: Karen Robertson 46 London and Middlesex in West Indies – Again! Editorial Advisory Panel: 48 150 Years of the Ashburton Shield Glynn Alger, David Cooper, Tim Elliott, 49 Long Range Shooting with the .22" Long Rifle Colin Judge, Tony de Launay, Steve McDowell, Cartridge Ted Molyneux, David Pollard 51 Obituaries 55 Letters Advertising: 56 Trade Members Print-Rite, 31 Parklands, Freeland, Nr Witney, Oxon OX29 8HX Tel/Fax: 01993 881662 Advertisers index Material for inclusion in the Journal should be sent to: 13 A1 Hearing Karen Robertson ifc Bisley Live National RifleAssociation 50 Bisley Pavilion Bisley, National Shooting Centre 41 Centra Brookwood, Surrey GU24 0PB 11 Norman Clark Telephone: 01483 797777 ext 146 35 Diverse Trading Company E-mail:
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