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Winter 2025-26 Prone Rifle League details

Details of all the Prone Rifle winter leagues may now be found on the Rifle Leagues website https://rifleleagues.co.uk/dsrpa

Anyone can view the results, round end dates, fixtures and divisions. Assuming your club has entered at least one of the competitions, simply enter your club in the search box and then expanding the Dorset entry that pops up below. All the competitions are listed in the ‘League Results’ section.

This guide may be of help

Rifle League Instructions – Viewing ResultsDownload

Prone Rifle summary of results and awards – Summer 2024 & Winter 2024/25

Please find attached the final list of results and awards for all the Prone Rifle Leagues Summer 2024 & Winter 2024-25.

Thanks to all clubs and competitors for your continued support of the prone rifle leagues, and congratulations to all the winning teams and individuals.

Certificates and medals for the Winter 2024-25 season have already been distributed.

Trophies Summer 2024 – Winter 2024-25 Final listDownload

Short Range Championship 2025, Final results

Please find attached the results of the final stage of the 2025 prone rifle short range championship, which was held at Dorchester RC this morning.

Congratulations to Rob Keenan for retaining the title in typically good style, pictured here on the right being presented with the Rose Bowl by Richard Burden, Chairman of Dorchester RC.

Many thanks to the team at Dorchester for hosting the event so professionally, it is much appreciated.

Prone Rifle Short Range Championship 2025 results – FINALDownload

Please find attached the results of stage 1 of the 2025 Dorset Prone Rifle Short Range Championship.

Congratulations to the winners of each class as they are now the Class Champions for 2025.

Congratulations also to the top scoring 1/3rd entrants (6 of 18 + 1 equal score = 7 shooters), who will be invited to a shoulder-to-shoulder final to compete for the overall County Championship bowl.

Prone Rifle Short Range Championship 2025 Stage 1 resultsDownload

Winter 2024-25 J.R.Newman knockout – Final results

Please find attached the results of the Final of the JR Newman name your own start team knockout competition.

Congratulations to the winners, Rob Keenan and Andy Todd of Flight Refuelling, who secured a win by the narrowest of margins and a superb final card from Rob.

Medals will be distributed in due course.

JR Newman 2024-25 Results+Table FINALDownload

Round 2 results

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Round 1 results

Prone Rifle JR Newman Results Winter 2024-25 Round 1Download

Prone Rifle 100yd League Summer 2024 – Final results

Please find attached the final results of the Dorset Prone Rifle 100yd league individual and team competitions, Summer 2024.

Thank you to everyone who took part, and special mention to Mr. Hill of Golden Valley who, in the final round, scored the only ‘poss’ of the season, and thus snatched victory in ‘A’ class by count-back from Messrs. Chillcott & Chasemore.

Medals and certificates will be sent out in due course.

Prone Rifle 100yd Team and Individual Results Summer 2024Download

Prone Rifle Team of 5 Summer 2024 league – FINAL results

Please find attached the final scores and league tables for the summer 2024 team of 5 league. Congratulations to all division winners, and thanks to everyone for taking part. Medals and certificates will be distributed in September.

Averages are also summarised below. (v2 posted 30th August, as v1 was not complete)

Prone Rifle Team of 5 Results Summer 2024 Final resultDownload

League averages

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Prone Rifle Short Range Championship 2024 – Final results

Please find attached the results of the final stage of the 2024 prone rifle short range championship, which was held at Bournemouth RC this morning.

Congratulations to Rob Keenan for winning the title in good style, pictured here being presented with the trophy by Andrew Wilkie.

Many thanks to Andrew Wilkie for doing the scoring, to David Higgs for keeping us all in order as Range Officer and to Bournemouth RC for once again making the Chapel Gate Range available for the county championship.

Results – Final stage

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Arrangements for the final – v2 placings corrected in r2 results

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Stage 2 results – v2, positions corrected

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Stage 1 results

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Prone Rifle Royal Manor team knockout, Winter 2023-24 Final results

Please find attached the results for the final round of the Royal Manor team knockout competition, Winter 2023-24.

Congratulations to the winning team from Wimborne. Medals and certificates will be distributed in due course.

Round 2 (Final)

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Round 1

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Prone Rifle J.R. Newman knockout Winter 2023-24 Final results

Please find attached the Final results for the JR Newman team handicap knockout, winter 2023-24.

Congratulations to the winners, Dorchester A. Commiserations to their opponents, Ringwood B, whose second successive place in the final again won them second place. Medals and certificates will be sent out in due course.

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Round 2

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Round 1

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Prone Rifle Winter 2023-24 leagues – Dates, Divisions etc

Please find below full details of all the Winter 2023-24 prone rifle leagues, including a calendar of deadline dates per round, divisions etc.

Stickers and details were posted to all clubs today, 20/09/2023. Where appropriate, medals from last season were included. Good shooting!

Ammended 7th October 2023: Team of 3 divisions changed to accommodate two additional teams. Now only 5 rounds instead of 6.

Dates

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Team of 5

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Individual

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Team of 3
Ammended 7th October 2023 due to an additional entry

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Championship

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Newman

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Royal Manor

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Prone Rifle Short Range Team of 5 results, Summer 2023 – final round

Please find below the latest results for the Dorset Prone Rifle, Team of 5 League, Summer 2023 to final round.

Congratulations to all division winners and to Mike Frizzle for the highest individual average (99.0). Medals will be distributed in due course.

Averages and new league averages are also published below.

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Averages

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Prone Rifle Trophies & Awards Summer 2022 – Winter 2022-2023

Please find attached the final listing of all the awards and trophies for all competitions held in the Summer 2022 and Winter 2022-2023 seasons.

Congratulations to all the winners of Team and Individual medals and trophies. Medals and certificates for the Winter season have been distributed through the club league contacts.

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Prone Rifle Short Range Championship 2023 – Final results

Please find attached the results of the shoulder-to-shoulder final of the 2023 Short range Championship, which was held today at the Chapel Gate Range, Bournemouth. Congratulations to all medal winners and to David Chick for retaining the Championship.

Sincere thanks also go to Andrew Wilkie and Richard Chewter (Chairman and Secretary of Bournemouth RC) for hosting the shoot once again at the lovely Chapel Gate range, and for their stirling work as official scorers. Thanks also to Gordon Deakin for acting as Range Officer for the whole event.

Andrew & Richard applying the gauge
M. Sinclair – Bronze medal
A. Every – Silver medal
D. Chick – Gold medal and Championship Bowl

FINAL scores and results

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Arrangements for the shoulder-to-shoulder Final can be found here.

Stage 2 scores and results

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Stage 1 scores and results

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Winter 2022-23 JWR Newman Knockout Results and Table – Final

Please find attached the scores and knockout table for the 2022-23 JWR Newman pairs handicap knockout competition, after the final round.

Congratulations to the winners, Ringwood ‘A’ (D. Chick & N. Rich). Medals and certificates will be diestributed in due course.

Final round

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Round 3

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Round 2

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Round 1 eliminator

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Notice of AGM – 26th May 2023

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the 113th year of the Dorset Small-Bore Rifle and Pistol Association will be held in the Hawker Pavilion, Bryanston School Blandford, on Friday 26th May 2023, commencing at 7.30pm. The A.G.M. will be followed by Light Refreshments.

It has been decided that rather than hold a prize giving, we should take the opportunity of collecting in all the trophies and carry out an audit on them to establish if any are missing. To this end I am at attaching the list of prize recipients at the last AGM. If your club or any of your members hold any trophies, could they be returned before or at the meeting. Trophies can be returned before the meeting to me at Whiteoaks, Colehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7AN

Finally, my thanks go to Alex Every who is going to provide the catering. However so that we aim to provide the right amount of food, can you please let me know approximately how many of your members will be attending BY FRIDAY 12 MAY.

Alan Motson, Secretary, dsbrpa.sec@gmail.com

Agenda

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Minutes of last meeting

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Dorset Firearms Licensing – diary of an FAC renewal application

It may be of interest to other Dorset FAC holders to see the progress of this writer’s application for renewal of his FAC, which expires in September 2022.

13th May 2022 – FAC renewal reminder letter received from Dorset Police, about 4 months in advance of the expiry date. Very helpful, thanks.

15th May 2022 – On-line application form submitted. The on-line form was well structured and easy to complete – but be aware that you cannot save it and come back to it another time. Take note of the list of things they say you need and have them available before starting!

16th May 2022 – GP letter pro-forma (downloaded from the police website) taken to local GP surgery. £20 Fee paid. The surgery has clearly had such requests before, and took it in their stride.

20th May 2022 – Completed form collected from GP surgery. A scanned copy then e-mailed to the Firearms Licensing dept.

21st May 2022 – The attached standard letter was received. It illustrates the current scale of the delays that the Firearms Licensing dept have in processing applications. On the positive side, at least they are being up-front about it and are managing expections.

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Now we wait…. nothing more expected for 2-3 months at the earliest.

26th July 2022 – Almost exactly 2 months after the application was submitted, the below letter was received. It states that the FAC will not be renewed by it’s expiry date, and confirming that it has been extended by 2 months. Fair enough! Let’s see whether it is actually renewed before the extended expiry date.

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27th October 2022 – Five and a half months in, and today a temporary permit was received. It is valid for a further 6 months, which takes us nicely to the (1st) anniversary of the application.
As a temporary permit, it only covers the rifles already held and does not allow the acquisition of any new ones. Not a problem, as it happens.

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11th January 2023 – visit from a very friendly and helpful officer, who was most apologetic for the state of firearms licensing in Dorset. After all the usual questions, and several corrections to the police records, a positive outcome was assured.

1st February 2023 – Eight and a half months after submitting the renewal, a shiny new FAC appeared, correct in every detail. Not sure I’d trust the bloke in the photo though – looks pretty sinister to me.

2022 events

The Association is currently trying to arrange two events for 2022:

  • CANCELLED
    The planned open meeting, to be held at Piddlehinton on Sunday October 2nd., has been CANCELLED. This is due to a lack of availability of organisers for the event.
  • The 2022 AGM and prize-giving, to be held in October or November

Further details will be announced as they become available

Summer 2022 prone rifle 50m/yd Individual league results – final

Please find attached the final results for the Dorset Prone Rifle 50m/yd Individual league, Summer 2022.

Congratulations to all division winners, medals and certificates will be distributed in the Autumn. Thanks to everyone for taking part, and thanks to all the local scorers for (mostly) submitting the scores on time! Next Summer, the team competition will be teams of 3 instead of teams of 5, and so hopefully we will be able to run that league as well.

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Dorset Firearms Licensing – Have your say!

We have all either heard the horror stories, or have direct experience of the problems that the shooting community have been experiencing with Dorset Firearms Licensing. Now, those of us who have been in contact with the licensing service all have a chance to have our say – but act quickly as responses must be submitted by Wednesday 1st June

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FIREARMLICENCE

As your Police and Crime Commissioner I am constantly seeking ways in which to improve the service that the residents and communities of Dorset receive and as service users,  I would very much like to have your feedback and opinion of the Dorset firearms licensing service.

David Sidwick
Police and Crime Commissioner

Dorset Police firearms licensing 
– have your say – BASC is calling on all Dorset residents and business owners that use the county’s firearms licensing service to respond to a new survey. Commissioned by the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) David Sidwick, with assistance from BASC’s firearms team, the survey seeks to find ways to improve the service that residents and communities of Dorset receive. The PCC’s openness to feedback on the current licensing service is a fantastic opportunity for the local shooting community to express their views. Click here to complete the survey Please fill in the survey by midday on Wednesday 1 June.

2022 Prone Rifle Short Range Championship – Final results

The shoulder-to-shoulder final of the 2022 Short Range Championship was held today at Bournemouth RC, Chapel Gate range. The results are available below.

Congratulations to all who qualified and were able to take part, and to the three medal winners: Dave Chick (Ringwood), R. Keenan (Flight Refuelling) and M. Frizzle (Witchampton).

Sincere thanks to Bournemouth Rifle Club for once again hosting this event, to Peter Collins for scoring, Andrew Wilkie for running the range and Richard Chewter for keeping us all in order. Thanks also to Nick Ireland for helping to get the trophy available for the event.

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Peter Collins presents the Rose Bowl trophy to Dave Chick

Prone Rifle Trophies & Awards Summer 2021 – Winter 2021-2022

Please find attached the final listing of all the awards and trophies for all competitions held in the Summer 2021 and Winter 2021-2022 seasons.

Congratulations to all the winners of Team and Individual medals and trophies. Medals and certificates for the winter season are being distributed through the club league contacts. Trophies will take some time to locate and engrave before being re-presented to their new winners.

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Summer 2022 – Rifle League details (dates, divisions etc)

Please find below the details of all rifle leagues being run in the Summer 2022 season. Details include due dates and opponents per round, division members and averages.

Please note that all of the usual Summer competitions are being run, except for the 50m/yd team of 5, which did not attract sufficient entries. It is understood that many clubs have difficulty to assemble a team of 5 for long range competitions. For this reason, starting in the Summer 2023 season, this competition will be changed to a team of 3 in the hope that this will allow more teams to be entered.

25 Yard Team of 5

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25 yard Pairs

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50yd/m Individual

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100yd Individual & Team of 3

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Prone Rifle JWR Newman 2021-22 Final Results

The Final round of the JWR Newman knockout competition is now complete, and the scores and knockout table are in the attached document.

The Final saw the Flight Refuelling pair of Messrs Gardner & Keenan pulling a 400 ex 400 out of the bag to take the trophy from Messrs Budden & Kinder of Wimborne.

Congratulations to Messrs Gardner & Keenan on a fine win. Medals will be distributed in due course.

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2022 Prone Rifle Short Range Championship – Stage 2 results

The results of stage 2 of the 2022 Dorset Short Range Chamionships are available below.

Congratulations to all the Class winners, and to the 11 shooters who have qualified for the Final. Medals will be distributed in due course.

The Final will be held at the Chapel Gate range on Saturday morning, 21st May 2022, as per the attached notice.

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Prone Rifle Royal Manor 2021-22 Final results

The final round of the Royal Manor name your own start team competition is now complete. The scores and knockout table are in the attached file.

The Witchampton & Flight Refuelling teams were very, very closely matched and scores were tied after applying both the standard gauge and the first oversized gauge. Only after applying the second oversized gauge did a winner emerge.

Congratulations to the eventual winners, Flight Refuelling. The Royal Manor Trophy, 4 gold medals and certificate will be awarded in due course.

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2022 Prone Rifle Short Range Championship – Stage 1 results

The results of stage 1 of the 2022 Dorset Short Range Chamionships are available below.

Congratulations to all the shooters who qualified for stage 2. Stickers for stage 2 cards will be sent out the clubs in the next few days.

Updated 23/01/2022 – Incorrect ‘Veteran’ classifications corrected (highlighted in Yellow)

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Toddy Winton – A Brief Tribute

Toddy sadly passed away on 13th December 2019. 

An active shooter for many years, often competing in the past at Bisley meetings; from April 1985 onwards, he took on the role of Secretary to the County Association, and he became the heart and soul of small-bore shooting in Dorset. His contribution to the sport has been immense, and in his own inimitable way he has organised and run so much and so many of the activities we have enjoyed.

In addition to fulfilling the formal role of Secretary, completing affiliation forms with the NSRA and generally attending to the necessary administrative tasks, he has organised many of the County’s league and individual competitions – summer and winter – teams of 3 and teams of 5 – 50 and 100 yards in the summer – and has been instrumental in encouraging entries from teams outside of Dorset to swell the competitions. He also arranged three outdoor shoots each year at Piddlehinton, dealing with entries, often doing much of the scoring and the posting of results.

Each year he organised the Annual General Meeting and Prize-giving, gently and tactfully keeping Chairmen in their place but on the right tracks. He has kept us in touch with changes in rules and regulations pertaining to the sport, most recently of course having to deal with all the GDPR requirements.

In addition to his County responsibilities he also acted as Secretary to Witchampton Rifle Club, of which he was a long-standing member. There, and in many other places, he will be remembered with fondness for his sheer humanity, and also for the way in which he would happily give time to helping and encouraging everyone, particularly those new to the sport.

It should be remembered that behind every great man there is an even greater woman!! Paula has been a tremendous support to Toddy over the years,  sorting out refreshments at Piddlehinton, organising until recently the “spread” we had at the AGM, and no doubt being prepared to put up with all the time he devoted to his beloved sport.

In the last couple of months we were able to arrange a long service award from the NSRA, and Toddy received this at the final dinner he attended with his friends of the “Saturday Night Club” – all those who were involved each time in setting up the range for the meetings at Piddlehinton.

Toddy will be missed greatly by the whole shooting fraternity, in Dorset and beyond.

Tony Coulson Alan Motson
Chairman Secretary

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Bisley success for Dorset shooters

Rob Keenan

Congratulations to Rob on winning the Class Aggregate for the Codrington Memorial Challenge Trophy at the recent NSRA Bisley Meeting. Robs score of 2702 which would have placed him 11th in Class X. He also won the following medals and trophies on the way.

  • Competition 1, 40 shots at 50 Mtr 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
  • Competition 2, 40 shots at 100 yard 1st place (the Sir Power Palmer Challenge Cup and Gold Medal)
  • Competition 3, 40 shots at 100 yard 1st place (the Senior Service Challenge Trophy and Gold Medal)
  • Competition 4, 40 shots at 50 Mtr 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
  • Competition 6, 40 shots at 100 yard 2nd place (Silver Medal)
  • At the weekend Rob was 2nd in Competition 9, 20 shots at 50 Mtr plus 20 shots at 100 yard.
  • 3rd in Competition 10a, 40 shots at 50 yard, and 3rd in the overall aggregate of 40 shots at 50 Mtr and 40 shots at 100 yard.
  • Rob was equal first in the Life and annual members competition with 392 ex 400, 6th in the Champions of Champions with a score of 614.20 and a very creditable 9th in the Earl Roberts with a score of 766. He had one bad diagram at 100 yard which if it had been similar to his others would have placed him 3rd or 4th.
  • Rob also shot for the victorious England team in the Home International.

Tony Coulson

We should also congratulate Tony for coming 3rd in his Class in Competition 1 and 3rd in the Veterans.

In all a very successful week for our two Dorset shooters, so why not join them next year? you never know you may enjoy it and without support the meeting will not survive.
A full set of results are available on the NSRA web site.