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Portsmouth City Rifle Club is an indoor smallbore rifle club based in the heart of Portsmouth, Hampshire. This blog provides news on our events, competition results and our continuing project to archive the history of the club, which was established in 1907.
Friday, 5 June 2015
The Newmarket Results
A couple of months ago several members of PCRC took part in a short 4-card postal competition run by our friends up at Cambridgeshire Target Shooting Association, Fred & Sandra Haskett.
Here's how the Portsmouth City shooters did in the 2015 Newmarket Competition:
Gordon Scruton (2nd place, B Class)
Jonny Rowe (2nd place, C Class)
Lauren Haskett (3rd place, Ladies C/D/E)
Gordon Scruton & Ian Cooper (2nd place, A/B Pairs)
Jonny Rowe & Phil Upchurch (3rd place, C/D/E Pairs)
Well done to everyone who took part. We'll be back next year.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Come down to the range for a game of Tennis!
The above topic line might have you confused (tennis in a shooting range?). Those of you who are not new to shooting may well know this game by another name, but I know it as 'Tennis' and it's a great way to keep practice a little more fun and competitive.
Here's how it works:
You need two shooters (A & B), one target, and one umpire.
Both shooters are given time to sight themselves in. After this, a numbering of the 10 targets is agreed. For example:
By virtue of a coin toss, A goes first.
The umpire randomly selects a target and calls out its number.
A shoots that target first, then B shoots the same target.
The umpire sees who has gotten closer to the bull and declares the winner of that target.
The umpire selects another target.
B now shoots first, followed by A.
The umpire declares the winner of that target.
This continues until all 10 targets are shot.
Shooters get 2 points per target won, 1 point for a drawn target and 0 points for a lost one.
Here's how it benefits your shooting:
It's easy to get stuck in a downward spiral and stop trying if you know the card is going to be a bad one. This is a bad thing as what's important to remember is that a lot of this sport and some of its competitions are won or lost based on average - so for the sake of your overall average it's still worth making every shot count (even if it's a bad card overall).
Tennis is a great way to get into the habit of focusing on your current shot, not the one you've just taken or the one that comes next. It's 10 one-shot games and once you've done one target you move on and focus on the next target.
Umpire-less Tennis
It is possible to play a game of tennis without an umpire. Providing both shooters have a spotting scope to see where their shots go, A selects the target, B shoots first followed by A. This alternates from shot to shot until the card is finished.
Range Etiquette
The rules on most ranges are that you must be quiet on the firing point and not do anything that might distract a fellow shooter. This being the case, Tennis can really only be played if the two competitors have the detail to themselves (or providing any other shooters on the same detail are comfortable with the talking required during a tennis match, but this is quite unlikely).
Here's how it works:
You need two shooters (A & B), one target, and one umpire.
Both shooters are given time to sight themselves in. After this, a numbering of the 10 targets is agreed. For example:
By virtue of a coin toss, A goes first.
The umpire randomly selects a target and calls out its number.
A shoots that target first, then B shoots the same target.
The umpire sees who has gotten closer to the bull and declares the winner of that target.
The umpire selects another target.
B now shoots first, followed by A.
The umpire declares the winner of that target.
This continues until all 10 targets are shot.
Shooters get 2 points per target won, 1 point for a drawn target and 0 points for a lost one.
Here's how it benefits your shooting:
It's easy to get stuck in a downward spiral and stop trying if you know the card is going to be a bad one. This is a bad thing as what's important to remember is that a lot of this sport and some of its competitions are won or lost based on average - so for the sake of your overall average it's still worth making every shot count (even if it's a bad card overall).
Tennis is a great way to get into the habit of focusing on your current shot, not the one you've just taken or the one that comes next. It's 10 one-shot games and once you've done one target you move on and focus on the next target.
Umpire-less Tennis
It is possible to play a game of tennis without an umpire. Providing both shooters have a spotting scope to see where their shots go, A selects the target, B shoots first followed by A. This alternates from shot to shot until the card is finished.
Range Etiquette
The rules on most ranges are that you must be quiet on the firing point and not do anything that might distract a fellow shooter. This being the case, Tennis can really only be played if the two competitors have the detail to themselves (or providing any other shooters on the same detail are comfortable with the talking required during a tennis match, but this is quite unlikely).
Monday, 1 June 2015
Havant Outdoor Double Dewar
This Sunday saw Havant host their annual Double Dewar competition. A double dewar is two cards at 50m and two more at 100 yds - 80 competition shots in all. I'm pleased to say that Mrs Marian Nevatte achieved 3rd Place in B Class.
Well done, Marian!
Well done, Marian!
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Friday, 22 May 2015
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Thursday, 21 May 2015
How much shooting does PCRC do over the summer?
The summer postal competitions are now well and truly under way. So how much shooting does Portsmouth City Rifle Club do over the summer?
(2 teams of 4, 10 cards each) (80 cards)
(8 individuals, 9 cards each) (72 cards)
(15 individuals, 9 cards each) (135 cards)
(3 individuals, 10 cards each) (30 cards)
317 cards = 3,170 competition shots.
So the answer is a lot! But we still expect that our coming winter season numbers will easily exceed this. Watch this space. ;-)
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Fareham vs Portsmouth City (The Arthur Lee Local Final)
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This competition was teams of 6, shooting 2 cards each. Unlike a few of our other competitions, every team member's scores counted. Here's how it went:
Fareham - 1158
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So a close match but unfortunately Portsmouth City will not go on to represent Portsmouth & District this year against Southampton. Well done to Fareham and we wish them good luck in the final.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
Sighting
With so many beginners, I thought it would be a good idea to go through the basics of sighting a 0.22 rifle at 25 yards. To that end, I've put together this video which looks at a general approach to sighting:
Depending on whether you are shooting with a bolt-action rifle or a BSA Martini, you'll also want to take a look at one of these videos which shows exactly how the sighting wheels need to be used:
Depending on whether you are shooting with a bolt-action rifle or a BSA Martini, you'll also want to take a look at one of these videos which shows exactly how the sighting wheels need to be used:
Thursday, 30 April 2015
The Duttson Cup final comes down to graduated gauging... against Sarisbury... again!
On Tuesday, members of the Portsmouth City squad took part in the semi-final and final of the Duttson Cup. This particular cup dates back to 1936, when it was donated by William Noel Duttson, the then-president of Portsmouth & District Rifle League (and also director of Portsmouth Brewery on Admiralty Road).
This brought about the same final as we had last year: Portsmouth vs Sarisbury. Last year it came down to graduated gauges; this is where the two teams' scores using standard gauges come out as the same - graduated gauges put the shots under a harsher spotlight and tell us who came closer to centre.
Portsmouth were the victors last year but would it be the case this year too?
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So, as with the Portsmouth & District shoulder-to-shoulder league this year, Portsmouth had to settle for second place to Sarisbury. Well done, Sarisbury.
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| William Noel Duttson (1935) |
This year it was Fareham, Portsmouth Railway, Sarisbury and Portsmouth City through to the semi-finals and, as always, we had both the semis and the final on the same evening and all on a neutral range, the Tipner indoor range, kindly provided by the HMS Excellent Rifle Club. By virtue of drawing names from a bag, PCRC first faced Portsmouth Railway.
Here's how the semi-finals went:
Portsmouth City - 389
I. Cooper (99)
A. Nevatte (99)
M. Nevatte (97)
G. Scruton (94)
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Fareham - 384
P. Randall (96)
T. Read (97)
D. Shepperd (95)
D. Spendlove (96)
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This brought about the same final as we had last year: Portsmouth vs Sarisbury. Last year it came down to graduated gauges; this is where the two teams' scores using standard gauges come out as the same - graduated gauges put the shots under a harsher spotlight and tell us who came closer to centre.
Portsmouth were the victors last year but would it be the case this year too?
Portsmouth City - 390
(.25G score - 384)
I. Cooper (97) (96)
A. Nevatte (99) (96)
M. Nevatte (97) (95)
G. Scruton (97) (97)
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(.25G score - 389) |
So, as with the Portsmouth & District shoulder-to-shoulder league this year, Portsmouth had to settle for second place to Sarisbury. Well done, Sarisbury.
The Duttson Cup has taken pride of place on our trophy shelves in the last few years and we'll be sorry to see it leave us... but we'll get it back next year!
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| Current 1946 Duttson Cup Trophy replacing the 1936 trophy presumed lost during the war |
Overall Portsmouth City hasn't done too badly in this competition, in fact we were the first ever winners of it!
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| Inaugural Winners of the Duttson Cup (1936). The captain, H. E. G. Abrams is sitting; standing left to right is L. G. German, H. V. Young, and E. S. German. |
1936 - Portsmouth City
1937 - HMS Victory
1938 - HMS Excellent
Suspended during World War II (1939-1945)
1946 - Portsmouth City Police
1947 - Civil Defence
1949 - Portsmouth City
1950 - Portsmouth City
1951 - Havant
1952 - Portsmouth City
1953 - Portsmouth City
1954 - Portsmouth City
1955 - Portsmouth City
1956 - Portsmouth City
1957 - Portsmouth City
1958 - Portsmouth North End
No Competition (1959)
1960 - Portsmouth City "B"
1961 - Portsmouth City
1962 - Royal Marines "B"
1963 - HMS Collingwood
1964 - Portsmouth City
1965 - Portsmouth City
1966 - Portsmouth City
1967 - Portsmouth City
1968 - Portsmouth City
1969 - Royal Marines
1970 - Fareham
1971 - HMS Excellent
1972 - Havant
1973 - Havant
1974 - Havant
1975 - HMS Excellent
1976 - Havant
1977 - Havant
1978 - Havant
1979 - Havant
1980 - Havant
1981 - HMS Nelson
1982 - HMS Nelson
1983 - HMS Nelson
1984 - HMS Nelson
1985 - HMS Nelson
1986 - HMS Nelson
1987 - HMS Nelson
No Competition (1988-1991)
1992 - Portsmouth City
1993 - Portsmouth City
1994 - HMS Excellent
1995 - HMS Nelson
1996 - Chichester
1997 - Sarisbury
No Competition (1998)
1999 - Havant
2000 - Sarisbury
2001 - HMS Excellent
2002 - Portsmouth Railway
2003 - Havant
2004 - HMS Excellent
2005 - Sarisbury
2006 - Havant
2007 - Sarisbury
2008 - Havant
2009 - Havant
2010 - Havant
2011 - Sarisbury
2012 - Portsmouth City
2013 - Portsmouth City
2014 - Portsmouth City
2015 - Sarisbury
For those of your keeping a tally, PCRC (21 wins), Havant (15), HMS Nelson (8), HMS Excellent (6), Sarisbury (6), Royal Marines (2), Chichester (1), Civil Defence (1), Fareham (1), HMS Victory (1), HMS Collingwood (1), North End (1), Police (1)
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