Ulster Winter League 2008/9

Sparks

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The Ulster Counties (East) Smallbore Shooting Association
(Formerly: THE ULSTER SMALL-BORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION, established 1910)
(N.S.R.A. Affiliation No. 1943)
RIFLE WINTER LEAGUES 2008/9

Dear Secretary/Club Captain
Entries are invited for the following Short Range and 50 Metre .22 Rifle Winter League Competitions:-

INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE:- Ten shooters per division, arranged by average.

ENTRY FEE:- £5-00 per individual, Juniors & Veterans £3-00 each.

NOTE:- Juniors - under 18 ; Veterans - over 60. on 1st November 2008

A Junior Championship will be run concurrently with the Individual Leagues, (subject to sufficient entries).

Please ensure Juniors are clearly marked on your entry form.

TEAM LEAGUE (Short Range only):- Teams of 3, six teams per division, run concurrently with the Individual Leagues. ENTRY FEE:- £6-00 per team

GENERAL RULES:- NSRA postal rules will apply except where otherwise stated, and cards may be shot in advance without restriction. Cards received by the scorer after the due date will not be scored.

Teams:- Teams will consist of three members, but where a team member is unable to shoot his/her card due to illness, etc., they may be substituted by a shooter of equal or lower average. Clubs may enter more than one team.

COURSE OF FIRE (Short Range):- Ten rounds with ten shots per round at 15, 20 or 25 Yards. Individual and Team cards will be shot concurrently.

COURSE OF FIRE (50 metres):- Ten rounds with twenty shots per round at 50 metres.

EXTENSIONS:- AS CARDS MAY BE SHOT IN ADVANCE WITHOUT RESTRICTION. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.

TARGETS:- 1989 Series. Please tick the type of target your Club will be using on the entry form.

Electronic or Gehmann Boxes, (providing they have been passed for postal competitions by the NSRA or your own Governing Association), may also be used.

NOTE:- ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CLOSING DATE OF WEDNESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2008.

NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED.

POSTAL ENTRIES MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE ENTRY FEE.

E-MAIL ENTRY FEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO UC(E)SSA.

Postal Entries & Entry Fees to: Mr J. Spooner, 36 Killeaton Gardens, Dunmurry, BELFAST, BT17 9HF
Tel: 028 9061 9187
e-mail entries to: jspooner@madasafish.com

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES - WEDNESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2008

Thank you for your continued support

I've attached the entry forms and last year's averages. This is the closest we have to an all-island postal match, so the more entries the merrier...

IRLConor

Sparks wrote: »

I've attached the entry forms and last year's averages. This is the closest we have to an all-island postal match, so the more entries the merrier...

Definitely, short of travelling to Bisley it's probably the most shooters you'll get to compete against anywhere near here.

Since it's broken up into divisions (23 last year for 25yd and 5 for 50m) there's scope for people of all abilities. The winner of Division 1 last year had an average of 99.1 and the winner of Division 23 had an average of 90.8.

The only catch is the lack of ranges for the 25yd competition. There's DURC and RRPC and DURC can't let in non-members.

50m as well

It wasn't me!

Hmm, might enter the lowest division of this. Should be fun.

rrpc

You get allocated a division according to your certified average. You can't just pick one.

Conor, I think we'll all be in Division 5 this year looking at the averages.

IRLConor

You just tell them your average and the organisers place you in an appropriate division.

rrpc

rrpc wrote: »

Conor, I think we'll all be in Division 5 this year looking at the averages.

Can't enter it next year

rrpc

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Can't enter it next year

Why not Zara? it's a postal league you can shoot it anywhere.

Would need to take a mortgage to cover the cost of posting!

Sparks

Can you not find a local club that the UCESSA will accept as a scorer? That way you don't have to post to N.I., same as shooters down here don't have to anymore. You post to your local scorer (or just shoot the match in the local club and leave the cards in), they score and email the scores back. Hell, every NSRA club in the UK does things that way...

IRLConor

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Would need to take a mortgage to cover the cost of posting!

Presuming that your cards fit inside the dimensions 353mm x 250mm x 25mm and weigh less than 750g (they should) then 1st class post will cost you 52p from the UK.

rrpc

I think you have to trim the cards to the trim lines to fit them in an A4/foolscap envelope, but since you can shoot the rounds in advance, you could just choose to post twice (five rounds at a time).

There are a good few UK and IOM clubs shoot in the winter league, so you could do as Sparks says and get a scorer closer to you. On the other hand there's no difference in postage costs to NI then there is to the rest of the UK, so it's pretty irrelevant really.

Will look into it - though it will feel weird not shooting for DURC!

Sparks

Ah go on ye big jessie ye
Besides, you know how it's a lot harder in this sport to come back from cold than from even a much reduced rate while you're away. Get out of the habit and there's always something that keeps you from returning. Trust me

IRLConor

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Will look into it - though it will feel weird not shooting for DURC!

Nothing stopping you entering as a DURC competitor. Who says you have to shoot for the club you're in over in the UK?

Sparks

Well, other than the UK club themselves who might think ill of it I suppose...

IRLConor

IRLConor wrote: »

Nothing stopping you entering as a DURC competitor. Who says you have to shoot for the club you're in over in the UK?

Like hell I am paying that graduate fee!!

Might have to lower my average though - don't want to be in a division I can't get some silverware! (I joke)

rrpc

You could alway shoot for Rathdrum

Thats what I was planning

Sparks

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Like hell I am paying that graduate fee!

I thought you had to pay the graduate fee to use club facilities, not to shoot on behalf of the club in a match...

Sparks

Sparks wrote: »

I thought you had to pay the graduate fee to use club facilities, not to shoot on behalf of the club in a match...

You can't be a member of the club without the grad fees, and I can't shoot for DURC if I am not a member.

I am an 'honorary' member of Aberdeen (as I shot for them once) but that was a once off and probably won't work again!

Sparks

Nothing in the rules that I recall about honorary members of DURC - hell, our president (when it was Terry) certainly never joined up...
The rules are about people who shoot in DURC, as in on it's range with it's kit. Those we can't get around. People shooting in a match while in the UK under our name, I'm pretty sure that's not actually covered...

Hmmm.. can I shoot for both DURC and RRPC?

Sparks

I think that one is down to the UCESSA

rrpc

Actually the decision will be down to where you submit the cards. Remember that each club is given a scorer and the targets for the club are to be sent there.

In Rathdrum's case last year, because we were emailing 'cards' we had a specific scorer who only dealt with ours. There's nothing to say he couldn't be posted the cards, but you couldn't send cards to two scorers. :eek:

I'll prob shoot for RRPC* - unless DURC me a better offer!


*I want to get some value for money out of that hefty membership fee!

rrpc

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I'll prob shoot for RRPC* - unless DURC me a better offer!


*I want to get some value for money out of that hefty membership fee!

We're all about value for money

Let me know and I'll put you on the entry form. Want to shoot team as well?

rrpc

rrpc wrote: »

We're all about value for money

Let me know and I'll put you on the entry form. Want to shoot team as well?

Yeah, put me down for the team as well. You can see my average* on the score sheet Sparks attached.

Cheers!



*Past performance is not an guarantee of future performance.