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Bisley National Meeting Roundup

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This article is a work in progress as results and photographs are collected.

Congratulations to all the Welsh competitors shooting at Bisley this year. Full results are available on the NSRA website.

Eley Postal Final

In the Eley Final, Adam Gabrys of Torfaen Rifle Club won the D-Class Final with a score of 378. A very steady shoot of 189 at each distance put him two points ahead of runner-up F. Grantham.

Aggregates

In the Grand aggregate, David George of Tondu won B-Class, earning promotion to A for next year. In the Weekend Aggregate, Chloe John-Driscoll of Penrhiwpal placed fourth in C-Class on her first appearance at the National Meeting, just one point from the medals.

Home Countries Match

The Men’s Team of 5 and the Mixed Team of 10 finished third behind England and Wales. The Women’s Team of 5 was second behind England. Sian Corish of Tondu had the highest individual score and won the Target Dragon and became the first recipient of the Mark Parry Memorial Badge for highest individual score in the Welsh Team.

A smiling group of people pose for a team photograph on an outdoor shooting range. They are dressed in red and white team colours and hold a Welsh flag bearing a red dragon on a field of white and green.
photo: Eleanor Shorey – theshorey.com
A smiling group of people pose for a team photograph on an outdoor shooting range. They are dressed in red and white team colours and hold a Welsh flag bearing a red dragon on a field of white and green.
photo: Eleanor Shorey – theshorey.com
A smiling group of people pose for a team photograph on an outdoor shooting range. They are dressed in red and white team colours and hold a Welsh flag bearing a red dragon on a field of white and green.
photo: Eleanor Shorey – theshorey.com

Roberts Final

Two Welsh competitors made it to the Roberts Final this year – Sian Corish and David George. David qualified from B-Class and shot the Roberts and “Bobs” Finals concurrently (the Bobs being a final for B-, C- and D-Class competitors), finishing 18th in the Roberts Final, and third in the Bobs. Sian was part of a three-way tie in the Roberts Final, the first in over thirty years. Level with Richard Wilson and James Paterson, this tie saw England, Scotland and Wales equally represented.

Tying on a score of 780 over four cards, they took to the range to shoot a third card at 100yards, Richard Wilson of the Isle of Wight prevailed with 192, becoming British Prone Champion for the second time (his first Roberts win was in 2016). James Paterson came second on 189 and Sian finished third with a 188.

A smiling woman stands in front of a score board. She wears a specialist red and green shooting jacket and is holding a silver target rifle bearing the name of Grunig + Elmiger. A grassy outdoor range is visible behind her beyond the covered firing point.

Sian takes top score in Inter-Regional Match

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Congratulations to Sian Corish, who logged the top individual score in the Inter-Regional Match on Friday with a 592/600 on a difficult Century Range.

The Inter-Regional is an event for teams of three representing regional shooting squads. Each competitor fires an English match – 60 shots prone. Due to the lack of electronic targets currently available at Bisley, the match was held on paper on Century Range. The team match was won by Eastern A who scored 1739/1800. Wales (A) placed 11th with 1709 and Wales (B) finished 14th with 1700.

Full Results

Inter-Regional-2026

Chloe sets new PBs at Junior International

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Congratulations to Chloe John-Driscoll, who set a new prone rifle personal best of 573 last week during the Junior International meeting in Surrey. Based at the Lord Roberts Centre on Bisley Camp, the prone events took place at nearby Worplesdon Target Shooting Club.

In the air events, Chloe took bronze in the Junior Women’s 10m Air Rifle with 603.5, closely behind Kirsty Scott and Fraya Allen of Scotland.

Sian Corish takes British 3P title

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Sian Corish became British Three-Position Rifle Champion on Sunday at the NSRA British 50Metre Championships. Alun Evans took Bronze. Held at Tondu TSC with the support of Welsh Shooting, the match was well attended by participants from across the UK.

Alun and Sian qualified for the 8-person final in third and fifth respectively. Aidan Healy led qualification, but slipped to finish eighth in the final.

Sian also finished sixth in the Open Prone Rifle event.

Tough conditions at Welsh 50Metre 2026

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Tondu shooters Sian Corish and Alun Evans dominated the Welsh 50Metre Rifle Championships this year. Sian became Welsh Prone Confined Champion and Open 3-Position Champion. Alan was Prone Open Champion and runner-up in the 3P. The event was well attended again this year, with a fourth Prone elimination detail added on Saturday, and Sunday’s 3-Position Rifle event fully subscribed. With Tondu hosting the British 50M championships later in June, many national shooters were keen to dial into the range and entrants came from across the UK, including from Northern Ireland and Jersey.

Saturday dawned with classic Tondu winds, leaving scores down across the board. Sian Corish had the highest result in an elimination detail with 615.5, followed by Louise Aiken and Chris Hunter with 613s. Many shooters were ten points off their average, although Chloe John-Driscoll managed a PB and new Welsh Junior Women’s Prone Record with her qualification score of 601.9.

The top 15 from the four eliminators progressed to the Open Final, another 60-shot match. Winds had calmed somewhat in the afternoon and scores climbed with more competitors breaking 610. Alun Evans made the best of it scoring 619.4, followed by Tim Jeffery on 615.5 and Chris Hunter on 615.3. Paige Fryer was Open Junior Champion, and Chris Brown was leading Veteran.

The top 15 Welsh competitors gathered for the Confined Final on Sunday morning with conditions bright, and the wind still tricky but more settled than Saturday. Sian Corish bagged her first medal and the DWF Phelps Trophy with a score of 612.6. Adam Gabrys was runner up with 607.3 and the battle for third was particularly tight with John Moore’s 606.6 just beating out Richard Hemingway’s 606.5 and Fred Brown’s 606.4.

The Three-Position Rifle was a Welsh lock-out. Sian Corish was gold medal position, with Alun Evans and Aidan Healy picking up Silver and Bronze. Scotland’s Neil Sinclair was fourth, a single point behind Aidan. Alun’s 573 was a British Shooting Para-Sport Minimum Consideration Score, helping him on his Paralympic ambitions.

The Association thanks Tondu TSC for the generous use of their range, and to all the volunteers who made the meeting a success.

Full results available at Megalink Results.

GoldSilverBronze
Open ProneAlun Evans – 619.4
Tondu TSC		Tim Jeffery – 615.5
Havant RC		Chris Hunter – 615.3
Down Hatherley
Confined ProneSian Corish – 612.6
Tondu TSC		Adam Gabrys – 607.3
Torfaen RC		John Moore – 606.6
Penarth RC
Open Three-PositionSian Corish – 577-26x
Tondu TSC		Alun Evans – 573-19x
Tondu TSC		Aidan Healy – 566-17x
Bookham RC
Junior PronePaige Fryer – 607.6
Jersey Outdoor		Libby Hart – 604.7
Jersey Outdoor		Louis Norman – 603.7
Budleigh Farm TSC
Veterans ProneChris Brown – 606.2
Leicester District		Fred Brown – 599.7
Tondu TSC		Terry Thomas – 594.3
Tondu TSC
Open Prone PairsSian Corish
David George
B/C Class Prone PairsAlan Ainge
Steve Gurner
Three smiling athletes pose with medals. They wear the sportswear of Welsh Shooting.
Two smiling people pose during a medal presentation.
Two smiling people pose during a medal presentation.
Two smiling people pose during a medal presentation.
Two smiling people pose during a medal presentation.

Expressions of Interest open for Summer Representative Matches

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The WSRA invites members to express their interest in nominating themselves to represent Wales at the following team matches:

  • British 50M ISSF Championships
  • NSRA Inter-Regional Match 
  • NSRA Home Countries International Match

The more attendees Wales can field at the Bisley National Meeting, the better we can achieve collectively. 

The tent at Bisley has been organised for the sole benefit of WSRA members, we should have the same pitch location which has worked well for us the past few years.

I look forward to hearing back from lots of you soon, and catching up at competitions and training over the summer.

Dave Phelps

WSRA Home Countries Selection Criteria 2026
WSRA Members EOI – 2026 Representative Matches

Welsh Indoor Open & Confined Championships

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The 2026 Championships held at the Penarth Rifle Range played host to competitors from eight clubs ranging from Altrincham in the north, Penrhiwpal in West Wales, and Ross-on Wye and Chepstow in the east, as well as the local Tondu, Torfaen, Llantrisant & Cardiff and Penarth clubs being represented.

Originally purely for prone shooters, the competition now includes both benchrest and new this year, sporting rifle (LSR) disciplines.

Although the inaugural LSR competition did not attract as much interest as hoped, it was a fast-fire event enjoyed by the shooters and won by Penarth’s Pennie Burton.

The confined prone competition was won by Sian Corish (Tondu) just pipping Penarth’s John Moore on countback. The Open C-Class was also hotly contested by two talented junior shooters with Penrhiwpal’s Chloe John-Driscoll only losing on countback to Brin Rose who enjoyed home-range advantage.

The benchrest competition was well-attended again this year with our long-distance travellers making their trips worthwhile by winning their respective classes – Keith Pyecroft from Altrincham winning the Open competition, Ross-on-Wye’s Rob Parkinson winning B-Class, and Steve Brace from Chepstow winning C-Class.

Pennie Burton added to her LSR win by becoming the confined benchrest champion. Our thanks to the Penarth members who helped organise and run the competition and the use of their range.

The WSRA also run short-range local-scoring postal summer and winter leagues for both prone (Wales and Monmouthshire) and benchrest shooters. There are leagues for individuals and teams of three split into divisions of 5 to 8 shooters/teams by average. Each competition is 10 rounds, ex100: team competitions may be shot concurrently. Thanks to the NSRA Club Finder we have so far attracted shooters from as far afield as Whitby, Anglesey and Ashford. And …. this winter season, we had our first benchrest HPS score of 1000 with 42 X’s: several other competitors were close on the winner’s heels.

Prone
Sian CorishA Class Winner & Confined Champion
John MooreB Class Winner
Brinley RoseC Class Winner
John MorrisTyro Winner
Benchrest
Keith PyecroftA Class Winner
Pennie BurtonConfined Champion
Rob ParkinsonB Class Winner
Steve BraceC Class Winner
Lightweight Sport Rifle
Pennie BurtonWinner & Confined Champion
WSRA 2026 Indoor Report in On TargetDownload

Aidan leads scores at British Shooting Trials

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Aidan Healy was leading Three-Position Rifle competitor at British Shooting’s trial shoots in Wigan this weekend, exceeding his Personal Best and National Record in the process.

Aidan, who set a British Junior Record of 571/600 at the British 50Metre Championships in August, went one better to score 572 on Sunday. He had already shot a 568 on Saturday to win the first day’s trials. Olivia Beech of Rugeley came second on 561, with Louis Norman third with 559.

Aidan’s score will not be a formal record however as the trials were shot on Wigan’s 50 metre indoor range, serving a comparative role for selection purposes – three-position rifle is formally an outdoor event and records must be shot outdoors.

When outdoor shooting resumes next year, Aidan will also have robust competition from the north – Scottish junior Neil Sinclair shot a 576 on Sunday. This was the highest single match score of the weekend, although his aggregate over both days was lower than Aidan’s. We can expect to see records change hands in 2026.

Welsh shooters keep English honest at ESSU Championships

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Welsh shooters represented at the English Open 50M Championships at NSRA Aldersley this weekend, following in the footsteps of Liam Webster’s Open Championship win last year.

In the 50M Prone, Alun Evans of Tondu and Richard Hemingway of Rugeley qualified 3rd and 4th with 616.5 and 616.2 respectively. Also making it to the Championship shoot were John Moore of Penarth and Adam Gabrys of Torfaen. Steve Gurner and Mick Crook were eliminated in the first stage.

In the Prone Championship match, English competitor Shelbie Marsland ran away with the win, scoring 620.1. Behind her was a six-way battle for the remaining medals, with scores between 615.5 and 616.5. Richard and Alun placed 5th and 7th respectively. John Moore placed 13th and Adam Gabrys 14th.

Top scores in the Prone Medal battle:

COmpetitorscoreposition
Shelbie Marsland620.1Open & Confined Champion
Sean Bett616.5Open & Confined 2nd
Kosta Loukas616.3Open 3rd
Simon Green616.0Open 4th/Confined 3rd
Richard Hemingway615.9Open 5th
Matt Dixon615.7Open 6th
Alun Evans615.5Open 7th

The meeting had further Welsh involvement, being supported by the WTSF through supply and operation of the Megalink target system.

WSPS Bronze for Alun

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Congratulations to Alun Evans who has won a Bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Grand Prix in Serbia. Competing in the Men’s 50m 3P Rifle (R7) event, Alun scored 560/600 to find his way into third place with a steady and consistent shoot.

Para Sport “Three-Position” rifle is shot entirely from a seated position. The Prone portion allows the athlete to rest both elbows on a table in a seated version of the prone position. The kneeling segment requires their triggering arm to be unsupported, whilst the standing phase sees them hold the rifle freely in their seated position. The positions all resemble a seated version of the ISSF equivalents.

A man holds a rifle in his hands. He wears a visor bearing a Union Flag motif and a red leather shooting jacket.