Tag: Representation

Expressions of Interest open for Summer Representative Matches

by Web Teamin Competition News

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

2023 National Meeting Report

by Web Teamin Competition News

Wales had a great turnout at Bisley this year with a strong performance in the Home Nations. A number of first time shooters braved it onto Century Range and promotions were earned. Dave Phelps won the W H Watkins Trophy (top Welsh competitor in the Aggregate), whilst Sian Corish won the unsquadded Women’s Bisley Championship and placed third in X Class.

For the Home Countries matches, the Tartan Dragon trophy came south. The trophy is a Scottish Quaich which has traditionally been awarded to the highest scoring Welsh competitor in the Aggregate at the NSRA Scottish Meeting. As the Scottish meeting continues to be in abeyance, it has been decided to award the Quaich to the highest scoring athlete in the Welsh team for the Home Countries match. Congratulations to the 2023 top scorer Sian Corish, and to first-time caps David George and Asia Hoile.

Five Welsh athletes qualified for the final of the Earl Roberts Championship (British Prone Championship). Being the Centenary edition of the Roberts Championship, 1923 rules were used, with 40 finalists qualifying rather than the usual 20. Congratulations to all five, who fought through some extremely challenging conditions in what turned out to be a tight final, with a great deal of counting back and just a couple of points separating 6th from 26th.

Wales’ Roberts Finallists were:

  • Dave Phelps – 15th, top Welsh competitor in the Championship
  • Rich Hemingway – 20th
  • Sian Corish – 22nd
  • Liam Webster – 34th
  • Mark Parry – 36th
A target shooter aims from the prone position on an outdoor range. They wear a red and white shooting jacket to help support the rifle. They lie on a red mat on a hard firing point, shooting out over a grassy range.
A smiling man stands on the firing point of a rifle range. He wears a red jacket bearing the logo of Team Wales and the words "Glasgow 2014", referring to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
A tarmac strip runs into the distance under cover of a green awning. Competitors hold targets as they go forward to change targets between details at the NSRA NAtional Smallbore Rifle Championship. On the floor, rifles stand on shooting mats.
Change Targets.
Photo: Richard Hemingway
A group of people pose for a group photo on a shooting range. They are arranged in two rows, with the front row seated and the back row standing. The front row hold a Welsh flag. They all wear red and white team colours.
Welsh Team at Bisley 2023
A group of people pose for a group photo on a shooting range. They are arranged in two rows, with the front row seated and the back row standing. The front row hold a Welsh flag. They all wear red and white team colours.
Welsh Ladies Team at Bisley 2023

All photos credit Eleanor Shorey except where otherwise indicated.