An Air Rifle Challenge for Surrey Scouts
The Challenge
From today to 31/10/17, Troops should arrange a local 0.177” calibre air rifle shooting evening/day
where Scouts shoot 5x pellets at 4 targets and the top 8 scores are submitted to the County
Administrator.
The County Administrator will collate the Troop team scores and will publish the results by 26th
November. Certificates will be sent to all Troop teams who accept the challenge and a trophy will
be awarded to the winning team.
In addition, the top scoring 20 individual participants will be invited to an individual competition to
be held on 2nd December 2017 at the NSRA Lord Roberts Centre Bisley GU24 0NP. Medals will be
awarded to the top 20 individual participants and a trophy presented to the best individual.
The trophies for best Team and best Individual must be returned to Surrey Scouts County Office
before the following year’s presentation.
The Rules
This competition is open to all invested members of Scout Troops in Surrey although no Scouts
should be over 14 ½ by 26th November.
Troops wishing to enter a team should complete and return the application form to [email protected] with the £5 entry fee as soon as possible.
All Scouts will shoot from the standing position and not touch the table/bench in front of them.
All shooting will comply with POR Rule 9.37.
It is the responsibility of the Scout Leaders to ensure that “Permission to Shoot” forms are
completed before the event.
Rifles used must be 0.177” (4.5mm) calibre and only standard open sights such as Ring Sights
(Diopter) or Standard Notch and Post are allowed. No telescopic, red dot or laser type sights are
allowed for this competition.
Targets to be used are NSRA 6 yard Air 8 (as attached). These are available at cost from David
Robinson (telephone 01483 474030) if necessary. Each member of the team will shoot 4 x cards
with 5x shots at each, totalling 20 shots (max score 200). Visual inwards scoring will be used. If the
shot catches or breaks the line, the higher score will be taken.
Name, Age and Troop Name to be recorded on the targets before shooting commences. Team
score cards should be retained until 26/11/17 for audit purposes. The Scout Leader or Range
Officer should complete the Team Score Spreadsheet and send this to [email protected] as soon as practicable but before 31/10/17.
And Finally……
This competition would qualify as an “officially supervised contest” so why not work towards the
Master at Arms Badge?
How to earn your badge
What you need to do:
1. Attend regular training sessions in a relevant activity like fencing,
shooting or archery. Show how you’ve improved in technique. You
should train for at least six sessions.
2. Learn the safety rules associated with your activity and show how to
follow them.
3. Take part in your chosen activity at an officially supervised contest. Afterwards, talk to the
instructor about your performance and how you can improve.
Any questions, please contact Paul Iverson at [email protected] or 01483 811014 or
07989 278192
County Air Rifle Challenge 2017
The Troop below wish to enter a team in the Surrey County Air Rifle Challenge
Name of Troop
Name of Team
District
Scout Leader’s Name
Phone Number
Email
I enclose the entrance fee of
£
Cheques should be made payable to “Surrey County Scout Council”
Electronic banking details available on request
Please note only one team per form, please feel free to copy if you need more
Please return this form as soon as possible:
Paul Iverson (ACC Scouts)
220 Glaziers Lane,
Normandy,
Surrey,
GU3 2EH,
Tel :
01483 811014
Email :
[email protected]