Bisley Smallbore rifle meeting
The Bisley meeting is possibly the largest annual shooting event in the UK with hundreds of people entering at all levels of ability. The competitions are divided into classes and there are prizes for classes X, A, B, C and Junior awards. Class definitions are based on averages and each entrant must supply their average to ensure they are placed in the correct class and shoot against people of a similar standard.
The meeting is normally held for a week starting on the third Saturday before August Bank Holiday Monday. Most competitions are run to NSRA Rules and are shot on about 180 firing points sited on the 200-yard firing point of Century Range at Bisley. The remaining matches, including the three positions events, are fired at the Lord Roberts Center at Bisley on Sius Ascor electronic targets broadly under ISSF Rules. The entry for the meeting is about 900 competitors.
This is the main event of the year for many people and the results are used to provide national classifications for classes X, A, B and C. These classes are used throughout the year to classify entrants in other events. This is the only event that can be used by an individual to change their official classification. Based on how they shoot people can move up or down classes.
Full ISSF equipment control will be available, staffed by qualified ISSF judges.
Range location
The event is held at the Bisley National Shooting Center near Brookwood in Surrey. For more details please visit the NSRA website or the Bisley website
The Programme
This is an example of the programme of events, the actual event may differ from the information given here.
- A Squadded Aggregate in five classes, of 280 shots (140 at 50m, 140 at 100 yd), fired between Monday and Thursday.
- A Weekend Aggregate in five classes, of 120 shots (60 at 50m, 60 at 100 yd) fired during the first Saturday and the Sunday.
- The British Prone Rifle Championship, the "Roberts", first stage on Friday, second stage on the second Saturday morning (both 20 shots each at 50m and 100 yd); final for the top 20 on the second Saturday afternoon (40 shots each at 50m and 100 yd).
- Various other individual matches fired concurrently with or separately from the aggregates.
- British Men's 3x40 and Women's 3x20 Championships, an Unsquadded 3x20 (open to all) and an Individual Double English Match, fired on electronic targets.
- Competitions for "Any Sights", including telescope sights.
Team matches also fired for club, county and home country teams.
Finals of the Astor Club Team Championship (club teams of 6), the Queen Alexandra Cup (county teams of 6 and individual) and the NSRA/Eley Competitions in Prone and 3P rifle (individual), the initial stages of which are run as postal competitions.
There are also competitions for classic and veteran rifles held during the first weekend.