Monthly Competitions
We run the following competitions every month. These competitions are open to all members (including probationary) and to visitors.
Booking in
Book in with the Competitions Secretary from 9:00 until 09:45, with the briefing at 09:45 with a 10:00 start.
Safety Briefing
A safety briefing will take place before the competitions.
For your safety and the safety of others, ALL competitors MUST attend these briefings.
Pistol – HFT
Open to all UK legal pistols and shot in three classifications
- Iron sights
- Red dot sights (not laser)
- Telescopic (Max. 4 x magnification)
15 targets shot three times each. 40mm hit zones at distances from 10 -25 yards.
Vintage and Classic including Bell Target and Vintage 6 yard
Open to UK legal unmodified spring air rifles with original open or dioptre sights and shot in 4 classifications.
- Vintage (Pre 1939) standing
- Vintage (Pre 1939) freestyle
- Classic 1940 to 1960
- Classic 1961 to 1990
- Semi recoiling pre 1986
25 targets shot once each. 40mm hit zones at distances from 10 -35 yards.
Click here for more details (Vintage and Classic Competition)
Rifle – HFT
Open to all UK legal air rifles and shot in four classifications
- Juniors Aged 16 and under
- open Pre-charged Pneumatic
- Recoiling
- .22 (recoiling or PCP)
30 targets shot once each. Hit zones from 15mm to 40mm at distances from 8 -45 yards. The course is generally set as near as possible to but not in compliance with UKHFT rules.
Supported Rifle and FT Extreme
Open to all UK legal air rifles and shot in three classifications
- Supported Pre charged Pneumatic
- Supported Springer
- FT Rigs
25 tiny targets set at distances from 10 to 65 yards. The Supported category scoring 2 points for a white and 3 points for a black or golden target. FT Extreme the scoring is the normal FT with 1 for a hit and zero for a miss. FT will not be able to use additional rests or supports. We group the FT shooters together so there will be no advantage to Supported shooters from cribbing the distance.
IPAS (Iron Plate Action Shooting)
Open to all UK legal Multi-shot CO2 & Gas Blowback (GBB) / Non-Gas Blowback Pistols
Min 5 shot magazines – 4.5mm Pellet, 4.5mm Lead BB, 6mm plastic BB (no steel pellets or BBs permitted)
Shot in 2 classifications
- Standard (fixed/iron sights)
- Open (red-dot sights)
9 Stages shot 5 times by each competitor (see the IPAS section info page for more details)
Competition starts: 09:30
| IPAS 2023 Competition Dates | |
| April | 1st April 2023 |
| May | 6th May 2023 |
| June | 3rd June 2023 |
| July | 1st July 2023 |
| August | 5th August 2023 |
| September | 16th September 2023 |
| October | 21st October 2023 |
| November | 18th November 2023 |
Other Events
In addition, other club events may also be run.
For details of these please visit our News page.