The Short Range Championships

The Short Range Championships is one of the most popular of the National League matches, and this one attracted a healthy field of 60 competitors, including a couple of overseas shooters; Henk Lubbers from Holland and Michael Mayer from Germany. The entry could have been larger but for a number of late cancellations which was unfortunate. With so many shooters it was important to make a start to ensure we could process everyone through the course of fire.

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The Scottish F-class Championships.

Round 1 of the 2013 Season.

The Scottish F-class Championships became Round 1 of the season, due to the cancellation of the short range match at Diggle due to the heavy snow. Numbers were down a little then initially at 45; split fairly evenly with 24 F/TR and 21 F/O.  Some last-minute withdrawals reduced that even more.

F Class Nationals - Round 1 - 23/24 March. Diggle Ranges has been CANCELLED. A Decision made locally. Have a look at the Diggle Ranges webcam image on the left ! You will be contacted in due course of any further developments.
Click (here) to see Diggle Ranges Webam.

March 26, 2013

LATEST NEWS    Round 3 - 18/19 May. Diggle Ranges. Has been changed to Short Range 600yds only. The course of fire has been changed from long range due to round 1 being cancelled. Shooters entries for round 1 have been re-entered for this round. If you have paid for round 1 and cannot make round 3 please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

One of our shooting venues, Diggle Ranges has a NEW website...

Are you a member or visitor to Diggle Ranges UK (PSSA)! If you are, you can now subscribe to the NEW Diggle Ranges mail list which will keep you informed of any news such as; new events, meetings, open days, range days, new competitions and so forth. All you have to do is enter your email address and the their website will send you a confirmation email. The committee can then keep you personally informed about Diggle Ranges activities.

CLICK HERE TO SEE NEW DIGGLE SITE AND BECOME A MEMBER...

"Diggle Ranges are probably the largest member owned range complex in Great Britain if not Europe".

European F Class Championships at Bisley on film... Courtesy of Field & Rural Life TV.

Interviews with Russell Simmonds, John Dean of Aim Feild Sports and organiser Mik Maksimovic of Dolphin Gun Company and more...

Click (here) to watch the video...

GBFCA Round 7. The Europeans. Bisley 2-4.Nov. 2102.The European F-class Championships - For a full, detailed account of the European Championships and the National League roundup see the next issue of Target Shooter. This is just a brief summary report of the individual winners.

Read a massive 60 plus page write up in the December 2012 issue of
TARGET SHOOTER MAGAZINE.

GBFCA Round 6. The Highland Challenge at Blair Atholl 6th& 7th of October 2102. Round 6 of the F-class National League. The Highland Challenge is the penultimate League Match of the season, the last chance to earn some more valuable National League points before the highlight of the season, the European Championships.