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Badges: Master at Arms - Tom Macdonald
Tom Macdonald has been a junior member of Clachnacuddin Small
Bore Rifle Club since September 2007.
The club mainly shoots .22 'prone' rifle. We shoot indoors at 25
yards in the winter and at
50m/100yards outdoors in the summer - a synopsis of the club activites
is given below but see http://www.clach-sbrc.org.uk for more
details.
Clachnacuddin is a member of the NSRA - National Rifle Shooting
Association - the UK governing body for small-bore shooting.
Induction and safety training is run under the rules and guidance of
the NSRA - as are most of our competitions.
We are governed by the rules of that association (www.nsra.co.uk).
Tom regularly attended our supervised training sessions during the
month of September, during that time he demonstrated competent and safe
handling of firearms together with an understanding of the 'why' of the
safety rules. This allowed him to move on to range based
activities.
In the months since then he has regularly attended the club and has
shown a continuing improvement in ability and
skill. It is great to see such skill and application in one so
young.
He has entered and competes in the monthly club competition for
new-starts. Shooting is a very open sport and Tom is competing
with both other adult and other junior new-starts.
Target shooting is a Commonwealth and Olympic level sport. To
improve at the sport requires
considerable concentration as well as the ability to discuss issues
with the
instructors/coaches. Tom is able to intraspect and discuss
issues with the assessors.
A brief background on the club
The Clachnacuddin Small
Bore Rifle Club was formed around 1912. We do not yet have many
details of the early years
of
the club as all of the National membership information was kept in
London
and was destroyed during the Blitz in 1941.
We now shoot .22 rifle in our indoor clubhouse in
Inverness.
The club accepts all members - provided they pass the checks imposed by
the police firearms unit - our youngest junior is about 11 years of
age, our oldest wont tell us his age and we have a significant
number of female shooters - of all ages.
During the Winter Season the club meets Monday and Thursday evenings at
our Club House with an approximate 1900 start. During the Summer
Season the club meets Monday evenings about 1900. The club can
provide access to all the equipment that is needed to take
up the sport -
rifles, ammunition, shooting jackets, gloves etc, together with basic
training.
The club is active in the local leagues as well as in national postal
leagues. Club members are encouraged to participate in such
leagues. A smaller number of members regularly travel to
50meter/100yard outdoor shoots throughout Scotland and compete in SSRA
outdoor shoots.
There is an induction course run by the club for
new-starts/beginners. This is usually in September before the
start of the winter season. Before shooting in the club we
require that you either have a valid current Firearms
Certificate/Shotgun Certificate or that you complete a questionnaire
that can be submitted to the Police Firearms Unit prior to you handling
any weapons at the club.
