Just a short note to advise that we had our first club social shoot for 2012 at Silverdale rifle range. We all had good results with our rifles checking loads and generally getting back into the swing of shooting after the Christmas and New Year break. Everyone had fun when the shotguns came out and clay shooting was in full swing. Frank was leading with an impressive 22/25. He maintained this lead up until the last shooter of the day, Mark, who pipped him at the line with a very good 23/25. The friendly sledging that was taking place all through the session, as you would only expect, was flying thick and fast, but try as we might we could not break Mark's concentration.

The results for the day were: Mark 1st, Frank 2nd and Ross 3rd followed closely by Ash and Chris. I think that we all came away from the shoot feeling that we had all learned something from the shoot and had a great deal of fun on the day, after all isn't that what shooting is all about, having fun?

This social event has proven to be so much fun, it is proposed to take place on the third Sunday every month at Silverdale rifle range, starting on the 19th February.

If you do not own a shotgun, one can be hired at the range. All you need is your Cat A& B license and SSAA membership card.

If you do not have your Cat A& B license and you would like to get it and you are a financial member, click "contact us" and book in for the training.

Try Shooting will start again in February. We will need to call on members to assist on the day for a couple of hours. It will be on a Sunday morning, starting at 10.00am and finishing around 12.00pm. If you can assist with this please let me know asap so a roster can be put into place and range bookings made.

Looking forward to catching up with you all at our first pistol comp night on the 17th January.