Petworth & District Rifle Club
1907 - 2007

Centenary Year

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Petworth Rifle Club is a long established club whose origins date back to the 19th century with the Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps ~ the 6th corp of which was formed in Petworth in 1860, then later in 1880 to be formed into D company, 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps ~ see Eastbourne Museum & Regiments.org

The present club was formed on April 19th 1907 by the 2nd Lord Leconfield and the range opened on 25th November that same year. Originally formed as "Lord Leconfield's Miniature Rifle Club for Petworth and Neighbourhood" we are now known as the "Petworth & District Rifle Club" however with 'Miniature Rifle Range' status under the Firearms Act 1968 . However, we are not just .22 as about a third of our members also activly shoot full bore on an individual basis mostly at NRA Bisley. We are Home Office approved and NSRA affiliated.

101 Celebration Open Shoot Following on from our successful Centenary Shoot last November the club has decided to run a 101 Celebration Shoot on similar lines again this year and it will be held on the last weekend 29th,30th in November 2008.

101 Entry Form to download HERE to download as .pdf

Petworth Rifle Club - click for brouchure ~ 230K .pdf Activities: We are a friendly club who meet regularly three times a week at our own indoor 25yd range on the edge of Petworth town. The club originated around prone .22 target smallbore shooting but has recently diversified with a growing number of shooters now taking up Lightweight Sporting Rifle (LSR) shooting in both standing and prone disciplines using .22lr sporting rifles. Another recent discipline for us is "Time Limit" leagues where standard target rifles are used but you only have 90sec to shoot a standard 10 card target at 25yds.

We shoot all year round in the winter and summer leagues of both the Sussex County and the Worthing & West Sussex postal leagues and shoulder to shoulder competitions.

Other activities include trips to Bisley for both smallbore (on the new NSRA 50m range) and fullbore shooting (NRA members only), visiting and entering into shoulder to shoulder competitions at other local clubs, and most of our members are also members of the nearby Fittleworth Outdoor 50m and 100yd ranges.

Our clubhouse and range Clubhouse: The club range had a major re-furbishment in the summer of 2004 (new roof, stonework repairs, painting, wiring, ventilation) with grateful financial support from Chichester District Council. We have our own .22 25yd indoor range with 4 firing points, plus provision for LSR standing at 20yds, and standing air rifle/pistol at 10yd. We also have a good sized clubroom.

Membership: We have a stable active membership of around 20 adults + 5 juniors. We occasionally have openings for new probationary members. Prospective new members may wish to download a single page .pdf leaflet about the club, and if you wish to enquire about joining (£75.00/annum) you should in the first instance please contact us via the email address below.

We are affiliated to the National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA) and this enables members to participate in open competitions throughout the country. Indeed trips to other clubs to enter competitions are encouraged, mostly in Sussex or neighbouring counties but in summer 2006 a group went to Jersey to shoot.

Our stand @ Petworth Kite Festival 2004

Andy...

Contacts:-
Club Secretary: John Robbins   0870 321 2929(BT 6p/1.5p)
Match Secretary:   AndyT©petworth.org.uk   0870 321 2828(BT 6p/1.5p)
Club Range(mobile):   0871234 2321(BT 10p/anytime)

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