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.
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.
