b'BRISTOLBristol Pirates club is keen on on increasing participation and they wanted to avoid the ignominy of the long list of best-to-least scorers. So only the first thirty places are listed in the five disciplines results tables.Also, Novice is very di erent in that it is not scored. Rather, the total beginner who just wants a try can come and have a go on the competition targets and in that atmosphere, without needing to be brave enough to compete. No minerals s o iestone eepneeded and they got a shoot attendance the shots ro strin\x04 certificate to take home. I think its a cool way to encourage new blood.became a rifle range for proper guns.competing altogether. The events runA serious gas barbie was set up and the With the bones of Gods Earth exposedwere 10m and 20m indoors at Pro andaroma of bacon and burgers filled the air. as a backstop, it was always going to stopSemi-Pro level as well as the variedIt was cold though and the building was any stray bullets. The home of the Longhunters course. Set up with steel plateopen and unheated so there was a bit of Ashton & District Rifle Club, there hastargets festooned about the rocks incollective hypothermia going on amongst been shooting there since 1964 when adi erent angles and distances up thethose who thought indoor meant heated!rifle club started by the Home Guard tookwalls of the range. There was a Junior 10mThis didnt dull the heat of the it on. These days, despite the propertycontest and a Novice category that theycompetition though and there were some now being worth double figures in millionsran a di erent way to most organisers. serious tussles for trophies.to a developer, the site is protected byThere were a couple of minor issuesdeeds of covenant and will always be aihr oersthe practice area set up near the back rifle range. ein p door of the long low club building was Its a truly magical location and you cantoo close in angular terms. And some feel its post-war use origins somehow. Itlad managed to put a steel ball through Target QUARRY! has a spirit of place. a window in the club house and one Today, due to a combination of brillianteven made it over the roof and copped a PR from Karen of The Bristol Piratescar in the car park! Those car windows Catapult Club and an LA&D rifle clubthat coppers cant break with batons on committee member being keen onYouTube videos? I can tell you that even both archery and slingshots, we saw aan 8mm steel from a catapult will do it major new development in competitiveevery time. The Pirates were philosophical slingshot target shooting. An event notabout it.in a village hall but set at this actual rifleA totally top location for a catapult shoot shooting range. and well done to Karen and Kevin and It was brilliantly run, with folks showingthe Bristol Pirates for putting on a totally up from afar and fifty-eight shootersawesome event.opetitors shot in rops\x04 nother is t the r en\x04035034-035 SSW006 Bristol Shoot.indd 35 06/11/2022 15:12'