Burnham Target Shooting Club

Well done Marcin, doing a solid double 99 this weekend. 👍

The range is open for current members to book a lane to shoot with Paul Prior to attending the range. The membership waiting list has now been closed and we will not be any new membership applications. We have 100+ People to work through on the list so if you are already on the list wait to be contacted by our membership team who will be running new member sessions on Thursdays.

Any members that did not renew back in June will now be considered lapsed, this is both full and probationary. Meaning you will now have to wait till the membership applications open back up.

As the light at the end of the tunnel that has been Covid19 comes ever near we are getting things in place for the return to normal.

We are currently only open for current paid up members to book lanes in advance. If you have let your membership lapse you wont be able to shoot and have to join the waiting list pool.

For all those interested in joining you will need to fill out the waiting list form on this page. Once the training syllabus is finalised we will start to do group probationary sessions which are scheduled to begin in November and dependant on the Covid situation at the time.

Paul has been checking the safety of the new coffee machine! Very nice 👌.

I have been approached by a London AED Charity who can supply the whole package and training at a discount! We are getting closer to the goal but we still need your help. Thanks to all those that have donated online and in person at the club.

Help us get a Defibrillator, organized by Kurt Henney Hi There I'm Kurt and I'm raising money to buy a Defibrillator for my local shooting club. Bu… Kurt Henney needs your support for Help us get a Defibrillator

Hi Everyone, as part of the refurbishments and improvements in previsions for members we wanted to add an AED to our equipment. They are life saving bits of kit but are quite expensive and fall outside of our budget so any help by the way of donations or sharing this would go a long way. We also have 4 AED trained range officers currently. https://gofund.me/81f0e3b3

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More of our volunteers giving up their weekend getting some RSO training in down at Bisley.

Clean your rifles and get ready to get back to shooting. The NRA outdoor ranges open today and what a fine morning it is for a shoot.

Betting some of the old trophies ready for a new season. Before and after of the Pistol Champion Trophy.

A look back at simpler times before covid, one of our trustees Barry trying out the temporary archery target.

Wow just found this letter while cleaning up from the NSRA from 1953!

hope everyone has been looking after their equipment.

Update - Range Works, Abuse of NSRA Staff, Closures, Membership.

we are still carrying on the work at the club. Please remember this work is been carried out by volunteers who are donating their free time and skills so it's taking a bit longer than expected. However, we are in a position that we can be operational we still want to ensure that we have a good finish.

As you will be aware the NRA and NSRA have had to close due to government restrictions and it has come to light that NSRA staff have been abused while answering inquiries. This is something that is completely unacceptable and should not be condoned by the shooting community as a whole. We are one community and need to support each other through this pandemic and into the future to protect our sport.

We have now moved to fully online membership and will be doing all 2021 membership renewals. All members should have received emails from go membership and info@btsc with advice on how to log on. As previously stated we have extended the membership to all those members that were paid up for 2019-2020 through the 2020-2021 period with no charge, however, donations are accepted.

For 2021-2022 membership period payments will be required for continued membership and will be handled by the Go Membership system. We will remind members in the renewal month so no one misses out.

Happy 2021 let's make it a good one!

Merry Christmas 🎄 from all of us at

Good news shooting fans, news from the NSRA that they will be reopening!

https://twitter.com/NSRAHQ/status/1336760901517660172?s=19

The NSRA on Twitter “LRC-DAY THIS FRIDAY – RANGES TO REOPEN. After V-DAY yesterday we have our own exciting news to announce which is from this Friday 11 December the following LRC Ranges will reopen https://t.co/i52E4RGhPi”

Thanks for all those latest entries on the membership waiting list, they have been given to the membership secretary to be contacted once we reopen.

A submission from Peter, his pair getting restless in the stable waiting for the lockdown to be over. Come on guys let's see your posh gear photos.

Has anyone got any interesting ways they have personaly used their own carriage boxes? We throw away so many always nice to upcycle.

I know I'm ready for Lockdown to end! Everyone will have to shoot new averages at this rate :P

Something extra for your swag bag when we open? These are some of the stickers that will be available from the BTSC shop.

Burnham Target Shooting Club updated their business hours.

Good Morning BTSC gang,

As you will be aware the government will be sliding us back into a lockdown from the 5th November to 2nd December. We are still not currently open for normal shooting and will be closed completely until the end of lockdown 2.0.

Improvement work is still ongoing at the club but we ask unless you are in the established work crew bubble that you do not visit the club at this time.

Many Thanks

Thank you to everyone that has put their names down on the waiting list, everyone's details have been provided to the membership secretary for when we reopen.

Membership Waiting List:

If you are interested in joining the club once we open for new members please follow this link: https://forms.gle/xWbt5r5nLt2BzCuc9

or hit the signup button above.

BTSC Waiting List Application to the BTSC Membership waiting list that we have introduced due to the Covid Pandemic

Important Announcement:

Range Opening:

We will soon be opening for members to book range time, priority will be given to those shooting in competitions. Mike is working on putting together a booking system that will be easy to use for everyone.

It will be strictly limited in numbers to keep us covid compliant, first the 10m range, and then the 50m range once some finishing touches are done.

Membership:

We will be looking for people to start to come to the range to start sorting out their membership renewals, this is important for those of you that have a FAC. We are looking at introducing a direct debit payment if this would help people?

Competitions:

The NSRA/Eley 2020/2021 competition is open for entries, please contact Paul Wallis as he has the entry forms. Entries must be in before 16th December. Stage one to be shot by 25th JANUARY 2021. See the link below for more information on the competition.

https://www.nsra.co.uk/index.php/competitions-mainmenu-158/entry-forms?download=4131:eley-2020-21-entry-form

www.nsra.co.uk

Members who have to complete Eley stage two cards will be contacted individually to arrange a safe time to come and use the 10m range.

Well-done everyone for taking part in the RWS Leagues before the lockdown. The results are in!

A change of tone and layout for the gates, nice and simple :)

The NSRA have put out a survey surrounding the ongoing changes to it's structure and future. If you have time please give it a few clicks.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/nsrafuture-1

NSRA Organisational Change - Phase 1 THE NSRA are striving to transform and modernise, so that the Association is well-positioned to support the shooters of today and tomorrow. The NSRA needs your help to become the organisation you want and need. Please take your time to complete this survey. Your responses are very important.

Afternoon shooting fans!

I know we are all raring to get back to it but we have been taking in the latest advice and guidance. As it stands at the moment we would not be able to provide adequate social distancing for shooters at this time.

We are going to push ahead and finish the 50m range works first before we look at opening up for shooting as normal. We also need to look at what we can offer for those who have qualified for stage two of the Eley Competition.

We will not be open for shooting before the 1st of September 2020, after the 1st of September we will be doing a staged return to operations giving the competition shooters the chance to get their competition cards out of the way. (That's assuming there is no new regulations or a further restriction to operation).

We are plowing ahead with the work and almost ready to complete one major element on the 50m Range in the coming weeks!

Once we have a date for our reopening we are not only planning to have a BBQ but we are in talks with a local a gunsmith to also offer members the ability to have their rifles serviced as you wait and enjoy a burger!

A great morning of shooting to break up all this building work.

The scores on the doors:
Ron.....83
Kurt.....81
Will C...70
Will B...69
Piotr....64

We are looking at ways to open and stay COVID-19 compliant. One of our main challenges right now is our Range officers are giving up their spare time to help expedite the opening of our doors. This leaves little spare time to operate the range as it was pre-COVID-19. What would people think about a limited opening of the 10m range during the weekday with pre-booking of lanes?

Now, this is what I call silver service!

Thanks for the team that came down and helped out on the weekend. We could not do any of the work without you guys. That includes those not pictured!

When will we open??? We still have a fair chunk of work to complete but we may be able to allow a small group of people to start to use the 10m point, this will be inline with the NSRA advice. More updates soon.