Nottinghamshire Rifle Association

Nottingham Evening post 21/04/1932

NOTT'S. TEAM FOR BISLEY.

COUNTY RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S
EXCELLENT WORK.

This week another shooting season has opened, and there is already abundant evidence of a further big increase in interest. It was the Notts. Rifle Association who started the season on Tuesday, and tonight they hold their third annual meeting in the lecture room at the Drill Hall, Nottingham, when Lieut.-Colonel L. C. Brewill, T.D., commanding the 7th Battalion (Robin Hoods) Sherwood Foresters, will preside. Both Mr. C. Parker, who, as secretary of the county association since the revival of that body, has accomplished so much for rifle shooting, and Mr. J. F. Young, the treasurer, will present very satisfactory reports, and it is again the intention of the association to send a Notts. team to Bisley.

The use of Trent Range has again been allotted to the N.R.A. for every Tuesday during summer time, shooting commencing at 5.45 p.m. The range has also been allotted to the City Rifle Club on Thursdays, and the Nottingham and Notts. United Services Club R.C. on Fridays. The last-mentioned inaugurate what is expected will prove another highly successful campaign tomorrow, and they will run all their competitions during the month of June.

Nottingham Evening Post 25/06/1932

RIFLE SHOOTING.

N.R.A. BRONZE MEDAL WON BY
SERGT. D. E. WOODS.

COLONEL LESLIE BIRKIN CUP.

Interest in rifle shooting is, thanks to the energetic policy of the revived Notts. Rifle Association, increasing considerably, and the competitions are securing excellent support. One of the most exciting finishes seen for a very long time at Trent Range was that for the Association's National R.A. Bronze Medal. It was eventually won by Sergt. D. E. Woods, of the Nottingham University O.T.C., who had already distinguished himself by carrying off the chief prize at the Warwickshire meeting at Kingsbury, but only after two tie shoots. Sergt. Woods, H. E. Warsop and Capt. B. D. Shaw in the first place tied with scores of 64 out of a possible 70. Then Woods and Shaw again tied with two inners and a bull each, but on the next shot Woods got a Bull and his rival an inner.

Last evening at Trent the Nottingham and Notts. United Services Club competition for the Colonel R. Leslie Birkin Cup was decided, the winner being J. B. Fenwick, who obtained 95 out of a possible 100 — 10 shots at 200 yards and 10 at 500 yards. The shoot was carried through under service conditions with open sights and two slings.

Details:

	200*	500*	Total.
J.B.Fenwick	49	46	95
H.E. Warsop	46	48	94
B.D. Shaw	48	45	93
F.C. Laxton	48	43	91
C.L. Foulds	45	45	90
F.W. May	47	40	87
W.S.Lewitt	45	39	84
C. Parker	44	38	82
A.J. Pyatt	45	36	81
L. Whitworth	44	27	71
S.T. Tew	41	26	67

Nottingham Evening Post 29/06/1932

NOTTS. RIFLE ASSOCIATION

C. PARKER WINS THE W. H. BRADWELL CUP.

GETTING READY FOR BISLEY.

In a few days time the National Rifle Association's great gathering at Bisley will be in full swing, and once again Nottingham is to be well represented. In addition to the University College O.T.C. team, competing for the Universities Shield, the members also entering individually for several of the other competitions, the Notts. Rifle Association are to be represented by their Secretary. Messrs. Chas. Parker, G. B. Godson, H. E. Warsop. and Captain and Quarter-master D. M. Lindsay (Robin Hoods), and the first-mentioned three will also be representative of the Nottingham and Notts. United Service's Club. That club, having won the Aston (sic.) Cup, have qualified to send a team to Bisley, but whether it will be possible to get one together is not yet known.

Yesterday, at Trent range, the Notts. R.A. carried through the annual competition for the W. H. Bradwell Cup. in which seven shots count at 200, 500, and 600 yards, the highest possible being 105. This was won by C. Parker, P. R. Allen and F. W. May being joint runners-up four points behind.

Details:

	200*	500*	600*	Total
C. Parker	32	33	33	98
P.R. Allen	31	31	32	94
F.W. May	31	33	30	94
A. Lamb	30	30	33	93
G.B. Godson	30	31	31	92
H.E. Warsop	29	31	31	91
W.S. Lewitt	32	32	27	91
W. Bailey	27	33	29	89
F.T. Vickers	31	30	28	89
R.L. Jones	25	26	28	80
G. Harrison	26	24	20	70