Well, that’s wrap for the 2026 competition season.  We had some fun with 90 second shoots and a novelty target.

Congratulations to Trevor and Kaitlyn for top-scoring in round 1 of the 90 second shoot with 91.2 and 90.3 respectively, and to Alex and Filly for top-scoring in round 2 of the 90 second shoot with 92.4 and 92.2 respectively.

The novelty shoot was a card Meredith prepared with different-shaped targets and off-centre bulls-eyes.  Congratulations to Meredith and Mark B for top-scoring with 96.4, and to Edwin and Alex for shooting 91.3 and 90.3 respectively.

Later in the evening, Stephen and I shot 94.3 and 94.1 in the 90 second shoot, while Finn, Rob and Jaz decided to change it up by trying to complete 20 shots in 90 seconds.  Finn did manage to get all his shots away.  How crazy is that! 

Congratulations - winners of Osmond Shield and Wright Cup 

Well done to Jaz, Alex, Filly, Finn, Mark B, Stephen, Bex and Meredith for winning the Osmond Shield match against Wellington Central, and to Kaitlyn, Ethan, Eli, Alex, Filly and Rob for winning the Wright Cup match, also against Wellington Central.  

Congratulations - win against Hutt Valley interclub winners matches

Well done to Filly, Alex, Rob, Kaitlyn, Mikey and Trevor for excellent shooting with other Wellington representatives, winning their match against Hutt Valley C Grade representatives.

Well done also to the Brooklyn Open Grade team for outstanding shooting win their match against Hutt Valley Open Grade interclub winners.  Bex, Meredith, Mark B and Stephen shot 794.56 out of a possible 800 points - a truly impressive score.

Congratulations to our Grade and Club Champions:

D Grade Champion: Ethan 

C GRade Champion: Filly

B Grade Champion: Gerry

A Grade Champion: Mark B

Master Grade Champion: Bex

Club Champion: Bex

The Wellington Association Champion of Champions competition is on Tuesday 13 October at 7pm.  All our Grade Champions and our Club Champion will compete against the other club Grade and Club Champions.  Good luck Ethan, Filly, Gerry, Mark and Bex!

Brooklyn visitor session Sunday 18 October

Due to popular demand we will run a final visitor session for the year on Sunday 18 October from 6pm.  Please come along and help out if you can.   Feel free to share the following information with any of your friends who may be interested:

Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club is running a visitor session from 6pm until 7:30pm on Sunday 18 October.  This introduction to target shooting includes personal guidance on firearm safety and range etiquette, use of specialised club equipment, coaching and the opportunity to shoot two 13-shot targets.  The cost is $35 per person.

To book your place(s), please email our Club Captain, and make your payment to the Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club account 38-9005-0731057-00.

Upcoming events:

• Sunday 11 October, from 4pm: Brooklyn Prizegiving, Wilton Bowling Club
• Tuesday 13 October, 7pm:, Royal Tiger Range: Wellington Association Champion of Champions match 
• Saturday 17 October, 6pm: Wellington Association Prizegiving
• Sunday 18 October: Brooklyn visitor session, 6pm

It's been a very busy couple of weeks of shooting.  We are nearing the end of the shooting season, but please keep an eye on the upcoming events as there’s still lots on.

Welcome to Bruce, who visited a few weeks ago and is now coming along regularly.  Welcome also to Nate’s father David, who is trying out target shooting.  Great to have you both!

Club shooting

Congratulations to Ryan for shooting a new PB of 95.3 last week, and to Kaitlyn for shooting a new PB of 97.4 this week.

Senior members continue to hotly contest the 20-shot competition: this week Ross shot 199.16, closely followed by Mark B, Stephen and Bex all with 198s.

There’s only three more weeks of club shooting!  4 October is the last opportunity to complete club competition cards.  We’ll also look to organisation some fun shoots for everyone.

Inter-Schools Competition, 4-6 September

Congratulations to Alex, Eli, Ethan, Filly, Kaitlyn and Zahra for representing their schools last weekend at this match against schools’ teams from across New Zealand.  Wellington College placed 19th and Samuel Marsden placed 21st out of 33 schools.

Candyman Cup

As winners of the North Island Teams of Ten competition this year, Wellington Association is competing against Christchurch Association, winners of the equivalent South Island competition (Andrewsand Faulkner competition) on Tuesday 15 September.  Good shooting to Bex, Mark, Meredith, Ross, Stephen, David and Evan.

Upcoming events:

• Sunday 20 September:  Club night: week 4 of Series 4 of the club competition
  • 4pm for all students and first year shooters
  • 6pm for senior members and those who cannot make the 4pm session
• Tuesday 22 September, 7:30pm: Wellington vs Hertfordshire - 

team to be selected

• Sunday 27 September: cleaning the range
• Tuesday 29 September, 7:30pm: Closed Champs Final 10
• Friday 2 October, 7pm, Keene Range Petone: Wellington vs Hutt Valley interclub winners & C Grade representative team - teams to be selected
• Sunday 4 October: final club night for the year
• Sunday 11 October, from 4pm: Brooklyn Prizegiving, Wilton Bowling Club
• Tuesday 13 October, 7pm: Wellington Association Champion of Champions match 
• Saturday 17 October, 6pm: Wellington Association Prizegiving
• Sunday 18 October: Brooklyn visitor session - to be confirmed

Another couple of weeks have flashed by.  Sunday was busy for our students as they all completed their 20-shot entry for the final round of the SSS competition.  Well done to Filly on shooting 195.10 and to Alex on shooting 194.9.

In Club shooting, congratulations to Filly on her excellent shooting - a new PB of 99.7.  Finn top scored for the night with 100.5.

Interclub Results

The final round of interclub was held on Tuesday.  Well done to the Brooklyn's C Grade team - Alex, Filly, Eli, Ethan and Mikey - for drawing against Wellington Central with 375.9. Well done also to the Open team - Bex, Mark, Meredith and Stephen - for a win against Ngaio with a score of 787.47 vs 785.41.  Brooklyn won the Open Grade interclub competition, while Ngaio won the B Grade competition and Wellington Central the C Grade competition. 

Closed Champs

Results following Round 5 of the Closed Champs competition are available on the Wellington Smallbore Rifle Association website. There is one more round to go, due 13 September.  At the moment Eli is 1st in D Grade, Ross, Mark B and David are 1st, 2nd and 3rd in A Grade, Bex is 3rd in Master Grade and Finn is 3rd in B Grade.  Go Brooklyn!

National Districts Championship

Wellington Association has won the top division in this competition for the first time.  Congratulations to everyone across all grades who participated in the six rounds of competition.

Range cleaning duty

Brooklyn is on cleaning duty this month.  This means we need to check bathroom supplies are topped up and bins are emptied.  On Sunday 27 September we will doing a full clean of the clubrooms and range.

North Island Inter-Schools Competition, Whanganui

Good luck to Alex, Eli, Ethan, Filly, Kaitlyn and Zahra this weekend at this competition against 15 North Island schools teams.  A South Island competition is running concurrently, also with 17 teams entered.

Upcoming events

• Sunday 6 September:  Club night; Series 4, Week 2 of the club competition
  • 4pm for all students and first year shooters
  • 6pm for senior members and those who cannot make the 4pm session
• Sunday 13 September: 

Closed Champs Round 6 (final round)

• Sunday 27 September: cleaning the range
• Sunday 4 October: final club night for the year
• Sunday 11 October, from 4pm: Brooklyn Prizegiving, Wilton Bowling Club

Club shooting

Congratulations to Georgie for a new PB of 93.1, and Nate for a new PB of 91.1.  Well done also to Evan M for matching his PB of 94.2 - two weeks running!

Among the senior shooters, Mark R was on a roll, shooting 99.3 and then 99.4.  Continuing the trend, Ross, Finn and Stephen all shot 99.7.  Top score for the night went to David with 100.5.

North vs South Competition

Congratulations to Bex and Meredith for participating in the North vs South competition.  The North Island Open, Men's, Women’s, Veterans and Junior teams won the competition - that’s a clean sweep!  and Bex went on to shoot in the New Zealand team.  Congratulations to Bex for top scoring in the North Island Women's team and having the top women’s aggregate score over the two days of shooting. 

Target Marking Course postponed

Unfortunately we did not get enough interest for the target marking course tomorrow night (Friday), so it has been postponed.  If you are interested in a future course, do email Rob Taylor at WSRA.Exec.Sec@gmail.com with your contact details, copying me for awareness.

Heads-up: Club this Sunday will be busy

Club sessions will be busy this week:

• The second round of the Wellington-Hutt Valley Secondary Schools teams competition will be finishing up on Sunday afternoon around the time our afternoon club session starts.  
• We have three new shooters booked in for our visitor session on Sunday.

Please help out where you can.

Upcoming events

• Sunday 23 August, 1:30pm: Secondary Schools teams competition (round 2), Royal Tiger Range, 131 Russell Tce,  Newtown

• Wellington College: Alex, Eli, Leo, Mikey
• Samuel Marsden Collegiate: Filly, Eleanor, Zahra, Kaitlyn
• Queen Margaret College: Georgina
• Sunday 3 August:  Club night & Visitor Night - three new visitors are booked in
  • 4pm for all students and first year shooters
  • 6pm for senior members and those who cannot make the 4pm session
  • Deadline: Round 5 Closed Champs
• Thursday 27 August: 7:30pm: NDC Final - teams to be selected
• Sunday 30 August, 1pm: Intercollegiate triangular competition, Royal Tiger Range, 131 Russell Tce, Newtown - teams to be selected following the Secondary Schools competition
• Sunday 30 August deadline: Round 4 SSS Champs (20-shot)
• Tuesday 1 September, 7pm: interclub - teams to be selected
• Friday-Sunday 4-6 September: North Island Inter-Schools Competition, Whanganui - teams to be selected