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NSRA Range Conducting Officer Course
Join WheelPower for an opportunity to learn the knowledge & skills required to ensure the safe administration of a precision target shooting range.
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About this Event
Quality assured courses developed by the National Small-Bore Association that deliver through theory and practice sessions the knowledge and skills required to ensure the safe administration of a precision target shooting range. WheelPower will deliver this RCO course in partnerships with it's Member Sport, Disability Shooting Great Britain, and JMB Training
Range Conducting Officer
The basic course is a Range Conducting Officer and whilst no special knowledge is needed to attend, a basic understanding of the rules and regulations governing the operation of a Home Office approved gun club is an advantage. Further courses to become a licensed Club Instructor, Club Coach or County Coach will equip you with the skills required to train newcomers and skilled precision rifle and pistol target shooters.
Course Outline
All courses offered are interactive and the theory part will be delivered via Zoom and practical part will be delivered at SM Shooting Range
The Range Conduction Officer Course – is about Health & Safety and is delivered in two parts:
Part 1 Theory - approximately 2 ½ hours
Interactive theory lecture, topics covered include:
An outline of National and International system for the safe administration of firing ranges.
Listing the essential requirements and skills required to run a safe range or competition.
Listing the different types of firearms used in UK clubs and competitions.
An outline of UK firearm law and its significance for each category of firearm.
The qualities required to be an effective RCO.
An outline of the terminology used within shooting circles.
The rules relating to the safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults.
Consideration of any special considerations that may be imposed by the insurance industry.
At the end of Part 1, there will be a short multiple choice paper comprising 29 questions. Candidate must achieve an 82% pass rate to go forward to Part 2.
Part 2 Practical – approximately 1 hour
On completion of Part 1 each candidate must run a range to demonstrate that they can take charge and run a range safely in accordance with national guidelines.
Candidates will work in teams of two, one running the range and one running the firing line.
The examiner should arrange to have at least 5 shooters on the range. Their work will be assessed and rated on a scale of 1 – 5. A rating of 4 or above is required to pass.
On successful completion of the questionnaire and the practical the course leader will review the results and if the candidate has achieved a pass in both sections papers will be passed to the NSRA who will issue a three year licence that will entitle them to run any air & .22 Home Office regulated gun club and any military range authorised for civilian use for calibres up to and including .22 firearms
Time: 10.00-12.30
Location: Virtual Platform via Zoom
Practical: The practical will be conducted when the Shooting Range is open at SM.
Course Fee: £15 per person
Closing date: 31 July 2020
(Limited spaces are available for DSGB members free of charge. These will be allocated first come first serve basis.)
Multiple Paralympic Medallist Matt Skelhon topped qualification in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Croatia but was pipped to the Gold by his old rival Veronika Vadivicova of Slovakia.
As he had done earlier in the week in R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1), Skelhon dominated the sixty shot qualification round. He scored 621.3, ahead of Vadivicova with 618.9. Lorraine Lambert missed the final, finishing in 12th.
Skelhon took an early lead in the final but fell behind in the first elimination round. He recovered to lie 0.1 points behind the Slovak with two shots remaining. Vadivicova held her nerve to take the Gold with a finals score of 248.4, just 0.4 ahead of Skelhon.
In R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2) Great Britain had two finalists. James Bevis, riding high on the previous day’s Gold medal in R9, qualified in sixth with Ryan Cockbill 3rd. Bevis finished just outside the medals but will be happy with his weeks work after a 4th place finish. Cockbill was the second athlete eliminated finishing in 7th.
In P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1) Stewart Nangle finished 10th and Issy Bailey 19th.
The British Shooting Paralympic Programme squad finished the competition with two individual medals from Skelhon and Bevis. Nangle, Bailey, Cockbill and Lambert all made finals while Vinod Budhathoki made his international debut.
James Bevis took Gold in the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Croatia with a dominant performance in R9 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH2). The event has recently been added to the Paralympic Programme and Croatia is the first competition where it has been contested since the announcement.
Bevis topped qualification with 620.8, over four points clear of his closest rival. He continued to set the pace in the final taking Gold over France’s Alain Quittet and Serbia’s Dragan Ristic.
British Shooting Paralympic Programme Performance Director Pasan Kularatne said “We are pleased that R9 has been added to the Paralympic Programme for Tokyo to provide more opportunity for SH2 shooters. This is James Bevis’s first international competition of the year and I am very pleased that his hard work, suppotrted by the staff team, has earned him Gold in R9 with a finals World Record.”
Earlier in the competition Bevis had made the R4 (10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2) final, qualifying in fourth place in his least preferred event and finishing fifth in the final. Ryan Cockbill finished 20th after a mistake in the third string cost him a shot.
Matt Skelhon qualified top in R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) but could not maintain his form in the final, finishing sixth. Lorraine Lambert was in 18th with ex-serviceman Vinod Budhathoki making his international debut in 24th place. Lambert also finished 8th in R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1)
In the pistol events Stewart Nangle qualified top in P1 (10m Air Pistol Men SH1) with a score of 572 but did not finish in the medals, ending up in fifth place. Issy Bailey was also a finalist in P2 (10m Air Pistol, both qualifying and finishing in fifth. Nangle and Bailey will shoot on the final day of competition in P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1) while Skelhon and Lambert go again in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1). Bevis will be on the look out for another medal as he and Cockbill finish up with R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2)
The British Shooting Paralympic Programme returned from the USA Shooting Rifle and Pistol National Championships with nine medals, including four Golds.
The event had been upgraded to a World Shooting Para Sport sanctioned event to compensate for the cancellation of the World Cup in Korea and athletes from Korea, Ukraine, Canada, Brazil and Ireland joined GB and the hosts for a week of competition at Fort Benning.
With two matches in each event the competition experience will be vital preparation for the next World Cup in September in Croatia.
The GB team of Lorraine Lambert, Mandy Pankhurst, Ryan Cockbill, Tim Jeffery and Issy Bailey won the following medals:
R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1)
Bronze - Lorraine Lambert
R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1)
Gold - Lorraine Lambert
R4 (10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2)
Gold - Ryan Cockbill
Silver - Tim Jeffery
R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2)
Silver - Ryan Cockbill
Bronze - Tim Jeffery
R8 (50m Rifle 3P Women SH1)
Gold - Lorraine Lambert
P2 (10m Air Pistol Women SH1)
Gold - Issy Bailey
P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1)
Silver - Issy Bailey
Great Britain’s Ryan Cockbill won Gold in R5 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2) at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup Al Ain in the UAE. His final score of 255.5 was a new world record after changes to the number of shots in the single position events were introduced for 2017.
Cockbill qualified second with a score of 636.0 and shot three 10.9s in the elimination stages to see off young Swedish shooter Philip Jonsson and Ukraine’s Paralympic champion Vasyl Kovalchuk.
Two of those perfect scores came in the second elimination round as it appeared Cockbill would ease past his rivals.
However Jonsson (254.3) had other ideas and brought himself to within 0.2 of the British athlete. He maintained that position for one more round, but a slip in the fifth proved to be costly and allowed Cockbill to advance to the top of the podium with the help of another 10.9.
Cockbill also took Silver in R4 (10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2), qualifying third with a score of 630.8 and moved up a place in the final, only finishing behind Kuwait's Atef Aldousari who took Gold.
Lambert shot an international PB of 575 to qualify for the R8 (50m Rifle 50m Three Positions Women SH1) final tied at the top with Paralympic champion Veronika Vadivicova. The Slovak came out on top in the final but Paralympic finalist Lambert will be pleased with the Silver medal and heartened that the gap has closed since Rio. Mandy Pankhurst qualified fifth and finished fourth in the final.
Lambert also made the final of the R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) competition, breaking the 630 mark for the first time ever at a World Cup. Her 630.6 was good enough to qualify in sixth and she finished fifth in the final, with Vadivicova again taking Gold.
Lambert made it four finals from four events as she qualified 3rd in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) and 8th in R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1). She could not add to her medal tally as she finished 5th In R6 and 7th in R2. Mandy Pankhurst qualified 7th in R2, finishing 8th, and 18th in R6.
Stewart Nangle made the final in all three of his events, P1 (10m Air Pistol Men SH1) P3 (25m Pistol Mixed SH1) and P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1). He qualified top in P1 with a 562 but was eliminated in the final in 4th position. In P3 he qualified sixth and maintained that position in the final. He qualified fourth and finished 6th in P4.
Performance Director and Head Coach Pasan Kularatne said: “The Rio Paralympic Games were a real disappointment for us as we knew we had several athletes capable of winning medals. We have worked very hard over the winter and I am delighted for Ryan and Lorraine that their dedication has paid off with world class performances. Ryan missed both finals in the Games by one place but winning his first ever R5 Gold medal by beating the Paralympic Champion is a great start to the Tokyo cycle”.
DSGB CEO James Marsh Brown said: “As I am due to retire at the end of March I am particularly pleased to see that the squad is back in top gear and preforming at the highest level. The excellent achievement of both the shooters and the support staff in achieving 11 places in finals, one Gold medal for Ryan and two silver medals one for Ryan and one for Lorraine give the best demonstration to our stakeholders that despite our performance at Rio the Squad is still a top performer on the International Circuit. It has been a great honour for me to have been able to work with such a great bunch of guys and girls over the past eight years and I wish them all the very best for the next Paralympic cycle under the management of British Shooting.”
Great Britain’s Ryan Cockbill added to his R4 Silver with Gold in R5 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2). His score of 255.5 was a new world record after changes to the number of shots in the single position events were introduced for 2017.
Cockbill shot three 10.9s in the elimination stages and saw off young Swedish shooter Philip Jonsson and Ukraine’s Paralympic champion Vasyl Kovalchuk.
Two of those perfect scores came in the second elimination round as it appeared Cockbill would ease past his rivals.
However Jonsson (254.3) had other ideas and brought himself to within .2 of the British athlete. He maintained that position for one more round, but a slip in the fifth proved to be costly and allowed Cockbill to advance to the top of the podium with the help of another 10.9.
Kovalchuk’s (232.2) challenge ended after he lost his early lead. He settled for bronze.
Lorraine Lambert had won R8 Silver earlier in the competition which meant GB's total in the competition was three medals and 11 finals places from four athletes. The next competition will be a Grand Prix in Poland in April followed by Hannover in May.
Ryan Cockbill took Silver in R4 (10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2) to get off to a medal winning start in the 2017 season.
Cockbill qualified 3rd with a score of 630.8 and moved up a place in the final, only finishing behind Kuwait's Atef Aldousari who took Gold. Cockbill goes again on Monday in R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2).
Lorraine Lambert made it four finals from four events as she qualified 3rd in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) and 8th in R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1). She could not add to her medal tally as she finished 5th In R6 and 7th in R2. Mandy Pankhurst qualified 7th in R2, finishing 8th, and 18th in R6.
Stewart Nangle also made the final in every event he had competed in, qualifying fourth and finishing 6th in P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1).
Lorraine Lambert won a Silver medal behind multiple Paralympic Gold medallist Veronika Vadivicova at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in the UAE.
Lambert shot an international PB of 575 to qualify for the R8 (50m Rifle 50m Three Positions Women SH1) final tied at the top with Vadivicova. The Slovak came out on top in the final but Paralympic finalist Lambert will be heartened that the gap has closed since Rio. Mandy Pankhurst qualified fifth and finished fourth in the final.
Lambert also made the final of the R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) competition, breaking the 630 mark for the first time ever at a World Cup. Her 630.6 was good enough to qualify in sixth and she finished fifth in the final, with Vadivicova again taking Gold.
Stewart Nangle made the final in both P1 (10m Air Pistol Men SH1) and P3 (25m Pistol Mixed SH1). He qualified top in P1 with a 562 but was eliminated in the final in 4th position. In P3 Nangle qualified sixth and maintained that position in the final. He will shoot again in P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1) on the 26th February.
Ryan Cockbill is the other GB shooter out in the UAE and will be shooting both SH2 10m events.
British Shooting and Disability Shooting Great Britain (DSGB) are delighted to announce the imminent transfer of the Paralympic World Class Programme to British Shooting.
From 1st April 2017, both the Olympic and Paralympic world class programmes will operate under the same organisation bringing greater scope for collaboration, integration and even more progress than has been achieved in recent years.
With the support of UK Sport, the two organisations have been working closely for some months to bring about a smooth transition. With the onset of the new Olympic and Paralympic cycles, the timing couldn’t be better to take target shooting to the next level. UK Sport has announced two funding awards to British Shooting for the period 2017-2021 with awards specifically for the Olympic and Paralympic programmes.
John Harris, Chairman of British Shooting, welcomed the move, stating: “I am personally delighted to welcome our colleagues from DSGB into British Shooting.
"We have made huge strides over the last four years in terms of the governance of British Shooting and this move represents a logical and timely progression. More importantly, I really do feel that both world class programmes can share knowledge and experience for mutual benefit, such that we can embark on the Tokyo cycle with genuine expectation of improvement, and ultimately, medal success.
"I would also like to give credit to the DSGB for its stewardship of the Paralympic programme in recent years.”
Pasan Kularatne, Performance Director (Paralympic), welcomed the move, saying: "I am very pleased that the Paralympic World Class Programme will be joining British Shooting. With our combined knowledge, experience and desire to succeed, both programmes will be in a stronger position to contend for medals in Tokyo.
"I would like to acknowledge the tireless support over many years from DSGB that have enabled the Programme to reach this level. We look forward to the next step in our journey."
Hamish McInnes, CEO, said: “I can’t wait to welcome Pasan and his team into British Shooting, and we are genuinely excited by the opportunities this move affords us.
"I am sure that our world class programmes will continue to go from strength to strength under Steven Seligmann and Pasan Kularatne, and that we can also enhance the pathway development underpinning our Olympic and Paralympic aspirations for years to come."
Are you a world class coach who can lead a team of coaches and athletes to deliver world leading performances as part of our inspirational World Class system?
We are looking for people with internationally recognised coaching qualifications, experienced in designing and delivering a high performance culture who can release the potential of our coaches and athletes and achieve medal success and beyond.
If you have the desire and passion to achieve world class acclaim in your coaching we would love to hear from you.
British Shooting’s purpose is to develop world leading people to deliver world leading performances. Supported by the National Lottery and UK Sport funding we aim to deliver an inspirational world-class system that releases potential, drives sustained medal success and takes us beyond expectations.
As part of a new performance structure, British Shooting is looking to appoint a full time/ contract for the following roles:
Paralympic Rifle Performance Coach
To work with the coaches, management and support staff in the British Shooting Paralympic WCP to deliver coaching services to Podium and Podium Potential athletes on the Performance Pathway. Through this service, to positively influence athlete development and performance in both training and competition with the intention of producing athletes capable of winning Gold medals at a Paralympic Games. In addition, to take on roles as required at competitions and to be involved in talent recruitment and development activity where required.
Job title: Performance Coach – Rifle (Paralympic)
Responsible to: British Shooting Performance Director (Paralympic)
Responsible for: World Class Programme – Rifle (Paralympic)
Commitment: Full time/ contract for services (tbc)
Salary: Dependent on experience
Contract period: April 2017 – March 2021
Download job brief here
Olympic Rifle Performance Coach
The role will be to lead the delivery of an inspirational coaching programme to athletes identified on the WCP and GBR teams that enables athletes to deliver medal success at major internationals, Tokyo 2020 Olympics and beyond.
The WCP & GB Head Coach will operate within the GB Performance Pathway, supporting and developing male and female athletes as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will also lead, inform and support the implementation of the British Shooting performance strategy and develop a unified high performance culture that is focused on becoming world leading,.
Job title: World Class Programme and GBR Head Coach – Rifle (Olympic)
Responsible to: British Shooting Performance Director (Olympic)
Responsible for: World Class Programme and GBR Teams – Rifle (Olympic)
Commitment: Full time/ contract for services (tbc)
Remuneration package: Competitive salary and benefits offered
Contract period: April 2017 – March 2021
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Olympic Shotgun Performance Coach
The GBR Performance Coach will operate principally within the WCP and GBR Performance Pathway, supporting and developing male and female athletes and coaches as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will also lead, inform and support the implementation of the British Shooting performance strategy and develop a unified high performance culture that is focused on becoming world leading.
Job title: GBR Performance Coach – Shotgun (Olympic)
Responsible to: British Shooting Performance Director (Olympic)
Responsible for: identified WCP/ GBR Performance Pathway athletes and identified discipline GBR Team (s) – Shotgun (Olympic)
Commitment: Full time/ contract for services (tbc)
Remuneration package: Competitive salary and benefits offered
Contract period: April 2017 – March 2018 and to then be reviewed for April 2018 – March 2021
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Great Britain finished the Rio 2016 shooting programme without a medal as Matt Skelhon finished 7th in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) and Stewart Nangle finished 8th in P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1).
Skelhon shot a new Paralympic Record of 622.5 to top qualification but could not sustain those standards in the final where a below par second and third series saw him be the second athlete eliminated. Cuiping Zhang of China won her second Gold medal 0.3 ahead of Abdulla Alaryani of the UAE.
Nangle finished strongly in P4 qualification to qualify 7th with a score of 522 but was first out in the final. Another female athlete was victorious in a mixed event with Iran's Sareh Javanmardidodmani adding to her P2 title.
Lorraine Lambert was 2nd in the R8 (50m Rifle 3 positions Women SH1) final after the kneeling and prone components but slipped back to finish 5th as China's Cuiping Zhang denied Veronika Vadivicova a third Gold of the Games.
Lambert had qualified in 6th place with a score of 560. Karen Butler was in 15th after struggling with her standing series.
Vasyl Kovalchuk of Ukraine dominated the R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2) with a Paralympic record in both qualification and finals. GB had high hopes with James Bevis and Tim Jeffery having won Gold at Paralympic Qualifier World Cups in 2015 and holding the Team World record with Ryan Cockbill. It was not to be as Cockbill and Jeffery just missed the final in 9th and 10th place respectively. 2012 Bronze medallist Bevis could not recover from a poor start and ended up 32nd.
On the previous day in P3 (25m Pistol Mixed SH1) Stewart Nangle was in a good position after the precision qualification but finished in 11th after the rapid element. Nangle will compete in his final discipline of P4 as Matt Skelhon, Lorraine Lambert and Karen Butler will take on R6 on the final day of competition.
GB did not get any athletes into finals in a disappointing day at the Range in Deodoro.
In the R3 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) event 2008 Gold and 2012 Silver medalist Matt Skelhon missed out on the final by a tiny margin.
Only 0.4 points separated 7th and 11th with Skelhon in 11th with a score of 632.1 from his sixty shots. In the final Veronika Vadivicova of Slovakia grabbed her second Gold of the Games. She will be a big threat to World Record holder Skelhon in his favoured R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) later in the Games.
In R4 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2) Ryan Cockbill and Richard Davies could not transfer their sparkling 2016 form into the Games finishing 9th and 11th respectively. Both were agonisingly close with Cockbill 0.1 points behind 8th place and Davies 0.4. Davies Games are now over while Cockbill and James Bevis, who finished in 18th, will go again in R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2).
Issy Bailey finished a creditable 14th on her Paralympic debut in P2 (10m Air Pistol Women SH1). Stewart Nangle made the final in P1 (10m Air Pistol Men SH1), finishing 6th.
Bailey, the youngest competitor in the field by six years, scored 359 from her 40 shots. Her PB of 375 would have been enough to qualify for the final but with many more Games ahead of her she will doubtless use the experience to come back stronger. The Gold medal was won by indisputably the finest female Paralympic pistol shooter Sareh Javadmardidodmani of Iran.
Nangle will be disappointed not to build on his 4th place in qualification but reaching the final in a field of 49 competitors was a fine achievement in itself. China's Chao Yang took the Gold. Nangle will have further chances to impress in P3 and P4.
GB did not win any medals on Day one of the Games but Lorraine Lambert, Karen Butler and Owen Burke will all be looking to the 50m events for their best chance of glory.
The first event of the Games was R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1). Five time Paralympian Karen Butler (pictured) and debutant Lorraine Lambert finished 14th and 15th in qualification respectively to miss out on the final. Slovakia's Veronika Vadivicova won Gold after a closely fought contest with China's Cuping Zhang. Both will be strong competitors for medals in R3, R6 and R8.
Owen Burke did not finish his qualification in R1 (10m Air Rifle Standing Men SH1) and will be looking to make amends in R7 (50m Rifle 3 Position Men SH1) later in the Games.
Action continues on the 9th September with the air pistol events, Stewart Nangle and Issy Bailey will both be getting their first taste of the Paralympic atmosphere.
The full DSGB squad of athletes, coaches and support staff flew to Rio yesterday to acclimatise to the conditions and begin pre-event training.
The squad traveled straight to the Paralympic Village to be allocated their accommodation and find their bearings.
After a days R&R they will begin pre-event training at the Olympic Range in Deodoro. The competition starts the day after the Opening Ceremony with women's air rifle standing.
DSGB is proud to announce that Tim Jeffery will be joining our Paralympic Team who will be departing for Rio on 31st August. His inclusion comes as a result of representations to IPC earlier this month.
James Marsh Brown, the CEO of Disability Shooting and one of the GB Team Selectors, said “We are delighted with the outcome and wish Tim and all the Team, athletes, coaches and support staff our best wishes. It has been an honour and pleasure to have worked with this band of brothers and sisters who have over the past four years devoted so many hours at training camps to hone their skills. They are now best prepared for the task ahead. All our good wishes go with them.”