Welcome to the Home Page of the British Schools Small-Bore Rifle Association.
The Association was set up in 1969 to cater for the sport of small-bore target rifle shooting in schools throughout the United Kingdom, regardless of whether the school has a Combined Cadet Force or not.
Are you looking for...
Top Competition at School Level?
Medium or Lower Level Competition?
Junior Competitions?
A Place to Start?
Competitions for either CCF or private rifles?
A Veterans Match for former pupils
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Each term there are inter-school Leagues, with four sections to cater for a range of challenges:
Teams are allocated to Divisions of 6 or 7 on the basis of declared averages, and targets are marked by an independent scorer. Each team receives points for for the number of teams beaten in each of five rounds.
No telescopic sights are permitted, but except for Section B any NSRA approved .22 rimfire target rifle and ammunition may be used.
During the year there are additional competitions as follows:
Entry Forms for all the above are available from the Competitions Secretary, Michael Nash, at michael.nash@nash4.demon.co.uk
Please note: Half Term is a good time to contact the Competitions Secretary for details regarding competitions taking place in the following term.
An entry form for the Veterans Match can be downloaded by clicking here.
Eventually it is hoped that results of many, if not all, competitions will be accessible via links from this page. At present only a few are:
Files marked (.xls) are Excel files. Those marked (.doc) are MSWord files
The Hon. Website Organiser would be delighted to publish results and photographs, and can be contacted using this link, replacing 'dot shoot dot' in this address with just 'dot'. It will help to bypass my spam filter if you include the word 'BSSRA' in your subject line.
The National Rifle Association
The National Shooting Centre
The National Small-Bore Rifle Association