Registered County Association of the NSRA   

INTRODUCTION

           

      Objectives                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                    
Our principal objectives are to cultivate and support rifle and pistol target shooting in Ayrshire County and foster friendly relations     
between affiliated clubs and members.                                                                                                                                                     
A further objective is to support affiliated clubs representing or specialising in other forms of target shooting.                                      

 

                  General                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

               The Ayrshire County silverware, is awarded to affiliated members producing the best scores within the Ayrshire County                                    
competitions either as individuals or as team members.                                                                                                                          
The majority of competitions are open to all members of the affiliated clubs but, from long established tradition, one competition      
is reserved for ladies only.                                                                                                                                                                          
               Three competitions, namely the County Prone Rifle Championship, the County Black Powder Championship and the the County                                      Sporting Rifle Championship are open to all interested shooters when any non-affiliated club member will be awarded a prize of                         considered appropriateness for the competition should they win or achieve a position of gaining an award.                                           
               Whenever numbers permit the competitions will be divided into divisions to extend the range of prizes and encourage those                            
climbing through the scoring levels.                                                                                                                                                          
Handicap competitions are  also used to permit the less able shooter to compete directly with the more able and, as in other            
               sports, the lower the handicap the greater the difficulty in holding a top position.                                                                                                  
            This is taken one step further with the McCrae handicapped events within which a positive advantage is given to improving                         
competitors.                                                                                                                                                                                              

               
               Affiliated Clubs
 

                 There are currently seven Ayrshire based target shooting clubs affiliated to the ATSA which is just under half the clubs based                          
in the catchment area.                                                                                                                                                                             
The non-affiliated shooting clubs generally have a main interest in full-bore rifle and/or shotgun shooting which traditionally            
have not been part of the interests of the affiliated clubs.                                                                                                                     

The affiliated clubs are: 

Ardeer Rifle and Pistol Club        

Dundonald Rifle and Pistol Club  

   Glengarnock Rifle and Pistol Club  

Stewarton and District Rifle Club 

            Further details of each club are given under their own headings which also provide links to the individual web sites where those exist.  
 Contact should be made directly to each club but should any problems be experienced please contact the ATSA.                        

Contact : web@atsa.co.uk