NSRA Youth Proficiency Scheme Course

5th/6th February 2011

 The National Small-Bore Rifle Association runs this scheme to introduce young people to competition rifle shooting. This course will cover all of the basic skills you need to shoot standing air rifle as well as the background information you need to know to shoot legally and safely.

The course is being run by experienced staff, including members of the GB Junior Rifle Squad, so that you can get the best grounding possible in rifle shooting. A number of young people who have started their shooting on this very course have gone on to shoot for Great Britain at home and abroad and there is no reason why you couldn’t be doing that too. On a more down to earth level, the course will cover all or parts of various training schemes such as the Scout Association  proficiency badges or the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

The course is very hands on, with as much time as possible devoted to actually shooting. You will  learn to shoot on modern compressed air rifles (not break barrel spring rifles) which are used by everyone in serious competition. The course will take you from the basic operation of the rifle all the way to your own competition at the end of the course. You will not be competing against each other (although you may find you do want to beat the people around you) but for scores. The higher the score you achieve the better the final qualification (and badge) you get.

 

Booking is now closed