Congratulations to Sam Entwistle of 4th Bowden, and Luke Burgess of Salford ESU, who achieved the top scores in the Under 14 and the 14 & over age groups respectively for the first GMW County Shooting Competition held at Altrincham Rifle and Pistol club.

You can download from here a copy of the results for the competition on Sunday 16 January 2011. It was an excellent turnout, with every place filled. A thank you to all for attending from Ian Jones from the club who organised it. There was a big turnout filling all the available places .A big thank you must go to Ian himself and the club for organising it.

There were lots of great scores achieved on the day, but nobody should be disappointed with their scores. Many entrants had no prior experience of shooting, and there was a lot to take in and to think about. Some of the entrants will be invited to join a squad to attend some training sessions during the next couple of months leading to possible selection for the Greater Manchester West County Team for  the National Team Competition on 27 March 2011. That will be the focus for the next couple of months. After that we will look at how we may be able to provide the opportunity for more training, at a slower pace for any other scouts who are interested in doing some more shooting, and possibly getting into next year's team.

If anybody is interested in finding out more about Altrincham Rifle and Pistol club, then let me know and I will pass the request on to Ian.

Andy Connellan ACC(Scouts)