Yorkshire Rifle Association

Yorkshire Rifle Association
1860

Yorkshire XX Club
1889

Affliated to the
National Rifle Association
of Great Britain

Updated 6 May 2008

6 May
Purples Match weekend

Yorkshire beat Hampshire in an early season match and finish 9th in the Purples. New caps Ian Power and Richard Hirst make a good impression on the team score.

7 April
Dyson wins in South Africa!

Latest news from the GB tour to South Africa - not only have the team won the Protea Match for the first time in 20 years, but Dave Dyson has won the State President's Final! Will we ever hear the last of this?? Congratulations Dave!

17 March
Great Britain Athelings 2008

Congratulations to Chelsea Edwards and Georgie Ogden, both selected for the 2008 GB Athelings Cadet team to Canada. Good luck to them both this season!

17 March
Captain's Report 2007

A written report from County Captain John Warburton is available here.

17 March
Astor Heat and YRA Spring Open dates

Key dates for your diary: The Yorkshire Astor heat has been booked for Saturday 31st May at Strensall. The YRA Spring Open has been booked for Sunday 8th June at Strensall. (Entry forms available after Easter). The date of Sunday 31st August has been set aside for either YRA Autumn or Bingham Shield.

10 March
Revamped Affiliated Club Pages

To all affiliated club secretaries: please contact me with information and I will get it uploaded into a new club page format. I would like a brief description of the club, disciplines, facilities, directions, plus photos and a good quality club badge or logo if you have one.

1 March
2008 Calendar

Most dates have been added to the calendar on the right. Other confirmed dates will be added as soon as possible.

1 March
Yorkshire Team Availability

To all squad members: Please contact John Warburton as soon as possible with your availability for this year's matches. First team get-together will be for the Purples Match at Bisley.

go to NEWS ARCHIVE

APRIL
Sat 26 Match v. Hampshire, Bisley
Sun 27 Purples Match, Bisley

MAY
Mon 7 Pennine Challenge match, Diggle
10-11 Yorkshire team training, Bisley
17-18 Northumberland Open, Ponteland
24-26 English XX Open Meeting, Bisley
Sat 31 Astor preliminary heat, Strensall

JUNE
7-9 Scottish Open, Barry Budden
Sun 8 YRA Spring Open, Strensall
14-15 NRA Inter-Counties, Bisley
Sun 22 KGV Eliminator, Battle Hill

JULY
5-6 BCRC Open Meeting, Bisley
Thu 17 KGV Final, Bisley
Fri 18 Astor Final, Bisley
16-26 NRA Imperial Meeting, Bisley
Tue 22 County Long & Short Matches
Thu 24 National Match
Sat 26 HM Queens Prize Final

AUGUST
9-10(?) CLRA Open Meeting, Altcar
Sun 31 YRA Autumn Open, Strensall (OR Bingham Shield, to be decided by clubs)

SEPTEMBER
Sun 7 Roses Match, Altcar
14 Durham Open, Battle Hill

OCTOBER
Sun 5 CNRC Open Meeting, Ponteland
tbc Bingham Shield, Strensall

Weather Reports

Weather for Strensall area
Weather for Bisley area
Provided by the Met Office.

President: Ben T Ford DL
Chairman: Stuart Comins
Secretary: Steve Wilson
County Captain: John Warburton
Adjutant: John Holmes
Treasurer: Simon Dench
Competition Secretary & Webmaster: John Stevens

Range Directions

Altcar, Lancashire
Bisley, Surrey
Brockholes, Huddersfield
Ponteland, Newcastle
Strensall, York

Information about contacting the YRA will be uploaded here soon.

Use the Contacts page until then.