Newport & District Air Rifle League

07/05/2026

29/04/2026

26/04/2026

Nice day out with the team at the Swindon Open 2026!

18/03/2026

S&DARL Swindon Open 2026

This year’s Swindon Open shoot competition, sponsored by Lambourn ARC, is taking place on Sunday the 26th of April 2026 at Lambourn Sports Club, RG17 8PS.

Entry is now open and entry forms can be found here - https://swindon177.co.uk/competition-entry-forms/

Please note the closing date for entries is Tuesday the 21st of April 2026 and there will be no entries accepted on the day.

02/03/2026

Congratulations to the Isca Rifles Trebles team - Stuart Daltrey, Alex Davies and Jack Drave, this year's League Trebles competition winners. Our runners up this season were the Newport Eagles Trebles team - Dawn Roberts, Nigel Roberts and Iestyn Roberts.

Also a big well done and a special mention to the shooters who managed to obtain maximum / capped handicapped scores - Dawn Roberts, Ryan Smith, Stuart Daltrey, and two shooters in their first season - Rebecca Brown and Maisie Sutherland, who is also one of our juniors. Well done all!

18/02/2026

So another year, another Newport Open completed! It still humbles us to see the event so well attended, so thank you so much to those who supported the event. The results are here for your perusal. Congratulations to all of those who took home trophies, and to Jacqui Coley for shooting the highest score and winning the entire event from Group B! We hope those who attended enjoyed the event and we hope to see you all next year.

02/02/2026

The Newport Open Air Rifle Bell Target shooting competition is taking place on Sunday 15th February 2026 at Nash Village Hall, Nash, Newport. Closing date for entries is Friday, 6th February 2026. For an entry form, rules and format applying to this event please click here:
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For directions and venue information, please click here:

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The competition is open to all shooters who have access to a qualifying air rifle (full details are included on the entry form above):

All events are for competition / match air rifles of 4.5mm (.177) calibre fitted with open or dioptre sights and with a maximum power of 6.64 ft/lbs / 9 joules. Field Target air rifles (or any other type of air rifle) of 4.5mm (.177) calibre fitted with open or dioptre sights are acceptable if power is restricted to 6.64 ft/lbs / 9 joules or lower. Scope sights, or any other magnifying or telescopic sights, are NOT permitted under any circumstance. For the Newport Open competition, all pellets must be loaded into the rifle individually (i.e. no magazines are permitted) so that any pellets in use are available for inspection throughout the competition. Targets are placed at a distance of 6.4m (7 yards) from the shooting line, with the bull at a height of 5 feet (152cm) from the ground. The targets will be a white painted steel plate aiming at a bull 9.54mm in diameter (3/8”). Eight radial scoring groves are located every 4mm from the edge of the bull. A clean bull (no mark on the plate) scores 10, a mark on the plate touching the bull but not touching the first scoring groove is scored a 9, a splash touching the first scoring groove but not touching the second scoring groove is scored an 8, and so on, with a splash on the plate not touching the last (eighth) scoring groove being scored a zero (mud). If a shot falls outside the plate boundary (i.e. leaves no mark on the plate) then the shooter is permitted to retake their shot. The number of shots are 10 (TEN) to count, with two marked sighter shots to begin (12 shots total).

30/01/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Rumney Cup competition, which concluded on Thursday evening. Rumney Rifles survived four knockout rounds to emerge victorious! Well done to their team, consisting of (l-r) Elliott Redman, Harry Redman, Bob Redman and Matt Redman.