It was a wet day at the Isle of Wight Gun Club for the final shoot of the selection process. Five shooters had competed for the three places available for the Sporting and Sportrap team over 7 shoots. In the end experience of qualifying for previous games paid off and the 3 shooters that so …
Category: News
Apr 18
Island Games
The Island Games will be in Guernsey in 2023, and a full schedule of shotgun events is proposed. https://www.iiga.org What we need to know, and quite quickly, is who would be interested in representing the Isle of Wight. Dates: 8 – 14 July 2023 Proposed Events: (both Mens and Womens events, individual and …
Feb 09
Winter Series 21/22
Wonderful to have had 95 members shooting at least 1 shoot this series, must be a record. Members Shooting 6 – 23, Shooting 5 – 15, Shooting 4 – 16 Top score was 95 by Brian Waghorn on 23rd Jan High Gun High gun is total of hits across the six shoots, with worst score discarded. …
Apr 18
Spring has sprung
It’s been great to get back shooting, and having the group busy, even if we are somewhat restricted with only club members being able to shoot. The layouts since being back have been fantastic, the grounds are in great condition, a testament to all the work that has gone in, not just the last …
Dec 22
Christmas and New Year – 2021
Message from our Chair, Mark Whillier To all valued Club Members, It has been a difficult year on a global level with the impacts of the pandemic affecting every aspect of our daily lives. The IWGC committee appreciates that due to these exceptional circumstances the opportunity to shoot at the club has been limited. With …
Aug 19
Update and instructions to shoot
Dear Members, The shoot will be for members only. This is because we can only allow limited numbers of people to shoot, due to the current guidelines and restrictions, and to ensure the safety of shooters and the volunteers who run the shoot. We hope to adhere to the fixture dates for the rest of …
Aug 04
Update & instructions for shoot – 9th Aug
Dear Members, Following the trial shoot at the Gun Club last week, we will be putting on a shoot on Sunday 9th August. The shoot will be for members only. This is because we can only allow limited numbers of people to shoot, due to the current guidelines and restrictions, and to ensure the safety …
Jul 10
C19 Situation update
UPDATE 10th July The earliest that we will be looking to hold a members shoot will be 9th August under controlled conditions. We will look for a means to “prove the process” in terms of how we can assure that our members will safe. It is almost certain that the numbers we will be …
Mar 21
Shooting Suspended until June 6th
To all valued Club Members and visitors, We currently find ourselves in an unprecedented situation as a club, a local community and ultimately a Country. As a committee, we have closely monitored the data available to us over the past few days; having evaluated all of our options and taking into consideration the latest Government …
Feb 08
9th Feb Shoot information
Your next shoot is tomorrow Sunday 9th February between 10-2pm. * This will be reviewed in the morning, as the weather forecast is not good* If the shoot goes ahead, it will be a 50 bird layout (which you can shoot as often as you like) and DTL. Please also note that the bridge into …