Norwich City Target Club

Congratulations to our Cumbria Winter League medal winners: Josh Wegg, George Mees, Mark Johnson, Mick Bowen, Thomas Aldous and Emily Flowerdew

Congratulations to members taking part in the Eastern Region winter Air Pistol League. Josh Wegg was 2nd in Division 1, George Mees 4th in Division 1 and Chris Wegg 5th in Division 1. Mark Johnson was 3rd in Division 2 and Tammy Oakley 6th. Mark Williams was 1st in Division 3 and Kathy Johnson 2nd.

Brilliant shooting by Mark Williams to take the win in his Division.

Congratulations to Tammy, Josh and Chris who represented the club at the British Open Airgun Championships on the 24th and 25th of February. They all shot brilliantly, with Josh finishing 6th in the junior boys final.

Congratulations to Thomas and Emily for their excellent shooting at the British Shooting National schools Rifle Finals in Cannock. They both shot brilliantly and we will look forward to the Schools event coming round again the next year. Thank you to British Shooting for putting on such a fantastic event.

Congratulations to Thomas on shooting a fantastic personal best score at the Air Series in February. Thomas attended the event as an opportunity for National Schools shooting finalists to shoot ahead of the schools finals. We wish Thomas and Emily the best of luck going into the schools finals this week

The 13 &14th January 2024 was a busy weekend for Norwich City Target Club shooters with members competing at the British Pistol Club Open Meeting at Bisley and the Bedford Open meeting.

Josh and Chris Wegg represented the club at the British Pistol Club Open meeting. Josh shot well over two matches with a 555 on day one. On day two Josh finished 5th in the Junior Mens final. Chris Wegg shot very consistently well over two days, just several points off of his personal best score.

At the Bedford Open the club had members competing in the rifle and pistol events. In the Rifle, Emily Flowerdew was second in Class B and Thomas Aldous 4th. In the Pistol George Mees was 5th in Class A, David Sweeting was 2nd in Class B and Tammy Oakley 4th in Class B. In the Pistol Aggregate, George Mees was 3rd in Class A.

Congratulations to all shooters.

We were delighted to see our NCRA open meeting hosted by us at Norwich City Target Club featured in the NSRA ‘On Target’ Magazine.

We are taking the opportunity to share some more pictures of our fantastic medallists from the event.

There has been success for 3 Norwich City Target Club juniors in the Eastern region schools shooting.

In the Eastern Region schools Pistol championship, Josh Wegg won the seniors category with excellent shooting in the final. This adds to Josh’s victory in the intermediate age category the previous year. Josh will now go on to represent Aylsham High School at the National Finals in February.

In the Eastern Region schools Rifle championship Emily Flowerdew was second, and Thomas Aldous third in the Precision rifle category. This category cover all school age groups from years 7-13. Both shooters will go on to represent Aylsham High School at the National Finals in February.

Congratulations to Josh, Emily and Thomas and we wish them the best of luck for the final.

Congratulations to superb junior Milton Keynes based shooter on her performance at our NCRA Open meeting in October. Isabelle won the overall Air Rifle category, the Air Rifle Junior category and the Air Rifle Aggregate. We very much enjoyed meeting Isabelle and her family and we look forward to seeing how she progresses. Photo credits: S Cordery, S.Jones

Congratulations to James George, Mark Brownlow, Mo Sakikhales, Rob Thornton, Claire Thornton, Stacey Melvin, Richard Hodges on their medal winning performances at our Norfolk County Rifle Association Open Meeting. We love the picture, especially to see Claire in cushion form as she was missing from the photo! We look forward to seeing this brilliant group again next time. Photo credit: Bexley Target Shooting Club