Norwich City Target Club

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

Thank you to all shooters for supporting the Norfolk County Rifle Association. Air Open meeting hosted by us here at Norwich City Target Club. There were excellent performances across the board. Thank you very much to shooters travelling from other clubs across the country. It is always special for us to see old friends and to make new ones. We look forward to seeing you all next time.

The gallery below shows the images of some of our shooters and medallists.

Congratulations to our CNTSA (Cumbria League) summer league medal winners: Kathy Johnson (Gold AP D13), Hana Nomad (Gold AP D17), Chris Wegg (Silver AP D6), Mark Johnson (Silver AP D11), and Steve Jones (Silver SRAP D2).

Congratulations to winner of the Norfolk County Rifle Association Summer leagues: Josh Wegg (Air Pistol Division 1), Mark Williams (Air Pistol Division 2), Andy Goodhand (Air Rifle Division 1).

Congratulations to Chris Wegg and Kathy Johnson for their 1st Place finishes in the Eastern Region Air Pistol League.

Congratulations to our shooters selected by the Norfolk County Rifle Association to represent the County in the inter- counties pistol league in winter 2023/24. Selected shooters are Joshua Wegg, Chris Wegg, George Mees, Simon Hill, Mark Johnson, Tammy Oakley, Geoff Wilson, David Sweeting, Kathy Johnson, Mark Williams, Julian Sadowski (Reserve) and Richard Bowen (Reserve). A fantastic achievement. We look forward to seeing how you get on.