13th October 2024
Lt. Col. Rupert Riley (79-89) was recently selected to shoot in the victorious England Rifle team at the European Long Range Championships held at Bisley over the 12th and 13th October. The match is shot over distances of 900 and 1000 yards with 2 shoots at 900x and 3 at 1000x. On a cold October weekend, England had to overturn a 10 point deficit on day 2 to secure 1st place over Scotland, with Wales finishing 3rd, the Channel Islands 4th and Ireland 5th.
Congratulations to England and Rupert for a fine victory. This comes after Rupert's recent tour to Kenya and the Republic of South Africa in 2023 with the England Rifle Team, that was also Captained by OB Andy Barnes (76-83).
7th August 2024
Congratulations to Nia and Nyree Barnes who have both been selected to shoot in the National Rifle Association team to tour the Channel Islands in May 2025. This is a key developmental opportunity for future Great Britain representation and is recognition for their excellent performances in this year’s Imperial Meeting, where they were both selected to shoot in the Welsh National Team.
Nyree was also selected for the Welsh McKinnon (long range) team and her sister, Nia, was a reserve for the match.
We wish this Bedfordians sister act the best of luck in Jersey and Guernsey next year!
For more details go to https://nra.org.uk/2025-nra-team-to-the-channel-islands/
27th July 2024
The Imperial Meeting is over for another year, with good representation from the Bedfordians, as always.
Paul Sykes had an outstanding Meeting, being placed 14th in the Conan Doyle, 15th in the Times and 19th in the Donegall, making it through to the King’s Final and finishing 23rd in the Grand Aggregate with a score of 764.94. Paul was placed 15th in the Palma Aggregate, 18th in the Friday Aggregate, 19th in the Saturday Aggregate, 24th in the Short Range Aggregate and 25th in the Weekend Aggregate. He was also selected for the winning England Mackinnon team.
Nyree Barnes also performed extremely well, with the top score in the Army Inter-Services Short Range Team and the second highest score in the Army Inter-Services Long Range Team (overall tied top score on points for combined short/long range inter-services overall score, being beaten by 1 V-bull by Palma World Championship team member, Major Nick Healy). Nyree was selected to shoot in the Combined Armed Forces team against England on the final Friday. She also finished 26th in the Times and 31st in the Wimbledon with scores of 50.7.
Phil Dawes was placed 14th in the Alexandra with a score of 50.7 and Marty Ebbetts won the Stickledown with 49.8.
Congratulations to all!
19th July 2024
A creditable performance by the Bedfordians representing Bedfordshire in the Astor County Championship shot over 300, 500 and 600 yards, finishing 7th with a score of 617.75.
The Schools Veterans match at 500 yards brings together former pupils from many schools across the country and there is always a bit of a party atmosphere. It was great to have two Bedfordians teams representing the School and both the A and B teams were placed 13th with scores of 242.26 and 229.20 respectively.