RobertBeard
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- Birthday 02/02/1952
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Thanks for paying me a visit. I took up shooting pretty late in life in 1990 and fairly quickly became the club Treasurer at Watts Blake Bearne Rifle Club, being a Chartered Accountant, which has been renamed to Teign Valley Rifles after the company got taken over and kicked us out as too much of a risk for their health and safety and insurance guys. I started shooting prone rifle at this club which had an indoor range which we shared with Exeter Rifle Club and it had 5 points for 25 yard shooting.
Outdoors I shoot at Budleigh Farm TSC and enjoy 50m, 100 yards and any sights and am an avid annual attender at the Bisley Rifle Meeting. I have also shot the Scottish Rifle meeting three times, once at Fort William and once at Caithness and most recently in 2017 at Lauder. Given more opportunity I would go more often.
I took up air pistol more recently which I shoot at Fonthill in Exeter and added a Pardini free pistol in 2007.
I have also been County Secretary for Devon for 10 years and have also been Treasurer for 8 years and as a County we organise 4 big outdoor shoots per annum. Devon Rifle Championships are always the first weekend in June at Budleigh Farm. Devon Pistol/LSR Championships are always the second weekend in June. Following the same format the South West Championships, organised by Devon, are also held at Budleigh Farm in September with the first weekend for rifle and the second weekend for pistol/LSR. Come and enter!
Exeter, Fonthill, Teign Valley Rifles and Exeter Target Sports Academy merged with Pinhoe Target Shooting Club on 1 April 2018 when we all agreed to plan to build 2 new 25 metre indoor ranges and a 10 metre airgun range at the Langaton Lane Pinhoe Range. To date we have the promise of a £75k grant from Sport England, over £60k of our own funds and members loan pledges of between £60k and £70k which together will enable us to put up a watertight shell to accommodate our plans which we can then fit out at our leisure. Viridor have now given us a grant of £50k to help with the interior.