Armidale Rifle Club

06/09/2026

Armidale R***e Club 700yards 6 September 2026

With what looked to be a beautiful sunny day with a consistent westerly wind, 8 shooters turned up to the 700 yard mound. Sprits were high and the sarcasm was flowing. As the first shooters laid down we soon learnt what we thought was a consistent wind definitely wasn’t. 5s and 4s along with some strong curse words were popping up on everyone’s target.

The dashers had 4-4.5 minutes of wind on but it was a struggle to hold them in the centre through the drop offs and pick ups. There was only one possible shot today, Garry managed a tidy 50.08 in his second stage finishing up with a 99.13 taking home top c**k. Cassandra defended her title in F-Open from the last 700y shoot but considering majority of the field was away today and Tony was doing load development it doesn’t really count and we ALL just need to do better.

Joel wooped Cassandra in a Bisley stage, but we don’t need to talk about that.

F-Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Cassandra Fullagar 59.04. 57.04, 116.08🥇
Joel Sorensen 58.07, 56.02, 114.09🥈
Tony Marshall. 56.03, 55.02, 111.05🥉

Target R***e A Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Andrew Cameron. 46.05, 49.04, 95.09🥇

Target R***e B Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Darryl Stace 46.01, 48.02, 94.03🥇

Production Class Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Garry Cluley 49.05, 50.08, 99.13🥇🐓
Murray Hill 45.03, 46.03 91.06🥈

Production Class Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Brice Herbert 43.03, 43.00, 86.03🥇

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads. We will see you next Sunday 13th September at 300 yards. Hopefully the wind will be kinder.

If you would like to try shooting, contact us through our page.

30/08/2026

Armidale R***e Club 600yards 30th August 2026

It was a beautiful day today which was a huge contrast to the last weekend. Instead of freezing our fingers off there was barely a jumper in sight. The air temperature was beautiful. The wind, not so much. It would not make up its mind on directions or speed catching people out left right and centre. When both Shorty and Nik (top c**k from last week) miss out of shooting double possibles, you know it’s a tough day at the office. Joel held on to it though and walked away with top c**k beating Blair on a count back. Go the dasher!

It was great to see Thomas back on the range after a few shoots earlier in the year under a P650 he has now acquired his juniors permit. He belted out a 50.06 in his first round in some tricky conditions. With some questionable calls from a wind coach in his second round, the door was left wide open for Murray who smashed PCO taking the only double possible in sporter for the day. Great shooting Murray.

Shawn has the top spot for PC just missing out on a double, finishing with a 99.13

It was good to see a visitor, Ian, who normally shoots clay target come and give PC a go. We hope you had a good day and look forward to seeing you again.

Good luck to Shorty who is heading off to Goondiwindi prize shoot next weekend. For the rest of us, we will be at 700yards. If you would like to try shooting, contact us through our page.

F-Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Joel Sorensen 60.07, 60.08, 120.15🥇🐓
Blair Orman 60.08, 60.07, 120.15🥈
Cassandra Fullagar 60.08, 60.06, 120.14🥉
Cal Orman 60.05, 50.06, 119.11
Nik McRae 60.07, 58.03, 118.10
Tony Marshall 59.05, 58.05, 117.10
Greg Carson 58.05, 58.03, 116.08
Chris Davis 55.02, 59.03, 114.05

Target R***e B Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Darryl Stace 47.04, 45.01, 92.05 🥇

F-Standard B Stage1, Stage 2, Total
Lindsey Stace 52.1, 55.02, 107.03 🥇

Production Class - Open. Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Murray Hill 50.07, 50.05, 100.12 🥇
Thomas Bradford 50.06, 47.04, 97.10 🥈

Production Class Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Shawn Keene 50.07, 49.06, 90.13 🥇
Greg Keene, 48.03, 49.06, 97.09 🥈
Brice Herbert 47.02, 49.03, 96.05 🥉
Scott Bithrey 48.06, 46.04, 94.10
Ian Schwartz 46.02, 48.04, 94.06
James Browning 44.0, 45.03, 89.03
Ben Kaper 41.0, 43.03, 84.03

23/08/2026

Armidale R***e Club 500y 23rd August 2026

A quick cycling, reasonably consistent ESE winds greeted 12 shooters for the 500yard match. The wind was too cold for Tom, he decided he was just going to be a spectator today. The rest of us weren’t so soft and got stuck in.

F-Open started out with good scores. Joel, Charlie and Cassandra all hit 60.07 in their first stage. Shorty one-uped them putting down a 60.08 and then Nik came along and hit a 60.09. Nik held onto the lead in his second stage and took out F-Open with 120.17. Great shooting Nik.

Andrew picked his way through a few drop offs and pick up’s and stayed clean with a tidy 100.11

Murray is a quiet achiever finishing up with 100.13. With only 80 rounds on his barrel we can’t wait to see how it goes once load development has been completed.

Lindsay battled away on his .223 with the club factory ammo because someone (cough cough Darryl) left his ammo at home. It’s safe to say his r***e doesn’t like the factory ammo one little bit.

Tony had a new barrel on one r***e and another on her maiden outing today doing a bit of load development. With both Shorty and Joel having a run with them I think it’s safe to say Joel will be upgrading from the Dasher to a 7mm before too long.

F-Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Nik McRae 60.09, 60.08, 120.17 🥇
Greg Carson 60.08, 60.08, 120.16 🥈
Cassandra Fullagar 60.07, 60.05, 120.12 🥉
Charlotte McRae 60.07, 59.04, 119.11
Tony Marshal 58.05, 60.07, 118.12
Joel Sorensen 60.07, 58.04, 118.11

Target R***e A Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Andrew Cameron 50.06, 50.05, 100.11 🥇

Target R***e B Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Darryl Stace 46.02, 48.02, 94.04 🥇

F-Standard. Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Lindsey Stace 50.01, 46.01, 96.02 🥇

Production Class Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Murray Hill 50.06, 50.07, 100.13 🥇
Craig Morgan 50.05, 45.08, 95.13 🥈

Production Class Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Greg Keene 49.01, 50.07, 99.08 🥇

Next Sunday 30th August we will be at 600yards. If you would like to try shooting contact us through our page.

22/08/2026

Get behind Coffs Harbour R***e Club’s OPM. It’s a beautiful range and will be a great weekend of shooting. Make sure you register!

16/08/2026

16/08/2026

Final day of competition at the World championships in Bisley, UK.

Australia F-open came 3rd with a bronze, and the U25’s won gold against the USA.

The amount of time & dedication to get here and in a blink of the eye it’s all over!!!

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!!
(They got sick of us chanting this after a while!!)

16/08/2026

Day 2 World Cup Teams event. Bisley 2026
Everything is on the line today as we see the home straight….

16/08/2026

Armidale R***e Club 400m 16th August 2026

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the sun was shining and the winds were light. The targets went up and so did wind blowing in the clouds and stealing the sunshine. The drop offs and pick up’s were pushing the smaller calibers around and there were a few 5’s on the F-Open targets and the dreaded 4’s on the PC/PCO targets. Only truly seasoned shooters stayed clean today.

Shorty stepped up and made it look like there was no wind at all. Scoring 60.08 in both stages taking home Top C**k for the day. Andrew was back from competing at Bisley and showed us exactly why he was on the Australian team staying clean with a 100.11. Great to see you on the range!

Murray took out PCO with 99.16 smashing Garry’s 98.12

Brice got his 1st win in PC with 98.09. Shawn was hot on his heels finishing with 98.07 great shooting guys.

Inspired by the Worlds, Cassandra and Joel in F-Open and Ben and Brice in PC decided to run a Bisley round. Cassandra flogged Joel, 60.07 vs 59.05

Ben had a cracking run and stayed clean finishing with a 50.04 beating Brice by a mile.

F-Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Greg Carson 60.08, 60.08, 120.16🥇🐓
Tom Keys 60.05, 59.04, 119.09 🥈
Joel Sorensen 59.05, 59.06, 118.11 🥉
Cassandra Fullagar 56.03, 60.08, 116.11

Target R***e A Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Andrew Cameron 50.06, 50.05, 100.11 🥇

Target R***e B Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Darryl Stace 42.01, 47.03, 89.04 🥇

Target R***e B Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Matt Clifton 41.00, 45.02, 86.02 🥇

Production Class - Open Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Murray Hill, 49.08, 50.08, 99.16 🥇
Gary Cluley 48.05, 50.07, 98.12 🥈

Production Class Stage 1, Stage 2, Total
Brice Herbert 48.05, 50.04, 98.09 🥇
Shawn Keene 49.05, 49.02, 98.07 🥈
Ben Keper 47.02, 49.08, 96.10 🥉
Cooper Keene 46.01, 45.04, 91.05

Next Sunday 23rd August we will be at 500y. If you would like to try shooting contact us through our page.

15/08/2026

Official Presentation Photos for the World Cup Individual awards and Rutland Cup

13/08/2026

Some photos from the First day of the Individual World Championships