Pinhoe Target Shooting Club

20/10/2026

💻 Switching Screens for Target Sights! 🎯
After a long day buried in technology (that’s what we do for a living), 6pm rolled around and my son suggested we swap our monitors for Anschütz .22 rimfire ri**es.

We closed up the office and headed straight to our local club, Pinhoe Target Shooting Club, for some well earned evening downtime.

We started off the evening getting settled into some relaxing Benchrest shooting. There is nothing quite like taking your time, focusing on the target, and pausing for a brew and a good catchup with fellow club members afterward.

After an hour on the bench, we wandered down to the LSR range and walked right into an induction training session for Practical Shooting.

As as licensed FAC holder, safety is always at the absolute core of everything we do, and the club's training session was second to none.

We received brilliant one 2 one coaching covering:

Comprehensive safety rules and proper handling.
Detailed stage walkthroughs, plenty of extra safety checks before stepping up to our very first live Practical Shooting session!

It turned out to be a truly superb Tuesday evening of learning new skills and great father/son time.

Huge thanks to everyone at Pinhoe for such a fantastic night!

13/10/2026

⭐️ Duty Officer Training Wednesday 14th October starting at 7pm ⭐️

Please locate Alex (me) - as the club will be busy.

If you are nattering to others or late when I start the training session, I’ll kindly ask you to attend the next training session.

7pm sharp!

There’s a lot to go over with some revisions.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Alex

11/10/2026

21/09/2026

Duty officer training has moved from its scheduled 1st of October at 7pm to "Wednesday 14th October at 7pm"

Thank you

Alex

14/09/2026

28/08/2026

Friday Night Fine Tuning in Devon

There is a distinct, serene charm to Pinhoe club on a mid summer Friday. With so many members away on holiday, the ranges drop into a rare, reflective quiet and honestly, it’s where some of my best progress happens.

While big events and competitions are full of noise, chatter, and unavoidable distractions, these still evenings offer a totally different kind of training. It’s a chance to strip everything back to the absolute fundamentals:

Breathing & Rhythm: Working on deep, steady breath control without feeling rushed.

Release Mechanics: Practicing smooth, deliberate index-finger technique until it’s pure muscle memory.

Postural Balance: Taking the time to adjust stance, alignment, and body position, feeling how every micro adjustment changes the outcome.

Of course, you can't replicate competition adrenaline in a quiet range, but you can build the muscle memory that holds up under pressure.

Spending an hour or two in total focus, refining the process line by line, turns out to be the ultimate way to decompress after a busy week.

Nothing beats the steady calm of a quiet range, a precision small bore setup, and time to just focus on the craft.

Hope everyone enjoying their holidays is having a great time, but I’m certainly not complaining about having the lanes in LSR to myself tonight!

I also brought in some treats for those in on the weekend to enjoy.

Alex

04/08/2026

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2027 PATHWAY

The Target Sprint Development Pathway 2027 is back for another year and follows the same process as 2026. Interested athletes simply need to complete the Pathway Application Form by 20th September.

Pathway applications are now open.

Athletes wishing to be considered for the Pathway don’t need to have attained an MCT. Following the application closing date, an appraisal of the completed application forms will be carried out and applicants invited to join the Pathway.

Pathway Application Form found on the article: https://www.targetsprint.com/article/2808

30/07/2026

19/06/2026

It’s Friday! I’ll be your friendly Duty Officer this evening.

I have the club open and setup for you all. Spending some of my free time trying to figure out the new Coffee machine in the kitchen. It’s like they’ve hidden the power button and I want a fancy smeg coffee ☕️- looking forward to seeing plenty of friendly faces this evening.

I’d love to be in the ranges with you all, it’s my job to look after you all instead. - If you didn’t know, I run the Pinhoe Duty Officer course, if you haven’t attended, log into the club website and get yourself booked in, I’ve left links on previous FaceBook posts if this helps.

Get yourself signed up, so that we have the best trained Duty and Buddy officers ✅

Alex

16/06/2026

🚨 Job Opportunity – Shooting Graduate Assistant

Sedbergh School, Cumbria, is recruiting for a Shooting Graduate Assistant to support its outstanding shooting programme.

With over 120 years of history, the programme includes:
🎯 Air r***e & pistol
🎯 .22 r***e (prone & 3P)
🎯 The only school 3P squad in the country
🎯 Long-range shooting up to 1400 yards

The school has an incredible track record, with teams competing at national level and alumni representing GB internationally.

📄 Full details + how to apply: www.nsra.co.uk/news/sedbergh-school-job1