Rifle: Short Range Championships 2026-27

Postal Teams & Individual Men/Women:

Rounds 1 & 2

Last Day For Shooting: 21 of December 2026

Cards with scorer by: 26 of December 2026

Rounds 3, 4 & 5
Last Day For Shooting: 8 of February 2027

Cards with scorer by: 13 of February 2027

Postal Novices:

Rounds 1-5
Last Day For Shooting: 8 of February 2027

Extension Requests:

Any requests for extensions must be submitted by email to the Central Scorer, whose name and email address will be provided by the NSRA once the competition paperwork and stickers have been distributed.

All extension requests should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please ensure that both addresses are copied into all correspondence relating to extension requests.

We ask that the Central Scorer's postal and email addresses are used solely for matters relating to the administration of the competition and for their intended purpose. Any other enquiries should be directed to the appropriate contacts at the NSRA and BUCS.

Please note:

• Extension requests must be submitted before the last day for shooting date.
• No extensions can be granted for Novices unless under extenuating circumstances, which will be decided by BUCS & the NSRA.
• Lindsay has full discretion to approve or decline any requests.

Shoulder-to-shoulder final:
20th – 21st of March 2027 @ Staveley RC

VENUE

Postal: Entrants own range

Shoulder-to-shoulder final:
Shot on electronic targets
Address: Staveley Rifle Range, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PP
Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2765779,-1.3850535,187m/data=!3m1!1e3
What 3 words: pure.organ.wells

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 22rd September 2026

ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 20th of October 2026 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline (Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 22nd of October 2026 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline (Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student / competitor deadline to approve entries)

SINGLE ENTRY

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

Entry Costs and Process

ENTRY COSTS

£24.75 per team entry.

£6.25 per individual competitor (for Individual Championship entry in addition to Team Championship)

ENTRY PROCESS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

ENTRY PROCESS – TEAM EVENTS

To apply for this competition:

1. Entries will need to be submitted via the team entries section of our online entry system, BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Please speak to your Institution Administrator as they will need to enter the correct number of teams for you.
3. Competitors then need to apply for the respective event. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Institution Administrators must assign competitors to the correct team during the approval process. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

The NSRA have produced an Event Handbook where you can find out more on general information, qualifiers and finals.

Event Handbook

All BUCS competition offer and associated bucs points can be found in Appendix 1.

All shooters, team captains and witnesses must familiarise themselves with the NSRA Rules & Regulations 2025 for postal competitions.  These can be found here: https://www.nsra.co.uk/rules-information

Particularly:

University Rifle Clubs do not need to be affiliated to the NSRA in order to take part in the BUCS Rifle Competitions. But it is recommended.

Rule 7.4.10.1.1 – stickers must be affixed to the cards before shooting.

Rule 7.4.10.1.2 – the shooter must be correctly named on each card, either on the sticker or written in block capitals.

Rule 7.4.2 – the only thing that a shooter should be doing after shooting is signing the cards – nothing else.

Witnesses must be qualified to act as a witness under Rule 7.5.2 and must be fully conversant with their duties under R 7.6.

Rule 7.6.3.1 - the witness checks that the shooter has signed the card after shooting

Rule 7.6.3.2 - the witness signs and dates the card with the date of shooting after the card has been shot (and, de facto, signs that they have actually witnessed the shoot).

Therefore, to summarise:

1. Cards must not be dated before shooting commences as this is strictly forbidden.
   If there is already a date on the card, the witness should cross it out, initial it and write the date in again in their own handwriting.
2. Witnesses must witness the shoot, ie they must be watching while the competitor shoots their competition cards.
3. Competitors sign their card after shooting.
4. Witnesses sign and date the card after the competitor has shot and signed it.

BUCS rules and regulations can be found here:

BUCS Rifle Regulations

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy

Anyone wishing to take photos or video at this event must complete the BUCS Media Accreditation Form prior to the event. Once you have completed the form, please go to the BUCS Desk at the event to receive your media accreditation.

BUCS reserves the right to prohibit photography equipment being used at a BUCS event. BUCS reserves the right to request that the individual ceases to take photographs, deletes any images and, if considered necessary, leaves the venue.

If you wish to take photos or videos at this event, please contact the BUCS Event Lead. 

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All questions should in the first instance should be directed to your Institution Administration.