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The NSRA is based at the Lord Roberts Centre, within the grounds of the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey. National postal competitions are organised all year round, together with a series of meetings, culminating in the Bisley Rifle Meeting, or National Meeting in August, preceded by the Scottish Rifle Meeting in June/July.
Bisley / ˈ b ɪ z l iː / is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of central London. It is midway between Woking (to the east) and Camberley (to the west).
The Malcolm Cooper 50-metre range at the Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley, the home of the National Smallbore Rifle Association. Smallbore shooting can be conducted either indoors or outside. Typically, shooting at ranges of 25 yards (23 m) and shorter is done indoors, while longer-range shooting at 100 yards (91 m) or more is almost invariably done ...
The Lord Roberts Centre – a facility at the National Shooting Centre built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and HQ of the National Smallbore Rifle Association (which Roberts was fundamental in founding) is named in his honour. [133] On 29 May 1900, Pretoria surrendered to the British commander-in-chief, Lord Roberts. [134]
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Also, the Lord Roberts Centre in Bisley, Surrey, has a similar sized rink. For Regional Leagues, often Leisure Centres are used due to the lack of specific venues. BiSHA has four current regions and is more popular in the South of the UK with only one league covering the North of England.
The Stock Exchange Rifle Club was founded in 1901 by Colonel (later, Sir) Robert Inglis, [4] who responded to Lord Roberts' call to establish small-arms shooting clubs across the land. Lord Roberts, as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force sent out to put down the Boer rebellion , had discovered that the shooting skills of his soldiers ...
The National Shooting Centre, commonly referred to as Bisley, is the UK's largest shooting sports complex, comprising several shooting ranges as well as the large Bisley Camp complex of accommodation, clubhouses and support services. The centre is located between the villages of Bisley (from which it takes it colloquial name) and Brookwood in ...