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The Royal Signals Shooting Association (RSSA)

The Corps Colours

President

Brigadier Nick Pope

Chairman

Colonel Iain Standen

Secretary

Major Colin Kell

Asst Secretary

Captain Dave Wilson

Treasurer

Captain Graham Reith

Captain of Service Rifle

Major Colin Kell

Captain of Clay Target

Lt Col Mike Burke

Adjutant of Clay Target

Staff Sergeant Karl Hannah

Captain of Small Bore Target Rifle

Sgt Nick Sutton

Property Officer

Captain Dave Wilson

The following posts are vacant and volunteers are required:

Adjutant of Service Rifle
Captain and Adjutant of Full Bore Target Rifle
Captain and Adjutant of Small Bore Target Rifle
Captain and Adjutant of Pistol

Royal Signals Corps Shooting Team

R SIGNALS/QG SIGNALS representing the British Army Combat Shooting Team to South Africa in 2006

(L-R: SSgt Bharat Shrestha, Lt HJJ Olivier, LCpl Saroj Rana, Capt CJ Kell, LCpl CA Brock, Cpl Devprakash Gurung, Sig Sachin Thapa)

Competition Service Shooting is a challenging and enjoyable sport requiring a good standard of cardio vascular and running fitness, upper body strength and agility. The Royal Signals Shooting Association's aim is to improve operational shooting standards across the Corps by encouraging soldiers to participate in competition shooting using issued weapons as well as entering other sport shooting disciplines such as target rifle, air weapons and clay target shooting.
'' All soldiers, both Regular and TA, are required to be competent and confident in using their personal weapons to defend themselves, their comrades and equipment in the course of their routine duties. Being a 'good tradesman' is no longer sufficient. 'Benign' environments no longer exist - neither does a clean break between combat and combat support troops. Self belief and the ability to react quickly under stress only comes from the confidence gained through intensive training in basic, and now essential, field skills - the most important of which is use of personnel weapons.

Service Rifle competition shooting is one of the best ways to stimulate interest, hone skills and take pride in skill at arms training. It is also well recognised that competition pressure or nerves has a similar effect on an individual to the stress felt while on operations. All service rifle, LSW and pistol competitions are designed and continually modified to have direct operational shooting training value and require a high level of individual fitness as well as the ability to shoot from all positions, with and without the respirator, up to 500m

The Corps continues to play a lead role in Army shooting with top R SIGNALS shots being regularly selected for the British Army Combat Shooting Teams that participate in USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia. This year will see a QG SIGNALS team form the BACST team to Canada in Sep 07.

For further details about Shooting in R SIGNALS, contact Major Colin Kell, Secretary, Royal Signals Shooting Association:

E Mail: colin.kell342@mod.uk
Telephone: 0151 489 8331
DFTS: (9)4552 8426
Fax: 0151 489 4014 or (9)4552 8453

 Corps Operational Shooting Competition 2007

CORPSOSC 2007 took place at Ash Ranges over the period 13-20 Apr 07 with 100 Regular and 137 TA soldiers taking part in the R SIGNALS element of the competition.
See the quick links below to see the results:

The competition was a great success with almost all TA Units competing and the majority of Regular units not in the operational deployment cycle.  In addition our Colonel in Chief visited during the meeting and met with a number of our competitors and range staff (see photographs page).  R SIGNALS CORPSOSC was run concurrently with the Joint CORPSOSC involving 9 other corps (RAC, RA, RE, R SIGNALS, RLC, REME, AAC, AGC and INT CORPS).

 Army Operational Shooting Competition 2007

The Queens Medal Competition 2007 was conducted concurrently with the Army Operational Shooting Competition over the period 30 Jun-6 Jul 07. In summary:

  • 27 competitors from five R SIGNALS units in a field of 145 competitors 
  • 8 placed in to 25 (32%) with 4 in the top 10 (40%)
  • 21 placed in the Army 100 (21%)
  • R SIGNALS units placed 1st (30 Sig Regt) and 2nd (22 Sig Regt) in Unit Championship and winners of 5 other team matches

For more detailed match results please visit:

http://www.army.mod.uk/sportandadventure/clubs/shooting_ara/service_shooting_results.htm

For more information on Army Shooting please visit the Army Rifle Association website via the following link:

http://www.army.mod.uk/sportandadventure/clubs/shooting_ara/index.htm

Royal Signals Clay Target Shooting 2007

The 2007 Corps Clay Target Shooting Championship took place over the period 6-8 June at Cawdor Barracks, Brawdy. See the quick links below to see the results:

For more information please visit the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association at www.cpsa.co.uk/

 Corps Operational Shooting Competition 2008

CORPSOSC 2008 will take place at Ash/Pirbright Ranges during the period 4-11 Apr 08 and is open to all Regular and TA personnel on held strength of a R SIGNALS unit and all R SIGNALS personnel held strength of a non-Corps’ unit.  The outline programme is as follows:

  • Fri 4 Apr 08 - Range Rehearsal/Practice day for any competitor. TA teams arrive.
  • Sat 5 - Sun 6 Apr 08 - TA competition
  • Mon 7 - Fri 11 Apr 08 - Regular competition

See quick link to:

  • CORPSOSC 2008 Declaration of Intent (Word doc)
  • TA CORPSOSC 2008 Administration Instruction (To follow by Dec 07)
  • Regular CORPSOSC 2008 Administration Instruction (To follow by Dec 07)
  • R RIGNALS CORPSOSC Competitor’s Guide (To follow by Oct 07)

Future dates:

  • CORPOSC 2009 : 27 Mar - 4 Apr 09
  • CORPOSC 2010 : 9 - 16 Apr 10

Royal Signals Sport