It is with sadness we share the news of the passing of Richard Knapp. Richard KNAPP Obituary On January 12, 2025 peacefully at Oakwoods, Richmond. Dearly loved husband of Ellen. Loved father and father-in-law of Margaret (deceased) and Mark, Toni and Russell, Debbie and Bruce. Loved Poppa to all his grandchildren. Aged 84 years....
The 2025 Outdoor Nationals are being held in Tokoroa. Entries close 31 January, click here for an entry form.
Congratulations to Ross McQueen for his 50 years of sevice to the Rangiora High School shooting program. Ross has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. MCQUEEN, Mr Ross John For services to the community Mr Ross McQueen has contributed more than 50 years to his Christchurch community through the Rangiora Smallbore...
It is with sadness we inform you of the passing of John McKenzie Stuart on 20th December 2024 aged 86 years young. Husband of Margaret, father of Anne Gaddes, Ian Stuart and Ruth McNair. John started shooting at the Marton Smallbore Rifle Club in 1958, and later for RR&G. After shifting to Te Kuiti in 1980, and finding no range...
The office will be on reduced hours over the Christmas period. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Executive have approved developing a new website. They have proposed running a photo competition with the winning photos featuring on the website. Send in your shooting related photos to the Office by mid January. Prizes to be confirmed.
The Remits as voted on, the approved Subs and Fees and the approved Budget are available in the Members section under the 2024 AGM. The fulll minutes will be out next year.
The AGM 2024 page in the Members section has been updated and the links added for all the Financial and Activities Reports.
The winners of the Teams of Ten and the Andrews and Faulkner compete for the Candyman Cup. This year the Auckland team came out on top of the Christchurch team, 3915.194 to 3901.178. The Auckland team shot 3x 200's and Jono Gill and Selena Wright both shot a 100.10 as part of their 200's, well done. Congratulations Auckland. Click here...
A Dewar Match is to be held at the 2025 TSNZ Nationals. The Dewar Match is an annual postal smallbore prone rifle competition organised by the National Smallbore Rifle Association, UK. The Match was first contested in 1909. Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, and the USA have, at some point, competed...
The results from the Wellington Provincial Champs are out and two long standing records have been broken this year. Congratulations to Alex Stephens and Pippa Taylor on setting new records and congratulations to all who took part. Results are a link on the calendar.
The North Island vs Scotland match was held on Sunday 22nd after the North Island Open. The North Island teams both had wins, the Open team 5918 to 5884 and the Junior team 1960 to 1928. Top scorers in the Open team were Ryan Taylor and Janet Hunt with 399, Ryan pipping Janet for top spot on countback and in the Juniors Pippa Taylor with 394....
The squad sheets for the Inter-Schools match are now available on the School's page. Safe travels to all the Teams and their supporters. And good shooting to all.
The results sheet for the School's Postal competiton are available on the School's page.
The issue with emails is now fixed. If you receive emails from sales@shooting Stuff to say you have made an Island Team, please delete them. It appears that the TSNZ/Shooting Stuff emails have been hacked.
The Squad sheets are on the North vs South page. The order of shooting will be Junior/Veterans, Women, Men and Open. The info sheet had the wrong order. Safe travells to all.
NIC results will be based around the NDC format. The link is on the NIC page under the Indoor dropdown.
Registration forms from all competitors and Managers are due by today, 31st July. If you still haven't done it, please email them to office@tsnz.nz asap.
The Executive have approved a request to include Benchrest in this weekend's National Indoor Championships. The competition will be 2x 20 shot cards shot under normal TSNZ Benchrest competition rules and times. Time allowed is 22 minutes with unlimited sighters but no returning to sighters after the first competition shot. Entry fee is $30...
It is with sadness the family announces the passing of long time Ashburton shooter John Fleming. John passed after a short illness surrounded by family. John's funeral will be held on Saturday at 2:00pm in St Andrew's churh, Havelock Street, Ashburton. All of his shooting friends are invited to form a guard of hounour at the conclusion...
A reminder that Remits for the 2024 TSNZ AGM and nominations for the Executive are due by 20 July.
The latest Island teams are on the North vs South page or Click here for the North Island teams list Click her for South Island teams list
Long time Ashburton shooter John Fleming has passed after a short illness surrounded by his family. John's funeral service will be held on Saturday at 2:00pm in St Andrew's church, Havelock Street, Ashburton. All his rifle shooting friends are invited to form a guard of honour at the conclusion of the servive....
A reminder that all Club and Individual postals are due by 31st July. Late results can not be accepted. Some targets will be called in for verification. Season Aggregate and Association are not due until 31 August.
North vs South Island selections have nearly been confirmed. All shooters in a team including on calls will receive an email soon then the teams will go up on the website. Please email the Office asap if you have been selected and are no longer available.
Ranking Lists with score are available on the North vs South page. Updated 29.05.24
CONGRATULATIONS to AUSTRALIA for their win in this inaugural Air Rifle match! CLICK HERE for 2024 ANZAC APPEAL AIR MATCH RESULTS Well done to those shooters who took part in this match held recently. Shooting took place over a number of days from 18 - 21 April at home...
TSNZ is seeking a new Coaching Coordinator We are looking for an enthusiastic person to fill the role of TSNZ Coaching Coordinator and to help move coaching forward for our Associations, Clubs, and Members. The TSNZ Coaching Coordinator person is not necessarily a Coach themselves, but is responsible for managing...
The latest TSNZ Secretary Support newletter was emailed out this morning. If you are a Secretary and have NOT received it, first please check your SPAM folder, and update your settings to make sure it doesn't go there again. Quite a number appear to have bounced back as "undeliverable" - if your Club or Association...
The 2023 Home Counties vs NZ match was shot by NZ at the 2023 North v South competition in Christchurch on 20th August Results have just been received, along with an apology for their lateness. CONGRATULATIONS to our New Zealand teams for winning ALL sections - Open, Women, Men, Junior, and Veteran. There...
Inaugural ANZAC APPEAL Air Rifle Match Australia vs New Zealand TSNZ Air Rifle Shooters have been invited to compete against their Australian neighbours in the first ANZAC APPEAL AIr Rifle Match Shooting can take place on your home range, one 60-shot match completed between 19th and 21st April. ...
OUTDOOR POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022-24 Congratulations to the winners of the 2023-24 Outdoor Postal Championships A Grade - Martin Hunt (590), Manawatu B Grade - Cam Gibbons (584), Nelson C Grade – David Baigent (574), Nelson D Grade – Gracie Williams (563), Manawatu ...
Thanks to all those who have entered NDC for 2024. Sadly, Otago Blue and Golds and the Hutt Valley Wasps have not joined us this season, and with the renamed Auckland team, The A Team,...
2024 Inter-Secondary Schools Inter-Island Match Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th September Blenheim Rifle Club, Athletic Park, Brewer St, Blenheim Following feedback received after the last few years of this match being a one day multi-island multi-venue event since Covid, the TSNZ Executive...
TSNZ welcomes the two new members of the Executive team, appointed in March 2024: EXECUTIVE OFFICER - Paul Turner Paul has been involved in shooting for many years, and has a weatlh of experience with TSNZ administration, having previously been both an Executive Member and Vice-President, and currently...
The new TSNZ Weekend Workshops run in Palmerston North last weekend were a great success. Those who came benefitted from a variety of presented topics, and took away lots of new resources. The programme had plenty of time to enjoy a chat, get hands-on with equipment available through both TSNZ Trading and Shooting Stuff, and...
The usual Outdoor Range at Wairau is not available for the upcoming Champs matches on 9 - 10 March, so please note the change in venue to NELSON. The matches will be held at the Nelson Pistol Club Range in Golden Downs. Pre-squadding is available.
The Final Day of the 2024 TSNZ Outdoor Nationals, and there appeared to be some tired shooters (and helpers) after a long week. The first events were the international matches, with the full squad of 22 shooting the Slazenger and the top 10 of those also for the Wakefield matches at the same time, followed by the 6 Juniors who were...
Day 5 - another great day, weather-wise, and the scores show it, especially in the Men's match in the morning. Congratulations to Ryan Taylor who topped the Men's Qualification Match with 626.9, more than 8 points ahead of the next shooter on 618.8. CLICK HERE for the Mens Qualification Match RESULTS The...
Day 4 of the TSNZ Outdoor Nationals is a very busy one. The weather played nice pretty much all day, although it was hot and lots of shooters looked wrung out by the end. First up was the Womens National Championship Match - congratulations to Janet for the win this year with an excellent score. The scores from this match are...
Day 3 of the 2024 Outdoor Nationals was warm and sunny - lots of mirage to contend with out on the range today, as well as some fickle breezes a bit later on. The day started with the C Graders shooting the second match of their Graded competition, followed by the B Graders then the A and D Graders, with some great scores coming...
We had better weather in Day 2 of the TSNZ Outdoor Nationals - thank goodness! Still a little blustery and very overcast at the start of the day, but still an improvement on Day 1. The competition at the top of Benchrest is fierce, with only one point separating the top two today. Graeme holds on to the Aggregate by 9 points though, so...
Day 1 of the 2024 TSNZ Outdoor Nationals kicked off with the 50m 3P competition. Unfortunately we only had 2 entries this year, but the men did well to cope with the rain at the start of the match and the blustery winds throughout. Well done to Owen Bennett who top scored in the Qualification Match against Sean Moriarty, and also took out...
Unfortunately another TSNZ AIr Rifle competition has had to be cancelled due to lack of entries. The 2024 Air Rifle Nationals to have been held in Auckland on 2-3 March has not had sufficient entries to run the competition.
OUTDOOR NATIONALS UPDATE - 13.2.24 Squadding details and an Event Update were emailed out to competitors on 13th February. Unfortunately the gremlins had got in and some of the dates on that version of squadding were incorrect, however the match details in the Programme included were correct. The squadding has now been corrected...
TSNZ Shooters have been invited to participate in the 2024 Target Rifle Australia Online Competition. Events are 50m Prone and 3P, 10m Air Rifle and 10m Supported Air Rifle. The competition is the 5 highest scoring rounds from the 10 rounds possible, shot in the last week of each month, February to November. ...
The first of the new TSNZ Weekend Workshops it to be held in Palmerston North on 2 - 3 March. This event is a result of the feedback received at the Shooters Forum after the 2023 AGM. The idea and topics were suggested by YOU, our Members, so now is the time to come along and support the event. Please email the TSNZ OFFICE...
The Hosts of the 2024 Outdoor Nationals are pleased to announce that Pub Charity has come onboard as a sponsor of the Nationals. We are now able to offer shooters a rebate on their fees as Pub Charity has sponsored some of the cost of targets. The exact amount will be worked out after the event. This is on top of the sponsorship...
Bryan Ashby, a member of Ashley Association has passed away recently. Passed away peacefully and on his own terms on January 20, 2024, aged 72 years. Dearly loved husband of Jan. Adored and admired father and father-in-law of Qweston, Katie and Lawrence. Loved and treasured Grandad of Zoe, Sophia, and Alexandra. Bryan's family...
Air Rifle Challenge 2023 - December and FINAL RESULTS Congratulations to those few of our Air Rifle shooters who managed to complete the four required matches for this competition. This match is a great way to keep up a focus on training, and to judge progress over the 6 month period. Hopefully we will...