Within the shooting community, Cheltenham College are regularly one of the top performing schools. Our shooting team regularly features in the top ten schools during the four day long 'Schools Meeting' at Bisley during July.
During the winter months there are many opportunities for pupils to shoot on our own five-lane 25 yard range. Pupils are given the opportunity to enter postal competitions, both as individuals and as a team. During the summer we focus on outdoor shooting, visiting Bisley ranges in Surrey and shooting back to the distance of 1000 yards. We also have access to a local 100 yard range where we practice during the week in Summer term.
College has a well-established programme of introducing pupils to shooting through our activities options and works hard to support the progress of each individual pupil who chooses to continue with the sport. We also run the shooting House cup in the Spring term which gives pupils the chance of some healthy competition.
College has had notable successes at the annual Schools Meeting at Bisley including 3rd place (2010) and 2nd place (2011) in the Ashburton competition. In the last 3 years alone, College pupils have been selected to represent international teams, namely Great Britain U19s team to South Africa and the British Cadet Rifle Team: The Athelings, as well as the UK Cadets Team to the Channel Islands.
Shooting is one of the few sports where age and gender have no bearing on competitions - everyone is deemed equal. Our team consists of several pupils from each year group, helping build confidence in our younger team members and leadership skills in the older members.
Our shooting coach, Mr. Cload, has a strong background in coaching both individual and team shooting. He has represented England and Great Britain in numerous international matches since 2000, including winning three out of three world championship team matches (2003, 2007, 2011). His current world ranking is 19th.
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Shooting - Bisley Schools Results
A magnificent team shoot from our VIII in very tricky conditions secured us second place in the Ashburton Shield match. Having finished quickly at the final 500 yards distance, we were nudged off the top spot by the narrowest margin of just two points by Epsom College! From the start of the schools meeting, all of the team produced scores above their expectations, and a number of pupils won individual trophies along the way.
The highlight was the Captain, Oscar Ryndziewicz, winning the prestigious 'Schools 100'!
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