Team Reepham in fine form at the Diggle Nationals 2026
Each year the Pennine Shooting Sports Association run a 3 day CSR National competition comprising of 7 matches over distances ranging from 25yds through to 600yds. This year the Championship and Gold was won by Martin Bunn, a regular shooter at Diggle, second place with Silver was taken by Russ Price with Trevor Eeles picking up Bronze and third in the Service Optic Class. Not bad against some of the best and regular Service Optic shooters in the country. The Practical Optic class Gold was won by Nick Stirrup, a Diggle club shooter who is arguably the best Practical Optic shooter in the country. This year competitors are classed in one of the following, all rifles must be of military calibre or civilian equivalent. (.223/5.56x45, .308/7.62x51, .303) > Practical Optic (any optic no restriction on magnification may use bipods, may use barricade stops,) > Service Optic (optics restricted to x4.5 magnification, no bipods, but rifles may rest on a magazine, no barricade stops. > Any Iron (any rifle with iron sights fitted) Shooters were allowed to change weapons before the start of a match but would not be eligible to meet the criteria for aggregate scores and therefore forfeit the chance to fight to win the championship but could still win individual match medals, most did! Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals were available for the following matches in each of the classes above with the exception of Any irons where only Gold was available. Reepham medalists listed next to each. One Reepham club member competed over the full 3 days, Russ Price, with Trevor Eeles only shooting the first two days.
Match | Practices | RSC Club Member Placings | |
Short Range 100-300yds | 5 | Trevor 2nd, Russ 3rd | |
Excellence in Competition 300-100yds | 6 | Trevor 2nd, Russ 3rd | |
100yds Match | 1 | Trevor 3rd | |
200yds Match | 2 | Trevor 2nd | |
300yds Match | 2 | Russ 2nd | |
Urban Match (100 - 25yds) | 4 | Trevor 3rd | |
Long Range Match 400 - 600yds | 6 | Russ 3rd |
The three days were challenging, Diggle is no easy place to shoot as it is prone to challenging winds and invariably rains at some point and although there were a few showers during the weekend, they were reasonably light, although Saturday morning was no picnic with driving rain and winds gusting between 10 and 15 mph made for a tense morning.
The championship is designed to test stamina over a multitude of positional shooting positions under some very stressful timed exposures.
CSR is about consistency and not making too many mistakes, get your wind calls right, know and be confident with your elevation changes, but most of all, know the course of fire and timings.
All in all an excellent weekend with both club members enjoying the shooting, the ad hoc camping experience, nature, the banter and of course, the changeable weather!
Thanks to the Match director Tim Kennerly and the hospitality of the PSSA club members and all who travelled far and wide to compete.
Pictures from the event.
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