20th Aug 24 - Essex wins County team Queen Alexandra Cup at Bisley 2024 by an impressive 27 points. G Webb (Romford) top scored, with J Smith (Colchester) winning the QA Individual medal. Full results can be found at: 2024QueenAlex.pdf (squarespace.com)

Picture of cup and half winning team:-

17th August 2024: Bisley 2024: Essex shooters shine during the weeks prone meeting. Notable successes were D Christou (Colchester) for winning the 'C' class Week aggregate with an outstanding win in comp 6 100y Scottish Match scoring 592. Automatic class promotion being achieved by Colchester shooters D Christou ('C' to 'B')  and A.Pammett to  'X' class. Congratulations also go to J Smith for reaching the British championship long range 'Roberts' final.    

12th May 2024 New Long range champion crowned today at the Essex open held at Basildon Rifle Club. A hot days shooting in sunny conditions having a mixture of both mirage and wind saw Dan Lake of Romford RC regain the county title again having tied in score with Phil Scanlan, also Romford RC, for first place and winning on 100y countback. In the Short range Essex championship held recently Joe Smith of Colchester RC won the title again. Full scores and photos to follow

21st April 2024: Six Counties match - Essex wins for both A & B teams. Held at Norman Cross range on a windy, cold but sunny day, the 'A' team won by 41 points over Bedfordshire and the 'B' won by 101 over Suffolk.  

8th July 2023: Four Essex shooters shot in this years GB Dewar team held today at Appleton Rifle Club. Qualifying from a Double Dewar match were Colchester's Annabelle Davis and Romford's Chris Ingram, Danial Lake and Geoff Webb. Shooting well, the teams score being kept withheld until all international teams have shot.

21st May 2023: Essex won the Marks Shield inter-county competition held today at Hendon rifle club, to retain the shield. The team of 8 to count out of 12 travelling shooters beating second place Surrey by 25 points. Held concurrently was the Invicta Shield for ladies, this year competed by individuals, was won again by Essex's Annabelle Davies. See results under Competitions, Prone Rifle Results tab.

7th May 2023: Robin Hackshall, Colchester, became the 2023 Essex Champion after another close run competition held at Colchester Rifle Club. Essex Ladies Champion was won again by Annebelle Davies. See results under Competitions, Prone Rifle Results tab.

15th October 2022: Romford win Division 1 of the NSRA RWS National Long Range league to become National Champions for the 4th time in the last 8 years.

21st August 2022: Some excellent results were achieved during an enjoyable weeks shoot. To celebrate the centenary, commemorative engraved glassware was on offer to any shooter shooting a 100, with numerous Essex shooters winning glasses.  Aggregates were won by C.Ingram (Weekend 'A' class) and J.Howe (Week 'B' class). Two shooters made the BoBs competition, P.Oates & T Slasor with Phil winning the title. Romford won the Weekend Team aggregate. 

22nd May 2022: Essex won the Marks Shield inter-county competition held today at Tunbridge Wells rifle club in Kent. The team of 10 to count out of 15 travelling shooters beating second place Surrey by 32 points. Full results can be found on Essex assn's Facebook page.

15th May 2022: Phil Oates, Romford became the 2022 Essex Champion after a close run competition held at Romford Rifle Club. Essex Ladies Champion was won again by Annebelle Davies. See results under Competitions, Prone Rifle Results tab.

23rd April 2022: Essex won the Inter-counties Six Counties competition held at Norman Cross, in a close competition winning on countback. See scores under the Competitions tab 'Prone Rifle Results'.

6th Feb 2022: Three Essex Clubs from Basildon, Colchester & Romford all qualify for Browne Martin final to be held at Bisley on 20th March 2022. The trophy being currently held by Romford. Stage 1 scores under the Competitions tab 'Prone Rifle Results'.

26th Jan 2022: Essex Win Marks Shield by 26 points over Surrey. Essex's Phil Oates being top scorer with an impressive score of 596. See scores under the Competitions tab 'Prone Rifle Results'. 

23rd December 2021: Essex Win Queen Alexandra Cup with an impressive total score winning by 31 points to Sussex. See scores under the Competitions tab 'Prone Rifle Results'. 

13th December 2021. The 2022 Queen Alexandra Cup competetion is now open for qualification. Stage 1 is again being run by Essex. All Essex based shooters are welcome to participate. See details under the Competitions tab 'Entry Forms'.

22nd October: Dates for next year proposed. Essex AGM to be held at Hatfield Peverel 23rd March 22 & Essex Prone Open to be hosted by Romford Rifle club 15th May 22.

13th October: Geoff Webb, Romford was selected for GB squad for the USA Pershing match following the recent selection trials held at Appleton & Sywell ranges. The final team of 10 will be selected from the top shooters in the US NRA National Rifle Championships to be held at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, USA in July next year. COVID allowing.

9th October 2021: Romford 'A' team won the Browne Martin competition against 7 other Home counties clubs making the final which included teams from both Basildon & Colchester Rifle clubs. In a change to the normal format of holding the final at Bisley with 5 team members, this years delayed format due to COVID-19, consisted of only 3 members. The winning team consisted of Chris Ingram, Dan Lake & Geoff Webb.

3rd October 2021. The COVID-19 delayed Essex Individual Short Range championship for 2020 was finally completed, with the overall winner Geoff Webb. Other medal winners were A. Pammett  (RBL), A.Fearn (Ladies)  and E.Mckee (Juniors).

10th Sept 2021: Essex shooters selected to represent GB teams. Geoff Webb, Romford, was selected for the Wakefield match and Edward Mckee, also Romford, was selected for the junior Drew match. Both matches to be shot in the coming weeks.

5 Sept 2021: The Essex Prone Championships were held at Basildon rifle club today. Dan Lake, Romford, became Essex Champion having also won 'A' Class. Essex Ladies Champion was Annebelle Fearn. Other class winners were Phil Oates & Edward Mckee. Romford won the Astor team competition and will represent the county in the national county club competition next month. See results under Competitions, Prone Rifle Results tab.

21 Aug 2021:The GB Dewer trial were held at Appleton Rifle club. Geoff Webb & Dan Lake, both members of Romford qualified from the trials to shoot in the GB team on the same day.