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Christian talks to fellow GBPRA ExCo team mates Jack Crawford, Adam Sinfield, Steven Shorter and Andre Mills about the 2023 PR22 Season, congratulating Andre Mills on his overall season championship win and recapping on the end of season finale at Pro Shoot in Wales. The guys then look ahead to the 2024 precision rifle season, covering PR22, NRL22, qualification for the PR22 World Championship in 2025 and, finally, announcing selections for Team GB that will compete in the IPRF World Championships in USA this coming September.

The Precision Rifle Series is firmly established in the United Kingdom, bringing quality two day matches to many shooters both at home and abroad. In this episode Christian meets the PRS UK team, Andy Simpson, James Bass and Richard Trezise, and also the five top shooters from the 2023 season, Dan and Rory Gibbon from Ireland and Josh Martin, Joe Pask and Lawrence Barnes from the U.K. Hear about the high and lows of competing at the top of the sport in the U.K. and how the lads did themselves proud in America, demonstrating once again that the standard of shooting is on the rise.

In this episode of Shooter Ready Christian meets with Dean Hadfield, Tom Rice, Lawrence Barnes, Ryan Charlton, Andre Mills and Ben Wood, Team GBs silver medalists from the successful campaign in Italy. No topic is left untouched as the guys talk about a range of issues and experiences, ranging from challenges to the sport of Precision Rifle to the optimum .22 rifle set up. At over two hours long this podcast is packed full of great information and insights into the sport we love. www.gbpra.co.uk [email protected]

Having met with the Ladies, Junior and Factory Division shooters who competed in Italy for Team Great Britain & Northern Ireland it was time for Christian to talk with the gentlemen of the Senior Division. Between them, Dave Arnold, Simon Catling, Mark Twitty and Duncan McIlwaine have competed over the years in many different target shooting disciplines and now, in the sport of Precision Rifle Shooting, they have found a new passion that has seen them compete for their nation on the world stage! What brought them to the sport and what was it like shooting for your country? What does competing as a senior involve and what are the teams’ ambitions for the future? Find the answers to all these questions and more on this enthralling episode of Shooter Ready… www.gbpra.co.uk [email protected]

In the latest episode of Shooter Ready The GBPRA Podcast, Christian meets up with the Junior Great Britain Team who brought home the 3rd place trophy from the recent IPRF PR22 World Championship in Italy. 🏆 🇮🇹  Euan Armstrong, Lucas Westcough, Noah Smith and Will Champion talk about their journey to-date in Precision Rifle, their aspirations for the future and their pride in competing for their country and the experience of shooting in a World Championships on foreign soil! If you are interested in getting involved in Precision Rifle, check out the GBPRA website and drop us a line! We want nothing more than to help more juniors join our community and benefit from the many aspects of being a Precision Rifle sportsperson! www.gbpra.co.uk [email protected]

Christian talks with the Factory Division lads who recently won Bronze at the IPRF World Championships in Italy. The team, Adam Farwell, Dean Scott, Ben McIlwaine and Alan Rowe couldn’t feel prouder of their brilliant achievement and nor could we! Listen in as they provide some interesting insights to the Factory Division and their thoughts on why Precision Rifle .22 is such an important part of the sport of Precision Rifle.   www.gbpra.co.uk [email protected] 

Christian talks to the Ladies Team that represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the inaugural PR22 World Championships in Italy. Laura, Holly, Andrea and fourther member of the team,  Heather Armstrong, who could not be with us for the podcast, brought home Bronze in the IPRF Ladies Division 🏆 Our thanks to Laura Foy, Holly Duggan and Andrea Charlton for sharing their experiences of shooting Precision Rifle and their reflections on the successful campaign in Italy! We also spent time discussing the important topic of what it means to be a woman in the sport of Precision Rifle and how best we can encourage and support more lady shooter participation. For more info about getting involved: www.gbpra.co.uk [email protected]

Following a highly competitive qualification season and GBPRA hosted finals, Jack Crawford and Christian Westcough announce the selections for the British team that will represent the United Kingdom at the upcoming International Precision Rifle Federation PR22 World Championships in Italy 2023.

The very excellent fellas from Precision Rifle Series U.K., Andy, James and Trez, join Christian from the GBPRA to talk about their highly successful first season of PRS, culminating in a trip to the United States for the PRS Finale 2022. Passionate PRS shooters themselves, the lads formed PRS U.K. in order to raise the standard of Precision Rifle Shooting in the U.K. and to provide opportunities for two day matches, the like of which are common place in the home of PRS but not, until now, in Great Britain. With a new collaboration that will see PRS U.K. matches count toward IPRF World Championship qualification for South Africa 2024 the time was right for the two teams to talk about the exciting matches and training events planned for 2023, especially the Modern Day Sniper classes being hosted by PRS U.K. in during March. Head over to https://www.precisionrifleseries-uk.com/ to book your place on the first PRS U.K./IPRF Qualifier of 2023 in February and to secure a coveted place on the MDS training classes! We look forward to shooting with PRS U.K. and further Shooter Ready shows with Andy, James and Trez!

Ben Mcilwaine is a popular and familiar face on the international precision rifle scene. He’s also a man of many talents. A bonafide professor, he works in the shooting industry as Business Development Manager for Edgar Brothers and is a an IPRF Factory Division Team World Champion! A member of the GBPRA, Ben has supported the Association in the set up of its Team GB Qualification and National Leaderboard. Other topics discussed in this episode are the IPRF World Championships, upcoming qualification events in the U.K. and industry event dates for both Shot Show in Vegas and the British Shooting Show in Birmingham. Ben also talks about some exciting new brands and their products at Edgar Brothers.

One year after Shooter Ready The GBPRA Podcast launched we are now into Season 2 having seen the precision rifle community in the UK come together to agree a new national leader board, a joint calendar of IPRF World Championship qualifiers in the making and a new GBPRA executive committee installed that will drive forward national recognition for the sport. Hear from executive members, Jack Crawford, Steven Fuller, Adam Sinfield and Christian Westcough as they describe their aspirations for the future of the sport and for the upcoming Italy 2023 and South Africa 2024 World Championship qualification season.

Ahead of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Great Britain Precision Rifle Association, Media Officer Christian puts questions to Acting Chair Simon and Acting Secretary Adam. What is a Community Interest Company? What this means for good governance and how the Executive Committee feel this is best delivered. Why are only some Executive Committee roles available for election at the upcoming EGM? All these questions and more answered on the twelfth episode of Shooter Ready The GBPRA Podcast.