Club Personnel
Club Committee Members
Club Chair - Colleen Ford-Ellis
Vice-Chair - Geoff Powell
Club Secretary - Tomas Evans
Club Treasurer - Sarah-Jayne Blatchly
Facilities Officer - Chris Brieger Brieger
Range Officer - Andrew Byson Clarke
IT & Infrastructure - Tomas Evans
Discipline Captains
Gallery Captain - Keith Brooks
Precision Captain - Keith Brooks
Prone Captain - Roger Ford
Bench Rest Captain - Keith Brooks
History of Chepstow Rifle Club
Early history timeline
1830
The first recorded Rifle Shooting in Chepstow, when matches were held.​
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1857
​The formation of the 1st Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.
(Certainly formed by civilians, probably members of an existing club as these would be the only people owning weapons).​
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1899
In November the first meeting was held to form a rifle club.
This meeting was adjourned to find local reaction to the suggested formation of such a club.
1900
On the 15th November at the George Hotel, The Chepstow Rifle Club was formed... 96 members at that time.
1901
Affiliated to the N.R.A., the club was shooting full-bore with long Lee-Metford rifles.
1908
Affiliated to the National Rifle Association on the 15th November. Original affiliation No. 95.
The club affiliated to the newly constituted Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs. (The forerunner of the N.S.R.A. Affiliation No. 1662).
Venues
Shooting took place in various Inns and on Outdoor Ranges in the Chepstow area. In the late 1920’s, Chepstow Rifle Club were allowed by the Military to use their indoor small-bore range situated in the Drill Hall yard, Chepstow.
In 1967 Chepstow U.D.C. purchased the Drill Hall, the Range and other buildings, but the club was allowed to continue using the Range, along with the Air Training Corps. And we continued using their Range until we moved to the Old Chepstow Fire Station, and built our own indoor range in 1986.
Chepstow Rifle Club's Centenary year
Members of Chepstow Rifle Club celebrated its centenary in November 2000, the second oldest rifle club in the U.K., missing out on being the oldest club by just 6 months!
The club has been active during the entire 114 years of its life, even during the war years. We are still very active in small-bore and full bore rifle, with some current members shooting both these disciplines for the Welsh national teams.We also shoot black powder pistols and full-bore rifle at other dedicated ranges.
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In 1975, the National Small Bore Rifle Association awarded the club it’s Golden Award in recognition of 75 unbroken years of shooting sport and the club also received congratulations on it’s Centenary.
The club was formed by Chepstow man Fred Hammond and the continued success lies in evidence today with the membership list spans the generations from 14 years old to 84 years old.
