The rifle captain scores a 100 yd card

Havant Rifle & Pistol Club is a Home Office approved club. We are able to accept applications from people who do not hold a Firearms Certificate. As a responsible club, we make every effort to ensure that our members are fit and proper people to hold Firearms Certificates and our application procedure will necessarily involve some questions which will help us verify that.

We are obliged by law to inform the police of new applicants so that checks may be made on them.

A prospective member wishing to join us will not be able to handle firearms other than air weapons on your first visit. A membership application form should be completed and handed in with a passport-sized photo for their ID card. New applicants will usually be able to handle firearms under supervision once these checks have been done. When completed the new applicant will be advised in writing by the Secretary.

On your first shooting visit, ask the duty range officer for a probationer's attendance form. Once this has been set up, ask the duty range officer to sign and date it on each visit. After three visits you will be asked to pay the enrolment fee (see below). When the enrolment fee is paid the Secretary will write to the applicant's referees. All members, probationary or full, pay a £2 range fee each visit to cover heating, lighting and targets.

When a three month probationary period recording a minimum of 6 attendances has been completed the probationary form will be passed to the Secretary who will arrange for the probationer's case to be added to the agenda for the next available committee meeting. Assuming favourable references have been received, the probationer should be voted a full member. The Secretary will then write to the member, including a membership card, asking for their first subscription. The subscription should paid on the next visit to the club, when the membership card will be filled in. All future payments should be entered on this - bring it with you when you pay your subs each year.

It is a legal requirement that a parent or guardian remains with an under-16 child whilst they are on Club premises. For non-shooting parents this generally means sitting in the Clubroom whilst the child shoots their targets!

Competitive Shooting
No-one is forced to enter competitions, but as a competitive target shooting club, all members are expected to have a go. There are many competitions, and you will find your own level, competing against others of similar ability. A range officer or section captain will tell you how to go about this. However, shooting is different things to different people, and we all enjoy it in different ways.

If you are interested in joining Havant Rifle & Pistol Club, you may wish to download a PDF file of our Membership Application Form. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to see this file. It's free, so if you don't already have it, the link below will take you to Adobe's web site. Follow the on-screen instructions and close the window down when you have finished.

Print off both pages and fill in all necessary boxes (don't forget to sign it!). When you have done this, come along any Sunday morning to see what goes on. As mentioned above, initially you will not be able to handle firearms other than air rifle or pistol, but on subsequent visits, provided the result of the checks is positive, you will be able to handle firearms under supervision.

Initially probationary members should visit the club on Sunday mornings for their own session. Newcomers will learn the principles of safe handling of weapons, range safety rules and range etiquette.

Visitors are welcome at any time to see what goes on. Until you have applied and been checked you will not be able to handle weapons.

As mentioned above, when shooting, all members (prospective, probationary and full) pay a £2 range fee to cover targets, lighting and heating. Your first three visits will be free apart from this. All being well with the checks, you will be a probationary member, and will need to get your probationer's form signed by the range officer each time you shoot. On your third visit you will be asked to pay the Joining Fee to cover initial adminstration.

Opening Times
Details of the club opening times are available here

Generally Monday evenings are for Light Sporting Rifle, air rifle and air pistol. Tuesday evenings are for prone 25 yards rimfire, and Thursday evenings are for air rifle and pistol. The outdoor ranges are used when these evenings are light enough - roughly mid-April to mid-September. New members may check with section captains or longer-serving members for the arrangements at weekends. However, all members are reminded that shooting is NOT permitted between 2230 hours and 0600 hours.

Membership & Other Fees

Enrolment Fees:
Standard membership: £20
Junior membership: £7
Senior membership: £20

After a probationary period, which is usually between three and six months, prospective members will be invited to join the club.

Subscription Fees:

Standard membership: £90
Junior membership*: £30
Student membership*: £45
Senior membership: £45

*Junior membership until 21 years old; Student membership 21 - 23 years with student ID.


Range fees:

Members: £2
Visitors/Hire fees: £5 (per person); special rates for bona-fide organisations (see below).

Guest Day
A Guest Day is an event involving Guest members which is arranged by the Management Committee for the purpose of attracting new members to the sport of target shooting and to the Club. A maximum of twelve Guest Days may be held in any calendar year. The Secretary will give to the Police notice of the Club's intention to hold a Guest Day not less than 48 hours in advance. On such occasions Guests may only be permitted to shoot under the personal supervision of a full member. The Management Committee may require payment of a fee by all Guests attending a Guest Day, such fee to be notified to potential Guests in advance of the event.

A Guest is a person who visits the Club's premises at the invitation of the Management Committee and who must be either a member of a recognised outside organisation or a person who is already known personally to at least one full member of the Club.

Visit:
To arrange a visit to the club please send your details to our club Secretary via the contact form