New Benchrest organisation: BenchrestUK

[Hemmers]

So is BenchrestUK (in a roundabout way) replacing UKBR22 then?

My understanding was that there was some internal spat which resulted in UKBR22 withdrawing from WRABF, and that the NSRA took up the official "UK" registration in order to allow UK shooters to attend the European/World Championships, and maybe even ran a couple of International-Rule comps in parallel with their NSRA-Rule comps?

Have they jacked that in then or delegated it back to the new BenchrestUK org?

I notice UKBR22 still have their website up, with recently updated news posts and seem to be running comps - where do they fit in these days? Just a UK org running domestic comps for UK shooters?

[himself]

So is BenchrestUK (in a roundabout way) replacing UKBR22 then?

My understanding was that there was some internal spat which resulted in UKBR22 withdrawing from WRABF, and that the NSRA took up the official "UK" registration in order to allow UK shooters to attend the European/World Championships, and maybe even ran a couple of International-Rule comps in parallel with their NSRA-Rule comps?

Have they jacked that in then or delegated it back to the new BenchrestUK org?

I notice UKBR22 still have their website up, with recently updated news posts and seem to be running comps - where do they fit in these days? Just a UK org running domestic comps for UK shooters?

The UKBR22 is still with us .Benchrest UK is another group that have set up their own association cos they were unhappy with the way the UKBR22 was run.The Postal comps for the UKBR22 will continue as they have over the last number of years and still has a strong membership.
Huddersfield rifle club and the Yorkshire Shooting Centre will also continue to provide Shoulder to Shoulder competition s Throughout 2019 with some comps including comps for the 10 spot card as used by the Midland League ..
Competition is good for shooting so I wish the new association success with their venture.

[Hemmers]

Competition is good for shooting so I wish the new association success with their venture.

Demand for competitions is a good thing.

Whilst I wish everybody success, having multiple bodies all claiming to be the Governing Body for Benchrest is a bad thing - it confuses newcomers and indeed onlookers and other shooters around the periphery who can't make head nor tail of how it's all organised. If anything we need significantly fewer bodies rather than more. The sport is horribly fragmented.

UKBR22 state the following on their home page:

To introduce our selves we are the United Kingdom Association of Rimfire & Air Rifle Benchrest Shooting (UKBR22). By that we mean "True Benchrest Shooting". The Association is recognised by rimfire shooters across the UK as the representative body that promotes air rifle and rimfire benchrest across the country and with partners in other countries.

Clearly if they're not the nominated UK body to represent at WRABF and ERABSF, then that last sentence is untrue.

Just to be clear, the NSRA have ceded control as the UK's representative body at WRABF over to the new BenchrestUK org? So BenchrestUK can legitimately claim to be the UK's National Governing Body for Benchrest and WRABF would agree?