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21st - 22nd April
OCRA Match Rifle Weekend (To Be Confirmed)

28th April
Club's Mini Palma Match, Bisley

29th April
Purples Match, Bisley

Recent News

CURA Wins all University Matches

As well as the varsity matches, CURA competed in the other NRA and British Universities and College Sports (BUCS) matches. CURA won all of these competitions:

Chancellors' Challenge Plate - CURA 1149.107 vs 1125.85 OURC

With the Humphry Challenge Cup being a close affair it was expected to be the same in the Chancellors' and so it proved. For the first day in the whole of the TR competition, the sun was shinning but the wind remained tricky with a fishtailing headwind. CURA were strong out of the blocks at 300yards to build up a 25 point lead including a 50.10 from John Lindsay III, believed to be the first 50.10v in the history of the Chancellors'. OURC then rallied and fought back but could not overcome the deficit from 300yards with CURA eventually winning by 24 points. It is great that this match was a close fought affair, as it should be. Congratulations to John Lindsay III who top scored with a 146.16v.

Humphry Challenge Cup - CURA 792.50v vs 773.42v - A NEW RECORD SET

CURA were once again victorious in this years Humphry Match. This makes 11 consecutive years of victories for CURA beating the previous record of ten which had been set by OURC during the first years of the competition. However it was no easy feat with both teams neck and neck throughout the first two distances leaving CURA only a single point lead at lunchtime. Some good shooting by CURA at 1200yards, and taking advantage of a steady period of what had been very tricky wind, led to victory by 19 points. Congratulation to Douglas Phillips who top scored with a 203.19v.

The Canada Lions

Having not taken place since 2005, everyone was keen to reinstate this match to the Calendar. Unfortunately this year, the only time that was available was during the afternoon of the Humphry. Fortunately CURA had enough members to take part in both matches. The match, shot at 900 and 1000yards, saw CURA victorious, retaining the Lions. We all hope that this will become a regular fixture once again.

Want to get involved?

CURA's 2011-12 season doesn't start until Easter time 2011, but many of our members shoot small bore with our sister society, CUSBC, so why not have a go yourself?

CURA - General Information

Cambridge University Rifle Association is one of the oldest Varsity sports clubs in Cambridge. It currently holds the record for the longest run of consecutive Varsity match victories at twenty-four years, and we have won the Chancellors' Trophy 104 times and The Humphry 73 times. If you want to know more about the history of the club have a look here.

CURA is an official sports club of the University of Cambridge and we are affiliated to the National Rifle Association of Great Britain.