RECRUITMENT ON HOLD
Havant Rifle & Pistol Club is a Home Office approved club.

The current membership has now reached its maximum level and therefore we have taken the decision to stop further recruitment at this time.

This will be reassessed in February 2025.

How to apply – Recruitment is currently on hold. Check back in a few months time to see if we have started recruitment again.
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Membership & Other Fees
Probationary Ammunition Fee [payable first visit] £5.00
Probationary Membership:
Standard membership: £30.00
Junior membership:      £10.00

*Probationary membership is for three months after which time prospective members will normally be invited to join the club.

Subscription Fees:
Standard membership: £120.00
Junior membership*:    £   40.00
Student membership*: £   60.00

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

Range fees:
Members:     £2.00
Visitors fees: £5.00 (per person in addition to the range fee)

Restrictions

The minimum age is dependent on the ability and maturity to handle a firearm safely.

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 is shooting.

Use of ranges is restricted to probationary and full members only. Visitors to the area may use the facilities (under supervision) but only if they are experienced shooters from another club and hold the relevant certificate.

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.

Opening Times
Details of the club opening times are available under the tab headed Facilities.

The outdoor ranges are used when the 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 outdoors is NOT permitted between 21:30 hours and 08:00 hours without prior agreement. There must be at least two people present on the premises before shooting is permitted to take place.

Visitor

A person who is not a probationary member of the Club, but who is a full member of another club and/or holds a firearm certificate, and who visits the Club’s premises at the invitation of at least one member of the Management Committee.

A Visitor may shoot on the Club’s ranges provided that on each occasion he/she:
1) Is accompanied by a current Havant Rifle Club member.
2) produces to the Range Officer his/her firearm certificate, and/or proof of membership of another club,
3) confirms his/her eligibility to shoot by entering name, address, firearm certificate number and/or other club name in the Club’s register of visitors, such entry to be counter-signed by the Range Officer, and
4) pays the visitor’s fee and range fee.