The club is a member of the National Smallbore Rifle Shooting Association, and both the Hampshire and Portsmouth Leagues. It runs two teams shooting ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ matches against other Portsmouth clubs during the winter months, with varied success. Postal matches for three teams also run throughout the winter. During the summer months, individual competitions are catered for, and last year, club members won two divisions outright.  Christmas dinner is a highlight of the year, attended by many past and present

Members of the club now come from a wider area, perhaps from a distance of twenty miles, and the club has joined forces with a Petersfield club, to make better use of the

From January 2009, Club night will be Thursday from 7.30 p.m., when members are able to practice, socialise, or shoot their postal cards, and prospective new members can have a chance to see what the club does.  No experience necessary as instruction will be

The membership has always been adequate to support the club, and now has about 25 members, with several supporters. A stronger membership would enable the club to field more regular shooters in the competitions. Secretary:  01730 264178

West Meon Rifle Club started in March 1953 as a Boy Scout Rifle Club.  As now, it was an expensive sport , and so was opened up to members of the village in December 1953. It was supported mainly by the farming community , especially by four brothers in one family, and a cousin who later became President.

The local Drill Hall was used by permission of the TA, until it was sold and demolished for housing.  Then, to keep the club operating, one team shot all matches away, and the other team shot home matches at Wickham range.  As this was not ideal, it was suggested that a range be built, and the Parish Council gave permission to build on the Village Hall site. The necessary funds  came from a share of proceeds from the West Meon Show, which ran for a number of years with West Meon Sports Club, who also had a scheme fora pavilion. A member of the club, a partner in a local building firm, kindly undertook the planning and organisation of the self-build work by members, who gave over 2000 hours of their time. The range was completed in 1977.

In 2003, the club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a reunion party in the Sports Club; both the Secretary and Treasurer at that time had held office since the inaugural meeting. The present Secretary took office in 2007, but the Treasurer continues unchanged.

At one time, the club had an unbeatable record for winning at tile shooting (breakable discs), the secret being to use Polo mints for practice, supplied by the Treasurer who sold them in his shop. Last season, the club again did well, winning the Individual and Pairs