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About Us
The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 and is a Sport Shooting Association. The present Shooting Range is located in Tucker Valley, Macqueripe Road, Chaguaramas. The Rifle Range has firing points from 100 yards to 600 yards, with shooting taking place from West to East, with the Diego Martin mountains acting as a bullet back stop. Calibres used for the Full Bore Rifle Discipline are .308/7.62 round using the 155grain Bullet. This discipline is in accordance with the National Rifle Association of Great Britain (NRA of UK) and the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations' (ICFRA) rules.
The Small Bore Rifle & Pistol Disciplines uses calibers of ammunition such as .22; .32, .38 and .177 Pellets. This type of shooting/discipline is done at the CAC Games, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, at World Cup Games where Minimum Qualifying Scores (MQS) are achieved to participate at the Olympic Games. The Practical (Hand Gun) section uses the 9mm, 45 ACP, .380 and the .38 calibres of ammunition.
While Membership is open to all persons who can meet the requirements an amendment to the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago now requires that persons who wish to use any type of firearm must be 25 years or older.
History Of The Trinidad Rifle Association
The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 ten years before the island of Tobago was incorporated into a crown colony with Trinidad, hence the reason we are the Trinidad Rifle Association.That same year that the Trinidad Volunteer Force was established and approximately four years before the island of Tobago was joined with Trinidad to form one united Country. It was on March 13th, 1879 that an advertisement was placed in “ The Fairplay & Trinidad News”, (a weekly paper of the Colony), announcing the formation of the proposed Volunteer Corp and inviting volunteers. It was at that meeting of April 9th, the bye-laws were ratified and the terms of service established for a period of not less than 2 years. The entrance fees were set at £1 per annum! This was collected to help offset the cost of Uniforms. Not withstanding having to pay an entrance fee, there was an immediate recruitment of about 300 persons. The Volunteer Ordinance of1879 was passed by the Legislative Council on June 11, 1879 and Proclaimed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria on May 21, 1880.
It was on September 18th, 1879 in the issue of ‘The Fairplay & Trinidad News’, that a notice, signed by the Honorary Secretary of the Trinidad Rifle Association, announced the formation of the Trinidad Rifle Association and invited interested parties to a meeting to be held on September 30th 1879, at the Recreation Room of the Police Barracks. The meeting was chaired by the Governor of the Colony, Sir Henry Turner Irving, KCMG. This meeting was duly held and its issues of October 2nd and 4th respectively were published in both ‘The Fairplay and ‘Port of Spain Gazette’ which reported the following: that His Excellency “advocated the association as likely to provide manly exercise and recreation for young men and be a protection for hearth and home”. He also confessed that his main interest was on account of its “future importance to the Colony as a means of self-defense”. He also stated that “We already had a Volunteer Brigade, and the Trinidad Rifle Association was meant as a necessary supplement to that body, though without uniform or badges of rank”.
At a subsequent meeting on October 8th, the Rules & Regulations were ratified (they were based on the Demerara Rifle Association rules) and the Entrance Fee was set at $5.00 with annual subscription being also $5.00. It was proposed and accepted that the entrance fee be doubled after a period of one month. It was also recommended that the life membership be $30.00. On the matter of members of the Volunteers not having to pay the entrance fee, one member objected on the grounds that though willing to join the Volunteers, he was not accepted because he was fat. He proposed that he was willing to adopt the waiving the entrance fee if the Volunteers would reciprocate and accept fat members of the Trinidad Rifle Association in the Volunteers. The POS Gazette reporter noted that there was much laughter at this, but the resolution was passed waiving the entrance fee, without qualification.
One hundred members were recruited at this meeting. Arrangements were made for the members to use the Volunteers’ firearms and powder at the Police Barracks’ range.
Individuals, organisations and all other entities not affiliated to the Trinidad Rifle Association are prohibited from using the property of the Trinidad Rifle Association (i.e. ranges, logo, acronym T.R.A., name, official targets, rules & scoring systems) without the prior written approval of the Trinidad Rifle Association
The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 and is a Sport Shooting Association. The present Shooting Range is located in Tucker Valley, Macqueripe Road, Chaguaramas. The Rifle Range has firing points from 100 yards to 600 yards, with shooting taking place from West to East, with the Diego Martin mountains acting as a bullet back stop. Calibres used for the Full Bore Rifle Discipline are .308/7.62 round using the 155grain Bullet. This discipline is in accordance with the National Rifle Association of Great Britain (NRA of UK) and the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations' (ICFRA) rules.
The Small Bore Rifle & Pistol Disciplines uses calibers of ammunition such as .22; .32, .38 and .177 Pellets. This type of shooting/discipline is done at the CAC Games, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, at World Cup Games where Minimum Qualifying Scores (MQS) are achieved to participate at the Olympic Games. The Practical (Hand Gun) section uses the 9mm, 45 ACP, .380 and the .38 calibres of ammunition.
While Membership is open to all persons who can meet the requirements an amendment to the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago now requires that persons who wish to use any type of firearm must be 25 years or older.
History Of The Trinidad Rifle Association
The Trinidad Rifle Association was established in 1879 ten years before the island of Tobago was incorporated into a crown colony with Trinidad, hence the reason we are the Trinidad Rifle Association.That same year that the Trinidad Volunteer Force was established and approximately four years before the island of Tobago was joined with Trinidad to form one united Country. It was on March 13th, 1879 that an advertisement was placed in “ The Fairplay & Trinidad News”, (a weekly paper of the Colony), announcing the formation of the proposed Volunteer Corp and inviting volunteers. It was at that meeting of April 9th, the bye-laws were ratified and the terms of service established for a period of not less than 2 years. The entrance fees were set at £1 per annum! This was collected to help offset the cost of Uniforms. Not withstanding having to pay an entrance fee, there was an immediate recruitment of about 300 persons. The Volunteer Ordinance of1879 was passed by the Legislative Council on June 11, 1879 and Proclaimed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria on May 21, 1880.
It was on September 18th, 1879 in the issue of ‘The Fairplay & Trinidad News’, that a notice, signed by the Honorary Secretary of the Trinidad Rifle Association, announced the formation of the Trinidad Rifle Association and invited interested parties to a meeting to be held on September 30th 1879, at the Recreation Room of the Police Barracks. The meeting was chaired by the Governor of the Colony, Sir Henry Turner Irving, KCMG. This meeting was duly held and its issues of October 2nd and 4th respectively were published in both ‘The Fairplay and ‘Port of Spain Gazette’ which reported the following: that His Excellency “advocated the association as likely to provide manly exercise and recreation for young men and be a protection for hearth and home”. He also confessed that his main interest was on account of its “future importance to the Colony as a means of self-defense”. He also stated that “We already had a Volunteer Brigade, and the Trinidad Rifle Association was meant as a necessary supplement to that body, though without uniform or badges of rank”.
At a subsequent meeting on October 8th, the Rules & Regulations were ratified (they were based on the Demerara Rifle Association rules) and the Entrance Fee was set at $5.00 with annual subscription being also $5.00. It was proposed and accepted that the entrance fee be doubled after a period of one month. It was also recommended that the life membership be $30.00. On the matter of members of the Volunteers not having to pay the entrance fee, one member objected on the grounds that though willing to join the Volunteers, he was not accepted because he was fat. He proposed that he was willing to adopt the waiving the entrance fee if the Volunteers would reciprocate and accept fat members of the Trinidad Rifle Association in the Volunteers. The POS Gazette reporter noted that there was much laughter at this, but the resolution was passed waiving the entrance fee, without qualification.
One hundred members were recruited at this meeting. Arrangements were made for the members to use the Volunteers’ firearms and powder at the Police Barracks’ range.
Individuals, organisations and all other entities not affiliated to the Trinidad Rifle Association are prohibited from using the property of the Trinidad Rifle Association (i.e. ranges, logo, acronym T.R.A., name, official targets, rules & scoring systems) without the prior written approval of the Trinidad Rifle Association
