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The Manitoba Provincial Rifle Association Inc. (MPRA) is the governing body for target rifle shooting in Manitoba. The Association's vision is to enhance the preception of shooting as a Sport by encouraging and supporting all athletes involved in shooting to achieve their maximum performance levels while promoting safe firearms handling. The MPRA, in co-operation with its affiliated Clubs, serves to support the needs of all shooter's in the Province. To provide an opportunity for any person in reaching their potential through the provision of programs for developing athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers, by promoting, organizing and regulating the Sport of shooting.The MPRA acknowledge Sport Manitoba as our Sport Partner. The Manitoba Provincial Rifle Association Inc. is a registered, non-profit amateur sports organization that is the Sport Governing Body for rifle shooting in Manitoba, representing and serving target shooters throughout the province. The membership consists of individuals and clubs interested in furthering target rifle sports as safe, recreational and competitive sport and to improve the public acceptance of target shooting sports. The sport sets no limits for those who are involved. Some want only an hour or so of recreation per week while others seek Olympic Gold Medals. Youth, adults and the very senior all participate through out the province. Rifle shooting is a year round recreation sport, outdoor in the summer and indoors in the winter. Clubs are located through out the province. As with most sports today, you can spend a lot of money, but many rifle shooters invest only a few hundred dollars in equipment and find the cost of ammunition and targets far less than expected. Most clubs have equipment to lend beginners to help them get started. If you would like to enter a competition, a classification system is used which assures that the thrill of winning is available to everyone, by competing against others of similar and known ability. The MPRA has two shooting disciplines:
1) FullboreTarget Rifle shooting
2) Smallbore Target Rifle shooting (.22 and Air rifle) * 
TO ALL USERS OF ST CHARLES RANGE. 2010 SEASON We have been informed by 17 Wing that sometime this year, it could be as early as late April /May 2010, that the junction of Saskatchewan Avenue West and the Perimeter Highway, will be closing either temporarily or permanently due to the construction of the new Headingly bypass highway. When and if this occurs, users of the range will have to find an alternative route to the range. Best option is: Portage Avenue west to Headingly, turn right and go north on Dodds Road (Provincial Road 334) to Saskatchewan Avenue, turn right and travel East on Saskatchewan Ave to the range. If you are a sentry or have to raise the Range Flags on Provincial Road 63, take the following route. West on Saskatchewan Avenue to Bobiche Road, (Provincial Road 334) turn right and travel North to Provincial Road 63. Turn right and travel East to range flags. We will let all members know when this closure occurs. |