The club was founded in 1978 by  John Hordern and a group of local shooters who wished at that time to make use of the Congleton Leisure Centre indoor rifle range – the range being only available to clubs. By 1979 membership had increased and outgrown the facilities at Congleton, so found a new home at a local quarry where an existing target rifle range was revamped to suit broader sporting rifle purposes. (more…)