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Regional News Defence Training Estates.


I had hoped to bring you some news of next years range hire charges but unfortunately they have not yet been agreed by Defence Training Estates.


DTE has reduced its Regional Commands from nine to six UK regions and has centralised their Booking Cells to fit the new structure. All clubs should have by now received information and contact details from their Booking Cell.


The NRA has been assured that clubs will not suffer any decrease in service.


The NRA is still awaiting a reply from the Defence Land Ranges Safety Committee about their ruling on the use of Long Barrelled Pistols and Revolvers on MoD ranges.


Update on activities at the NRA Secretary General


As you will be aware, the NRA has experienced turbulent financial performance recent times, with a £630K loss in 2010. Once the true state of our finances was clarified with our 2010 accounts being signed off in June, the Trustees determined to set in train plans to address this unsustainable situation.


Essentially, we have decided to end the organisational division between the NRA and the NSC, flatten the structure, reduce cost and shift our focus to the things that matter most to our Members. Whilst the split of the NRA and NSC was done for what I am sure were good reasons at the time, in practice it has proven unhelpful. However NSC remains as an accounting vehicle for our commercial activities. As part of this process, we have created the new role of Group Chief Executive, whose responsibility spans both the NRA and the NSC, ending organisational inefficiencies.


As an interim step, I, as one of the Trustees, am fulfilling that role, and have put in place a series of initiatives to make the organisation ‘fit for purpose’. Clearly, with the merging of the two organisations, I have had to look hard at the senior layers of management in order to cut cost and flatten the structure. It is therefore with regret that I have decided to make both the MD, NSC, Jeremy Staples, and the Secretary General, Glynn Alger, redundant. In the future, leadership of both the Association and the NSC lies with the Group Chief Executive role, which will also embody the role of Secretary General.


It goes without saying that I and the rest of the Trustees want to express our gratitude to both men for the contribution they have made in the last six or seven years, and we wish them both every success in the future.


Security As you know, we have put in place night-time security at Bisley. This has already highlighted some long- running security issues which we have been able to tackle. These have included fly-tipping and people sleeping rough; the security guards have actually been shot at on two occasions. We have also put in place two new speed bumps on the entrance to Camp, together with appropriate signage. We have had multiple incidents where cars have come into Camp at up to 40 mph when the limit is 15 mph.


In the next couple of weeks, we will erect a barrier at the entrance gate. Should you require access late in the evening when the barrier is down and the guard is on patrol, you can call him on a mobile which he will carry at all times. The number will be on the gate itself. He will then return to the gate and allow you access. In the event that you do not have a mobile with you then we have timed his various patrol routes and it is unlikely that you will be detained for long.


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