1979
1st Bn The Royal Green Jackets
A team was entered in the Hong Kong Small Arms Meeting. The team under Major Bob Gutteridge and W02 Crook did very well against the Gurkhas. The most encouraging being Rfn McGreechan who was the best S.M.G. Young Soldier. Another Young Soldier Rfn Smith19, who subsequently went onto Bisley. There he came 91st in the Army Hundred (entries 620) and second in the Young Soldier Cup.
2nd Bn The Royal Green Jackets
Due to Northern Ireland commitments it was not possible to compete in any shooting competition.
3rd Bn The Royal Green Jackets
We sent a team the Bisley with Jeremy Knight as Team Captain which, after an absence of three years from competition shooting, did commendably well.
| KRRC CUP (Major Unit Championship) (entries 61) | 18th |
| Infantry Rifle Championship (entries 41) | 16th |
| Rifle Team Match | 12th |
Individual Matches
| Army Championship (entries 720) | 18th | CSgt Dorey |
| 87th | Rfn A C Smith | |
| 88th | LCpl P R Haynes | |
| Young Soldier | 3rd | Rfn A C Smith |
| 4th | LCpl P R Haynes |
4th (Volunteer) Battalion
In the competitive world, we developed an annoying habit of coming second in most events we entered, such as Isedsam, London District Orienteering, Courage Trophy and then third at Bisley.
The Rifle Depot
SEDSAM
On a cold and snowy day in February the seeds for Bisley were sown when Junior Rifleman’s Company held a shooting competition from which the boys from Baker Section and the permanent staff team were selected. As far as the boy’s team were concerned the original selection order of merit changed very little over the next four and a half months, proving the old adage that you can only make a good shot a better one. The first test came in South East District Skill at Arms Meeting where the adult team, competing as a Minor Unit and comprising C/Sgt Notley, Sgt Lloyd, Cpl Connolly and Cpl Tyson, collected the usual amount of silver and romped home as:
| Minor Unit Champions | ||
| Champion Young Soldier | JLCpl | Aimable |
| Falling Plates | Winners |
Bisley
Minor Unit Team Events
| Minor Units Championship (entries 38) | 2nd |
| Team Rifle Match (entries 38) | 2nd |
| Section Match (entries 66) | 3rd |
| Team Snap Shoot (entries 38) | 2nd |
Individual Events
| The Army Championship (entries 720) | 10th | CSgt Notley |
| The Roupell Cup (entries 720) | 34th | CSgt Notley |
| The Henry Whitehead Cup (entries 720) | 27th | CSgt Notley |
| The Association Cup (entries 720) | 27th | CSgt Notley |
| The Moving Target (entries 720) | 14th | CSgt Notley |
| The Roberts Cup (entries 400) | 33rd | CSgt Notley |
| The Silver Jubilee Aggregate (entries 455) | 12th | CSgt Notley |
Methuen Cup
During the final week our team under Lieutenant David Conway, shooting for the coveted Methuen Cup, put up a score that easily exceeded last year’s winning score but could only manage runners up to the Royal Engineers who shot magnificently for a record winning score never before achieved.
The Junior Soldier's Skill At Arms Meeting
| Team Snapshooting Match (The Coldstream Cup) | Winners |
| The Devonshire Regiment Cup | Winners |
| Minor Unit Championship (entries 59) | 2nd |
| Junior Soldier's Rifle Championship (entries 226) | 3rd | JRfn K S Walker |
| 10th | JLCpl Cheshirs | |
| 11th | JLCpl Aimable | |
| 16th | JRfn Carpenter | |
| 17th | JRfn Crane | |
| 18th | JRfn Pullen |
| Household Cavalry And Infantry | 3rd | JRfn K S Walker |
| Service Rifle ETR Match (entries 227) | 5th | JRfn K S Walker |
| Service Rifle Gallery Match (entries 227) | 5th | JRfn K S Walker |
| Service Rifle Championship | 2nd | JRfn K S Walker |
Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of the season was that we had at least half a dozen Juniors who could shoot as Adults at Bisley next year.
Baker Section with Lieut. Conway and Sgt Lloyd
The Oxfordshire Royal Greenjackets Bn ACF
Two teams were again entered in the Bisley Cadet Meeting and they once more kept our name to the fore. Cadet L/Cp[ Smith won the Individual 200 Yards Cup, scoring a possible, and five Cadets were placed in The Cadet One Hundred (being the best 100 shots in the United Kingdom) they were:-
| Cadet L/Cpl Hooper | 22nd |
| Cadet Cpl Wright | 27th |
| Cadet Cpl Nicholson | 34th |
| Cadet House | 59th |
| Cadet L/Cpl Smith | 67th |
In the Cadet One Hundred Small-bore two Cadets won a place, Cadet Cpl Sarling and Cadet L/Cpl Wright. A team was entered for The Buckinghamshire Cadet Cup, on the basis of a March and Shoot, and returned victorious.