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his year seems to have flown by yet again and here we are heading towards hristmas shorter days and longer nights however we can reflect on an e tremely busy last months with sold out championships and e cellent numbers at our trade shows included a orld porting which is the pinnacle of our sport in my opinion and a mammoth effort by all involved, and I’d like to thank everyone for an incredible event once again. his now returns to the at an ntonio for and we congratulate all those who have made the England Sporting Team.
ur final championship this year was the keet oubles held at orthampton hooting round on September, and our congratulations go to Peter Chester, who took the honours after a shoot off with aul tokes. ou can read our report on page .
Congratulations also to our England Teams who have performed fantastically in the various Home Internationals, and you can read about their successes in this issue too.
ehind the scenes we are finalising our calendar which will include the inaugural European Super Sporting at Hodnet in June. This promises to be another great event at this much loved ground e are also working hard within the ritish hooting ports ouncil to continue to improve the licensing and legislation situation in the UK and planning ahead for the proposed change from lead ammunition and will keep you advised of any developments as we move into the new year.
Last but not least, our CPSA Awards nominations are open, so please do take the opportunity to nominate a shooter, ground, coach etc that you feel is worthy of recognition in our sport.
Happy Christmas from all the Staff and Directors of the CPSA.
Iain Parker hief ecutive
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4 // CLUBHOUSE NEWS
The latest news, plus updates from the CPSA
9 // CPSA SOCIAL Shots in the Mail
10 // CPSA COURSES Courses for all levels
28 // INTERNATIONAL Sarah Daly reports
45 // REGIONS The latest news from around the country
65 // CLUB DIRECTORY Opening times and information
71 // FIXTURES Shoot dates and times
Features
10 // WHERE DO YOU READ YOURS A round up of this year’s entries
17 // ENGLISH OPEN SKD Held at Northampton SG, report by Dr John Martin
27 // BRITISH GP OSK Andrew Lea reports from Eaton Hall
18 // HOME INTERNATIONALS OSK, ABT, ESP & FSP
24 // NATIONAL INTERCOUNTIES ESK At Dartford Shooting Ground
ON THE COVER Clays in the snow. GENERATED USING AI TOOLS.
30 // CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE Our top picks for the festive season
37 // TO PULL OR NOT TO PULL Anita North discusses trigger freeze
40 // PASS THE REMOTE How technology is helping shooting grounds by Martin Puddifer
CLUBHOUSE NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS RICHARD BODLEYSCOTT
Congratulations to Richard BodleyScott on achieving his L3 Senior Coach award after completing his final L2 Coach Training Course in Trap. Richard is also an ISSF B Coach in Shotgun.
CPSA DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS OPEN NOW!
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join the CPSA Board! Vacancies have arisen for the following positions:
• West Midlands Region Director
• National Director
Nominations opened 1 October, with positions running from March 2026, immediately after the AGM.
If you have board experience, business
and governance skills, and a strong understanding of clay target shooting, we encourage you to apply and help shape the future of the CPSA.
Apply online or via our downloadable nomination forms by Friday 7 November 2025. Full details are available on the CPSA website.
Be part of the team driving the development of our sport!
LAST CHANCE – 2025 PROMATIC CLUBS AND GROUNDS INITIATIVE
Our 2025 Clubs and Grounds Initiative: Your Chance to Win a Promatic Falcon 8 Trap and 8,250 Clays! Our Clubs & Grounds initiative sponsored by Promatic ends on the 31 December so please keep your referrals coming! This initiative is designed to encourage CPSA-affiliated clubs to bolster our community by bringing in new memberships.
Participating clubs and grounds have the opportunity to win a Promatic Falcon 8 Trap plus a pallet of 8,250 Clays, an exceptional prize worth approximately £7,000*. To qualify clubs must successfully recruit a minimum of 10 new CPSA members during 2025. The CPSA-affiliated club
that achieves the highest number of new memberships above this quota will be the winner.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
CPSA affiliated Clubs and Grounds must provide their Club name or unique referral code (available from CPSA HQ).
Encourage your club members to join us, emphasizing the great benefits of becoming part of the CPSA community.
IMPORTANT DATES
Our Clubs & Grounds initiative sponsored by Promatic ends on the 31 December.
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CPSA ANNUAL AWARDS
Nominations for The CPSA Annual Awards 2026 are now live! The Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals, clubs, and other organisations that help to promote and develop clay shooting in England.
Please visit cpsa.co.uk to nominate your fellow CPSA members whom you feel should be recognised. Nominations will not be decided on numbers alone, but by the strength of statements and acknowledgements made by you.
There are EIGHT different awards which will be presented on the night, each focusing on a different aspect of the sport to acknowledge outstanding achievement in that field.
Be sure to not only nominate for different categories, but also make sure you are there on the evening to help celebrate with the CPSA. This year, we are pleased to be returning to Hilton St Georges Park, Burton on Trent, on Saturday 21 March 2026. You have until 30 November 2025 to submit a nomination for any of the categories.
As soon as nominations have been reviewed we will invite you and all CPSA members to vote on the winner from those shortlisted within each category.
HAVE YOU REFERRED ANYONE YET?
There’s still time to bring new members into the CPSA community and be in with a chance of winning a Browning B525 shotgun each.
Scheme closes 31 Dec 2025 – get your referrals in before it’s too late! Learn more here: cpsa.co.uk/referafriend
WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!
Whatever the weather, whatever you’re shooting – we’ve got you covered!
Just a reminder that CPSA membership insures you for multiple shooting sports. Including but not limited to: Clay target shooting, Game shooting, Rough shooting , Vermin control, Wild fowling ifle shooting including stalking eating and oading.
Not only this, but we also include license revocation protection as part of our full membership package. Visit our website to learn more: cpsa.co.uk/insurance
WEST MIDLAND AREA CHAMPS
Captain Nick Portlock put together a strong side for the journey to Garlands SG for the area Intercounties sporting team event, the shoot was well attended and Glos teams didn’t disappoint with some great results:
Open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & alternative Sunday’s.
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POLICE MEMORIAL SHOOT RESULTS
Thank you to everyone that joined us at Eaton Hall for the 2025
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Congratulations to the various high guns and Tony Dean as overall winner with an amazing 96.
Open at 10am all 4 days. Last entry is 2pm & close at 3pm • 100 Target English Sporting • 5 Sportrap layouts • 3 Super Sporting layouts • Shoot until 7.30pm on Tuesdays, May-Sept.
Also a Massive Thank You to the Eaton Hall team for assisting in the running of our memorial shot for the fourth year running.
And we raised £250 for the North West Air Ambulance team.
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As most of you already know we have been having planning issues regarding Polowood and the council have now gone into the fourth round of planning applications, after receiving complaints from a few of neighbors. We are therefore asking you to show your support for this application and to help prevent us from being closed down.
You can support our application by emailing, completing an online submission, or writing to Lewes Council in support of our business and team. Anything added to past applications is not considered, although you can submit the same letter or comments to the new application.
Please include our case reference and include the word SUPPORT in all submissions:
Our new case number is: SDNP/25/00814/FUL
Email support submission to the below two emails: planningfirst lewes eastbourne.gov.uk customerfirst lewes eastbourne.gov.uk
Online support submission – you will need to create an account to do this. Account set up is name, email and address. planningpublicaccess. southdowns.gov.uk/onlineapplications/applicationDetails.do? activeTab=makeComment&keyVal= SS8O9HTU0R700
Written support submission, please remember to include our reference number: Lewes & Eastbourne Councils, Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB
From the Coomber Family and all the Polowood Team, we would like to say a big thank you for continuing to support us on this very long journey.
Since his introduction as the skeet coach, Matt has been nudging Derek toward rhythm and mindset as much as techni ue. t first it was theory. Now, it’s starting to take shape.
IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW!
ut that s the point he s finding it more often, and holding it for longer each session.
“It’s true, I can hear it, I can feel it,” Derek said. “The rhythm Matt’s been looking for – it’s there now.”
…”And then it isn’t” Derek laughs, knowing it doesn’t always stay.
The change hasn’t been sudden. Hours of drills have provided the base, but the real difference lies in the way the two of them now work together. Derek has embraced not only the practice but also the psychology that comes with it – clearing distractions, keeping calm, and narrowing the focus to a single bird at a time. There’s an ease about the pair. Matt’s methods can look unorthodox, but Derek has come to trust them, and the results are beginning to show. onfidence is building one round at a time.
Those watching may sense it without quite knowing why. But, if you don’t, it might be worth stopping by for a chat with them both.
NATIONAL INTER-COUNTIES DTL
ell done to all competitors who shot the ational nter ounties at orth of England CTC, especially to Overall High Gun Paul Chaplow. Full results can be found on the CPSA website.
IN THE MAIL
Can you guess where the missing clay in the above right picture was? If so then email pull@fellowsmedia.com with your guess and win a can of Witham Group gun oil and barrel/choke cleaner!
To enter, email pull@ fellowsmedia.com with the number and letter area of the grid the clay resides in, for example F4, along with your full name and CPSA number. Entries close at midnight on 7 November and a winner will be chosen using a random generator (in the case of multiple correct entries) and will be contacted by Fellows Media or the Witham Group with information THE FIND THE CLAY WINNER will receive one can of Witham Group Gun Oil and one can of
on how to claim your prize. Congratulations to last month’s Find the clay winner, Henry Baillie-Hamilton, who correctly located the missing clay in section E4 of the grid.
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2025WHERE DO YOU READ YOURS
A compilation of all the locations where you’ve enjoyed reading Pull! this year. While we wish we could reward everyone with a prize each month, we appreciate your submissions and eagerly anticipate 2026!
What’s inside the club house at Eaton Hall
Wondering what’s exactly inside our stunning club house, then here you are.
• The Gun Room
• The Clothing Room
• Our Café
• Corporate Rooms
• T R White & Co Gunmakers.
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Under Cover Stations
Don’t let the weather stop you from enjoying a great day of shooting! At Eaton Hall, we’ve designed our ground for all year-round shooting, so you can focus on your targets no matter what the British weather throws at you.
Here’s what we have under cover: 22 bay air rifle range • 3 skeet layouts • 5 shooting houses in our garden • Double decker sportrap
• 2 Compak layouts
• Compak / high tower layout • Compak / running boar layout • Duck & Cover giving you shelter halfway up the sporting course.
Disciplines We Offer
Come and try your hand at a wide variety of disciplines, including:
• English Skeet (ESK)
• Olympic Skeet (OSK)
• Olympic Trap (OT)
• Down-The-Line (DTL)
• Automatic Ball Trap (ABT)
• English Sporting (ESP)
• Compak
• Sportrap
• FITASC
What you will find in The Gun Room at Eaton Hall
Here at Eaton Hall, we pride ourselves on our gun room, here’s what you can expect:
• Thousands of Shotguns
• Hundreds of Air Rifles
• Hundreds of Rifles
• Shooting accessories to suit any budget
• Staff with decades of experience in the industry.
CPSA COURSES
Safety Officer Course
£130
step to our higher L1 Instructor and L2 Coaching qualifications.
● 7 Mar National Clay Shooting Centre
Open to book online from the 1st December 2025 via cpsa.co.uk/ courses
Whether you are just starting out or are an experienced shooter, the CPSA has created a range of courses to offer the best training available in the sport today.
Please keep an eye out online and in future issues of Pull! for more information and additional dates becoming available. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Clare or Richard at CPSA HQ on 01483 485400 who will be happy to help!
Our SGS course is an excellent introduction into the world of clay target shooting and our advanced courses are discipline specific for shotgun certificate
Referee Course
Available in each of the four domestic disciplines of English Sporting, English Skeet, Down the Line and Automatic Ball Trap, these one-day courses will equip you with the general and discipline specific rules to enable you to referee regularly at registered competitions or national championships and, with it, the assurance that what you are calling is correct. This is also an excellent course for the competitor, who doesn’t necessarily want to referee, but does want to ensure that they know the rules when they compete.
£120/£170
holders looking to improve their skills and ability in their chosen discipline.
Shotgun Skills (SGS)
● 5 Aug Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
£99/£160 (combined course)
● 19 Feb ESK – Beverley & East
Yorkshire SG
● 4 Mar ESP – Beverley & East
Yorkshire SG
● 9 Mar ESK – Nottingham &
District GC
● 13 Mar ESP – Barbury SS
● 28 Mar ESP – Ashcombe SG
● 30 Mar ESP - Nottingham & District GC
● 14 Apr ESK- Kibworth SG
● 6 May DTL – Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
● 7 Sep ESP – West Kent SS
This one-day course provides the basis for running a safe and successful SG. It looks at safe gun handling, layout management, risk assessments and so on. It’s an obvious choice for ground-owners and a prerequisite to Club Affiliation. It also appeals to the shooter and is the first
● 14 Mar Barbury SS
● 16 Mar Northampton SG
● 28 Mar Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
● 6 Apr Nottingham & District GC
● 12 Jun Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
Safety Officer Requalification
We will be launching a new online Safety Officer requalification exam in January for those who qualified in 2021, so if
£10
that was you, please keep an eye out for your email or letter inviting you to renew your qualification.
Instructor Development Workshop (IDW)
The Instructor Development Workshop is a one-day course and a prerequisite to attending the four-day Level 1 Instructor Training Course. Candidates will be given an overview of the full four-day course and be assessed for their suitability to progress onto the ITC. Candidates must
£205
have attended a Safety Officer Course.
● 16 Mar Barbury SS
● 17 Mar Northampton SG
● 30 Mar National Clay Shooting Centre
● 7 Apr Nottingham & District GC
● 25 Apr Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
● 22 July Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
Level 1 Instructor Training Course (ITC)
This four-day course teaches you how to check eye dominance and gun fit. It shows you how to teach the CPSA Method, how to recognise shooting errors and how to correct them. It consists of classroom time, off-and on-range workshops and a final day of assessments. For this course, the criteria for qualification is that the
£785
candidate can get a novice to hit a moving target safely using the CPSA Method. Candidates must have attended an IDW within the previous two years.
● 18 - 21 May Northampton SG
● 22-25 Jun National Clay Shooting Centre
● 27-30 Jul Nottingham & District GC
● 7-10 Sep National Clay Shooting Centre
● 22-25 Sep Beverley & East Yorkshire SG
L2 Common Element & L2 CTC
These are two three-day courses – the Common Element and the discipline specific Coach Training Course. The Common Element now includes the three coach development workshops and allows
Military Training Courses
We are pleased to offer Safety Officer & Instructor courses at discounted prices for members of the Armed Forces. For prices, please visit our courses page online cpsa.co.uk/courses
£590 each
seamless progression to the desired CTC in Trap, ESK or ESP. They are designed to give you the technical skills to improve an established shooter. Candidates must be L1 Instructor qualified to attend L2 Courses.
● 6-9 Apr L1 ITC – National Clay Shooting Centre
● 65-8 Oct L1 ITC – National Clay Shooting Centre
ENGLISH OPEN SKEET DOUBLES
Report by Dr. John Martin, CPSA Chairman.
Sunday 14September saw the staging of the 2025 English Open Skeet Doubles at Northampton Shooting Ground.
The day dawned grey and overcast with an occasional break in the clouds which confirmed that the un was still there, though few of us were feeling its benefits. everal s uads cancelled on the morning of the shoot with the negative weather forecast being the main reason cited. In the event only the last two s uads of the day had to shoot in the rain.
Ultimately 42 Shooters took to the layouts with the first s uad results coming in at am and the final s uads completing the event at about 3:40pm, accompanied by the ominously forecasted rain. Peter Chester and Paul tokes both finished on so had to shoot-off for the High Gun trophy.
To lessen the pain of losing the shootoff to Peter Chester, Paul Stokes took the lass trophy with his score of . en Woodham, the winner Disabled Sitting also took the A Class High Gun trophy. Likewise, Rebecca Hunt after losing the Ladies title by one clay was awarded the B Class High Gun trophy for a score of with ohn dwards taking lass on a score of .
As always, many thanks to Marti, Roy, and Pete for hosting the event at Northampton Shooting Ground and for making sure it ran smoothly and efficiently despite the weather.
2025 ENGLISH OPEN SKEET DOUBLES
Score
Luckily the rain decided to stop at this point and a tiny glimmer of sun was seen to part the clouds. As this was Skeet Doubles, the shoot-off went immediately to sudden-death pairs on peg four, with Peter completing all four of his targets while Paul dropped one of the second pair. Peter Chester therefore became the 2025 English Open Skeet Doubles Champion, winning the title for the fourth year in succession. Last year he took the High Gun trophy at Doveridge after contending with a three-way shoot-off between himself, David Hendon, and Tom Clifford. In 2023 he took the title after a similar challenge and shoot-off in which he, Becky Kibble, and James Attwood all shot 100-straight. In 2022 he had a fairly trouble-free win at Nottingham and District, after shooting 100-straight against the scored by his nearest rivals, Luke Flynn and Tom Clifford.
The Ladies High Gun trophy went to that paragon of Scottish Skeet, Becky ibble on a score of ust pipping ebecca unt who finished on and Alison Coupe who completed the championship on a score of .
Making a welcome return to competition, Hermione Burns took the Junior High Gun on a very commendable score, for a Fast Trap shooter of with ick ussell taking Veterans High Gun on a score of with ark avis and ohn owry being second and third respectively. Disabled sitting High Gun went to Ben oodham on a score of .
High GunPeter Chester98
2nd Paul Stokes98
3rd Liam Richings96
AA Class HGPaul Stokes98
A Class HGBen Woodham91
B Class HGRebecca Hunt91
C Class HGJohn Edwards84
Lady HGBecky Kibble94
2nd Rebecca Hunt91
3rd Alison Coupe90
Junior HGHermione Burns85
Veteran HGMichael Russell92
2nd Mark Davies89
3rd John Lowrie88
Disabled Sitting HGBen Woodham91
50TH OLYMPIC SKEET HOME INTERNATIONAL
Over the weekend of 9 August 2025, the 50th Home International Olympic Skeet event was held at the National Shooting Ground, Esker, Galway. After a huge effort from the England team travelling to Ireland via many modes of transport, we arrived late on the Thursday evening prior. After a quiet team meal, we looked ahead to a day of training on Friday, before the big day on Saturday.
This year we had three new caps in the England team, Robert Vincent, Charlie Worrall, and unexpectedly (last minute), Harry Reveler. It was fantastic to see Charlie and Harry shooting as Seniors, which really highlights the talent of these young shooters and are great ambassadors for the England OSK team.
Taking the Captains role this year was the experienced Luke Young. Luke did a fantastic ob from start to finish looking after everyone. We all very much enjoyed the Captain’s meal on Friday evening –thanks again to Luke for organising and getting everyone together.
Paul Tudge reports from the National Shooting Ground, Esker, Galway.
Saturday morning came and in typical Irish fashion, around 9am when we were due to kick off, the heavens opened along with gusty winds – perfect shooting weather! This however, did
not deter the England team.
Both Phoebe Bodley-Scott and Arran Ecclestone started strong
with consistent scores. With the other experienced team members, it was a very steady start by all. Come the second rotation, the team stepped it up with even stronger scores. Charlie Worrall and Harry Reveler both shot well, with a 25 and 24 respectively.
The Vets was obviously going to be a good battle between the Scottish and the English (Simon Davidmann and Ragan
Leivers). In the Ladies, with Emily Hibbs and Jess Hambrook, both shooting to the best of their ability, it was looking likely we would take the win. Sophie Herrman and Phoebe Bodley-Scott were also a very Strong team in the Juniors. Andrew Lea, Jessica Burgess, and Toby Etheridge also showing there experience with good team scores all round.
The day concluded with a shoot-off between Arran Ecclestone and Luke oung both finishing on a strong in unforgiving conditions. Aaron took the High Gun title for 2025 – congratulations Arran! Luke picked up Captain’s High Gun which is a fantastic achievement, and Overall Runner-up – congratulations Luke! Charlie and Harry also need a special mention both finishing within a couple of clays away from High Gun.
I can very proudly report that team England took home prizes for winning Senior team, winning Junior team, winning Ladies team, and winning Super Veteran team. Our Veteran team were unfortunate enough to miss out on taking that too, just missing out by one clay. This huge team effort meant that England won the overall event.
Finally I’d like to thank all those that helped run the event this year – to those at the Tullamore Hotel, thank you for looking after us and providing fantastic catering and hospitality. To those at the Esker Shooting ground, thank you for organising and running this event. And from me the manager thank you to the team who were all fantastic all weekend.
Above: England OSK Team 2025. Left: England Ladies.
Below left: Shoot Off for High Gun with Arran and Luke. Below right: Owen Lewis happy with the day.
2025 HOME INTERNATIONAL
Report by England Team Manager Rebecca Wockenforth.
To say we were a little sodden after practice day would be an understatement! Nevertheless, we embarked upon the 2025 ABT Home International with the amazing English team spirit that I have come to know and love.
Targets were set and we were away on Day 1 at Omagh Clay Shooting Ground. New caps for (seniors) Jim Farrell, Joseph and Antony Robbins, (Junior) Rhys Dixon and (Superveteran) Paul Atkinson. I have to say at this point that the usual suspects did a fantastic job in welcoming our new representatives and supporting all performances with praise and ALOT of banter!
We were all grateful that the ground had newly appointed layouts and cover was most welcome for the intermittent showers that followed. Wonderful William Gilbert dropped only two points all day to finish on a . agnificent att anter put in a very respectable and Awesome Adam Gutteridge lead the leaderboard with a shameful . SuperVet, Allen Warren put his dominant left eye and his new right knee to good use matching team mate and
new cap aul tkinson on . ogether with the reat hite hino r eil Leeming, their team was only three points behind Ireland with a Day 1 score of .
ttending in his final year as a unior orey oble came out strong in his first round with a and finished the day even stronger with a 25 to join teammate and new cap, Rhys Dixon to lead the uniors teams with points clear of host nation Northern Ireland’s uniors on .
Our Veterans Team included England’s Team Captain uane c ullough and Captains from the previous two years, David Sipling and Ian Woodhead on narrowly leading the score board ahead of Ireland and Northern reland respectively on and .
levels high. Despite a grumbling of a cold virus that plagued all the teams, we battled on to victory! Jim Farrell, an ulliner the dynamic obbins duo liver ampson an haw rett infield and ark right completed our enior team with ill att and dam.
After a thrilling further four rounds, Will Gilbert, came out on top winning High Gun for the tournament and Senior High Gun of England with a fantastic and unner p igh un on Adam Gutteridge. Team Captain, Duane c ullough shot to victory as aptain s High Gun and Veteran’s High Gun on . orey oble cemented his place as unior igh un on . he very lovely llen arren on received ngland Superveteran’s High Gun, narrowly missing out by one point for Overall Supervet’s High Gun to Ireland’s John Cully. A special mention here for Bryan utherland of cotland more specifically Shetland Isles) who won New Cap igh un on a phenomenal Well done Bryan!
Day 3 for the British Open saw Ireland’s Jim Doherty take the top spot with . aving won last year s with a whopping 100 straight, Adam utteridge came second on . eteran winner with an oodhead matching Superveteran Champ Allen Warren. aul tkinson and an ulliner came 3rd in Supervets and Veterans respectively. Corey Doble shot off for third place in juniors.
ABT Home International Results: ngland verall eam top cores Team manager (3rd year in a row for me!), Winning Junior Team, Veterans and Super Veterans, High Gun Captain, High gun of the Home International.
Will Gilbert came out on top winning High Gun for the tournament
The Scottish ladies team lead with 173 and on 150, only points behind both Ireland and Northern Ireland our ladies were ready to do battle on Day 2!
And so we continued in marginally better weather on the second day with very excellent results. The burger van kept our tummies full and our energy
At this point I would personally like to thank the amazing supporters of our Team England. I have had the pleasure of leading for the past three years and as I bow out I would be remiss if I didn’t give a special mention to the supporting families and friends of our England squad and this year’s Team ascot iss rimrose the extremely well behaved baby girl of our lady shooter elissa allum . These people who show up for their shooters are the backbone of our sport in Trap and must be acknowledged for without them the trophies and occasionally the tears would be worthless. Thankyou! Here’s to next year, a new manager and a Home International in the Republic of Ireland.
58TH ENGLISH SPORTING HOME INTERNATIONAL
Si ome ountries fielded competitors to tackle well set targets in some of the most variable weather of any competition in recent memory. eavy rain followed minutes later by bright sunshine and again moments later heavy rain had shooters performing more costume changes than aylor wift. he wind picked up after lunch and made for a challenging stand or two but target setter ndy hite and his team had worked hard to mitigate the variables. eams were shipped up the hill in s to a gra ing pasture overlooking the elsh hills where after si stands they dropped into the woods and down through the valley to finish stand in front of the buildings. he penultimate stand was perhaps the most challenging with a fast left to right midi under your
The 58th Home Countries International took place on 13 September in the hills of Wales, at the Dovey Valley Shooting Ground. Report by Colin Burrows, ESP Team Manager.
feet followed by a fast rising teal. any fine shots emerged from the stand shaking their heads but acknowledging they had really en oyed the course. eam ngland took home the main trophies in all the categories with my aseman the top ady and am ard storming home with a to take igh un. ther notable individual winners were ndy oon as top eteran and drian ohnson as the winning uper et. my aseman was one of the team members who was shooting with her ad hil also in the team after a successful run as manager and who was
eteran unner up . unior arry ude also oined his ad ndrew to add to the family feel.
he e tended family of home countries competitors then retired to berystwyth for the socialising and dining that is a highlight of this event. eam captain cott arnett introduced the new caps at the ban uet eth eters arry ude am inington teven rout and ark elf before the pri es were awarded by the elsh lay arget hooting ssociation team. hey were genuinely congratulated on a ob well done and an e cellent ome ountries event.
25th FITASC Home International
The 25th FITASC Home International hosted by England held at West Midlands Shooting Ground, Hodnet on Saturday 4 October 2025. Report by Richard Weller Team manager.
The course was the usual 100 targets set over four hybrid layouts by Owain Jones. Some of the targets were technical, some distant, above and below the shooter, certainly varied with full use of the well know Hodnet topography.
When the targets were viewed by Captains and Managers, the England Captain Billy Baughan said this will probably be won with an 86. Few straights were expected and as predicted there were none on the day of competition.
The England Team approached the tournament with unrivalled team spirit and comradery, they supported each other throughout the build-up and on the day. All the graft and hard work throughout the team ualification process had been worth it. Congratulations to all the New Caps John Newman, Harry Jude and Benjamin Rivers.
behind. The England New Caps were the top Three.
High Gun of the Match was
England Captain Billy Baughan 86, also taking the Captains High Gun and England High Gun Trophies.
...we saw excellent shooting and great determination
Despite Storm Amy making her presence felt with some strong winds, we saw excellent shooting and great determination from all competitors ur enior eam placed first with a total score of 486 were Billy Baughan 86, Phil Gray 84, Roy Cherry 81, Guy Franklin 80, John Newman 79 and Josh Brown 76. The Runners-up Team was Wales with 467.
England won the Ladies Team Trophy, Emma Stacey 70 and Becky Clifton 62. Runner-up were Scotland. Janine White of Wales was Ladies High Gun 73. Emma was Ladies Runner-up.
The Veteran Team Micky Rouse 78 and Andy Clifton 71 were Runners-up to the Scotland Team Gary Meikle 79 and Stuart Elder 77. Gary Meikle was Veteran High Gun and Mickey Rouse was Runner-up.
England won the Super Veterans, Christoper Chip Smith 81 and Glenn Hunt 80 were dominant. Chip was Super Vets High Gun and Glenn was Runnerup. Team Runners-up were Wales
England won the Juniors, Harry Jude 81 and Ben Rivers 80 had a good day, also taking Junior High Gun and Runner Up. The Scotland Team Runners-up.
Harry Jude was New Cap High Gun of the tournament pushed all the way by Junior Team mate Ben Rivers only one
Overall Runner-up of the Match was Phil Gray 84
The Pete Dennett Trophy for England High Gun on Layout 3 was another Trophy in the collection for Billy Baughan with a score of 22 although Glenn Hunt and John Newman were close behind with 21’s.
ENGLAND WERE OVERALL WINNING COUNTRY
The overall feeling by the shooters from all the nations was that it was an enjoyable, tough set of targets. The wind of Storm Amy was always going to affect the odd target. The day ran smoothly and to schedule.
A huge Thank You to Owain Jones and all the Staff and Referees at West Midlands Shooting Ground.
The 2025 Home International concluded with a fantastic banquet and prize giving at The Hawkstone Park Hotel. After all the pressure of shooting for your country had finished we could all unwind and enjoy the moment.
My very special thanks must go to The Captain of Team England Billy Baughan who led by example and was amazing throughout.
Thanks also to the CPSA Director Miles Machin and Staff Iain Parker, Clare Alger and Gary Cooper for all their work behind the scenes at the Ground and Banquet.
We are all looking forward to 2026 when it will be Scotland’s turn to host this fantastic event at Bisley Braidwood. Keep your eyes open for the ualification shoots.
Event report by CPSA Chairman
Dr John Martin.
NATIONAL INTER-COUNTIES ENGLISH SKEET
The National InterCounties English Skeet competition was held at Dartford Shooting Ground on 4-5 October. I haven’t been to Dartford for a couple of years but it was just where I left it, over the bridge and turn right.
You never expect to get the best weather in October, but Storm Amy made every effort to maximise the discomfort and difficulty of the competition.
Eight squads braved the ranges on the Saturday
NATIONAL INTER-COUNTIES ESK
and a full turnout on the Sunday took the total entries, over both days, to 97.
Mark Chesson, representing Kent, put in an early leading score of 99 which held for much of the competition until Tristan Hockey, straight from a spot of wild fowling, missed one of the pair on peg 4 of his last layout to finish on 99, equalling that shot by Mark.
High GunMark Chesson99 24+4
Ladies High GunIsabel Russell94
Junior High GunTristan Hockey99 24+3
Veteran High GunRobert Manning96
Colt High GunSeth Cutter88
Winning
and hit both pairs. Tristan, sadly, couldn’t follow suit and lost one of the targets which confirmed ark as the igh Gun of the match.
Ladies High Gun went to Northampton shooter and this year‘s British Open Ladies Champion, Isabel Russell, on a score of 94. Tristan Hockey was compensated for losing out on the Championship High Gun title by taking the Juniors High Gun trophy, with Robert Manning taking the Veterans trophy, and Seth Cutter the Colts.
The scene was then set for a shoot-off between the two Kent shooters.
Unsurprisingly, given Mark Chesson was shooting for Kent, the
winning Senior team trophy was secured by Kent on a score of 462 with Essex being the Runner-up team on 459. The winning Ladies team was Warwickshire with a score of 177,Runners-up Suffolk Shooting 172.
Helped by that 99 shot by Tristan hockey, Kent took the Junior teams trophy on 187, with Runners-up Essex shooting 182. Winning Veterans team was Suffolk on 187 with Essex taking second place on 176.
Many thanks to Kelly, Hermione, Steve, and Dave, as well as all the Referees and Dartmouth staff who made a windy weekend an enjoyable and successful championship.
The scene was then set for a shootoff between the two Kent shooters. With storm Amy somewhat reduced, both competitors completed a full round of 25, resulting in a sudden-death shootoff from peg four. ark was up first
BRITISH GRAND PRIX OLYMPIC SKEET
Andrew Lea reports from the event held at Eaton Hall on 13-14 September.
On 13-14 September, the BICTSF hosted the British Grand Prix Olympic Skeet at the newly upgraded Eaton Hall Shooting Ground. 54 shooters made this one of, if not the best represented OSK shoot since Covid. Weather over the weekend was extremely varied, from bright sunshine to torrential downpours. For this event we were also fundraising for Mummy’s Star charity in memory of OSK shooter Sarah Louise Wright. To
many of us she is still fondly referred to as Sarah Gray, and the new Ladies trophy is named after her. Mummy’s Star supports women who receive a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy and up to 12 months after the birth of their baby. They supported Sarah and her family.
ver the weekend raffle tickets were sold to raise funds for the charity and there was an auction at the end of the shoot. Through donations and fundraising I am delighted to say that the OSK community raised £3,272. Thank you to our very generous sponsors for donating pri es for the raffle and auction
Chris Potter Country Sports, The Flower Man, Raisthorpe Manor Fine Foods, Gloucester Clay Shooting Club, Barry Essex, Graham Elliott, Gary Boyd, Rob Vincent, Simon Cox, Richard Bodley-Scott, Phill Hambrook, Tony Gray, Alison Nicol, Andrew Hitchmough, AnneMarie Brooker.
Congratulations to Michael Gilligan who was the Overall High Gun on a great score of 119. He takes home the Dunhill trophy for a record-breaking eighth time. Both Hugh Westminster and Owen Lewis were locked on 118 for Runner-up – after a shoot-off Hugh took second place.
Jessica Hambrook shot an impressive 116 to take the double of the Ladies
title, the Sarah Louise Wright Trophy, and Junior Ladies titles. Maddy Boyd was Ladies Runner-up, with Katy Essex in Third. Katy took Runner-up in Junior Ladies, with Sophie Langton in third.
In Juniors, Charles Worrall took top Junior Men’s high gun and Lee Bowditch was Veteran High Gun.
All category winners received 250 cartridges each very kindly donated by Barry Essex who continues to support the Olympic Skeet shoots.
Finals were added for British Shooting to allow the shoot to count toward selection for the GB team. Due to the high entry, we were able to run three finals concurrently. n the enior en s final ugh estminster won with 54ex60. Ladies were combined into one final for enior and unior adies aty Essex was victorious on 53. In Junior Men’s Henry Lungley took the gold.
Thank you to those that supported the event and donated prizes, time, and money for the charity. Your support helped make this a friendly atmosphere over the weekend.
We would like to thank the team and Eaton Hall for hosting us over the weekend, especially Amy and Clive who were both incredibly supportive throughout.
INTERNATIONAL
Sarah Daly reports.
FITASC HELICE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Helice 35th European Championship (WCH) was hosted TAV Ghedi, Italy, with approximately 359 competitors from 11 countries, with GB accumulating another impressive medal haul.
Team Members:
Master: Gold – Chris Potter, Jack Sparrowhawk, Howard Batt
Ladies: Gold – Dionne Rogers, Faye Wills, Jo Watson-Hopkinson
Senior: Bronze – Stuart King, Andrew Stratford, Malcolm Grant
Veteran: Paul Colley, Clifford Goodwin, Trevor Lewis
Men: Charles Pomfret, Riccardo Verrilli, Tom Gridley
Junior: Jack Malthouse, Jessica Swift
Individual Medallists:
Ladies: Bronze Dionne Rogers
Masters Team: Gold: As to be expected, it was close, GBR taking a one target advantage over Italy, and two targets ahead of the USA. Interesting that Helice have fewer overall entries in the FITASC disciplines, but more Masters teams.
Ladies Teams: Gold The Ladies team event also resulted with GBR on the top spot of the podium, with France in silver (one target behind GBR) and the USA in bronze, the GBR ladies having taken an impressive five targets advantage over the USA.
Senior Team: Bronze Again, the same countries were on the podium, but this time Italy took the top spot, followed by the USA and then GBR. Italy dominated the team event by four targets to the advantage of the USA and six ahead of GBR.
Junior Team: There were only two juniors shooting this event, but Jack Malthouse and Jessica Swift put on a good show with a total score only five targets off gypt the bronze medallists. The Veteran team tied fourth with Argentina, one target off France (bronze), with the Men’s team putting in a strong performance in a hotly contested event.
Master, Howard Batt finished e ual fourth again one target off the silver/ bronze score.
Pre World Championship event Medals:
Final of The Helice World Cup
Masters: Gold Howard Batt Silver Chris Potter
Veterans: Silver Steve Cole
Ladies: Silver Dionne Rogers
Juniors: Bronze Jack Malthouse
Italian Grand Prix Medals
The President’s Cup Medals
Masters:Gold Howard Batt Junior: Silver Jack Malthouse
See websites for international results and videos: ISSF: www.issf-sports.org
Junior: Silver Jack Malthouse Open:Gold Tom Gridley
Chris Potter, Team Manager and BICTSF Helice Director commented: “This was an event where the elite shooters of the Helice World were competing, and we certainly showed on the World Stage how good we are and what incredible results we keep achieving especially given we have such limited facilities compared to the most of the other countries –Our whole group was great and supportive to everyone, all in all a very successful and pleasurable trip.”
Ladies: Dionne Rogers brought home the only individual medal and shot well for her individual bronze medal, taking a one target advantage of her five nearest rivals, one of whom was team mate, Faye Wills!
Junior, Jack Malthouse, finished e ual si th ust one target shy of the shoot-off score for bronze.
ISSF JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, INDIA
Will Canter shot well in the Trap Men Junior in only his fourth appearance on the international scene. He made up ground on the second day to make the five way shoot off for the finals from sadly not enough to gain a finals place but this should stand him in good stead for next season.
KATIE POULSOM, BRITISH SHOOTING
Above: Jo Watson-Hopkinson, Dionne Rogers, Faye Wills.
Below: Chris Potter, Jack Sparrowhawk, Howard Batt Masters.
Above: Andy Stratford, Stuart King, Mal Grant, Senior Team.
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Trigger freeze can have a number of different causes, but it can also be corrected, as Anita North explains.
We all love getting out there and blasting clays, but things don’t always go to plan. One of the problems that some shooters encounter is that they just don’t pull the trigger when they should –they develop trigger freeze. What is the cause? What can be done to resolve it?
COULD IT BE THE HARDWARE?
There are lots of things that might be behind it and need to be considered to help you. All sorts of physical and/or mental reasons could be the cause and all will need their own action to remedy. Let’s start considering a selection of these to think about. Is your gun in good working order? Has it a fault that makes you question its reliability and makes you reluctant to use it? Does your gun fit you ave you been on a fitness campaign shifted some kilos, toned your muscles? Does your gun still fit you after that f it does not fit correctly you may experience more recoil or lose your view of the clay when
If you don’t see the clay properly, how can you shoot it properly?
RELEASE TRIGGER GUNS
you mount your gun. Is your hand in the correct position to pull the trigger? Is your finger position on the trigger where it should be? Is it trigger freeze or is it that you simply can’t pull the trigger effectively and consistently? Then there’s ammunition - what cartridges do you use? Are they particularly hard hitting? Have you changed recently? Persistent and continued recoil problems can lead to an
One solution that is chosen by some shooters is to use a release trigger gun. It is not one that is taken lightly and is not a first choice solution to the problem, but a last resort to continue in the sport we all love so much.
Never heard of a release trigger gun? Such a gun is set up so the trigger is pulled back and you release the trigger to fire the gun. A release trigger gun might be release on the first barrel and standard pull back on the second or it might be release on both barrels. While release trigger shotguns are not allowed in Olympic disciplines (and have not been for some years now), they are allowed in other disciplines. I spoke to two shooters who have turned to this option.
Ian Ross is a trap shooter who has represented Scotland in DTL and ABT. Several years ago he developed trigger freeze after a period of using a gun with a faulty trigger. He moved to a release trigger gun and it made all the difference. He now shoots a Beretta that is a factory-made release trigger gun and continues to enjoy his sport.
Rob Gray from Hertfordshire is a Veteran Sporting shooter who has multiple England caps. He developed trigger freeze
at the age of 50, especially in high-pressure situations.
understandable reluctance to pull the trigger to avoid any pain felt.
How is your eyesight? When was the last time you got it tested? If you don’t see the clay properly, how can you shoot it properly?
And how is your general health? There are cases where trigger freeze has been caused by shooters having carpel tunnel syndrome and surgery fi ed the issue and removed the problem.
He said: “I did lots of research, tried lighter load cartridges (24g), hypnotherapy sessions and even tried using in-ear and over-ear hearing protection to block out more noise, but nothing worked.”
He finally made the switch. He bought a Caesar Guerini and had it converted to release/release arrangement by the importers, Anglo Italian Arms. Rob said: “It did take me months to get used to using the gun. It was particularly important to learn and follow the correct procedure if you get a ‘no bird’, but eventually it became second nature and transformed my shooting.”
With so many different potential causes of trigger freeze there are different types of solution, but the good news is that there is a solution to be had.
UNDER PRESSURE…
The feeling of pressure in a competition environment can also be a contributory factor to trigger freeze – that feeling of a need to perform well. Or it might be pressure in other aspects of your work or family life. You might just try to control that shoot process too much – using the thinking/teaching side of the brain rather than the doing side. r your confidence levels may have dropped and you have levels of doubt creeping in. Even the people who perform at the pinnacle of all sports suffer peaks and troughs and confidence is critical. Doubt can be extremely corrosive.
WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
With so many different potential causes of trigger freeze there are different types of solution, but the good news is that there is a solution to be had. First of all, you must seek help if it’s effecting your shooting. Do some research, but also work with a coach to go through any potential causes and their appropriate solutions. If you can, try and recall when it first happened It’s like diagnosing any other health, DIY or IT problem – when did you first notice it as something different o through the examples above and think if any are relevant. Then have a discussion with a coach, or in fact anyone if you don’t have a coach. The advantage of laying out the facts to a third party is the perspective that will give firstly to
you when you describe the problem and secondly when you get feedback. Once you have done this, you can come up with an action plan.
t might be a simple fi or it might need more work. For instance, it might involve going to shoot a different discipline, learning to relax and enjoy your shooting again. It might be changing your gun fit or your ammunition if you are feeling lots of recoil. You might need to get an eyesight test and wear vision correction glasses or contact lenses as the solution. You could need to work with a sports psychologist to help with relaxation when shooting, to build robust mental routines and strategies for mental responses when you train and compete. Hypnotherapy has reportedly been a successful strategy.
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Developing technology has helped one company deliver systems which are helping shooting grounds to improve their offering, as Martin Puddifer discovers.
In 2021, while sharpening his own skills on the clay ground, Brad Gothard noticed something that would soon change the direction of his career. His coach was struggling with the limitations of a remote control for a trap, holding it high in the air in order to fire reliably across uneven terrain. Brad, who had a varied technical background offered to build a replacement set of remotes. ositive feedback soon followed
and further market research revealed that many available options were outdated in both design and functionality.
This marked the foundation of FieldTech, a company that now supplies a range of electronic systems for clay shooting. What began as a twobutton Sporting and Skeet controller has since expanded into four- and six-button models, voice-activated systems, larger lithium-powered devices with improved water resistance and shock protection, and specialist products such as Compak sequencers and Sportrap controllers designed to streamline competition management. Among its most notable developments are the GameLink Simulated Game controllers, which have quickly gained a foothold thanks to fle ible programming that allows operators to tailor simulated game days with ease.
A MATTER OF RANGE
FieldTech’s early adopters were smaller grounds, coaches and operators of simulated game shoots. The company now supplies equipment both in the and farther afield with customers in the nited States, Australia and Scandinavia. A key factor in its international growth has been the wireless five stand microphone system which has attracted attention in markets with limited alternatives.
Across its customer base, one recurring attraction has been transmission range. FieldTech devices are capable of firing traps reliably at distances in e cess of one mile, even where woodland or awkward terrain would normally interfere with signal strength. Added features such as solo delay countdowns and following pairs are provided as standard on equipment often priced below competing models that lack them.
Whereas larger companies spread responsibilities across teams of engineers, developers, designers and marketing staff, Brad draws on his own career experience to manage those tasks himself.
Above: Brad Gothard
RAPID DECISION MAKING
Much of FieldTech’s ability to keep prices lower than established players comes down to structure. Whereas larger companies spread responsibilities across teams of engineers, developers, designers and marketing staff, Brad draws on his own career experience to manage those tasks himself. This reduces overheads, speeds up the product development cycle and allows him to maintain
viable margins while keeping end prices accessible to clubs with tighter budgets.
“I can usually take a product from concept to manufacture over a weekend,” Brad explains, adding that larger firms may spend weeks or months navigating departmental sign-offs and associated costs before bringing a new product to market.
FieldTech’s approach to research and development is hands-on and iterative. New designs are tested not only by Brad himself but also by selected customers whose feedback helps determine whether a product is refined for wider release.
An example of this process came with the simulated game controllers. Early users highlighted the inconvenience of having to reset configurations after powering the unit off. FieldTech responded by adjusting the software to store the last used settings. Similarly, reports of lithium battery packs being damaged when left discharged prompted investment in protection systems, ensuring units could now be recharged from flat without lasting harm.
FieldTech maintains open support lines seven days a week with the view that its customers are “part of the family”. With most clay shooting taking place at weekends, the company aims to provide immediate assistance should equipment issues arise during valuable leisure time or in the middle of competitions. Practical guidance is supplemented by YouTube demonstration videos designed to give new users a clear overview without requiring extensive manuals or training sessions.
Having established a core product line for smaller clubs and coaches, FieldTech is now looking to expand into larger commercial grounds. Development is underway on counter systems capable of supporting all major disciplines, marking the next stage in Brad’s plan to scale his business internationally while maintaining the lean operational model that has defined its success to date.
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Many thanks to all those that turned out to the Merseyside English Sporting Championship at Catton Hall Shooting Ground on 28 September. Congratulations to Brett Davies (91/100) on retaining the championship for the second year running, and also Marie Meadows on taking Ladies yet again! Special mention to Stephen Gill on a very credible score and Personal Best of 87 in B Class.
12-13 Sep: Super Sporting Championship, Mickley Hall
Combined with the Cheshire Champs and the Kevin Howarth memorial provided to busy couple of days. The course was pretty steady, the type that needed a combination of skill and concentration notably the rat clay which ruined many a good card. Dave Walker
took an early lead on the Friday with an 87 which went on to win.
14 Sep: DTL Championship, Holmes Chapel Holmes Chapel hosted the DTL championship Roy McGovern took the title for the second year running.
The West Midlands Inter-Counties Skeet was held at Eaton Hall on Sunday 7 September. erbyshire fielded teams in the enior and Ladies categories. High Gun in the Seniors was Steve Ward on 97/100 followed by Julie
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Havill and Samantha Rhodes both on 94/100 Steve Pinch on 93/100 Peter Taylor on 91/100 and winning his first ounty cap was eo aylor avis on . he enior s finished with a team score of finishing oint third, winning the bronze medal.
The Ladies team of Jane Colbourne on 87/100 and Sarah Johnson on 78/100 with a team score of finished ust out of the medals being pipped out of third spot by the last squad out. Thanks to Sarah for stepping in at the last minute as Team Manager.
Down the Line
Well done to Georgina Chamberlain on winning the Ladies Silver medal at the West Midlands Area Double Rise Championships held at Ranton Shooting Ground on Sunday 7 September.
The West Midlands Down the Line InterCounties was held at Fauxdegla on Sunday 21 September. The Senior team of David Weston 97/288, Alan Christie 96/282, Will Gent 94/277, Tom Waring 92/266, Peter Dale 77/221 for a team score of 1334/1500 finished ust out of the medals.
The Veterans team of Stuart Haywood 97/288, Clive Weston 91/266, David Waring 92/264 for a team score of 554/600 won the Gold medal.
FITASC
The FITASC County Championship was held at Eaton Hall over the weekend of 20-21 September. County Champion was ick endrick on oint runners up were Julian Brockley and Mark Fisher both on 72/100. Veterans County Champion was Keith Roe on 66/100 with Steve Hurt Runner-up on 59/100. Well done to you all.
Congratulations to Nick Hendrick for taking High Gun at the FITASC Championship held at Blyton Shooting Ground.
September is the busiest month in our county calendar, full of County and Inter-County events. We started with the Inter-County Skeet, held at Eaton Hall on 7 September. Our Juniors Taylor Alderton and James Orton totalled 186ex200 taking gold, our Ladies Aimee Addison, Fiona Reed, and Karen Mackison took silver with ust behind loucestershire on 184, and our Seniors Matthew Pugh, Brandon Smith, Charlie Drury, David Alderton, Phil Mackison, and Paul Cerri took Bronze with 469/500. Heavy rain mid-day didn’t dampen team spirits and although we didn t manage to field a
Clubman
Congratulations to Derbyshire’s Clubman teams on winning the West Midlands Clubman at Eaton Hall on Saturday 27 September. Derbyshire’s A team of Stuart Haywood 83/100, Steve Ogden 82/100, Joshua Grice 81/100, Alan Bates 71/100, with a team score of 317/400 won the A Class trophies, with Staffordshire Runnersup on 303/300. Cheshire were in third place with 282/400.
Derbyshire’s B team of Chris Smith 78/100, Pat Bird 78/100, Lewis Cross 77/100, Gary Moxon 75/100, for a team score of finished unners up to Staffordshire on 324/400. Warwickshire were third on 285/400.
Derbyshire’s C team of Vinnie Spencer 86/100, Sarah Johnson 80/100, Josh Cashmore 72/100, Steve Spencer 65/100, with a team score of 303/400, won the C Class trophies with Staffordshire Runners-up on 281/400 with Cheshire third on 262/400.
High Gun of the shoot was Vinnie Spencer on 86/100. Overall A, B, and C Class winners were Derbyshire 928/1200, Runners-up Staffordshire 908/1200, third Cheshire 812/1200, fourth Hereford & orcestershire fifth arwickshire 712/1200, sixth Shropshire 656/1200,
Veteran team the overall event was very successful for our County.
British Shooting held their Championships for Olympic Skeet in some challenging conditions at Fauxdegla on 6-7 September. Sophie Langton, after only three years in the sport, took gold in both the Womens and Juniors Classes, a fantastic achievement. Congratulations also to Mitchell Brooker-Smith who took silver in the Seniors.
Our County UT championship was combined with the Area and Inter-County at Fauxdegla on 14 September. Sadly we were short for a full Inter-Counties team but our Juniors took gold (Charlie Morris) and Silver (AJ Morris) in the Area, and Fiona Reed took silver in the Area Ladies. In our County results, Charlie Morris takes County and Junior Champion, Rod Davies takes Runner-up and Veteran Champion, and
seventh Gloucester with no teams. Well done to you all, and thanks to all the staff at Eaton Hall for hosting this event. Anyone with any news, results, etc for the website, Pull! or Facebook, please contact Geoff Flint on 07778 639 email geoffflint rocketmail.com derbycpsa rocketmail.com or contact any of the shoot reps.
Fiona Reed is our Ladies Champion.
FITASC also held a combined competition with our County, Area and Inter-County Championships held at Eaton Hall on 20-21 September. This sounded to be a stiff shoot reflected in the scores but our ounty put in a good fight to take second verall with points ust five behind winners arwickshire. ur youngsters Aimee Addison takes Area Ladies Bronze and Connor Davies takes Area Juniors Bronze. Stephen Nutbeam took Gold in the Area Veterans and Phil Smith Bronze. In County results Stephen Nutbeam takes County and Veteran Champion, Runners-up are Brandon Smith and Phil Smith, Junior Champion is Connor Davies and Aimee Addison is Ladies Champion. Well shot all!
The same weekend saw the InterCounty DTL held at Fauxdegla. Thanks to our Open Team (Dan Price, Paul Cerri, Chris Moule, Trevor Lloyd, Jack Ruane, and Phil Mackison) who took third place. Our Juniors Taylor Alderton and James Orton took gold with 507/600.
Our Ladies Fiona Reed and Karen ackison were ust outside the medal placings in fourth, and our eterans placed in fifth.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
TOM HAMMENTS tomhamments@gmail.com sites.cpsa.co.uk/gloucestershire
Hello Gloucestershire – First of all, my apologies for not giving you anything to read in the last issue. Between work, family, and life in general, things have been pretty hectic. As a result, the time I’ve been able to dedicate to shooting –both writing about it and actually pulling the trigger – has been limited. In no particular order, here are some of the notable scores from the past couple of months, starting with the British Open Sporting and Sportrap at Eaton Hall (probably not the best place to start, as Gloucestershire might as well have stayed at home – myself included). Chris Biddlecombe led the county with 102/120, four ahead of Sean Ponting on 98/120, and eight ahead of Steve Lovatt and Nick Portlock, both on 95/120. We only had eight shooters in the Sportrap, with CB topping the county again on 88/100. ike many of us it was my first time shooting there since the new owners took over – and what a phenomenal ob they ve done. n such difficult times for shooting in general, having a facility like that available is incredibly
Well done to all our members who stepped up out of their comfort zone to shoot for the County in the Clubman event at Eaton Hall on 27 September. Although we weren’t in the trophies and it wasn’t an easy course, hopefully everyone enjoyed the event from both a social and competitive viewpoint. We were certainly very proud of all our competitors and thankful for their support and commitment. Hopefully you have all received your Clubman badges for recognition for representing your County at this event.
The DTL Grand Masters held at au delga on eptember saw an rice in the Champion spot with 200/597 and in the super flash clay final. n the Veterans class John Mason took gold with 570/600 with Chris Moule close behind in silver with 569/600.
No room for the Inter-Counties Sporting and Area Sportrap, so I will report on these events in the ne t issue but we have high hopes for some good final scores in the Lyalvale Cup for both Ladies and Juniors. Thanks to everyone who has supported the County over the season, either as entrant or support crew!
valuable and really makes the sport look professional. After so many requests at various championships, they included a live streamed final which worked well for a first attempt. ell done aton all.
In much better news for Gloucestershire, we did a sterling job at the Inter-Counties Sporting at the end of September, taking Gold over our fellow West Midlands counties – by just one target! A huge congratulations to Ade Johnson on his monster 93, which secured us the title and placed him joint High Gun across the shoot. Everyone else in the team held their own, with solid scores all round. Thanks to Nick Portlock for the organisation.
We also had strong results in the Skeet Inter-Counties, where Cliff Gardner, Martin Knapman, Brian Robinson, Lucy Harvey, Jo Knapman, and Megan Powell all shot well to secure team Golds. Liam Richings also enjoyed Skeet success, becoming County ESK champion and taking bronze in the English Open SKD.
In club shoots – and again, in no particular order – Martin Ferrett won A Class at Coley’s on 3 September, the same fi ture where artin napman took oint first in lass. n oley s ctober fi ture ean aloney finished second in lass. epperd was oint first in lass on eptember at estfield the same
SHROPSHIRE
JOHN STOKES
sites.cpsa.co.uk/Shropshire
At the time of writing, we are coming to the end of a very busy and successful year for our shooters. The committee would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who have supported the competitions and events organised this year.
For such a large county we have very few shooters participating at competition level but we hope to encourage more of you to join us in events over the coming year.
With this in mind we would like to thank the 11 shooters who attended the Clubman competition on 27 September at Eaton Hall. This event is meant to encourage less e perienced competitors by way of introduction to a team competition and the county, as ever, entered a team in this spirit. We hope you enjoyed this event. The County Secretary has been interested in the feedback
fi ture where llis uker won lass. n 5 October, Nigel Durn managed third in lass at estfield but targets only ome on ige you ve got a spare fiver now you’re going to miss out on seeing Steve’s cold sweats as he hands your £5 back again as prize money.
There are a couple of county championships still to come, which ll report on in the ne t issue. hope everyone has a great winter – I know many people tend to do a bit less shooting at this time of year, but hopefully we can all keep supporting our local grounds and breaking a few clays whenever we can.
Lastly, a big congratulations to our county Chair, Jenny Young, who has announced she’s pregnant! If Sean’s shooting is anything to go by, it must have taken a few attempts to hit the target, so well done mate.
Happy shooting – Tom.
Coronation Cup 2025
The County has a new National Champion. Congratulations go to Peter Bridger on winning the Coronation Cup. This competition has been running since 1953 (the clue is in the name) and is based on four major CPSA British and English National Championships. By putting in solid performances at the Dougal Memorial DTL, the English Open DTL, the British Open ESK and the British Open ESP, Pete demonstrated his all-round talent and finished as hampion after missing out on the title in 2024 by four points. This is a very prestigious award with Peter joining a very illustrious list of British Shooting greats.
At international level Malcolm Grant and Trevor Lewis represented Great Britain at the 35th World Championship in Italy for ZZ/Helice. Malcolm was part of the senior team placed third and Trevor was a member of the vets finishing si th well done both.
7 Sep: Inter-Counties ESK, Eaton Hall
Highlights of the shoot were scores in the 90’s for Paul Stokes, Mike Cashmore, Scott Cowan, Stu Burgess, Roy Jones and Neil Meredith. No medals were collected on the day but fielding a team and participation were priority.
14 Sep: ESP Home International, Dovey Valley
County Junior shooter Sam Linington made his England team debut with ngland finishing first. ell done to all competitors and the strong contingent of Shropshire referees who braved the weather that weekend.
20 Sep: Shropshire ESP Championship, WMSG Hodnet
Shropshire County Committee would like to thank all the competitors and for another memorable shoot. The weather was not the best that day but particular thanks go to the referees who somehow maintained a sense of
WARWICKSHIRE
PAUL FALLON paul@thefallons.co.uk sites.cpsa.co.uk arwickshire
Plenty of results for you as we quickly approach the end of the competitive season with Inter-County events at both regional and national level to report with plenty of success for arwickshire to en oy. Keep an eye open for the next edition too where we will be celebrating our successful shooters across our county championships and in our teams that have supported us across the season to win medals for themselves and our county.
First up were our sporting shooters taking on the est idlands rea and Inter-Counties FITASC at Eaton Hall. In the Inter-Counties team, led by Paul Batchelor,
humour despite the relentless rain. igh un on the day was am inington who was also Junior Champion. County gold medallists were Mike Cashmore and an hittall with tu wen silver and Richard Hughes bronze. In eteran class ick illiamson was gold medallist ave ard silver and tu Burgess bronze. Julie Burton collected Ladies gold with Ruth De Mulder silver and an i on bron e. lfie dwards was Junior silver and Ruben Nash was Colt gold medallist.
21 Sep: West Midlands Area DTL, Fauxdegla
e will report on this shoot in the next edition.
28 Sep: West Midlands Area Sportrap and ESP Championship, Garlands: Congratulations to Julie Burton, Ruth De Mulder and Jan Dixon, who as our illustrious Ladies team came home with the gold medals. ur unior team battled to fourth place, the Seniors finished in fifth and the eterans came in at sixth.
In the Sportrap Sam Linington was oint igh un verall and uniors gold medallist to finish a very successful first season in competition.
Thanks to everybody for their efforts and support this year. e hope you have a lovely Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Please look out for details of the County which will be posted on the Facebook page, CPSA site and the next edition of Pull!
arwickshire secured the gold medals while in the individual Area Championship im ebster claimed another success with the Senior gold medal, and Arnie Palmer the eteran old. ell done all on some great shooting that put them five points clear of the nearest team.
The following week it was back into action but this time at arlands for the Inter-Counties ESP. Here our Senior team would miss out on gold by just one target to ereford and orcester but again a very creditable performance from Paul atchelor arc vey im ebster rnie Palmer, and James Hornsby who all took silver medals for their efforts.
Not to be outdone by the success of the Senior team, our Veterans team of David Rollason, Bob Harknet, and Les Kaye secured the gold medal, six targets ahead
of their nearest rivals from Staffordshire. ur unior team of future prospects onti pilman and liver homas also took gold medals ahead of Staffordshire this time four targets clear.
Not to be left out our UTR shooter
John Lewis picked up Veteran bronze at au degla in the est idlands rea event. he first weekend of ctober came with weather warnings due to high winds, never a become condition for our Skeet shooters.
The wind however was no deterrent for our Ladies team traveling to Dartford for the National Inter-Counties Skeet where our Skeet Team Manager Alice Marks, together with Hattie Cloves, secured the Ladies gold between them much to our delight for them. ell done to all not ust those winning the medals but also all that turned out to support our county, you’re a credit to yourselves and arwickshire and we thank you for representing us so well regardless of results.
ith ust a very few events remaining I’d like to wish all taking part good luck, good shooting and plenty of enjoyment. I mentioned earlier, I’m going to have a go in my next instalment of crediting all of our county champions over 2025 and other winners where I have a record to go from.
STAFFORDSHIRE
STEVE KILNER
steve.kilner@sky.com cpsa.co.uk/staffordshire
14 Sep: ESP Staffordshire County Championship, Garlands
Congratulations to our new county champions; Brett Hand (County), Phil Bailey (Senior). Timothy Howell eterans arole ilson adies and Lewis Sones (Junior). This marked the culmination of the selection series with various winners in Class and Category receiving a trophy and 250 Lyalvale Express cartridges. Full details of the winners on our acebook page and ebsite.
14 Sep: UT WM Area and Inter-Counties
n the rea two familiar faces battled for old with dam
Gutterdige hitting 92 and James Sutton taking the WM title with 95. Darren Wood took the Bronze in the Veterans. In the team event, Staffordshire defended their title finishing two shots ahead of last year’s score with 445ex500. Congratulations to Team Managers, Ian Hull and Darren Wood and their team of Adam Gutteridge, Richard Lees-Styler, James Sutton, Ray Sutton, Darren Wood and Mark Wright.
20-21 Sep: FITASC County, WM Area & Inter-County Championships, Eaton Hall SG
In the Inter-Counties, our team of Steve Ward (Team Manager), Phil Bailey, Darren Park, Andrew Price, Tim Simmons and Steve Williams only narrowly missing out on second place to take Bronze. Further success to report in the WM Area champs with Tim Simmons sharing third place with Nick Hendrick and rchie ale finishing unner up in the Juniors. Congratulations to our County winners for 2025; Tim Simmons (County Champion), Phil Bailey (Senior), Steve Ward (Veterans), Archie Gale (Juniors).
21 Sep: DTL Inter-Counties at Fauxdegla
Our Senior team of Gary Armitt, Mark Cliffe, Adam Gutteridge, Colin Heathcote, Craig Nightingale and John Simmons put in 1389ex1500 to take a brilliant Gold ahead of Shropshire and Hereford and Worcester, our first win in this discipline for many years. There were some terrific individual performances with Colin Heathcote our High Gun with 97/286 and Mark Cliffe runner-up in B class with 94/275. Special thanks to Team Manager, Valerie-Anne Barrow who put in so much work to organise all of the squads.
27 Sep: WM Area Clubman, Eaton Hall SG
This year’s Clubman competition featured a close battle between Derbyshire and Staffordshire for the trophies. Derbyshire put in 928 to take the win with Staffordshire in second place on 908 and Cheshire third on 812. In C Class, the Staffordshire squad
EAST MIDLANDS
BEDFORDSHIRE
CHELSEA KING bedfordshirecpsa@gmail.com sites.cpsa.co.uk/bedfordshire
I start this edition with some very welldeserved congratulations to Bedfordshire shooters and our very own committee members Andrew and Becky Clifton for making the England FITASC team. Congratulations are also in order for David Ferriman who’s made the England sporting team.
East Midlands Inter-Counties took pace at sporting targets 20-21 September. Well done to all who took part in what looked like a very en oyable round of clays in great weather conditions. Our Bedfordshire teams came away victorious with first in eniors first in adies third in eterans.
We are still trying to work on Juniors in the county so if you have any you could recommend to have-a-go we’d love to hear from you.
Congratulations to Bedfordshire shooter Oliver Moore taking High Gun at Atkin Grant and Lang on 26 September with 94!
At the time of writing this the National is only days away and I am wishing all the teams the best of luck.
of Thomas Moore, Stewart Phillips, Mark Randall and John Rhodes put in 281 to finish second. n lass on ennis yle Garner, Cliff Hawkes and Paul Sanders shot a terrific the highest team score on the day! Derbyshire runners-up with 308 and Warwickshire third with 285. In A Class, another fine score of from ac loom JJ Broberg, Paul Rowbottom and Gary Tromans wasn’t quite enough to prevent Derbyshire from edging us out with 317. Staffordshire High Gun on the day came in lass with yle arner s ust ahead
NORFOLK
CHRISTINE GILBERT sites.cpsa.co.uk/norfolk
With the competition season nearly over, we have had some more fantastic results. Thank you to everyone who has competed in the county and regional championships, and to our hosts and referees for all their hard work.
20-21 Sep: EM Inter-Counties ESP Championship, Sporting Targets ith ust over entries this was the penultimate event in the Directors Trophy Competition. Congratulations to the Norfolk Veterans who won their category. he enior eam were oint third the adies eam were fifth and the Junior Team were fourth. Well done to Peter Reynolds, whose score of 93 was two points off the High Gun score, and placed him oint si th verall and first in A Class. The top eight scores earned orfolk five points towards the irectors Trophy Competition.
22 Sep: Skeet Masters, Eriswell Lodge Well done to the Norfolk shooters who competed in the Skeet Masters
of Paul Sanders with 82 and Jon Dennis on 81.
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ESP WM Inter-Counties, Garlands
The Senior team achieved Bronze medal position on 432/500, just six targets off winners Gloucestershire. Our Veterans team did exceptionally well, earning Silver on 168/200. And every member of our Junior team put in an 80+ score, to help them also take Silver with 171/200. Our Ladies team put in a valiant effort on a tough course but not in the medals this time. Plenty of talent there to work on for the future.
Congratulations to Jack Whitehouse for being Staffordshire High Gun of the day and joint High Gun overall on a tremendous . ack also finished joint Hight Gun in the Champions Final, only losing out on the win in a suddendeath shoot-off.
Super Sporting and Sportrap County Championship results will appear in the nest issue. ll ounty fi tures and selection shoots can be found on both our Facebook and website sites.cpsa. co.uk/staffordshire
Competition at Eriswell Lodge. The 150-target competition was shot over two rounds each of ESK, SKD and NSSA.
Congratulations to Richard Bunning (146) fourth Overall and second in AA Class, Joe Norman-Hinchliffe (145) seventh Overall and first in lass and ate enstead first in lass.
27 Sep: Norfolk President’s Cup, Chalk Farm CG
Whilst this popular event is open to allcomers, the trophy can only be won by a Norfolk shooter. Of the 104 entrants, there were 60 from Norfolk competing for the honours in what proved for some to be a challenging contest. High Gun of the competition was Suffolk's Andrew Jude (93), with Mark Goddard's score of 88 winning him the President's Cup. The Norfolk category winners were David Pointer (80) Veteran, Heather Pointer (61) Ladies, Jack Anderson (59) Junior, and Oscar
The end of the 2025 season is almost here and, at the time of writing, only the Double Rise and Olympic Skeet remain to take place in October.
Congratulations to the Senior team who were Runners-up at the InterCounties ABT held at Nottingham in September.
2026 AGM
The Cambridgeshire 2026 AGM will be held on Tuesday 20 January 2026
Nichols (70) Colt. Thank you to all who attended and congratulations to the winners.
28 Sep: Norfolk FITASC Sporting Championship, High Lodge
The Norfolk FITASC Sporting Championship was attended by 65 competitors, with 24 from Norfolk. Congratulations to Duane Morley (91) who won both the County Champion and Veteran titles. Duane was also second overall, three points behind High Gun Harry Jude from Suffolk. Jordan Sayer (89) and Richard Bunning (87) came Runnerup and third respectively in the Norfolk competition. Congratulations to Heather Pointer (67) who won the Norfolk Ladies' title and Jack Anderson (68) who won the Norfolk Junior title.
28 Sep: EM Inter-Counties ABT Championship, Nottingham & DGC
Many congratulations to the Norfolk ABT Team. Their best six scores combined ensured that they won the maximum eight points towards the Directors Trophy
at 7.30pm at Haddenham Sports and Social Club. Keepsake trophies will be presented to the 2025 Championship winners and Supreme Champions. I hope that many of you will be able to come along to support the evening. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Cambridgeshire shooters who have supported the County by shooting in the championships and for the county throughout the 2025 season. On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank all the grounds and their staff and referees who have hosted some excellent shoots for the county in 2025 and look forward to working with them again in 2026.
competition. The Veteran Team were beaten into second place by just two points and the enior eam who fielded three team members who are more likely to be found shooting the Sporting disciplines, were third. Congratulations to igh un and first in lass illiam Gilbert (98), Simon Owen (92) who won second in B Class prize money and Stephen Herrieven (89) who won second in C Class.
East Midlands Directors Trophy Competition
With 13 points from the last two competitions, and maximum points from the previous four competitions, we not only held on to our lead, but increased the gap to eight points clear of our nearest rivals Suffolk. This is only the second time that we have won this competition since it started in 2010 and we did it in record style. We smashed the previous record score by seven points. Thank you and congratulations to everyone who made this happen. Your support is greatly appreciated.
I was chatting with a county shooter the other day at a local gun shop and now that I come to write this October report I'm quite glad that he said that nobody read the county reports! Why? I hear nobody ask, well it’s because in the last issue I wrote that the annual Celebration Evening was to be held on 22 October, a Wednesday. Quite why I typed that day's date I will never know because it is to be held on Saturday 25 October at the Overstone Manor on Ecton Lane Sywell and starts at 7pm. Honestly, you just can't get the staff these days. As I earlier said I'm quite glad that nobody reads this so everyone will come on the right day because they get information from the county website, Facebook and NSG clubhouse posters which have always had the correct date published and from chatting with Marty, Roy or Pete at the ground.
14 Sep: English Open Skeet Doubles
There were 40 guns for this from all over Great Britain. Mick Russell won the Veteran category with a score of 92ex100 whilst with an equal score Leon Gill was the best local Senior but six clays away from the Senior title. Izzy Russell was the best local lady shooter. Congratulations to them.
The county competition season has come to an end. Competitions for all disciplines have been set and winners in each of the categories announced with the exception of the last one, Skeet Doubles, postponed from August. As I'm writing this has not yet been shot so if you want to know the winner, please look at the website. The late timing of the Skeet Doubles also means that I can't report on the results of the Supreme Championship this edition. I'll be able to update that information on the county website as soon as the competition closes and in the next Pull! report.
There have been a few new Colts shooting this year which is wonderful to see, hopefully the free entry to the county championships has helped them to gain experience in competition shooting and may have increased their enjoyment in the sport.
Regarding the regional Director's Trophy, we improved on our final position of last year. We managed to get teams for six of the eight disciplines and took points from each of them. The last was the Inter-County Sporting competition when Team Manager Marco Loxley gathered a team bursting with shooters to go to our good friends at Sporting
Targets. I think everyone had a good time and points were gained. Thank you to everyone who took part it was wonderful to see such a full team sheet. All names will join the others who have represented the county in other disciplines and, as a thank you, one name will receive a cash prize and everyone will receive 25 cartridges for every county appearance as a thank you. Please collect them from Marty at NSG.
ll use this opportunity to give first notice
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
PAUL BUCKLEY
pbbuckley@outlook.com
14 Sep: Nottinghamshire County ABT Championship
NDGC welcomed shooters for the Nottinghamshire County ABT Championship, and the competition was as fierce as the conditions were demanding. Rising to the top was Rob Denoon, whose sharp shooting and steady composure saw him crowned ounty hampion with a fine score of .
The podium places and category winners were: County Champion Rob Denoon 91, Runner-up and Veteran Champion Andy Cain 85, Third Overall Russ Hufton 85, Lady Champion Alix Selby 74, Junior Champion Olivia Stevens 67.
21 Sep: Laurence Pinch Memorial, NDGC
A very special day at NDGC as we gathered for the Laurence Pinch Memorial, contested over 100 English Sporting. The atmosphere was electric, the competition intense, and the spirit of the day unforgettable.
A heartfelt thank you goes to Steve Pinch, who not only made the memorial possible in honour of his dad but also added a brilliant gesture by providing cases of beer for our winners. It was a lovely touch that captured the warmth and camaraderie of the event.
28 Sep: East Midlands InterCounties ABT
NDGC was again the stage as the East Midlands calendar wrapped up with the Inter-Counties ABT Championship – the last Inter-Counties event of the season. The conditions were glorious: no wind, no rain, and the sun breaking through to make it an ideal day for shooting.
The scores were followed closely in the corridor of broken dreams, tension building as the final s uads came
of the county AGM. It will be held on Saturday 11 January at 9am at the Northampton Shooting Ground clubhouse. It would be wonderful if you could come to support the committee.
through. And when the tallies were confirmed it was ottinghamshire who had done enough to hold onto the Senior Team title, much to the delight of the home crowd. Our county also celebrated success in the ladies’ ranks, with Nottinghamshire lifting the Ladies Team Champions title. Regional Senior Team Champions: Nottinghamshire 361, Ladies Team Champions Nottinghamshire 161.
5 Oct: Chris Twigger Memorial DTL, NDGC ctober began with a fitting tribute as NDGC hosted the Chris Twigger Memorial, contested over 100 DTL. The wind proved a tricky opponent, but it didn’t stop the competitors from putting on a show of resilience and skill. The standout performance came from Joshua Kind, who was unstoppable on the day. With a phenomenal 97/283, he claimed not only the Overall title but also the Junior title – a superb double win. From emotional memorials to highstakes championships, the past few weeks have showcased the very best of Nottinghamshire clay shooting –skill, spirit, and sportsmanship in equal measure. Our county continues to produce outstanding performances, from seasoned veterans to exciting young talent making their mark. A huge thank you to everyone who takes part, supports, and volunteers –it’s your commitment that keeps our sport thriving. Here’s to more clays broken and more champions crowned in the months ahead!
SUFFOLK
BOB SMITH
secretary@suffolkcpsa.uk suffolkcpsa.uk
The conventional competition season winds down as winter approaches but these days there’s always activity on the clay shooting scene. News of your activities and achievements is always welcome; don’t let them slip through the net. Recent achievements by Suffolk members include the following:
14 Sep: ICTSC HI Sporting Dovey Valley hosted this event. In Juniors a score of 83 each for Harry Jude and Seth Peters gave England the win in this category.
14 Sep: British Open OSK
Henry Lungley took Junior Mens High Gun scoring 114 at Eaton Hall.
19 Sep: English Open Skeet Doubles Great performance by Ben Woodham taking A Class High Gun and Disabled
Sitting High Gun, with a score of 91 in this shoot at Northampton.
21 Sep: Skeet Masters
At Eriswell Lodge Suffolk shooters took the following places: Overall Second Daren Parsons 148/150, A Class third Ben Woodham 143, Veterans Second John Lowrie 143.
21 Sep: East Midlands Inter-Counties Sporting, Sporting Targets
In this regional competition held at Sporting Targets Colt John Porter took fourth in AA and Andrew Swallow was secon in A. Our Ladies team (Gemma Henshaw, Tina Henshaw and Shannon wallow were second and there was a first place for our Juniors (John Porter and Seth Peters).
28 Sep: Suffolk FITASC Championship
We’re grateful to High Lodge for hosting this Suffolk Championship. Overall Champion was Harry Jude, Ladies Champion was Pauline Champion and Andrew Gibbs was Veterans Champion.
SOUTH WEST
CORNWALL
IAN LOBB lobb81@googlemail.com
Welcome to the November issue of the Cornwall Pull! Magazine article, the weather has truly started to test the best of our members out and about on the grounds across Cornwall and further away.
The Cornwall CPSA Super Sporting Championship was held at Landare on a bright day with some fantastic targets
set by Dave and the team at Landare with a fantastic 34 different targets over 11 stands, this was a truly testing course. The Overall Champion went to Louis Ashton with a score of 91, The Vets Champion went to Chris Durkin with a score of 86, Our Junior Champion went to Sam Bate with a great score of 84 and adding to her massive trophy list this season was our Lady Champion Emily Morden-Hawke with a great score of 80. Thank you to all who took part and the team at Landare SG for a great event.
Our English Sporting teams went to Owls Lodge Shooting Ground for the Inter-County event which was a fair trek up to Hampshire for our 16 team members, who had a great day all around with Pete Mylam getting the best score from the Cornish Members with a score of 89, well done and thank you to all who made the trip up to Hampshire.
The South West DTL Inter-County event was held at Two Counties Shooting Ground on a blustery and grey day with some testing targets, but it didn’t deter our Cornish teams who dug in and came third Overall for the A team and the B team came sixth Overall, this wasn’t the result our teams would have been hoping for but we will go again next year, thank you to Simon Ede for
3 Oct: Sally Bidwell Memorial Shoot
This charity event is now a well established event in the clay shooting calendar. This year’s shoot raised over £5,300 for Motor Neurone Disease and Cancer Research UK. Suffolk shooter James Abbott was overall winner and John Bidwell’s grandson Harley Gooch came second in Juniors.
5 Oct: Home International FITASC
Congratulations to Harry Jude, Junior High Gun in this competition at West Midlands Shooting Ground.
looking after our teams as Trap Manager. North Cornwall Shooting Ground was hosting the Southwest DTL Championship, which was held in testing conditions, On the day Rob Dietz won the event overall from Devon, but our Cornish members did well with Simon Ede topping the Cornish Members with a score of 96/283, along with Jason Dyer close behind with a score of 87/254. Well done to all who took part.
The Southwest Inter County ABT was held at Two Counties Shooting Ground, the day went very well with many teams, our top Cornish team member on the day was local legend Colin Chidley who put in a great score of 84/100, well done to all who took part.
Our English Skeet members made the trip up to Northampton Shooting Ground to take part in the British Open ESK, with our top Cornish members who took part on the day, Bill Moussalli with a score of 97, Jon Stephens with a score of 96 and John Dunne with a score of 92, well done to all who took part.
The Cornwall CPSA Committee will be hosting an event early in 2026 for our Lady Members and Junior Members with a top Coach, if you are interested, please contact the Cornwall CPSA Committee via email on the website or via Facebook as this is an event not to be missed.
DEVON
MARILYN CHAPPLE
01769 540501
marilynchapple@btopenworld.com
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ur long hot dry summer seems to have drawn to a close so the waterproofs and wellies have started to appear t the outh est nter ounties at our adies eam of ennie artwright and anya aulds took the adies title our very own ed oses ell done to all the rest of the team including ee hambers harlie aulds ew ull oy layton llie layton ean amblen ee night oger
the occasional burst of sunshine it s time to make the most of the bright days as the 2025 competition season draws to a close. he ne t few months bring the final nter ounty hampionships rounding off another great year for orset . irstly following last month s feature on an ulliner who represented ngland in both and lympic rap m thrilled to report that he was part of the winning team in both Home Internationals! To top off an incredible season an also secured the eterans ron e edal at the ritish pen . fantastic achievement congratulations an on a superb year
South West Inter-County Super Sporting, Ashcombe Shooting Ground
e had a strong turnout for this event with si counties competing on an e cellent course set by on runt. big thank you to on for his hard work and for creating such an enjoyable shoot.
Dorset Results: Senior Team second place verall out of five counties. eteran eam second place verall out of si counties. op orset cores ichard ing ndy erbert mith and am awyer am rown ean ebber . ell done to everyone who took part and helped make the day a great success
Skeet Doubles County Championships, Purbeck Shooting School ongratulations to our orset winners verall inner ichard ing e unner p ichard ike hird lace ohn utherford. antastic shooting all round
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challenging conditions. ichard ravers took eniors and anine ravers adies. ur last porting ounty hampionship of the year was the Compak. The team at put on a great shoot for the of us that turned up. Thanks for all your hard work eam and the refs too ongratulations to an ishop who continues to shoot brilliantly. His 98 took the ounty hampion title. nly one behind with an equally brilliant 97 was anya aulds to take the adies title es turgess took eterans with and harlie aulds took uniors with too. he hosted the egional this year. Stuart Cureton took second
overall with 97/289. Other strong H&IOW performances came from Richard Travers 95/280 third in A, Keith Foote 92/266 in B and Janine Travers 91/263 2nd in Ladies. Well done all.
At the Castellani Cup we did well in the categories ark ower was first in Vets (and tenth in AA), Ollie Clayton was second in Juniors (and third in B) Jennie Cartwright was fourth in Ladies and up and coming Jessica Harper dams took fifth in adies and class definitely one to watch. nd to finish off an ama ing year Charlie Faulds made the England team for the World Sporting 2026 in Texas. We are all so proud of you Charlie. Congratulations to Martyn Fleming on his 100-straight at ESK at the NCSC, what an achievement!
At the South West Inter-Counties Super-Sporting held at Ashcombe we took three out of four of the titles with success for the Seniors, Juniors and Ladies. Well done to all the Team members Richard Faulds, Charlie Faulds, Anthony Harper, Sean Gamblen, Justin Clayton, Lee Knight, Dan Bishop, Neil Lockton, Nick Canter, Phil Buxton, Roy Clayton, Trevor Bell, Mark Gower, Jennie Cartwright, Lauren Goodman, Jessica Harper-Adams and Barney Eastman. I wonder how many other teams have two father and sons and a father and daughter shooting for them!
For those of you who follow our social media you may have noticed the proposed new logo. Be great to hear if you like it or not or if you have got any other suggestions. The committee is actively looking at some sort of kit to be made available to the ounty eams the first step is agreeing on a logo!
As always any news or photos please send them into me.
SOMERSET
ALISON HANN
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What a season of championships it's been! A few more results to report now we're well into Autumn.
Starting back on 13 September, Wendy Allen went solo to North Cornwall for the South West DTL competition. Yes, Wendy was the only Somerset member to enter but she came away with the Ladies trophy! Great job Wendy.
Again on Saturday 13 September we entered a team in Hampshire at Owls Lodge for the Inter County English Sporting Champs. Unfortunately we didn't win any trophies but certainly didn't embarrass ourselves with Matt Tompkins hitting a not too shabby 90 and Reuben Box (Colt) 86!
Sunday 21 September Julian Fairburn arranged a team to head down to Two Counties in Cornwall for the Inter County ABT Champs. I don't think we returned with any awards, but Martin Howe was only 2 targets behind the top score!
Back in the county at Brook Bank for our final county championship of the year Skeet Doubles on Sunday 28 September. Congratulations to our winners, Tony Ellis (Champ), Justine Howe (Ladies) and Jess Milnes (Junior). There was a good turnout of 26 entries for this event which involved shooters from seven counties!
As this is the last report of the year I thought it would be worth a look back over the past months and reflect on clay shooting in Wiltshire. And what a year it has been. Despite the grim weather during the first uarter we have had a summer to remember, which has made the shooting so much more enjoyable while shoot organisers
ust time to s uee e in two more regional events before this report is posted – not literally!
aturday ctober we fielded teams for the Inter Counties Super Sporting at Ashcombe in Devon. No trophies but lots of smiles from our shooters wearing their team fleeces think they needed them in the bad weather that day! Guy Coleman was the highest Somerset shooter at the event – well done.
Sunday 5 October we were well represented back at Two Counties where our ladies and veteran teams won their categories, and our Senior team came second – very well done. I also note that Martin Howe won the high gun with 292 – well worth a mention. A fab team photo all in new fleeces was sent back and is now proudly posted on our Facebook page – excellent!
Although the County funds have paid for the new fleeces we e tremely appreciate Coombe Farm Sporting for donating us again with badges – they're splendid and all our team members in 2025 will be supplied with one. Thank you, Julian of Coombe Farm Sporting.
That's all for now folks. I'll return for the next report for January with a few more regional and national inter county events to report on – mainly results, but maybe some news! This is probably the report in which I can send you seasonal greetings – so have a good one!
and course setters have been able to stage hugely enjoyable events.
Special mention should be made not only to the hard-working team at Barbury, led by Huw Stephens and Josh Brown, but unsung heroes of our sport like Sean Ponting who every month hosts his Gunsite Registered Sporting tucked away in the Marlborough Downs. Sean is a man who loves his sport and does his best to encourage youngsters to participate by offering accompanied under 16’s free shooting. And he is a cracking shot!
The same can be said of Will Thatcher and Fran Mattinson, who stage county shoots and regular practice shoots at their Ham Cross ground, as well as devoting time to the CPSA county committee. At the same time it is worth giving thought to the broader world of shooting. There are times when our sport seems to be under constant threat – either from the politicians or the police. And whether we like it or not steel shot will be coming to a shooting ground near you in fairly short order. It is fair to say we are blessed in Wiltshire with an understanding police authority in regard to shotgun certificate renewals and applications. The Wiltshire Firearms Licensing department comprises some dedicated staff who are helpful and efficient which is a lot more than can be said of some authorities. On behalf of all Wiltshire shooters, thank you.
Turning to the performance of our
SOUTH EAST
PETER SAICH
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21 Sep: South-East England InterCounties DTL, NCSC Bisley
Essex took the SE Title with a points score of 1100. Greater London was third with 1102 and Surrey were third with 1095. Overall SE champion Toby Bean, 99/293, Essex. Veteran Tony Robbins, 99/289, Oxfordshire. Lady Mhairi-Ann Troup, 91/265, Sussex. Junior Ellie Hurd, 91/263, Essex. Colt Millie Siggers, 86/245, Essex.
21 Sep: South-East England InterCounties UTR, Nuthampstead here was a close finish in the top three counties. The Oxfordshire Team of Richard Fletton, Joseph Robbins, Peter Farrell and Kevin Durant triumphed with 347. Second were Greater London on 342 with
members over the year, it is gratifying to see how much progress has been made and how well many of them have shot. It has been great to see two of our ladies come to the fore. Jemma Paul and Tamsin Holmes have both dominated the Ladies category at our various County competitions with Jemma picking up gongs for the AR, ESP, and ESK while Tamsin took the honours for STR and DTL. Well done ladies, and we hope to see you both out in the field next season.
Sean Teversham shone through at both AR and ESK while our latest recruit, Matt Hance was County Champion for both ESP and STR. It is also worth mentioning that stalwart of the county scene, Bryan Kinch, who took the Veterans’ titles for STR and ESP. We should also note that hristian chofield took both the ounty and Veterans title for the ABT while Alex Spurrell clinched the DTL County title while dad Mark won the Veterans cup.
Hertfordshire just behind on 340.
Senior and Veteran Champion, Richard Fletton, Oxfordshire, 91. Lady Champion, Katie Durrant, Essex, 87. Junior Champion, Eddie Lockwood, Essex, 73.
28 Sep: South-East England InterCounties English Skeet, Dartford Gun Club
There were dark rain clouds but no rain and very little wind providing another close finish in the nter ounties keet at Dartford on 28 September. The Kent Team of Jack Goodhew, Mark Chesson, Russell Swain, Daren Ollerenshaw and Michael Kite scored 479 to win by the narrowest of margins with Essex one target behind on 478. Sussex were third with 459, helped by a great 98 from Hannah Gibson, giving her the Ladies Title.
Senior Champion, Alejandro GarciaMayol, 99, Kent. Lady Champion, Hannah Gibson, 98, Sussex. Veteran Champion, Russell Swain, 97, Kent. Junior Champion, Sam Newbury, 94, Kent. Colt Champion, Seth Cutter, 84, Essex.
It has also been a fantastic year for our Juniors Ben Rivers and Edward Cleverley who both shot nationally, here and abroad, representing both England and GB. A very impressive performance from these young and upcoming shooters. We should also note that our very own Josh Brown is representing GB at the forthcoming FITASC competitions.
All the above were recognised at the Wilts CPSA AGM, held in mid-October, when Chairman Simon Cuthbert presented them all with a variety of cups, shields and plaques. A further thank you to Barbury for making the event more special by organising a registered ESP shoot and laying on food and drink.
Finally, I would like to thank my fellow committee members for their hard work and commitment to the Wilts CPSA cause. Simon Cuthbert, Jamie Campbell, Steve Webb, Will Thatcher, Fran Mattinson, Huw Stephens, Josh Brown and Sally Vivian.
28 Sep: South-East England InterCounties Helice, Invicta
48 competitors, including some having their first go at elice were in attendance to shoot this 20 target competition. The weather was varied with some sunshine at times but mostly cloudy and then rain hit towards the end of the shoot.
There was a three-way shoot-off for the Overall title between Jo WatsonHopkinson, Kevin Tyler and Charles Pomfret having each dropped just one target. Kevin went on to win the Overall title as well as the Seniors. Charles took the Men’s title and Jo won the Ladies title. There was also a shoot-off for the Juniors between Jack Malthouse and Archie Tyler and after an epic 11 targets Archie made a 12th hit to take the title.
In the team competition it was a closerun contest with Sussex and Kent going into a shoot-off having beaten Greater London and Surrey by just one target. Each team member took an extra two targets with Sussex taking the win and team title. Winning Team Sussex, 71+6. Runners-up Kent, 71+5. Equal third Surrey, 70, Greater London, 70.
Champion Kevin Tyler, 19+4, Greater London. Men Charles Pomfret, 19+4, Kent. Senior Kevin Tyler, 19+4, Greater London. Veteran Paul Crumpton, 18, Kent. Lady Jo Watson-Hopkinson, 19+2, Surrey. Master Chris Potter, 16, Kent. Junior Archie Tyler, 18+12, Greater London. Many thanks to all at Invicta for running another great shoot.
BERKSHIRE
CHRIS DOUNEEN committee@berkshire.cpsa.uk sites.cpsa.co.uk/berkshire
As the 2025 clay shooting season comes to a close, we in Berkshire have enjoyed watching our members perform at the highest levels. None more so than 15-year-old Thomas Croucher. This year he has achieved
28 Sep: South-East England Compak Sporting, Southdown Champion with a superb 98 was Chris Childerhouse (Berkshire). Peter Goldsmith (Sussex) was Runner-up on 95. Also from Sussex, Christopher Peacock took the Clubman Class on 93. Surrey were well represented with Martin Nobbs taking the Veterans with 88, Natasha Vadasz winning ladies on 81 and Cameron Cobb winning Juniors with 89. Colts title was won by Aaron Christie from Buckinghamshire with a great score of 94 giving him third place overall from an entry of 62 shooters.
28 Sep: South-East England English Sporting, Southdown
Surrey’s Billy Greenwood was top of an entry of 96 to win the South-East title with 97/100. Joint Runners-up were Chris Childerhouse and Colt Aaron Christie on 94. After a countback, Aaron was Runner-up and Chris was third. Countback was also needed to separate Ross Gillingham and Steve Goodchild for the Clubman prize after both shot 89, with Ross being awarded the title.
SE Champion Billy Greenwood, 97, Surrey. Runner-up Aaron Christie, 94, Buckinghamshire. Veteran Adrian Balham, 92, Greater London. Lady Champion Natasha Vadasz, 85, Surrey. Junior Champion Fletcher Gillingham, 90, Sussex. Colt Champion Aaron Christie, 94, Buckinghamshire.
28 Sep: South-East England Olympic Trap, NCSC Bisley
Three people won two titles each at the South-East Olympic Trap Championship. A shoot-off was needed between Harry Poolman and Cemal Seziner after both finished on . emal won the shoot off and is SE Champion and also wins the Veterans. Harry Poolman is Runner-up and also wins the Juniors while Francesca Chau is Clubman and Ladies Champion.
a huge 21 podium places, including first in olts and lass at the ritish Open Super Sporting, and second in colts at the British Open Sporting. Most recently homas placed first in uniors at the Castellani Cup. He performs at the highest levels with great dedication, humility and modesty with a mass of support from his parents, Coach Max Tarr, Tall Oak Contractors, SWATCOM, and Hull Cartridge Company.
With all the major championships drawing to a close, it is now time for the Home International’s and the Intercounties. Well done to all of those who have already competed and good luck to those who are still to compete.
The Sporting Home International was held at Dovey Valley Shooting Ground in Wales on 13 September, Bucks had three representatives in the England Team, Billy Baughan Seniors, Amy Easeman Ladies and Phil Easeman Veterans. England took the majority of the trophies including the Senior, Ladies, Junior, Veterans, and Super Vets team trophies. Special mentions to Amy taking ladies High Gun and Phil Runner-up in Veterans, well done all.
Olympic Trap shooter Will Canter shot the British Championship at Fauxdegla, shooting 110/125, which is a GB Junior qualify score, this placed him second for the final and secured him a ilver medal. Will also shot in the Junior World Cup in Delhi India, he shot a personal best of 118/125 in qualifying placing him in joint fourth with five other shooters. adly he missed the final in the shoot off but this is another qualifying score, well shot Will.
The Bucks County FITASC was held at College Farm Nick Moss was the County Champion he also took B Class and Veteran titles, Aaron Christie took the Junior title, Ricky Draper and Steve
6-7 Sep: British Championships, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground
Whitelock were joint in A Class and JRG Smith C class. Trophies will be presented at the AGM next year, keep your eyes peeled for the dates in the pull magazine and on Facebook.
News from around the Grounds
4 September – E.J. Churchill Colin eeks was first in lass. eptember – Northampton Matthew Grimble and arren lummer were both first in class but shot targets only. 7 September –Southdown FITASC Barry Green was first in lass. eptember arbury Super Sporting Peter WoodliffeThomas was joint second in A Class. 12 September – Oxford Shooting School Kjetil Bogstad second in AA Class. 14 September – Gunsite Michael Smith second in AA Class. 16 September – E.J. Churchill Colin Meeks joint second in A Class. 21 September – Barrow, Amy Easeman third in AA-class 28 September – Southdown Sporting and Compak Aaron Christie second in AA Class in Sporting and third in A Class in Compak also taking the South East of England Colt title in both disciplines.
Please feel free to E-mail me with any results, news or achievements that you would like including in the next issue of Pull! magazine.
Fauxdegla hosted both the Olympic Trap and Olympic Skeet British Championships. Maddie Purser placed joint second in Senior Ladies OTR scoring 110ex125. addie took the ron e edal in the final. In OSK Bethany Norton scored 109ex125 and secured the Silver Medal.
16-20 Sep: FITASC County Championship, College Farm
Nine shooters contested the FITASC County Championship at College Farm which ran from Tuesday to Saturday. Some had to contend with rain; some shot in brilliant sunshine! The numbers attending were disappointing but it was encouraging to see some shooters attempting the discipline for the first time. aul ovick scoring an e ceptional e took the title of Champion and Veteran Champion. ue onahan took the adies title. n the classes aul had the second highest score at the event and teve ickett placed oint second in lass with a very good score of e . ig thanks to evin ray and the team at ollege arm hooting round for hosting us and putting on a great event.
21 Sep: SER Inter-Counties Universal Trench, Nuthampstead
ESSEX
JOHN HAAS sites.cpsa.co.uk esse
he outh ast egional nter ounties niversal rench hampionship was held at uthampstead hooting round on Sunday 21 September 2025. Conditions were cold and windy after such a warm summer however this sudden change came as a bit of a shock. here was a good turnout and shooting started earlier than usual in order to cope with the amount of competitors. The Essex Team came fourth overall despite a valiant effort. ut that s not the end of the story as individually there were some sse eam member successes.
KENT
KELLY HOCKEY ellyhockey icloud.com
hat another fantastic month for our shooters. irstly we saw ngland team new cap members ristan ockey arren llerenshaw and ike ite head over to Northern Ireland and compete in the ome nternational where they all shot brilliantly and helped England secure a win across all categories. ell done guys that s an ama ing achievement for your first time in the team.
he same weekend the ompak team headed over to rance to compete in
ucas yde and ohn owman were oint third verall both scoring a fantastic e . his also placed ohn first in lass. ongratulations to our team of five ucas ohn rett infield lan aynes and Andrew Dearman who put in a strong team performance to take the ron e edal ust two targets behind reater ondon who won ilver.
13 Sep: British Side-by-Side Championship, Atkin Grant & Lang
The Championship was held at ertfordshire s remier round on a beautifully warm dry and sunny day. Stephen Battaglia won the continental category and ntony attaglia won uniors. reat shooting from them both
4-5 Oct: Olympic Trap Grand Prix, Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground
atie urrant won the outh ast nter ounties ady hampionship with and ddie ockwood took the unior title with . ohn aas also had a personal result winning first in lass with 84.
espite the cold windy weather a great time was had by all and thanks are due to icky and d arker for hosting the event on their fabulous rap ranges.
the st orld hampionship where after a tense week ee isher was part of the winning enior team to take gold. ell done ee that s ama ing seeing as you were so poorly which resulted in a few weeks stay in hospital. e are glad you are on the mend. here is a o und e page set up to help ee with the insurance bill and general life until he s back on his feet and able to return to work.
e are delighted to announce that our very own ent ommittee member on aul u table has graduated from the ISSF Academy after completing his nternational oaching icense for lympic hotgun disciplines. e travelled
Despite the wet and windy weather ucas yde scored an e cellent e to take him through to the final where he secured the ron e edal.
4-5 Oct: FITASC Sporting Grand Prix, Limassol, Cyprus
aul ovick put in a solid performance in yprus to take the ilver edal with an impressive score of e .
Around the Grounds
ichard rbon was on top form at arrow porting lays fi ture on unday eptember placing first in lass with an excellent score of 93ex100. Andrew ardner also posted a great score of e to place first in lass.
arby porting lub held an fi ture on eptember. arren icklow shot brilliantly to take first in lass with 93ex100.
hristine rouch took the top spot in lass at ormanton s fi ture on September with a fantastic score of 91/260.
held their monthly fi ture on eptember. ay anes was the highest scoring eteran at the event with an impressive score of e . eoff Dartin topped B Class with another great score of 87ex100.
Stuart Taylor made the trip to Ian Coley Shooting School on 1 October and placed first in their fi ture with an awesome score of 93ex100.
ottingham istrict un lub held a fi ture on ctober where hristine rouch took first place in lass with a great score of 87/253.
rett infield was on top form at ugby istrict un lub s fi ture scoring e which placed him first in B Class.
to Finland with 51 other coaches from all over the world from the shotgun rifle and pistol Olympic disciplines. om ridley is talian elice rand ri hampion hooting for reat ritain in edhi taly om hit a perfect to win the title and take home the gold. superb achievement well done Tom.
hris otter and oward att won gold in the asters team event. ionne oger and aye ills won gold in the adies team event. ionne ogers also won bron e in the adies individual event. e then saw ionne ogers and aye ills head to the nglish
Open Championships where Dionne spectacularly took the gold medal and Faye, only one target behind our lady champ, claimed the silver medal.
Northampton held the English Open Skeet Doubles where in blustery wet conditions Hermione burns took the Junior title! Well done Hermione it’s good to see you back!
Olympic Skeet saw young Jessica Hambrook travel up to Eaton Hall for the British GP combined with the Sarah Gray Memorial Shoot where Jessica scored 116/125, which won her Junior High Gun as well as Ladies High Gun. Well done Jess, that’s amazing.
The yearly Dave Record Memorial Shoot was held at Kingsferry Gun Club where we saw Tristan Hockey take Overall High Gun and Michelle Bailey take Ladies High Gun. Well done both of you.
Kent FITASC Sporting Championship was held at Southdown Gun Club on 7 September. Kent High Gun and Senior winner was Tony Coulstock, closely followed by on ebb who finished ust a point behind. Veteran winner was Michael Durling. Ladies winner Ellie Jones.
Kent won the Inter-Counties English Skeet Championship at Dartford Clay Shooting Club! Our Senior team Mark Chesson, Darren Ollerenshaw, Mike Kite, Jack Goodhew, and Russell Swain won the championship by a clay to claim the Inter-Counties title. We also won individual Inter-counties titles: Russell Swain Inter-Counties Veteran Champion, Sam Newbury Inter-Counties J unior Champion.
Lightning strikes twice at Dartford! Last weekend your Kent County English Skeet Team were crowned Regional Inter-Counties Champions.
This weekend your Kent County English Skeet squad have done it again and are also now your National Inter-Counties Champions! Over two days in really testing windy conditions Kent have won the Senior and Junior titles with some outstanding performances from Mark hesson and ristan ockey finding a way in high winds to shoot 99, and Darren Ollerenshaw hitting 96. Your Senior Team: Mark Chesson, Darren Ollerenshaw, Mike Kite, Sam Line, Jack Goodhew, Alan Ribbens. Junior Team: Tristan Hockey, Mathew Huxtable, Samuel Newbury.
We as a county thank you all very much for your support in the 2025 season and look forward to seeing your achievements in 2026!
OXFORDSHIRE
JO FIELD
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OSK British GP
Eaton Hall hosted in challenging conditions and Harry Reveler delivered consistent scores finishing on a great to have a unior doing so well one to watch!
Oxon County FITASC
lustery five days of competition at College Farm, with Mike Bartlett taking the title after count back with Karl Field, both shooting an incredible 95. Ladies title goes to Jo Field seeing a personal best score 88. Veteran title to Julian Freeman well deserved on a 92. The Fred Simmons Cup was awarded to Karl Field after another count back with Mike!
On the subject of FITASC, UK Championship Blyton, Mickey Rouse awarded first in eniors. ood luck to
SURREY
PETER SAICH
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14 Sep: Surrey Universal Trench, NCSC Andy Smith takes another Trap title with a good ust four points away from High Gun. Fergus-Watson-Hopkinson was second with 78 and takes the Surrey Veteran’s Title while Jo WatsonHopkinson was third with 76 and takes another Ladies title.
21 Sep: Surrey Side-by Side, Clandon Park
Chip Smith retained the Surrey Side-bySide title with a superb 52/60. Second
oy herry hris roomfield and ickey Rouse at the Home Internationals 4 October we look forward to hearing how the England team performed.
Oxon County ESP estfield hosted and teve gave us his testing targets that were en oyed by all. Congratulations to Colin Waite our county champion finishing on a close behind Julian Freeman AA 93. The other classes saw Graham Alder A 86, Jo Field B 75 and Percy Bradley C 55. Well shot in all classes on a tricky course. The ladies awarded to Cheryl Hall 89 and veteran Roger Carter 85.
South East Inter-Counties UT eam fordshire first place from Nuthampstead, fantastic result from Joe Robbins, Pete Farrell, Kevin Durrant and Richard Fletton. Richard also won the Masters category 189. We are certainly doing well with our trap teams this season, if you wish to oin the team or try a new trap discipline, please let us know and we can help.
was Peter Saich on 45 and Scott Marshall was third with 44. In the separate Webley and Scott category for non-Surrey CPSA Shooters, Matt Oldland won with 43. Thanks to Guildford and District Gun Club for organising the shoot.
Other Surrey successes
28 Sep: Inter-Counties Helice, Invicta GC At the end of ‘normal time’, Jo Watsonopkinson was in a three way tie for first place having hit an excellent 19/20. After the shoot off o finished in third place overall but won the South East Region Ladies Helice Title – Well shot Jo!
28 Sep: South-East England Compak Sporting, Southdown Surrey were well represented with Martin Nobbs taking the Veterans with 88, Natasha Vadasz winning Ladies on 81 and Cameron Cobb winning Juniors with 89.
28 Sep: South-East England English Sporting, Southdown Surrey’s Billy Greenwood was top of
Fundraiser Shoot
Thank you to Oxfordshire shooting school for again letting us host our annual shoot in aid of Katherine House Hospice and Oxon CPSA. The weather held and we had a pleasing number of eager shooters who enjoyed the 50 target layout and battled it out on the pool shoot. he raffle was a great success with some fantastic prizes donated by members and local
an entry of 96 to win the South-East title with 97/100. Natasha Vadasz took her second Ladies title of the day with 85.
Surrey Supreme Championship
There have been no qualifying events during September so Jo WatsonHopkinson still leads with 76 points. Riccardo Verrilli is in second place with 70 points. Andy Smith is in third with 47 points, Billy Greenwood is fourth on 43 with Brian Gardiner and Chip Smith tied on 42 for the Veteran’s title, while Isobel Greenhill still leads the Juniors. ll final placings will be decided on the All-Round competition later in the year – look out for announcements regarding the date. Please see the Surrey website www.surreycpsa.com for the full table to see where you stand.
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businesses. We look forward to hearing the final figures so that we can share the good news with you next month with a more detailed account.
Special Mentions
We have our members who consistently hit within the 90’s for ESP fantastic performances over the month at grounds such as Hangman’s Stone, Gunsite, range arm and estfield.
If you haven’t been, why not try something new next weekend?
David McPhilips had a second in A Class win at Ian Coley’s with a 90. Staying with the ground they had their annual Ladies Open Sporting, Lucy Cantwell came home with silver shooting an impressive 92 and Jo Field third in B Class with 86. Adam
To start I would like to apologise for the event at Shooting Wales being cancelled at the last minute due to the weather but hope we are able to get this back on the calendar sometime in the new year as we had good uptake on this event.
If any members or grounds would like to have us at a ground in 2026, please get in contact with the group, as we are always looking for extra calendar days.
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the grounds that have generously supported and hosted the Disabled Shooters Group throughout this past year. The availability of accessible grounds is essential for us to participate in and enjoy the sport we are all passionate about. Therefore, we sincerely thank every one of you, for
Kendal has been successful this month being placed for Junior at West Midlands and Barbury with Hangman’s Stone an taking first in category another one to watch, keep enjoying those clays! Also smashing clays at this ground, Paul ansbridge coming first lass with a 88, Susan Alder (T/O) second C Class with a 76, we have a new Junior Sean Terry doing well in C Class 73.
4-5 Sep: Joe and Tony Robbins were in the winning England Team for the ABT Home Internationals in Ireland, great family memories.
Good luck to our teams for InterCounties next month, ESP and ABT.
o finish please send over your scores so that we can celebrate as a county your success, if we miss your achievements that’s not intentional. We are looking for our next budding author for this segment, if interested please let us know.
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CLUB DIRECTORY
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NORTH
CUMBRIA
PENRITH & DISTRICT GUN CLUB LTD
Mo-Sa closed, Su 09:00-dusk
Open 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month • ABT, DTL, ESP • 07539 269392.
DURHAM
OAK LODGE SG
Sa 10:00-14:00. Su 10:00-14:00 07786 868691 • oaklodgeshootingground.co.uk
• Saturdays are booking only • Wednesday evening 18:00-20:00 (April till Oct) • CSP, ESP, STR.
SPENNYMOOR & DISTRICT
CLAY PIGEON CLUB
Mo-Tu, Th-Sa closed. We 18:00-20:45. Su 09:00-12:00 07564 075210 • AR, ABT, CSP, DR, DTL, ESK, ESP, STR.
LANCASHIRE
BOBBIN MILL SG
Su 9:30-13:30. Mo-Sa closed 01524 791507 • CSP, DR, DTL, ESK, STR. • Licensed Gun Storage.
BOLTON GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 10:00-15:00 boltongunclub.co.uk • 07801 149010 • The clay shoot is open on alternate Sundays. • DTL, ESK, ESP.
07377403845 • Open for prior bookings only. • ESP, STR.
RIXTON & ASTLEY SC LTD
Su 09:30-14:3007785995526 • jnw@norgas.co.uk • ESP.
NORTHUMBERLAND
BYWELL SC
Su-Mo closed, Tu-Sa 9:30-17:30 Open on Sunday only for Reg shoots, see fixtures • Open practice WE 12:30-17:00, SA 10:00-17:00, must book all other times. • bywellshootingground.co.uk • 01670 787827 • ABT, DR, DTL, ESK, ESP, HBD, STR.
STEVE SMITHS SC
Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Monday – airguns/rifle only. Wednesday – late nights (19:30) May-August. • stevesmiths.co.uk • 016618 22444 • ABT, CSP, DTL, OTR, STR, UT • Airgun and air pistol ranges. Full-bore rifle pipe range.
YORKSHIRE
ALLERTON BYWATER CLAY
PIGEON SC
Su 10:00-13:00
Shoot every other Sunday, fixture list available via our website. • abwcpc@aol.com • ESP.
BATLEY & DISTRICT GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:30-11:00
Shoot every other Sunday, full fixtures listing can be found on the club website. • BatleyGunClub.org • 07881661217 • ESP • Due to woodland location WC facilities are not available.
BEVERLEY & EAST
YORKSHIRE SG
Mo-Tu closed. We-Sa 09:00-17:00. Su 09:00-15:00 beverleyshootingground.co.uk • 01482 450285 • Registered shoots Saturday's & Sunday's • Late night shooting May to September 2nd and 4th Thursday till 7:30PM • AR, ABT, DT, DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, OTR, SB, STR, UTR.
CONISTON SC
Mo closed. Tu-Fr 09:30-17:00, Sa-Su 09:30-13:30 conistonshootingground.co.uk • 01756 748586
• DTL, ESK, ESP, FSP, SKD. E.J. CHURCHILL AT THE SWINTON ESTATE
Winter: Mo, We, Th, Fr, Sa 09:00-17:30. Tu, Su closed Summer: Mo 11:00-20:00. We-Sa 09:00-17:30. Tu, Su closed. ejchurchill.com/northyorkshire • 01765 357997 • ESP, STR, FSP, CSP • Offer lessons, caddied rounds and Claymate.
NORTH OF ENGLAND C.T.C
Mo-Sa 09:00-16:00. Su closed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday by arrangement only • noeac.co.uk • 01904 738120 • DTL, ESK, ESP, STR, ABT, OSK, FSP.
PARK LODGE SS
We-Su 9:00-17:00, Mo, Tu closed
Late Night shooting (19:30) on Wed and Fri May-end of Aug • parklodgeshootingschool.co.uk • 07931 554986
• FSP, STR, DTL, ESK, ESP, ABT, AR.
THIMBLEBY SHOOTING GROUND
MO CLOSED. TU-WE 09:30 -16:00. TH 11:30 - 16:00. FRI-SAT 09:30 - 16:0. SU 10:00 - 14:30. BANK HOLIDAY 10:00 - 16:00. thimblebyshoot.com • info@ thimblebyestate.com • 01609883401• What3 Words: residual.easygoing.gossiped • Clubhouse open serving food and hot drinks • ESP, STR.
WEST MIDLANDS
CHESHIRE
AUDLEY GUN CLUB
Su 09.30 – 11.00
50 ESP every third Sunday of the month for Club Members. Guest practice with prior arrangement. • audleygunclub@gmail.com •audleygun.club
CATTON HALL SHOOTING GROUND LTD
Mo-Tu, Th, Sa closed. We 10:00-16:00. Su 10:00-15:00 cattonhall.co.uk • 01928 788295 • 100 ESP REG every 4th Sunday, excluding Bank Holiday Weekends where the shoot is on the Monday. • ESP • Good access road.
HOLMES CHAPEL SG
Mo-Tu, Sat closed. We-Fri 10:00-18:00. Su 09:30-13:00
Reg. shoots on the second and fourth Sunday • We must finish shooting by 18:30 in summer • holmeschapelsg.com • 01477 518444 • DTL • Tuition by appointment with CPSA-qualified Instructor.
MICKLEY HALL SS
Tu-Sa 10.00-17.00. Su-Mo closed
Registered ESP last Wedn every month, Registered SSP 2nd Fri every month. Both Prebook only • mickleyhall.com • 08007720058 • DTL, ESP, FSP, SB, STR • Seasonal Hours: Jan & Dec: 10am-3pm. Feb & Nov: 10am-4pm. Mar-Sep: 10am-5pm. Late night shooting Wed & Thur 10-7.
DERBYSHIRE
DARLEY DALE CPSC
Mo-Sa closed. Su 10:00-15:00
Open 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month • ddcpsc.org.uk • 07929 108619 • ESP.
Su 10:00-16:00. Mo-We, Fr Closed. Th 14:00-Dusk. Sa 09:00-17:00 Open weekdays by prior appointment. Shooting times vary please see website. 1st and 3rd Sunday each month ESP. Thursdays during summer for ESP and STR practice. Saturdays for Simulated Game Days. Corporate Hospitality, Have A Go Sessions, Learn to shoot tasters, novice & experienced lessons. • harbororocksclayshoot.co.uk • 07887 901719 • ESP, STR, SSP, FSP.
OCKBROOK GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa Closed. Su 08:45-10:00 ockbrookgunclub.co.uk • 07909920722 • 50 birds ESP Members shoots, guests are welcome. Occasional 30 Birds ESP & 30 bird two-shooter Flush. • ESP
• Only portable site toilets available.
OLD GLOSSOP CLAY SG
Mo-Sa Closed. Su 10:00-13:00
Registered English Sporting Competitions 1st & 3rd Sun each month. • oldglossopclaysg.co.uk • 07508 363918
• ESP, STR.
QUARRY SIMULATED GAME & SPORTING CLAYS
Su 09.30 – 13.00
Every third Sunday of the month • jackiewilliams666@ btinternet.com • 07598 333720 /07875 097534
• ESP, STR.
YEAVELEY ESTATE & SS
Mo-Sa 09:00-dusk. Su 09:30-13:30
All shooting ceases 1hr before sunset. All shooting by appointment only • yeaveley-estate.co.uk • 01335 330247 • ABT, DTL, ESP GLOUCESTERSHIRE
IAN COLEY SS
Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00. Su closed iancoley.co.uk • 01242 870391 • ESP, DTL • Tuition & Gun Fitting by appt. Pay & Play practice for licence holders. REG ESP 1st Weds every month Mar-Oct. Corporate Events, Stag & Hen Parties
WESTFIELD SG
theclayshootingcompany.com • 07342 338390 • ESP, FSP, CSP, STR • See fixtures for registered shoots.
07971447138 • Registered shoots once or twice a month. Please text or call to check that we are open • Open every Weds, Fri & Sat 10.00 – 16.00 for ESP Practice • CSP, ESP, FITASC, STR • Food available on Reg shoots only. Tea & coffee always
PARK FARM SG
Mo-Su closed parkfarmshoot.co.uk • 01905620237 • Please call or check website for current dates and times • AR, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, STR, UT SHROPSHIRE
BRIDGNORTH & DISTRICT GUN CLUB
Mo-Fr closed. Sa-Su 11:00-14:30 07966 260088 • Open third Sunday of the month, and first Saturdays in May, June, July, and November. • DTL, ABT WEST MIDLANDS SG
Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00. Su xlosed
All shooting is via appointment apart from Tuesdays. • wmsg.co.uk • 01939 200644 • ESK, ESP, ABT, SP, STR STAFFORDSHIRE
BALDWINSGATE GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:45-13:45 eile571@aol.com • 07831 472077 • 80 ESP Every First and Third Sunday of each month. Guests welcome by prior arrangement. Book in from 9.45 to 10.15 • ESP
WARWICKSHIRE
BARBY SG
Wed 10.00 -21.00. Sat 10.00-18:00/Dark. 017880891873 • Weekly Sportrap Comps. Tuition, Caddied Rounds, Gun fit by Appt. Hot and cold food and drinks / onsite Gun Shop. Under floodlights in winter • Promatic Claymate Pay & Play on ESP, ESK, OSK
COSFORD SG
Mo-We, Fr closed. Th 10:00-15:00. Sa 10:00-16:00. Su 10:00-13:30
Open every Sunday for open shoots. Winter hours close at 15:00 on Sat. Open practise. Lessons by appt. • cosfordsg.co.uk • 07563 518090 • DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, STR
EDGEHILL SG
Th-Sa 10:00-18:00
Late night shooting Thursday’s from Apr – Aug to 21.30 • edgehillshooting.co.uk• 07831 574464 • ESP, ESK, OSK, DTL, ABT, UT, STR. High Pheasant Practice facilities
HONESBERIE SHOOTING
Mo-Sa 08.30-18.00. Su closed
All shooting by appointment. • honesberieshooting. co.uk • 01327 262922 • ESP, FSP
LEA MARSTON SC
Sun (alternate) – 10:00-14:30. Mon(alternate) and Thu, Fri –10:30 – 12:30 13:30 – 16:30 (Shooting available until 17:30 subject to availability). Tue – Closed for Clay Shooting. Wed(BST time – 15:30 – 19:30). Saturday – 10:30 – 15:30 • leamarstonshootingclub.com • Office Mo-Su: 01676 540070
• ABT, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, STR
RUGBY & DISTRICT TRAP CLUB
We 11:00-dusk. Su from 09:00 rdtc.info • 07770 551491 • ABT, HEL, UTR • ABT & UT PRACTICE Wednesdays 10.30 till dusk. 100 targets registered ABT & UT most 1st & 3rd Sundays every month. May vary to avoid clashes with Selection Shoots
WEDGNOCK SG
Mo, Sa closed. Tu-Fr, Su 10:00-13:00 Open Shoots every Sunday • adventuresport.co.uk
• 01926 491948 • DTL, ESK, ESP, STR • Outdoor activity centre for corporate events. Course changed every couple of days and operate two 100 separate target rounds at the same time
EAST MIDLANDS
BEDFORDSHIRE
SPORTING TARGETS
Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00. Su 09:00-14:00 Shooting will cease at dusk. When the hour goes forward in spring open till 20:00 • sportingtargets.co.uk • 01234 708893 • CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, FSP, STR
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CAMBRIDGE GUN CLUB LTD
Mo-Tu closed. We-Sa 10:00-16:00. Su 10:00-15:00 cambridgegunclub.co.uk • 01353 648004 • Practice for ESP, DTL & ESK
LONG ACRE SS LTD
Su-Mo closed. Tu-Fri 10:30-17:00. Sa 10:30-16:00 longacreshootingschool.co.uk • 07555 495151 • Tu, tuition day. We, tuition day. Th, tuition day. Fr, & Sa, English sporting practice • AR, CSP, DR, ESK, ESP, SB, STR
LEICESTERSHIRE
KEGWORTH SG
Mo-Sa 09:00-Dusk. Su 09:30-14:00
ESP REG, All new layouts, 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays and all bank holidays. See Fixtures for FITASC and Sportrap. Open weekdays by prior appointment. Call or see website. • kegworth.co.uk • 07973 111650 • CSP, ESP, FSP, STR • Adult Referees at all stands. Pool shoots at Sporting events. New stands & targets at all events. Fair but testing targets. See website for County, Regional & National Championships. Small selection of gun oil, hats, cleaning & shells for if you have forgotten
KIBWORTH SC
Mo closed. Tu-We, Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00. Th 09:0020:00. Su 09:00-15:00
Registered ESP first Friday of every month from Feb –Dec Late night Thursday starts the last week of May until the last week of Sep. From 1 Oct closes at 17.00 each Thurs • kibworthshootingground.co.uk • 0116 2796001 • AR, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, FSP, STR • Toilet facilities including disabled toilet LAKESIDE SPORTING
Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00. Su 10:00-17:00 hadfieldguns.comk • hello@hadfieldguns.com • 01509881714 • ABT, ESP, STR • Registered shoots end of each month (squads Thurs-Sun)
QUORN GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:00-12:00
Closed January and most of February, see fixtures list on website for shooting dates. Open fortnightly • quorngunclub.co.uk • 07867 071 652 • ESP • 50 target ESP only
LINCOLNSHIRE
BLYTON SG
Mo-Tu, Su closed. We, Th, Fr 10.00-16.30, Sa 09.30-16.30 07741469669 •Blytonshootingground@gmail.com • ESP, STR, ESK
CROWLAND GUN CLUB
every second Su 09:00-14:00 crowland.gunclub@gmail.com • 07767396930 • SKD, DTL, STR, ESP, ESK
We-Su 09:00-17:00. Mo, Tu closed 01778 591128 •grimsthorpeshootingground.co.uk •info@grimsthorpeshootingground.co.uk •ESP, STR.
NORTH COTES BUTTS SC
Mo-Su 09:00-17:00 northcotesbutts.co.uk • 07917 755454 • large clubroom and gun storage • ESP.
THE PRIORY CLAY TARGET CENTRE
Mo, Tu, Th closed. We, Fr, Sa 09:30-14:30, Su 09:30-16:00 theprioryctc.co.uk • 01406351451 • Registered shoots every weekend • AR, ABT, CSP, DR, DTL, ESK, HBD, OSK, STR.
NORFOLK
CHALK FARM CLAY GROUND
Su 10:00-16:00, Tu 13:00-21:00. Mo, We-Sun closed www.chalkfarmclayground.com • 07918627981 chalkfarmclayground@outlook.com • DTL, ESK, ESP, STR. • 2 Have-a-go Training stands available Sundays and Tuesdays
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NORTHAMPTON SG
Mo-We, Fr closed. Sa-Su From 10:00. Th from 13:00 northamptonshootingground.co.uk • 01604 642252
• DTL, ESK, ESP, ABT, OSK, DR, STR
BARBY SPORTING GROUND
Su-Tu, Th closed. We 10:00-21:00. Sa 10:00-18:00
Shooting under floodlights on Wednesday evenings until 21:00, after the clocks go back in October. ESK, ESP, OSK, STR, Although there are ramps into the lodge, at present there is no disabled toilet. The ground is wheelchair accessible
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
COCKETT FARM SG
Mo-We, Fr-Sa 10:00-17:00. Su 10:00-15:00. Th closed Every day but Sunday, close at dusk or 17:00 whichever is earlier. Late night shooting on Wednesday from April to September. • cockettfarm.com • 01623 882244
• AR, ABT, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, FSP
NOTTINGHAM & DISTRICT
GUN CLUB Su 09:00-16:00. Mo-Tu, Fr Closed. We-Th, Sa 10:00-17:00
Registered shoots every Sunday. By appointment on Fridays. Late night Wednesdays. • nottsclayshooting.co.uk
100 ESP Registered Competition – usually the 1st and 3rd Sun of each month. Runs all year round. • 07912 497000 • ESP, FSP, STR.
ERISWELL LODGE
MO-TU, TH-SA 09:00-19:00. WE 09:00-20:30. SU 09:00-15:30
On Wednesdays in Winter practice closes at 3.30pm with evening floodlit competitions from 5pm. • On Wednesdays in Summer shooting is until dusk or 20:30. • eriswell-lodge.com • 01638534045 • AR, ABT, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, FITASC, HBD, STR • New clubhouse with conference facilities and gun room. • FITASC & Compak, Simulated driven game area and rabbit skeet available
HIGH LODGE LEISURE LTD
Su 9:30-12:30. Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
Registered Shoots on some weekends. Sunday Morning shooting finishes end of March and then our Late night Wednesday shooting begins.• highlodge.co.uk • 01986 784347 • ABT, CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, FSP, STR • Onsite accommodation, large function room for events and large groups, air rifle ranges, archery and fishing. We now require all activities to be booked prior to your visit, we do accept same day bookings
SOUTH WEST
AVON
BRISTOL ACTIVITY CENTRE
Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00
Closes at dusk • bristolactivitycentre.com • 01179353300 • group@bristolactivitycentre.coms • ESP • Free car parking, cafe, toilets, undercovered seating area, undercover shooting huts, electric traps • We are an all-year-round activity centre offering Air rifle shooting, Paintball, Airosft, Archery, Quad Biking etc
CORNWALL
COUNTY GUN CLUB
shootingincornwall.co.uk • 07979 696179 • See fixtures on website for opening hours • AR, ESK, ESP. NORTH CORNWALL SG
Mo-We, Fr closed. Th 11:00-16:30. Sa 09:30-17:30
Opening & closing times may vary according to weather, time of year & competions • 077901 58109 • ABT, DR, DTL, STR, UT
DEVON
ASHCOMBE SG
We-Sa 09:30-17:00. Su 10:00-16:00 ashcombeshootingground.co.uk • 01626 866766 • Registered Shoot first sunday of every month, Thurs Late night Shooting til 8pm (Summer only)• Covered All Weather Layouts available. Restaurant. "Rabbit Skeet" Layout. FITASC Practice Course. • ESK, ESP, FITASC, STR
ASHLEY CLAY SHOOT
Mo-Sa closed. Su 10:00-11:30 01884 243476/07837 197595 • 70 or 100 target practice shoots held on alternate Sunday mornings. Open alternate Wednesday evenings 18:00 in the summer months. • ESP • Set in a deep valley. No need to book. Dates available on Ashley Clay Shoot Facebook page
LITTLE SILVER CLAY SHOOT
Su 10:00-14:00. Mo-Sa Closed devonclayshooting.co.uk • 07971963421 • ESP, STR • contact by phone or Facebook (Westdown Farm and Littlesilver clay shoots.)
SOUTH WEST SS
Mo-Sa 10:30-17:00. Su 10:30-13:00
Registered shoots every second Sun per month
• southwestshooting.co.uk • 01271 864784 • CSP, ESP, STR • Clubhouse and under cover shelters, 40 shooting positions, eighty plus traps in operation • Cartridges available with shotgun licence or bring your own, fibre or plastic
HAMPSHIRE
FAREHAM CLAY TARGET CLUB
See website for shoot dates and times • farehamctc. org.uk • 07539 945490 • ABT, DTL, ESK, ESP
LAINS SS LTD
Mo-Fr 09:00-15:00. Sa 09:00-14:00. Su closed Opening Hours from 1 Oct- 30 Apr • lainsshootingschool.co.uk • 01264889467 • ESP, csp • Different for wheelchair users but some stands suitable for mobility scooter access
OWLS LODGE SS
Mo, We, Fr-Su Closed. Tu, Th 10:00-18:00 Open till dusk if before 18:00 • olss.co.uk • 07734 200280 • DTL, ESK, ESP, OTR, OSK, STR, FSP, CSP, DR, UTR
ROUNDWOOD SG
Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00 roundwoodshooting.com • 01962 774576 • booking@roundwoodshooting.com • CSP, ESP, FSP, STR • During winter months we close at 4pm
SPITFIRE SHOOT
We-Sa 09:00-16:30 spitfireshoot.co.uk • 01264 810312 • ESP • 11 stands of English Sporting, including high tower. Practice and Lessons for all levels by qualified instructors.
SOMERSET
BROOK BANK
Mo-Th closed. Fri & Sa 11:00-16:00. Su 10:30-15:30. Pre-book trap & skeet practice. Check calendar on web for latest updates. • brookbankshooting.co.uk • 07773 488018 • ABT, DTL, ESP, OTR, UTR • Gunsmith on site • Clubhouse with snack bar. • Cartridge restriction applies – see website
SOMERSET SG
Mo-Sa Closed. Su 09:00-16:00
Only open when a shoot is being held. Registered shoot held on the last Sunday of each month. • 07860 561677 • CSP, ESK, ESP, FSP, STR • Toilets, clubhouse, outside seating area, televised results, different stand layout each month• See Facebook and Instagram for fixtures, results and news.
WILTSHIRE
BARBURY SS
Mo-Fr 09:00-17:30. Sa 09:00-15:30. Su 09:00-13:00
Late night shooting every Wednesday from 9:00 with last entries at 19:00 (April - September) •barburyshootingschool. com •01793 940420 • Registered shoots throughout the year - booking required. Please check the website for more information. • ESK, ESP, FSP, OSK, STR. HAM CROSS SG
Sa 10:00-15:00
Open an alternate Saturdays, please call for details. •cpsa.co.uk/clubs/ham-cross-shooting-ground/206 • 07711 242749 • ESP, FSP, STR.
WIDDINGTON SHOOT
Mo-We closed. Th-Sa 10:00-18:00. Su 10:00-14:00 widdingtonshoot.co.uk • 01980 630990 • ESP • Open Bank Holiday Mondays 10:00-14:00.
SOUTH EAST BERKSHIRE
HANGMAN'S STONE SPORTING CLAYS
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:00-15:00 facebook.com/4counties • 07909 864027 • ESP.
PURDEY AT THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE SS
Mo-Fr 8:00-17:30. Sa 8:00-17:00. Su closed
Shooting finishes at dusk during the winter months, but Gun Room and Country Store remain open. Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays • purdey.com • 01491 672900 • ESP.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
E.J.CHURCHILL
winter: Mo-Sat 09:00-17:30. Su closed. summer: Mo, Tu, Fr, Sa 09:00-17:30. We-Th 09:00-20:00 ejchurchill.com • 01494 883227 • DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, OTR, FSP, CSP, STR, DR • Offers lessons, caddied rounds and Claymate. • TU-SA food served 9am-4pm. THE OXFORD GUN COMPANY
Mo-Fr 09:00-17:30. Sa 10:00 16:00. Su closed Saturday last cards 15:15, shooting stops at 16:00 • oxfordguncompany.co.uk • 01844 238308 • DTL, ESP • Limited disabled access, hot and cold drinks and snacks available. Promatic Claymate Pay & Play on ESP & DTL for Licence holders. Caddied Rounds, Tuition & Gun Fit by appt.
GREATER LONDON
WEST LONDON SS
Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00. Sa 08:00-16:30. Su closed shootingschool.co.uk • 02088451377 • Summer: 08:00-18:00. Winter: MO-FR 8:00-17:00 • ESP • John Rigby & Co Rifle Ranges 100 & 200 metre. HOLLAND & HOLLAND SHOOTING GROUNDS
Su-Mo Closed. Tu-Sa 08:00-17:30 hollandandholland.com/shooting-grounds • shooting. grounds@hollandandholland.com • 01923825349 • Holland 100 competition usually on the first Tuesday of each month. Our Breaking 80 competition available tues - fri. • ESP • 100 yd outdoor rifle range. Shooting Cinema for rifle use only. Restaurant, Bar, Lounge & Terrace.Private Events.
HERTFORDSHIRE
ATKIN GRANT & LANG
Mo closed. Tu-Sa 09:00-17:00. Su 10:00-13:30 agl-uk.com • 01582 849382 • ESP Registered Shoot on the last Friday of every month. Shop open until 5:30pm • Open until 20:00 on Wednesdays throughout the summer • ESP• Catering available Wed-Sun.
CODICOTE BOTTOM CLAY TC
Mo-Sa closed, Su 10:00-13:00 07941110381 • Open alternate Sundays. • ESP.
LEA VALLEY
SHOOTING ASSOCIATION
Su-Tu,Fri closed. We, Sa 10:00-16:00. Th 16:00-19:00 May-August only lvsa.org.uk • 01992 552011 • ESP • Covered Shooting Points, qualified instructors, Have a Go and group sessions by appointment, catering Saturdays. Pay & Play Wednesday, Saturday 10:00-16:00, Thursday 16:00-19:00 May-August.
MORETON MASSEY GUN CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:30-13:00 07855 403902 • ABT, ESK, ESP • Men’s and women’s toilets, canteen for for full English breakfast, sandwiches, tea / coffee etc.
NUTHAMPSTEAD SG
Mo-Tu, Th-Fr closed. Su 09:00-15:00. We, Sa 10:00-16:00 Sunday opening for competitions and practice, as advertised on Facebook and website. • nuthampsteadshootingground.co.uk • 07887 945350 • ABT, ESK, ESP, OSK, OTR, UT • Simulated game shooting for groups by prior booking. Layouts covered and on hard standing. Trap layouts are automated and operated by card machines for practice.
KENT
DARTFORD CLAY SC
We 10:00-16:00. Th 10:00-20:00. Fr-Su 10:00-17:00 Winter hours in effect from late October: TH-SU 10:0016:00 • dartfordclayshootingclub.com • 01322 311001
100 target ESP shoot every Sunday plus have a go stand. Private tuition and corporate events available Mon-Sat • martingorse.co.uk • 07932 638859 • Open to members and non-members. Supervised Have-a-go available. • Felt/Fibre wads only. • ESP.
WEST KENT SS
Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00. Sa-Su closed westkentshooting.co.uk • 01892834306 • As the light fades we will close 15:00/16:00 • ESK, ESP.
WILLOW FARM SG
We-Fr 09.00-17.00. Sa 09.00-16.00. Su 10.00-14.00. Mo-Tu closed
Open January to end of October. Regular 100 bird sporting. Most Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. Fixtures on website. Open any day for lessons and private groups. • greenfieldentertainments.co.uk • 01869 354949 • ESP.
OXFORDSHIRE SS
Mo, Su closed. Tu-Sa 09:00-17:00
Registered shoot on the second Friday of every month
We are open for English sporting on the 2nd and last Saturday of every month • btshawlandscpsc.co.uk • 07729 733396 • ESP • Cartridge sales only to licence holders.
GATWICK CLAY SS
Mo-Sa closed. Su 10:00-13:00 gatwickclayshootingschool.com • 07769701842 • DTL, ESK, ESP • Shoots on Sundays, coaching on Saturdays by appointment • Disabled access to Sporting and DTL, but not to clubhouse or toilets.
HORNE CLAY PIGEON CLUB (CLAY & COUNTRY SPORTS UK) clayandcountry.com • 07711 332097 • ESP • MonSat, open for lessons, company days, stag/hen, private events, simulated game. Sundays, open sporting events as follows:
GATTON BOTTOM SG – Su 10:00-15:00
COURT FARM SG – Su 10:00-14:00
See fixtures page on website for details of all our open shoots and directions to the shooting grounds.
CROWS HALL CLAYS crowshallclays.com • info@crowshallclays.com • 07851489936 • 50 target sporting and 2 sportrap layouts every other Wednesday 3.30pm - 8pm - April to September. 50 and 70 target sporting plus 1 sportrap layout every other Saturday 9.30am - 1.30pmFebruary to October.
MILL FARM CLAY PIGEON CLUB
Mo-Sa closed. Su 09:00-14:00
We are open once a fortnight on a Sunday • 07790 498435 •ESK, ESP, STR • Can put together layouts for novice and experienced shooters and cater for groups of up to 100.
MILL FARM LURGASHALL
First weekend of every month. 10.00-12.30 ESP • 01798 861218 • info@millfarm-lurgashall.com • www.millfarm-lurgashall.com/sporting POLOWOOD SG
Mo closed. Tu 10.00-15.00. We closed. Th 10.00-15.00. Fr closed. Sa 10.00-15.00. Alternate Su 10.00-15.00. Late night Tuesdays to 19.30pm May - Sept. • 100 ESP, 5 STR & 3 SSP layouts • info@polowood.co.uk • 07818 203871 • Fibre Wad Only.
50 Bird Sporting every Sunday except month end which is Sporting 100 • lecqclaytargetclub.com
• 07797 717940 • ABT, CSP, ESK, ESP, STR, UT.
ISLE OF MAN
AYRE CLAY TARGET CLUB
Mo-Fr closed. Sa 13:00-16:00. Su 10:00-14:00 ayreclaytargetclub.com • Practice Wednesday evenings April-September – Please check our website and Facebook pages for updates • ABT, DTL, ESK, ESP, OSK, OTR, STR. ISLE OF MAN CLAY PIGEON SC
Wed 12:00-16:00. Sat 10:00-13:00. Sun 10:00-16:00 www.iomclays.com • 01624 827756 • Open Practice Wednesdays and Saturdays. Competitions every Sunday as per fixtures. Non-Members welcome. Beginners area. • ESK, OSK, DTL, ABT, ESP, STR, ProSporting.
SCOTLAND
BISLEY AT BRAIDWOOD
Mo Closed. Tu, We, Fr-Su: 09:00-17:30. Th 09:00-20:00
Open to 20:00 on Thursdays in summer only, ceases in September. Monthly club shoot – please see events on website. • bisleyshooting.co.uk/bisley-at-braidwood • 01835 870280 • CPS, ESP, FSP, STR.
E.J. CHURCHILL, SEALS COVE
Mo-Tu: Closed. We, Fr, Sa: 9:00-17:00. Th 11:00-20:00. Su: 10:00-17:00 ejchurchill.com/aberdeenshire • 01224783920 • Competitions twice a month, every other Sunday, from Sporting, Super Sporting, Sportrap & Fitasc. • Late night summer opening hours from 11am - 8pm on a Thursday, ceases in September. • Air rifle range, open for practice for Sporting, Sportrap & Skeet • CSP, ESP, FSP, STR
WALES
RED FIELD SPORTS
Mo-Sun 10:00-16:00
Open Practise • redfieldsports.co.uk • andy@redfieldsports. co.uk • 07812035531• bookings by reservation only.
FAUXDEGLA SG
Th- Su 10:00-17:00. Mo, Tu closed. We 10:00-dusk We are open in the winter 10am to 5pm. Summer times are the same but we stay open late on Wednesdays until dusk. • fauxdegla.co.uk • 07951 951526 • Corporate hospitality, functions, group parties, tuition, we have all disciplines for practice and everyone is welcome.
Mo-We, Fr, Su closed. Th 12:00-19:00. Sa 09:00-16:00 Open Practise • ferndaleshooting.club • 07771 603989 • ESP.
LEADBROOK HALL SG
Mo-Sa closed. Su 10:30-15:30
First gun 10:30, last entry 13:30 • leadbrookclays.com • 07977 624358 • ESP • Open every second Sunday and fifth Sunday.
NORTH WALES SS
Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-16:00 nwshootingschool.co.uk • 01244 812219 • CSP, DTL, ESK, ESP, OT, STR.
SHOOTING WALES
Mo-We,Fr closed. Th 10:30-20:00. Sa 12:00-16:00. Su 10:30-18:00
shooting.wales • 07437157631 • ABT, DTL, ESK, STR. • Saturday for Coaching and Corporate- If we are open on a Saturday call before so we know you are coming down. Late Night shooting Thursday under floodlights. Flexible opening for shooters as the darker nights come our way.
CPSA FIXTURES
REG – CPSA Registered Competition
ESP – English Sporting
STR – Sportrap
DTL – Down the Line
ESK – English Skeet
OSK – Olympic Skeet
OTR – Olympic Trap
DT – Double Trap
UTR – Universal Trench
ABT – Automatic Ball Trap
FSP – FITASC
HEL – Helice
SB – Single-Barrel
DR – Double Rise
HD – Handicap by Distance
SKD – Skeet Doubles
AR – All-Round
CSP – Compak
– Premier Plus Ground – Premier Ground
Please note: hese fi tures are those received by the by the deadline date specified. e strongly advise that you check with the organisers before travel to ensure that shoot dates are correct and have not changed.
Practise days and open events for grounds are not listed in the magazine but can be found on our website at cpsa.co.uk/events where you can filter your search for specific grounds. PLEASE NOTE
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Ashcombe Shooting Ground, Devon, 07888 high gun driven to stand practice available
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 all to book
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 all to book
Brook Bank (X Robin Heal), Somerset, 07866 610086, 100 SSP REG 100 SSP REG high gun. re booked entries only call iana
Clacton Gun Club, Essex, 07394 670871, 100 el ookings
Garlands Shooting Ground, Staffordshire, 01827 383300, 100 ABT REG 100 reg each day, shoot one or both if you wish, pre book 07342338390, each day run as seperate shoots,
High Lodge Leisure Ltd, Suffolk, 01986 784347, 100 CSP REG Compak Sporting, Mickley Hall Shooting School, Cheshire, 07766 252438, open practice for esp & dtl. tuition is also available. 100 reg esp pre-book only squads every 30 mins 10AM-2PM,
North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG Practice from 12:30,
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 100 DTL REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT Black Powder,
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER
East of England Shooting Ground, Lincolnshire, 01406 540362, 100 ESP REG Sunday 9th November 100 reg sporting. 1100 Reg Sporting,
Eaton Hall Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 01889 565986, 100 Reg English Skeet - 2 of 6 Winter Series, Tel Entries 01889 565986, & Practice All Disciplines, Limited SKT practice, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice- champ of trap DTL,ABT,OT,UTR,
Garlands Shooting Ground, Staffordshire, 01827 383300, 100 ABT REG 100 reg each day, shoot one or both if you wish, pre book 07342338390, each day run as seperate shoots,
Garlands Shooting Ground, Staffordshire, 01827 383300, 100 ESP REG 9.00 till 2.00, £150 HG, cash in classes,,
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Sporting Practice + Open Practice Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT,
Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 ESK REG Inc Belvoir Champs, 100 DTL REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableCafe open all day,
Shooting Wales, Wales, 07437 157631, 100 DTL REG winter series.DTL winter series. down the line 100 registered no 1 0f 5 (one each month till march),
Shooting Wales, Wales, 07437 157631, 100 DTL REG Winter Series 1 100 DTL Regisitered, Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, 7564075210, 100 DTL REG, Practice ESP, The Priory Clay Target Centre, Lincolnshire, 01406 351451, 100 DTL REG £100 HG, 50 ABT REG £50 HG,
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 UTR REG North Region Championship -telephone entries-01482450285 Practise available,
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 DTL REG Dave Toomer Memorial & 100 DTL REG 2nd winter series 5/6 to count call 01482 450285 to book, Bywell Shooting Ground, Northumberland, 01670 787827, 100 ABT REG Northumberland Championship, 100 DTL REG, 100 ESK REG,
Eaton Hall Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 01889 565986, 100 Reg English Sporting - 2 of 6 Winter SeriesEntries between 09:00 - 1:30, and Practice All Disciplines, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice -100 DTL Reg, 100 REG OTR,
Kegworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 07973 111650, 100 ESP REG Just turn up & Shoot 9.30-2.30 Day 2 of 2, Lakeside Sporting, Leicestershire, 01509 881714, 100 ESP REG CPSA REG 100 bird sporting, Meadowcroft Shoot, Somerset, 07802 467384, 100 ESP REG and Pool, Mount Farm Sporting Clays, Yorkshire, 07887 751517, 100 FSP REG 100 FSP REG £100 hg & class prizes. english open. book 07887751517 emily@woolleyparkgolfclub. co.uk,
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, 01483 797666, 100 DTL REG Down The Line,
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Sporting REG. £100 HG (tel.entries prefered) 25 Sportrap Pool Shoot Comp. Open Practice, Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 DTL REG Inc Belvoir Champs, 100 ESK REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableCafe open all day,
Nuthampstead Shooting Ground LLP, Hertfordshire, 01763 848172, 100 UTR REG email nicky@clayshoot.biz, Oak Lodge Shooting Ground, Durham, 07786 868691, 125 STR REG 1st Winter Series Sportrap Old Glossop Clay Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 07508 363918, 100 ESP REG 100 Bird CPSA Registered Sporting Competition. £150 High + Cash Payout in Classes, Orston Shooting Ground, Nottinghamshire, 01949 851181, 100 ESP REG 100 REG ESP no prebook turn up and shoot 9am - 2pm, £200 sponsored hg cash in class no practice, Rugby & District Trap Club, Warwickshire, 07770 551491, 100 ABT REG, Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, 7564075210, 50 ABT REG Durham Championship, 50 ESK REG Practice DTL and ESP,
Sporting Targets Ltd, Bedfordshire, 01234 708893, 100 ESP REG 100 Registered English Sporting - Telephone Entries Only 01234 708893, The Priory Clay Target Centre, Lincolnshire, 01406 351451, 50 ESP £50 HG, 100 ESK REG £100 HG,
Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG plus snooker pool shoot,AA/A & B/C win £750 each for highest series score,
E.J.Churchill Group Ltd, Buckinghamshire, 01494 883227, 100 ESP REG Squadded. Please call 01494 883227 to book
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER
E.J.Churchill Group Ltd, Buckinghamshire, 01494 883227, 100 ESP REG Squadded. Please call 01494 883227 to book,
Manchester Clay Shooting Club, Lancashire, 07761 409427, 100 ESP shoot call 07761409427 to book. cost is £45 comp, £40 b/o. this is s uaded and fibre only we sell cartridges
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 DTL REG Call 01482 450285 to book, E.J.Churchill at The Swinton Estate, Yorkshire, 01765 357997, 100 STR REG Lancashire Championship. Squadded: Please call 01765 357997 to book, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice-50 reg utr am, 50 reg utr pm,
High Lodge Leisure Ltd, Suffolk, 01986 784347, 100 STR Sportrap, Non Registered, Mickley Hall Shooting School, Cheshire, 07766 252438, open practice for esp & dtl. tuition is also available. 100 reg esp pre-book only squads every 30 mins 10am-1pm, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG Practice from 12:30 Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 100 DTL REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT,
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 ABT REG 1st winter series 5/6 to count call 01482 450285 to book, Catton Hall SG Ltd, Cheshire, 01928 788295, 100 ESP REG, East of England Shooting Ground, Lincolnshire, 01406 540362, 100 ESP REG Sunday 23rd November 100 reg sporting 100 Reg Sporting,
Eaton Hall Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 01889 565986, 100 Reg Olympic Skeet. Call 01889 565986, and Practice all Disciplines Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice-100 REG UTR, Garlands Shooting Ground, Staffordshire, 01827 383300, 100 ESP REG 9.00 till 2.00, £150.00 HG, cash in classes,, Grange Farm Sporting Clays, Leicestershire, 01455 822208, 100 ESP REG, Hangman’s Stone Sporting Clays, Berkshire, 07979 874887, 100 ESP REG Booking in is required, please give Sean a call on 07979874887 to book your space.
Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground, Cheshire, 01477 518444, 100 DTL REG 100 Reg DTL, Jet Hall Sporting Clays, Yorkshire, 01302 864842, 100 SSP REG 200 HG, 1 OF 4 Winter series Telephone entries ONLY 07956536089/07931554986,
Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG, Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 100 All Round REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT, Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 ESK REG, 100 DTL REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also available- Cafe open all day, Nuthampstead Shooting Ground LLP, Hertfordshire, 01763 848172, 100 ABT REG email nicky@clayshoot.biz, Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, 7564075210, 100 DTL REG, Practice ESP,
Two Counties Gun Club, Devon, 01769 540501, 100 DTL REG peninsular cup entries 9am-10.30am,
Barbury Shooting School, Wiltshire, 01793 940420, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP practice, cafe & gunroom. barburyshootingschool.com. 01793 940 420. Last entries 16:30, Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, Mickley Hall Shooting School, Cheshire, 07766 252438, open practice for esp & dtl. tuition is also available. 100 reg esp pre-book only squads 10am & 1pm,
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER
Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Owls Lodge Shooting School, Hampshire & IOW, 07734 200280, 100 ESP REG pre booking required - please book via the website olss.co.uk,
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER
Atkin Grant & Lang SG, Hertfordshire, 01582 849382, 100 ESP REG 100 Bird Sporting, Shot over 12 Stands. £100 Sponsored High Gun. Pre-Booking Required 01582 849382, Cockett Farm Shooting Ground, Nottinghamshire, 01623 882244, 100 ESP REG - Squadded Call 01623 882244 to book. ESP, FSP, STR, DTL practice, Eaton Hall Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 01889 565986, 100 Reg Compak - Winter Series 2 of 6 - Call 01889 565986, and Practice All Disciplines, Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Normanton Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 01455 888353, 100 ESP REG 100 REG ESP £100 h/g squadded tel 01455 888353/ 07972603469, Somerset Shooting Ground, Somerset, 07860 561677, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG £200 high gun. Pre-booked entries only, call 07866610086 (Liana),
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 DTL REG Call 01482 450285 to book, E.J.Churchill at The Swinton Estate, Yorkshire, 01765 357997, 100 ESP REG Squadded: Please call to book, Fareham Clay Target Club, Hampshire & IOW, 07539 945490, 100 ABT REG Stephen Halfacre Memorial and Open Sporting, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, OPEN FOR PRACTICE - 50 REG OTR AM, 50 REG ABT AM, Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Kegworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 07973 111650, 100 ESP REG Booked & Squadded 07973111650 9.30-11.30-1.30 starts Day 1 of 2 Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, Normanton Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 01455 888353, 100 DTL REG 100 REG DTL & ESP practice, North Cornwall Shooting Ground, Cornwall, 07790 158109, 100 DTL REG Ray Best Trophy, day 1 Call/Text entries to 07790158109, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG Practice from 12:30
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 100 All Round REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT, Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 FSP REG Shoot either day, old format, shoot 50 break shoot 50, 9.00 and 12.30 start times each day
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 STR REG 2nd winter series 5/6 to count call 01482 450285 to book, Eriswell Lodge, Suffolk, 01638 534045, 100 STR REG 100 Reg STR - November 100 Reg Sportrap, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, OPEN FOR PRACTICE- 100 ABT 2ND W/S, 100 REG DTL,
Kegworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 07973 111650, 100 ESP REG Just turn up & Shoot 9.30-2.30 Day 2 of 2,
North Cornwall Shooting Ground, Cornwall, 07790 158109, 100 DTL REG Ray Best Trophy, day 2 Call/Text entries to 07790158109, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 STR REG 2/6 Winter League,
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 100 All Round REG. 100 DTL REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT, Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 ESK REG Inc 1st Winter Series, 100 DTL REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableCafe open all day,
Southdown Gun Club Ltd, Sussex, 01903 877555, 100 ESP REG, 100 STR REG 100 Reg Sporting ; 100 Reg Sportrap & Pool Shoot PRE BOOK ONLY + Pool Shoot (NO practice), Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, 7564075210, 50 ABT REG, 50 ESK REG Practice DTL and ESP, Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 FSP REG Shoot either day, old format, shoot 50 break shoot 50, 9.00 and 12.30 start times each day, Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG plus snooker pool shoot,AA/A & B/C win£750 each for highest series score,
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, 01483 797666, Day 1 of 2 100 ESK REG Tuesday ESK, 100 SKD REG Tuesday Doubles, 50 STR REG Tuesday Sportrap,
WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER
Barbury Shooting School, Wiltshire, 01793 940420, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP practice, cafe & gunroom. www. barburyshootingschool.com. 01793 940 420. Last entries 16:30, Barby Sporting Club Ltd, Warwickshire, 01788 891873, 100 ESP REG, Ian Coley Shooting School, Gloucestershire, 01242 870391, 100 ESP REG £150 high gun - hot food available - squads every 10 mins - iancoley.co.uk/bookonline/reg/, Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice,
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER
E.J.Churchill Group Ltd, Buckinghamshire, 01494 883227, 100 ESP REG Squadded. Please call 01494 883227 to book,
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER
Ashcombe Shooting Ground, Devon, 07888 697401, 100 ESP REG £250 high gun - driven to stand - practice available, Kibworth Gun Club, Leicestershire, 0116 279 6001, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG tel entries only entries 10-2pm,
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER
Ashcombe Shooting Ground, Devon, 07888 697401, 100 ESP REG £250 high gun - driven to stand - practice available, Axminster Gun Club, Devon, 01404 881588, 100 DTL REG,
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 DTL REG Call 01482 450285 to book, Blyton Shooting Ground, Lincolnshire, 07741 469669, 100 ESP REG 100 bird registered sporting 100 bird registered sporting, Brook Bank (X Robin Heal), Somerset, 07866 610086, 100 SSP REG 100 SSP REG £200 high gun. Pre-booked entries only, call 07866610086 (Liana), Fareham Clay Target Club, Hampshire & IOW, 07539 945490, 100 ESK REG and Open Sporting (Christmas Shoot), Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice - 50 REG OTR AM, 50 REG ABT AM,
High Lodge Leisure Ltd, Suffolk, 01986 784347, 100 CSP REG Compak Sporting, Kegworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 07973 111650, 100 ESP REG Booked & Squadded 07973111650 9.30-11.30-1.30 starts Day 1 of 2, Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG Practice from 12:30,
Kegworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 07973 111650, 100 ESP REG Just turn up & Shoot 9.30-2.30 Day 2 of 2,
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, 01483 797666, 100 DTL REG Down The Line,
North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 AR REG, Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Sporting REG. £100 HG (tel.entries prefered) 25 Sportrap Pool Shoot Comp. Open Practice, Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 DTL REG Inc 1st Winter Series, 100 ESK REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableCafe open all day,
Old Glossop Clay Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, 07508 363918, 100 ESP REG 100 Bird CPSA Registered Sporting Competition. £150 High + Cash Payout in Classes, Park Lodge Shooting School, Yorkshire, 01405 861927, 125 STR REG Winter series, 3 of 6, £200 HG at each shoot. Telephone entry only 07956536089/079315549896,
Penrith & District GC Ltd, Cumbria, 07860 409365, 50 ABT REG 50 ABT, 100 DTL REG 100 DTL 100 DTL and 50 ABT, Rugby & District Trap Club, Warwickshire, 07770 551491, 100 UTR REG, Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, 7564075210, 80 DR REG (40 pairs), 50 ESK REG Practice DTL and ESP, The Priory Clay Target Centre, Lincolnshire, 01406 351451, 50 ESP £50 HG, 50 ABT REG £50 HG,
Two Counties Gun Club, Devon, 01769 540501, 100 DTL REG christmas shoot entry time 9AM-10.30AM, Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG plus snooker pool shoot,AA/A & B/C win £750 each for highest series score,
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, 01483 797666, 100 ESK REG Tuesday ESK, 100 SKD REG Tuesday Doubles, 50 STR REG Tuesday Sportrap, Purdey at the Royal Berkshire, Berkshire, 01491 672900, 100 ESP REG 100-bird CPSA Registered Shoot,
E.J.Churchill at The Swinton Estate, Yorkshire, 01765 357997, 100 ESP REG Squadded: Please call to book,
Owls Lodge Shooting School, Hampshire & IOW, 07734 200280, 100 STR REG pre booking required - please book via the website olss.co.uk,
FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER
Mickley Hall Shooting School, Cheshire, 07766 252438, open practice for esp & dtl. tuition is also available. 100 reg ssp pre-book only squads at 10am & 12:30pm, Oxfordshire Shooting School, Oxfordshire, 01608 690866, 100 ESP REG Fibre Wad Only Please call on 01608 690866 to book, Somerset Shooting Ground, Somerset, 07860 561677, 100 FSP REG £150 high gun. Pre-booked entries only, via bookwhen.com/ somersetshootingground,
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 ABT REG call 01482 450285 to book on, Cockett Farm Shooting Ground, Nottinghamshire, 01623 882244, 100 ESP REG - Squadded Call 01623 882244 to book. £150 High Gun. ESP, FSP, STR, DTL practice, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 951526, open for practice - 50 REG OTR AM, 50 REG ABT AM, Mount Farm Sporting Clays, Yorkshire, 07887 751517, 100 FSP REG 100 FSP REG £100 hg & class prizes. book 07887751517 emily@woolleyparkgolfclub.co.uk, Normanton Shooting Ground, Leicestershire, 01455 888353, 100 DTL REG 100 REG DTL & ESP PRACTICE, North Cornwall Shooting Ground, Cornwall, 07790 158109, 100 ABT REG, 100 DTL REG Call/Text entries to 07790158109,
North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 DTL REG Practice from 12:30
Atkin Grant & Lang SG, Hertfordshire, 01582 849382, 100 ESP REG 100 Bird Sporting, Shot over 12 Stands. £100 Sponsored High Gun. Pre-Booking Required 01582 849382,
Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Manchester Clay Shooting Club, Lancashire, 07761 409427, 100 ESP shoot call 07761409427 to book. cost is £45 comp, £40 b o. this is s uaded and fibre only we sell cartridges)
SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 DTL ress up in your festive best for our hristmas shoot and en oy a discount off your entry
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 AR Festival Trap- 25 DTL,25 OT, 25 UT & 25 s uads of Bradford Shooting Ground, Devon, 01409 281341, 100 DTL REG 100 DTL REG, Brook Bank (X Robin Heal), Somerset, 07866 610086, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG high gun. re booked entries only call iana
Fareham Clay Target Club, Hampshire & IOW, 07539 945490, 100 DTL REG and Open porting hristmas hoot
Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 open for practice
Hornet Shooting Ground (CF), Buckinghamshire, 01494 883715, 100 ESP REG Limited Squads Tel Entries 07702243308, Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, 01904 738120, 100 STR REG Winter League 3/6. hristmas portrap hoot. no practice
Beverley & East Yorkshire Shooting Ground, Yorkshire, 01482 450285, 100 rd winter series to count call 01482 450285 to book, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 open for practice reg dtl mas shoot,
Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 DTL REG Inc 2nd Winter Series, 100 ESK REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableafe open all day
Penrith & District GC Ltd, Cumbria, 07860 409365, 100 DTL REG 100 DTL, 50 ABT REG 50 ABT 100 DTL and 50 ABT, Bring a Prize, Take a Prize, Rugby & District Trap Club, Warwickshire, 07770 551491, 100 ABT REG, Shooting Wales, Wales, 07437 157631, registered hristmas peciial . ewporrt ange. pecial pri es and fun shooting from am
Spennymoor & District C.P.C, Durham, hristmas hoot ESK REG Practice DTL and ESP, Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG plus snooker pool shoot,AA/A & win each for highest series score
MONDAY 22 DECEMBER
Cockett Farm Shooting Ground, Nottinghamshire, 01623 882244, 100 ESP uadded all to book. £150 High Gun. ESP, FSP, STR, DTL practice,
TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, uesday uesday oubles uesday portrap
WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER
Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, Mickley Hall Shooting School, Cheshire, open practice for esp dtl. tuition is also available. 100 reg ssp pre-book only s uads at am pm
Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 AR nc o ing ay ll ound afe open all day
SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER
E.J.Churchill at The Swinton Estate, Yorkshire, 01765 357997, 100 ESP REG uadded lease call to book Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 open for practice
North Cornwall Shooting Ground, Cornwall, 07790 158109, 100 ABT REG, 100 DTL REG all e t entries to
Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT, Owls Lodge Shooting School, Hampshire & IOW, 07734 200280, 100 ESP REG no pre booking required - olss christmas shoot open entries
SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER
Barrow Sporting Clays, Suffolk, 07912 497000, 100 ESP REG, Catton Hall SG Ltd, Cheshire, 01928 788295, 100 ESP REG, Eriswell Lodge, Suffolk, 01638 534045, 100 ESP REG 100 Reg ESP - December 100 Reg English Sporting, Fauxdegla Shooting Ground, Wales, 07951 open for practice
Garlands Shooting Ground, Staffordshire, 01827 383300, 100 ESP REG 9.00 till 2.00, £150 HG, cash in classes,, Hangman’s Stone Sporting Clays, Berkshire, 07979 874887, 100 ESP REG Booking in is required, please give Sean a call on to book your space Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground, Cheshire, 01477 518444, 100 DTL REG 100 Reg DTL Xmas Bottle Shoot, Kingsferry Gun Club, Kent, 01795 877037, 100 ESK REG - 100 SKD REG and Practice, North Of England C.T.C, Yorkshire, hristmas DTL Shoot. 5 man teams, Northampton Shooting Ground, Northamptonshire, 01604 642252, 100 Skeet REG. 25 Sportrap Pool Shoot Practice 60 ESP,ESK,DTL & ABT, Nottingham & District Gun Club, Nottinghamshire, 01623 883798, 100 ESK REG Inc 3rd Winter Series, 100 DTL REG ESK,DTL,ESP & FIT practice also availableafe open all day
MONDAY 29 DECEMBER
Bradford Shooting Ground, Devon, 01409 281341, 100 DTL REG 100 DTL REG, East of England Shooting Ground, Lincolnshire, 01406 540362, 100 ESP REG onday th ecember reg sporting Reg Sporting,
Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire, 07342 338390, 100 ESP REG 100 ESP REG plus snooker pool shoot,AA/A & win each for highest series score
TUESDAY 30 DECEMBER
National Clay Shooting Centre, Surrey, uesday uesday oubles uesday portrap
Browning/Miroku models now available Models available: MK38/60/70/3800 325,424,525
New and used gun sales. Over 200 guns always in stock – trap guns a speciality. Custom re-stocking. Barrel re-blacking. General servicing. Short and long term gun storage. RC and Gamebore cartridges always in stock.
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Fits Stocks: 4-1/2” – 4-3/4”
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Thickness / Length of Pull (LOP): 1-3/16”
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Registered Firearm Dealer
1 - 2 Park Street Lane, Park Street, St. Albans AL2 2NE
Tel: 01727 872646 / 872669
Fax: 01727 875449
Email: parkstreetguns@talk21.com
Website: www.gunshot.co.uk
and reach CPSA members please call Sean McKeon on 01242 259246 or email: sean.mckeon@fellowsmedia.com
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday &
Open at 10am all 4 days. Last entry is 2pm & close at 3pm • 100 Target English Sporting • 5 Sportrap layouts • 3 Super Sporting layouts • Shoot until 7.30pm on Tuesdays, May-Sept.
Coniston Shooting Ground
Our
in over 40 acres of beautiful Scottish Borders countryside. It is a hidden gem, home to the best sporting ground in Scotland. A versatile clay shooting layout with targets suitable for the both the complete novice and the seasoned professional. Expert instruction is available with advance booking.
If you are a Clubman member, you are missing o o ey e efi mem er receive, including:
• Legal expenses protection for use in the case of shotgun certificate revocation or renewal refusal does not cover first time shotgun certificate applications . he ability to shoot in egistered competitions anywhere and to en oy the vibrant atmosphere and comradery that they offer.
aining classifications across any disciplines so that you can learn where you stand as a shooter and compete against people of similar abilities. ligibility to become a oach or nstructor.
Upgrade from Clubman to Full membership for only an additional £21 per year (or £11 per year if you are aged 60 or over). Concession rates are available for members of the Armed Forces, Emergency Services, NHS, disabled shooters, students in full-time higher education, and more.
• Eligibility for selection for County and egional teams and even for eam ngland.
mem er re rd e o mem er e e rece e o m o c y r ce d o er o cc de r ce activities including:
• Clay Target Shooting ame hooting ough hooting ild owling eating oading ifle hooting including talking est ermin ontrol non commercial u le oading including black powder ir eapon hooting including rated rchery and rossbow hooting inc ngling from ry and including wading . on t forget that most members receive a commission of up to for referring new members valid towards membership renewal championship bookings and courses no cash value . ull details at c .co. comm o
ull details of all membership optons can be found at cpsa.co.uk/membership
