A wonderful bank holiday weekend, with sunshine, properly warm weather, and an excellent layout at the club today. If only we could have a summer like this. Like all good layouts most of the stands felt quite hittable, but the odd one slipped away here and there. It was a tough one however, with …
Read MoreA cracking day at the club today, whilst others (40,000 of them) were wiggling their way around the London marathon course, the members we enjoying slightly cooler temperatures, but great conditions for shooting. The layout today was a belter, it shot very tough, but the target presentations were not impossible, once correctly understood they …
Read MoreIt was a damp day at the club today, after various forecasts had offered hope of dry conditions. However Mark Downer seemed to find his way around very well to take the County Championship ( he was also 2017 County Sporting Champion ), shooting an excellent 89. Mark Coburn was club High Gun …
Read MoreA great day at the club today, with light winds, and some cloud cover allowing the targets to be seen – it was another tricky layout, that only a few made ‘par’ ( scores+handicap=95). However Rob Butcher found the right way around the course to score 90, followed by Lee Pitman on 88, and third …
Read MoreGreat layout today, a real challenge that was reflected in the scores. The woods continue to provide us with great stands, and whilst the rest of the ground is fairly wet at the moment, we are managing to make the most of our space to get consistently good layouts. Some of the stands that …
Read MoreA chilly day at the club today, but the bright sunshine and dry conditions ( for the last week or so ) made for a great shoot. Ben Morris certainly found the conditions to his liking as he hit 92, followed by Steve Donson on 88, and in third place for the High Gun was Ollie …
Read MoreThe 11th Feb saw the last of our winter series, which gives way, rather optimistically to the Spring series, lets hope the weather warms up to reflect that changing season. As usual there were 6 counting shoots for this series, for the high gun competition, a competitor counts their best 5 scores – and from …
Read MoreAnyone shooting at midday had the pleasure of a brief hail shower, but before and after that we were blessed with some nice winter sunshine ( like summer sunshine, but lower air temperatures ! ) The course setters put out some challenges for the sporting course today, with a simo pair up by the …
Read MoreA tricky layout at the ground today, whilst wet underfoot, it was thankfully dry in the sky, with even some bits of blue sky showing through at times. The conditions were to the liking of Lee Pitman, who led the way with 85 in the High Gun competition, followed by Iain Hall, 82 and Mike …
Read MoreNew Year, new course set up. Great shooting conditions, not a breath of wind for most of our shooting window, and any rain stayed off, if that’s what the rest of the winter is going to be – we’d take that. Some notable sporting targets today with a simo-pair shot from the skeet ground …
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