Gusty 50kt winds, sunshine, the odd drop of rain, we had it all today – well I guess we can’t have clear sky every shoot. It was what the weather forecasters would describe as mostly sunny, so we can’t moan too much. A tricky day on the ABT layout for the County Championship, which was won by Kath Bright, with 2nd place 79, but the leading Island resident, so left today as County Champion. 1st …
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We’ve had another great sporting winter series, with 6 great shoots. A really good turn out of members – total of 66 members shot at least one shoot. 15 shot all 6 shoots to take advantage of the discard. There was a clear High Gun winner with Ben Morris taking 1st place by 42 hits ahead of Rob Gale, and third placed Mark Coburn. Ben’s worst score was when he didn’t attend, so had to …
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A busy day in the sunshine today for the UT Club Championship, and the final of the Sporting Winter Series. In the UT Matt Thomas lead the way with 82, and is UT Club Champion followed by Ady Williams (81) and Kath Bright (81) Matt Thomas 82 Ady Williams 81 Kath Bright 79 John Slade 76 Mel Critchley 63 Gordon Pownall 60 Rick Mosling 46 The sporting guns were set a challenging layout that …
Read MoreSporting Winter Series 5 lived up to its name, after a forecast of condition easing through out the morning, the conditions can only be described as ‘changeable’ with sleet, rain, sun, wind. Hope everyone loved the simo pair in the middle of the ground, a challenging target for sure. Ben Morris found his way around the course quite happily to score 91, followed by Leon Clifton 90, and a cracking sore from Daryl Langdon 3rd place with 87 …
Read MoreAnother busy day at the club, warmer than of late, but a chilly ( and strong ) Northerly wind always makes the sporting stands even more of a challenge then they normally are ! Some great shooting from Adrian Brooks 94, who took the sporting HighGun followed by Ben Morris 92, and Lee Pitman 89 Adrian’s fantastic high gun score also brought him 1st place by a large margin in the Handicap Competition, 94+22, 116, followed …
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The course setters managed to create another great layout for the sporting today, with some challenging targets. Lovely weather for shooting too, January is being kind to us ! The turnout was great too. High Gun today was a tremendous 97 by Ben Morris, followed by Lee Pitman on 93, and Peter Squires on 91. The Handicap Competition was won by Peter Squires 91+19,110, and Charles Darbyshire 81+27, 108 and Richard Rivlin 79+20, 108 Joint …
Read MoreA cracking day at the club today, though we don’t keep records long enough, it was one of the biggest turnouts that anyone can remember. Thanks to all for coming. Everyone that did shoot today was greeted with a fantastic layout, and decent shooting conditions. There were two (or more) tricky stands, with a going away ‘teal-ish’ pair of targets that was quite tough, along with the pit at the far end of the ground …
Read MoreWe were lucky that as forecast, the weather front passed through overnight to leave much less wind & the rain held off, to reveal an exciting & challenging layout, with quite a few simo pairs. A big climber in the Skeet ground caught a few out, but it was still enjoyable. Spare a thought however for those that set up the course yesterday, in 40mph winds, and continual rain, with temperatures around 3degrees all day, …
Read MoreAn already stiffly set sporting course with some high speed clays was compounded in difficulty by a strong blustery winds and intermittent rain showers – suitable conditions for the first of our Sporting Winter Series. Mark Whillier was high gun with 92 , a good deal ahead of 2nd placed Rob Gale and Ben Morris who shared 2nd place, with 87. Roy Vivash & Dennis Fisher were joint winners of the Handicap Competition with 105, 78+27 …
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End of Autumn 2018 A great autumn series has come to a close, fantastic layouts from the set up team, some great ground developments from those that attended the work party, and we’ve had some great weather. A total of 58 members shot at least one shoot in this series, and 8 attended all 6 shoots. There will be awards handed out at the next shoot to the top 3 HighGun and Handicap. Similar celebratory …
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