Philippa Stroud Charity Shoot in support of Brain Tumour.
Saturday 29th June
10am – 3pm
Oxford Gun Company
The story of an young girl extraordinary who overcame a brain tumour. Phillipa Stroud’s condition was discovered after a trip to the opticians and now ,after successful surgery, the shooting enthusiast will raise money for a cancer charity with an event at the Oxford gun company next month. There’s more in this report.
Thank you to Mark and Graham for today. A very windy day meant some tricky stands reflected in the scores.
Keith 40 Wally 36 Paul b 35 Mark h 33 Jennifer 33 Logan 33 John A 32 John F 32 Anthea 31 Adam 30 Adrian 29 Tod 29 Bill 28 Mark C 28 Geoff w 28 Jim 28 John W 27 James c 27 Richard t 26 Geoff e 25 Celia 25 Jade 23 Michael 22 Shirley 22 Anne 21 Anthony 15 Daniel 12
A very successful shoot at our Quainton shooting ground. So many people out we had to have six squads. Unseasonably warm weather and dry ground.
Tod 47 Paul b 43 Logan 41 Jennifer 40 Geoff e 40 Keith 39 Mark h 39 George 38 Steve b 37 Wally 37 John f 37 Adam 36 Dawn 35 John W 35 James c 34 John e 34 Eli 34 Bill 33 Shirley 31 Charlotte 31 Julian 30 Anne 29 Geoff w 29 Adrian 29 Graham 27 Jade 27 Joanna 27 John A 24 Lana 26 Mike h 22 Callum h 22 Chelsey 17 Celia 15 Lewis h 11 Mike c 5 Guests Simon 32 Ray 35 Lee 45
This Sunday was the return leg of the Welsh Shoot. The day started off wet, with almost torrential rain, but as soon as St Brides Major turned up, the tap was turned off and the morning shoot was sunny and hot. Kingswood started the day in the lead, so it was ours to throw away. We didn’t and increased our lead. Let’s not be complacent, this was I believe the first time we have won the match.
The top 9 team members for each team were used for the overall result: Kingswood 554, St Bride Major 502. This gave an overall result of, Kingswood 1016, St Brides Major 955.
Afterwards, we met in the Crown and Tyford for some beers and a Sunday lunch, and then there was a game of Aunt Sally.
Kingswood High Gun, Martin B.
Saint Brides Major High Gun, Johnny G
Kingswood scores Martin B 65 Del W 64 Tony S 63 Mark h 62 Ian R 62 John G 60 John w 60 John F 59 Dave R 59 James H 59 Paul B 58 John E 58 Tod 56 Dave O 56 Charlotte 55 Mark C 55 Jennifer 53 Graham 52 Steve B 51 Richard C 50 Jess C 49 Geoff E 48 Joe 47 Eli 42 Adrian 43 Bill 42 Lana 34 Celia 33 Geoff W 25 Mike H 18
A final thanks to Brian DB Guns and his team for setting up a good shoot.
Mark h 42 Adrian 42 Keith 41 Tod 37 Charlotte 36 John e 35 Geoff e 35 Graham h 33 Shirley 33 Joe 32 Wally 32 Bryan 31 John A 31 Graham 30 Logan 30 Joanna 30 Jennifer 29 George 28 Simon 28 Geoff w 24 Bill 23 Anne 23 Celia 21 Daniel 21 Tye 19 Callum 19 Lana 19 Mike h 18 Anthony 18 Richard 14 Chelsea 14
Next shoot 18th August. Welsh return
Mark h 45 John f 41 Nick 40 Todd 39 Jennifer 36 Logan 35 Paul b 33 Adam 33 Bryan 32 Geoff e 31 Wally 30 Adrian 29 George 28 Celia 26 Bill 25 Joanna 25 Dawn 24 John a 24 Simon 24 John w 23 Shirley 20 James c 19 Anne 19 Jim 18 Geoff w 17 Anthony 9 Mike c 6
Nice sunny morning shoot, little wind with a couple of tricky stands including the pair of rabbits.
Keith 41 John E 41 Wally 40 Bill 39 Todd 38 Paul 38 Logan 37 Jennifer 36 Charlotte 36 Mark C 36 Steve B 35 Adam 33 John W 33 Bryan 33 Simon 32 Shirley 32 Joanna 29 Joe 27 Josh 27 Dawn 26 Anne 26 Geoff 24 Julian 20
A good turn out today.
Mark H 41 Tod 40 Mark c 40 Paul b 39 Graham 38 John f 37 Jennifer 36 Adrian 36 Geoff e 36 Logan 36 Dawn 35 James c 34 Bill 34 John w 33 Shirley 33 John a 32 Joanna 32 Jim 32 Adam C 31 Phil B 30 George 28 Bryan 25 Jade 25 Josh c 22 Lara 22 Celia 11 Guests Charlotte 39 John E 38 Gary W 33 Simon 30 Steph 23 John F 18
Next practice shoot is 7th July
A lovely morning’s shooting with some tricky stands. Thank you Brian, Dawn, William and the Team for setting up the Shoot.
There were some issues and complexities in setting up the shoot. One field was out of action because of the long grass. On the second field, we also had the power people handing off the pylons and also driving up and down the road. The shoot had to be stopped on a couple of occasions to allow vehicles to drive up the road.
The work on the power cables is to allow two new towers to be built where the cables cross over the proposed HS2 line. These towers will be taller than the existing towers, raising the height of the power lines over the to be built line.. The work where we are is necessary because the tables need to be taken down and placed on some temporary towers while the new towers are built.
Mark Hill 44
Adam Carter 36
Tod 36
John Ford 36
Wally 35
Logan 35
George 35
Nick 34
Pete Bickmore 33
Shirley 32
Bryan 29
John Whittey 29
Anthea 29
Bill 29
Geoff E 28
Jade 28
Paul B 27
John A 26
Joanna 25
Lana 24
Dawn 24
Steve B 24
Julian 21
Anthony 16
Graeme 14
Celia 11
Mike C 11I am writing to inform you that it is necessary for the club to increase the shoot costs as of 1st June as follows for all future practice shoots:
Members: £10:00
Juniors (under 16): £5:00
Non members: £15:00
This has been brought about by a number of factors based on the continual rise in the cost of clays and the fact that we no longer partake in the League shots. Being in the league gave the club 2 benefits in that it raised a sum of money especially when the weather was fine which led to greater numbers attending so boosting monies raised on the day. We have also lost out in that we no longer have the benefit of the pick-ups from these shoots during the year, which has then been reused during practice shoots so keeping the number of clays that have had to be bought down throughout the year.
As you will be well aware the practice shoots have been fixed at £5:00 for many years and while we have been able to offset this in relation to the points above this is no longer viable.
It should be remembered that even with this revised cost the practice shoots still offer exceptional value even at £10:00 for a 50 bird shoot.
Adrian Thwaites
Chairman
Kingswood Gun Club