A very hot morning brought everyone out. Thanks Ann for the tea and cake. Glad to see you back on your feet.
Scores for today
Members
Mark C 42
Pete 42
Paul 38
Jennifer 37
Wally 37
Steve 36
Todd 36
Brian 33
Jim 32
Adrian 32
Shirley 31
Keith 30
Richard 30
Mark Cooper 29
Warna 25
Dawn 24
Celia 24
Geoff w 24
Bill 23
Joe 19
Geoff E 17
Jade 14
Guests
Anne 30
Joshua 22
Chelsea 12
Next shoot August 5th at Doddershall
The day was sunny, dry and warm to be shooting for the Roger Phillips Trophy. Roger was a former member of the club, a fun guy who always had a joke. This trophy shoot is held to remember him. He would be pleased to know that 27 members and 2 guests where there to honour him. There are still a few older club members who knew him from the old days. The trophy was awarded on a handicap system. I think I was listening, this is how I understood the methodology.
The result was Nick won the handicap shoot.
| Name | Stand 1 | Stand 2 | Stand 3 | Stand 4 | Stand 5 first 5 clays | Stand 5 second 5 clays | Handicapped Stand total | Handicap | Competition Stand Total | Final score |
| Nick Druce | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| Geoff Wwalker | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| Jim Goss | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Mark Hill | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Bill Tompkins | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| Steve Blesdale | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| James Halstead | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Jennifer Goss | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| George Dallas | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| Anthony Birt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Brian Catrwright | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Adrian Thwaites | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Wally Edwards | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Celia Philips | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Mark Cox | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Dan Stone | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Dawn Cartwright | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| Geoff Ewers | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| Peter Bickmore | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Amanda Druce | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Sandra Halstead | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| dom | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Kevin Eele | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| John Anderson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Keith Day | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Shirley Edwards | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Paul Batson | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Todd Phillips | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
The results without the handicap are listed below.
After a very hot morning here are the results of the shoot
Mark Cox 44
Gerry 44
Paul 41
Brian 39
Callum 38
Wally 38
Todd 38
Dan 37
Shirley 37
Nick 35
Eli 35
Mark cooper 34
Adrian 32
Warna 31
Jennifer 30
George 30
Geoff Ewers 30
Steve 30
Bill 28
Amanda 25
Geoff walker 21
Tony 19
Anthony 16
Guest
Oliver 38
Pat 38
Phil 36
Carl 17
Next week is the Crown league shoot at Poundon
Congratulations to Nick for being the Best Improver at this Winter League. Kingswood achieved a well deserved second place in the final handicap. Overall we were fifth.
| Club | Total points | ||||
| Akeley | 62 | 1st | |||
| Crown | 54 | 2nd | |||
| White Lion | 49 | 3rd | |||
| Nags Head | 38 | 4th | |||
| Kingswood | 26 | 5th | |||
| Marston Marauders | 21 | 6th | |||
| Handicap Final | |||||
| Club | Total | ||||
| Akeley | 621 | 1st | |||
| Kingswood | 598 | 2nd | |||
| Nags Head | 585 | 3rd | |||
| White Lion | 585 | 3rd | |||
| Crown | 569 | 5th | |||
| Marston Marauders | 556 | 6th | |||
Shoot on a lovely warm day at Quainton.
It felt that summer has at last arrived. Cloudless sky, lush green grass and a very light wind. We were entertained by a Spitfire performing some aerial acrobatics at the coffee break. A big change from the previous Sunday’s league shoot which was bitterly cold. We had some 31 shooters turn up creating five squads.
The White Lion leg of the league shoot was held on the 29th April on a bitterly cold day. Congratulations to Jennifer for winning the Ladies High Gun.
I thought that I would update you all on the success of the Welsh shoot down at St Brides on Sunday.
I think for the first time ever the club did not need to hire a minibus as everyone drove down independently with many lift sharing to all meet at the Fox and Hounds car park for 10:00am. There were a record 21 shooters in total from Kingswood along with club friends. We then drove to the quarry and were warmly met by Gerald and the club. As usual the format was a 72 bird shoot held over 6 stands and we were split into mixed squads with one of their shooters heading each squad.
Shooting in a quarry has many challenges as there is no blue sky but a rock face. To assist in spotting the clays, orange coloured ones are used, and this helps. The shooting was challenging but nothing was impossible to hit even if the kill rate of each target varied.
The high score for the day was 56 and our high gun was 53.
After this we all went to The Star Inn at Wick for a great lunch where the results were announced, 460 to St Brides and 448 to Kingswood. So we lost by a mere 12 birds. We are looking forward to overturning this when they attend the return leg with us in August.
Great day shooting yesterday and very good turnout.
We welcomed a new member in George and two guests in Geoff and Brock, both of whom have expressed a desire to join the Club.
The results:-
Callum 42
Dan 42
Keith 42
Brian 42
Paul B36
Geoff E 36
Eli 35
Dawn 35
Tod 34
Nick 32
Brock 32
Wally 30
Shirley 27
George 25
Amanda 24
Mark C 23
Richard 23
Celia 21
Bill 18
Geoff W 13
Anthony 12
Many thanks to Dawn and Brian from DB Guns for supplying the coffee and tea. Also Dawn for the bread pudding and Amanda for her cakes – very much appreciated.
Also thanks to all those who helped to set up and to clear away afterwards.
Have a great week everyone and good luck in Wales to all participating.
Results for the Day
1st Crown 331 12
2nd Akeley 329 10
3rd Nags Head 317 8
4th Kingswood 291 6
5th White Lion 274 4
6th Marston Marauders 250 2
League Total Points
1st Crown 12
2nd Akeley 10
3rd Nags Head 8
4th Kingswood 6
5th White Lion 4
6th Marston Marauders 2
