Practice Shoot at Ludgershall -15th October 2017

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A good shoot today at Ludgershall in some rather warm weather for October, cloudy and a bit of wind as Hurricane Ophelia was speeding towards Ireland.
 
Here are the scores
 
Pete B 46
Gerry 42
Jennifer 40
Brian 39
Steve B 37
Adrian 36
Geoff 35
Eli 33
Jim 31
Todd 30
Bill 22
John 22
Anthony 16
Mark Cooper 17
Joe 7/30
 
Next practice shoot is 5th November at Doddershall 
Regards

Practice Shoot at Doddershall – 1st October 2017

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What a great shoot yesterday!! Many thanks to all who helped in the setting up. Some tricky stands but all shootable – or so I am told. My shooting wasn’t up to spec! Results as follows. This time everyone shot out of 50.
Pete              46
Mark Hill         44
Todd              43
Jerry             38
Adrian            36
Nick              36
Wally             33
Mark Cox          33
Tony              33
Geoff             30
Steve             28
Eli               26
Amanda            24
John              23
Shirley           22
Anthony           22
Richard           19
Celia             16
Bill              14

As Adrian has said, we sold over half of the hats and I will take the rest to the next League in case anyone who is shooting wants one. It was very nice to welcome Jerry and hopefully we will see him on a regular basis.  Best wishes. Shirley

 

 

Practice Shoot at Ludgershall – 17th September

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Here are the scores for today’s practice shoot. As some of you Shirley a 60 bird there are 3 sets of scores 

 

Mark 48/50
Pete 45/50
James 41/50
Jennifer 38/50
Warns 38/50
Sandra 35/50
Geoff 34/50
Anthony 18/50

Guest
Pat 36/50

Wally 38/60
Shirley 36/60
Eli  35/60
Bill 32/60

 

Next shoot will be October 1st at Doddershall.

BBQ and Fred Dymock Trophy Shoot

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What a great turnout for the Trophy shoot on Sunday.

I know that Adrian has given his thanks to everyone for the day, but I would just like to add mine. Huge thanks go to Brian and Dawn and William with all their willing helpers in setting up – what turned out to be a fun shoot with some tricky but hittable traps (but not by me)!!

The bbq appeared to be a great success and all thanks to everyone who helped in the organisation and work – you know who you are.

Please see below the results from the trophy shoot. 
Congratulations Sandra.
A good day had by all and a couple  of potential new members.
A great turnout. See you at the next shoot.

The results are out of 60 which includes your score on the 2 person flurry.

Mark Hill 55
Peter B 55
Jackie   52
Paul C.  50
Mark Cox. 49.5
Kelvin   49
Todd.   47
Warna.  47
James H. 46
Sandra H. 44
Dean.   43.5
Adrian. 43
Mark Blake. 40
Jim goss.  39
Bruce.  39
Tony Holt. 39
Paul B.  38
Wally.   38
Geoff.  37.5
Eli.       37
Nick.   36.5
Amanda.  35.5
Shirley. 35
Bill.   34.5
Jennifer Goss. 33
John Anderson. 32
Chris Fisher.   29
Tracey.     28
Anthony miller.  26
Celia  25.5
Sophie.    17.5

After the handicap was applied Sandra Holstead won the Fred Dymock trophy.

Welsh Match

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We had a brilliant shoot against the Welsh on Sunday.  There was a great layout for the 72 bird shoot, including a pair of bounding rabbits.  The scores on the whole were pretty high, with top gun (Mark) breaking 67 clays.

Taking the top 10 scores from both teams.
Both scored 580 on the day, yes a draw.
Well done all.
As the Welsh  beat us in May by 20 clays. They  once again took the  trophy  home.
Better luck next time.
 
After the shoot, lunch was served at the Crown washed down with beer.  I am sure the Welsh team were drinking G&Ts at one stage.  We waved goodbye to them at 5.33 as they made their way home on their buss.  I saw at least two cold boxes making it on board. The party was going to continue.

Practice Shoot at Doddershall – 6th July 2017

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James   34
Nick    28
Warna   28
Paul    28
Tod     28
Adrian  28
Dawn    26
Sandra  23
Tony    23
Brian   23
Pat     23
Graham  21
Jack    21
Chris   20
Amanda  20
Mark    17
Eli     16
Anton   13
Eddy    13

Well done everyone. I gather that the stands were quite testing, but a great fun flurry finished the day. Big thanks go out to Brian and Dawn and their team of helpers for “putting on the show!”

Mid year meetings 21st June 2017

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Chairman opened the meeting with thanks to everyone for coming.

  • It has been a successful first half of the year with good attendance and new members.
  • The treasurer gave us an update of accounts to date

Total Income £3561.50
Expenditure £2400.55
Profit £1160.95
Bank balance £4236.01
Float £1090.75

  • It was agreed we need more cages at the practice shoots.
    We will collect the ones we have from Graham and affix them onto the sides of the trailer.
  • It was discussed about trap maintenance. It was agreed that all traps were working sufficiently.
    The new remotes were a good investment
  • Adrian brought an image of a proposed Kingswood Gun Clun baseball cap.
    I will email this out to all members for feedback on whether people would be interested in buying one.
  • It was agreed that due to the increasing number of members we would increase the committee by 2.
    Brian (Nominated by Shirley and 2nd by Jennifer)
    Celia (Nominated by Callum and 2nd by Eli)
  • Trap replacement – Agreed we would visit this when it is required, as above all existing traps are in working order.
  • Insurance on the trailer and traps – Shirley has already done some work on this but has not found a suitable solution. I will contact CPSA and Adrian will contact BASC.
  • It was discussed if we should come out of the league – It was decided we will continue until the AGM in November and try and encourage more members to attend.
  • We also discussed starting our own league shoot.
    To start with it was agreed we would invite a local team to join us at one of our practice shoots to see how it would work.
    Brian will contact a club and we will fix a date.
  • It was also suggested that we use the 3rd Sunday as an informal shoot, no cards and the opportunity to practice on the stands you find most difficult rather than do 10 on each stand.

Shooting grounds

  • Doddershall will remain the 1st Sunday of every month
  • We will be able to shoot at Ludgershall after 1st July and then rotate with Quainton for the 3rd Sunday

Events

  • Welsh return – Adrian to contact Gerald and propose dates of the 3rd Sunday in August and 1st Sunday in September
  • It was also discussed that we would hold the Trophy shoot and club BBQ on one of these date.
    A family BBQ to be held at Quainton.
    Callum offered to get the sausages and burgers
    Wally will supply the Barbeque
    It will be bring your own drinks (Alcohol only permitted after the shooting)
    We will ask members to supply a bowl of salad
    We will set up a small shoot and some Air rifle targets for the kids to have a go
    A small charge will be made to cover costs.

Guests

  • It was agreed that whilst it is good to have new interest into the sport, it does question safety.
  • It was agreed if you bring a guest to the shoot you will remain responsible for them during the time they are with us.
  • You will need to email the secretary and let them know that you are bring a guest and advise if they are non-shooters that will need to borrow a gun and have a designated practice stand set up.

 

Overall a positive meeting and looking forward to a successful 2nd half of the year

Closing of meeting 9.40pm