The Welsh Shoot

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On Sunday 8th May, a small group of Kingswood shooters made the trip to St Brides Major to shoot at their local ground. St Brides Major club ground is in a quarry, accessed by a narrow road, thankfully we met no vehicles coming the other way. This shoot has been regularly held for as long as I have been a member of the club. Invariably the weather, despite being in Wales, is invariably good. This year was no exception, and the sun shone brightly. The shoot for us is challenging, we are shooting against a cliff face, or up a steep hill through vegetation. We have rarely won this round of the shoot, and this year was no exception. St Brides Major beat us. We did come away with a consolation prize, Mark H scored the high gun of a bottle of whisky. Tradition was this was drunk on the coach home. No coaches today, so no drinks on the way home.

After the shoot we had Sunday lunch at the Star in Wick. The beer was excellent, I had a pint of all the draft beers. The roast beef lunch was excellent with plenty of gravy, vegetables, and beef.

Looking forward to the return match when Kingswood hosts the match. This is expected to be in July.

Practice Shoot at Doddershall 1st May 2022

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Practice Shoot at Doddershall 1st May 2022

Weather a bit chilly but at least the rain held off till we finished.

Mark H       42

Wally        38

Helena       37

Adrian       35

Graham H     35

Paul B       34

Anthea       34

Joe          34

Geoff E      34

Callum       33

Dennis       33

Dawn         33

John F       33

Celia        30

Tod          30

Simon P      30

Tye          30

Steve B      29

Tony H       29

Graham C     29

Bill         28

Andy P       27

Shirley      26

Bryn         23

Lewis        22

John A       20

Kelsey       19

Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th April 2022

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Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th April 2022

The shoot was on Friday because of Easter. It was felt many would be having family lunches on Easter Sunday. A pleasant change was we were shooting at the Quainton ground. We have not shot there since 15th August. Shooting had stopped because of the work being performed by HS2. A new hard standing area and access to the HS2 site had been built. The railway had also been removed.

The shoot was our usual five stands. There was a special award for the first straight on each stand, an Easter egg. High Gun – Mark Hill 46, High Lady – Helena 40 and High Junior – Joe 41

Mark H       46

Graham H     45

Tye          45

Pete         44

Mark C       42

Wally        42

Joe          41

Luke         41

Mike H       41

Helena       40

Graham C     40

Paul         40

Steve        39

Dean         39

Tod          38

Jim          38

John F       38

Anthea       37

John A       37

Lewis        36

Callum       35

Geoff E      35

Tim          34

Jennifer     33

Dawn         32

Bill         32

Gemma        31

Fin          30

Shirley      29

Kelsey       26

Dennis       26

Celia        23

Bryn         21

Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd April 2022

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Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd April 2022

Lovely dry day for a shoot, though a cold start for the day.

Mark H         47

Tod            45

Helena         43

John F         42

Graham H       42

Pete B         40

Dawn           38

Paul B         38

Tim            38

Steve          37

Wally          37

Lewis          37

Adrian         35

Graham C       35

Luke B         35

Simon          35

Tye            33

John A         33

John W         32

Bill           31

Geoff E        31

Fin            31

Callum         31

Dennis         30

Jake B         30

Joe            30

Geoff W        30

Shirley        27

Anthea         24

Celia          23

Andy P         23

Kelsey         20

Bryn           14

Roger          13

Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 6th March 2022

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Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 6th March 2022

A break in the rain allowed the land to dry out and us to shoot. We shot on the Ludgershall land instead of Doddershall. Parking was on the roadside to reduce compaction and damage to the field. I was careful not to put the gun down in some of the puddles on the field. 

Mark       43

Tod        40

Graham H   38

Graham C   38

Wally      36

Geoff E    35

Pete B     35

Dawn       34

Tye        34

Lewis      33

Finn       32

Luke B     30

Simon      29

Kelsey     28

Joe        28

Bill       28

Celia      25

Steve      25

Jake B     25

Johnny     24

Callum     24

Shirley    22

Tim        20
   

Andy P     19

Practice Shoot at Doddershall 6th February 2022

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Practice Shoot at Doddershall 6th February 2022

Despite the early morning rain and gales, the clay target shoot went ahead. The clays were decidedly frisky, with many making off in a random direction as the trigger was pulled. Despite the wind and cool weather, Mark still managed to shoot in his T shirt. It was a good decision to proceed with the shoot, the sun did come out. We must thank Brain and his team who set up the shoot. They did this in the cold driving horizontal rain, ready for us as the sun came out.

On non-shoot days, many of us shoot at other grounds. There is a WhatsApp group, administered by Adrian the chairman. On this group we discuss where we might shoot so we can form a group to go around together. If you would like to join the group, please contact Adrian.

Mark H     39

Pete B     39

John       36

Graham H   35

Wally      35

Helena     32

Steve      32

Joe        32

Chris S    31

Tod        29

Paul       28

John A     27

Jennifer   27

Lewis      27

Tim        26

Geoff E    25

Tye        25

Dawn       22

Daniel     22

Geoff W    22

Luke B     21

Shirley    21

Callum H   20

Anthea     20

Finn       20

Mike H     20

Bill       19

Dennis     19

Jake B     18

Jim        17

Adrian     15

Kelsey     13

Roger       4

Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 16th January 2022

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Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 16th January 2022

Our previous shoot was cancelled because of waterlogged fields. Todays shoot went ahead, there has been very little rain during the last couple of weeks, and the ground could withstand the vehicles. Today started off very foggy, clearing during the shoot and ending with bright sunshine. There appeared to be some high scores this week, has Bryan judged our shooting ability and taken pity on us.

Robin      43
Pete B     42
Steve      41
John F     41
Charlotte  41
Adrian     40
Graham C   40
Mark H     40
Graham     40
Jennifer   40
Wally      40
Mark C     39
John E     38
Anthea     38
Lewis      36
Geoff E    36
Daniel     36
Todd       36
Tim        34
Luke       34
Fin        33
Callum     32
Dawn       32
Jake       32
Bill       30
Jim        30
Rich       30
Geoff W    29
Celia      24
Roger      24
Mike C     24
John A     23
Graeme KC  23
Mike H     22
Kelsey     21

Fred Dymock Trophy Shoot at Ludgershall 19th December

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All, hope you all enjoyed the Christmas shoot this morning – we were fortunate the weather kept dry and we were treated to bacon rolls for breakfast – cooked by Helena, sausage rolls made by Dawn and mince pies and sweet goodies provided by Ann.

Wally

Winner of the Fred Dymock Handicap Shield

Tod

High Gun.

Jennifer

High Lady

Callum

High Junior

Winner of the Flurry

 Tod, Paul and Geoff W.

Scores

Tod              43 - High Gun

Wally            42 - Winner of the Fred Dymock Handicap shield.

Jennifer         41 - High Lady

Mark H           40

Pete B           40

Graham H         39

Paul             38

Charlotte        37

Callum           36 -   High Junior

Robin            36 (Guest)

Helena           36

Joe              35

John E           35

Adrian           34

Dawn             34

Geoff E          33

Tye              33

Jim              31

Lewis            31

Geoff W          30

Andy P           30

Simon            30

Fin              30

Anthea           30

Bill             29

Graham C         29

Kelsey           27

Tim              27

Dennis C         25

Steve            25

Celia            24

Tony H           24

John A           21

Luke B           21 (Guest)

Mike C           18

Practice Shoot at Doddershall 5th December 2021

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The weather was cold but kept dry. Thank you to Kelsey for baking choc chip biscuits and to Ann for the 3 choices of homemade cakes. Hope to see you all on the 19th for the Christmas shoot.

Paul         46

Pete         43

Joe          38

Graham H     35

Mark H       35

Jennifer     34

Helena       34

Mike H       33

Wally        33

Tod          32

Geoff W      31

Anthea       30

John A       29

Jake (Guest) 29

Graham C     28

Shirley      27

Dawn         27

Mark C       27

Tye          27

Bill         26

Kelsey       25

Celia        24

Callum       24

Roger        21

Geoff E      21

Dennis       21

Mike C       19

Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 21st November

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A cool bright day with a gentle breeze. Some demanding stands, though all hittable.

Pete B      42

Tod         35

Wally       35

Graham C    33

Nick C      33

Mark C      33

Jennifer    32

Adrian      32

John E      32

Paul        29

John W      28

Logan       28

Bill        28

Anthea      28

Shirley     28

Dawn        27

Steve B     27

Tye         27

Charlotte   26

Mike H      25

Geoff E     24

Kelsey      21

Geoff W     19

Andy P      17

Roger      14