Dorset ESP County Championship

 

The first registered sporting shoot has just taken place at Pilford CPC with the club hosting the 2017 Dorset CPSA County sporting championship. With unfriendly weather forecasted it was pleasing to see a reasonable amount of entries to the shoot which was split evenly between registered and club shooters. The shoot - being toughened up slightly to reflect its character - was enjoyed by all with club members welcoming the chance to have a go at some testier targets than they are used to with most coping well (although some mentioned that they would be quite glad 
to see the usual targets next time!) So to the shoot itself - a mix of targets (including quartering, crossing, teal, rabbits, looping, overhead, going away and a battue) - with at least one straight forward clay on every stand (of which there were 7) and a medium to hard target with them to complete the pair, was set with a view to making the shoot attractive to all. One of the harder targets included a crosser on stand 5 which was probably a little too 'stiff' (we have infact nicknamed that trap Viagra!) and with never enough time to test fire the layout first this did catch out many shooters - a lesson learnt there however!  It should also be noted that a Pilford club shooter actually scored 7 out of the 8 on that stand, beating registered and England shots in the process - a very good effort and well done. The weather was mixed with some sunny spells interspersed with heavy showers - not too many thank goodness! - but this didn't seem to spoil the day for most and many took the time to voice their enjoyment of the shoot which is always appreciated. We would like to thank all the refs - mostly committee members - for giving up their time to administer the shoot for nothing other than a free cup of tea/coffee and a bacon roll and to everyone else who put in the effort required to try and make the shoot a success.

Results of the Dorset County Championship are :

1^st – Richard King 45 ex 50 (Dorset County Champion)

2^nd – Mark Cassel (Vet) 44 ex 50 (Dorset Veteran Champion)

3^rd – Paul Thomas 42 ex 50

4^th – Rob Burliegh 41 ex 50

5^th – Gary Emmerson 39 ex 50

5^th – Eric Nix 39 ex 50

7^th – Ian Mulliner 38 ex 50

8^th – E Kelly 37 ex 50

8^th – Charles Palfreeman 37 ex 50

10^th – Mark Harvey 35 ex 50

10^th – Patrick Langdown 35 ex 50

1^st – Lynn Wright (Ladies) 27 ex 50

No junior entries.

 

AA Class Winner - R King

A Class Winner - M Cassel

= B Class Winner - G Emmerson & Eric Nix

C Class Winner - S Harvey