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2019 Essex ABT Championship

The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Saturday 2nd March 2019. Conditions were mixed, though dry with a cool breeze and occasional sunshine.

Chris Wright emerged the Champion with a score of 88, whilst John Haas took the Veterans trophy with 86. Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies trophy with a 66.

Thanks are due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent layouts.

Pictures show David Henshaw presenting the winners with their trophies.

Essex Fourth in South East Regional ABT Tournament

Essex came 4th in the SER ABT on the 28th October. The team scores as follows

1st Kent - 426

2nd Sussex - 424

3rd Oxford - 414

4th Essex - 404

5th Herts - 396

6th Surrey - 387

7th GLN - 376

Callum Thompson came 3rd in the Juniors with 74/100

2018 ABT Championship

The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 10th June 2018. This was in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship.

At the start of the competition a mystery power outage was discovered leaving the acoustic release system un-useable. However, using batteries and button release the competition got underway.

For those used to instant acoustic release the manual button system was a bit of a challenge. But with that said, some good scores were recorded from the large entry and most competitors seemed to take it in their stride.

Maurice Molossi emerged the overall Essex Champion with a score of 85.

Chris Wright took the Veteran's Trophy with an 84 and Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies Trophy with a 74. The Colt winner was Mason Terry with 61.

Thanks are due to Dartford for hosting the event and to Gordon Lee (The Red Baron) for getting the event started on the button.

Pictures show the winners being awarded their trophies & badges by David Henshaw.

Maurice Molossi - Essex Champion Chris Wright - Veteran's Champion

Mason Terry - Colt Champion Pam Dorrington - Ladies Champion

2017 ABT Championship

The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 28th May 2017. In the absence of any Essex ground to hold the event, Dartford kindly hosted it in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship. The conditions were good with warm sunshine and little or no wind.

Despite some trap breakdowns, the competition concluded with David Henshaw emerging the Essex Champion with a score of 84. Peter Hoare took the Veterans Trophy with a 76 and Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies Trophy with 55.

Thanks are due to Dartford Clay Shooting Club for hosting the event and to Hilary Haas and Sonel Tas for their help running it.

Pictures show John Offord, CPSA South East Region Director, presenting the trophies to the winners.

2016 ABT Championship

The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 12th June 2016.

In the absence of any Essex ground to hold the event, Dartford kindly hosted it in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship.

The conditions were variable with heavy cloud, and occasional brightness and rain.

Peter Hoare and Dave Bignell equalled on 90 and a tense sudden death shoot-off saw Dave miss his second target, whilst Peter hit his clean. This confirmed Peter Hoare as Essex ABT Champion, leaving Dave Bignell with the Veterans trophy. Pam Dorrington took the Ladies trophy with 66.

Pictures show Dave Bignell, Chairman of Essex CPSA presenting trophies to Peter Hoare and Pam Dorrington. David Henshaw having just made a new Veterans trophy is seen presenting it to Dave Bignell.

Thanks are due to Dartford Clay Shooting Club for hosting the event and to Hilary Haas for her help in the running of it.

Peter Hoare receiving his trophy from Dave Bignell.

Pam Dorrington, Ladies Champion, receiving her trophy.

Dave Bignell receiving his trophy as veteran's champion

2015 ABT Championship

The Essex ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 29th March 2015 in conjunction with the Herts ABT Championship. Conditions were difficult with rain and gale-force winds and many were caught out as the seven squads competed over two layouts.

John Haas emerged the Essex Champion with a score of 78, leaving Morris Molossi to take the Veteran's title with 75, whilst Hilary Haas took the Ladies with 60.

Pictures below show Nicky Barker, wife of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground owner Martin Barker presenting the trophies.

John Haas, 2015 Champion

Morris Molossi - vets champion

Hilary Haas - ladies champion

ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead, 25th May 2014

The Essex ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 25th May 2014 in conjunction with the Herts ABT Championship.

It was a fine bright day with subtly changing light conditions as seven squads shot over two layouts.

David Izzard emerged the Essex Champion with a score of 92, leaving John Haas to take the Veteran's title with 89, whilst Hilary Haas took the Ladies with 64.

Pictures show Martin Barker, Nuthampstead ground owner presenting County badges to John Haas and Hilary Haas. David Izzard having left the ground earlier.

ABT County Championship – Nuthampstead 21^st April 2013

In ideal weather conditions of sunshine and little or no wind at the Nuthampstead SG, M. Molossi (shown below, right) returned a score of 79 to take the Essex County ABT championship.

David Izzard took the vets title and Pam Dorrington won the ladies.

Unfortunately, no badges were available to hand out and only the senior champion was available at the end of the day to receive his trophy.

The Essex scores were as follows:

M.Molossi             79 Champion
D.Izzard       Vet   79 Vet Champion
D.Henshaw           70
J.Haas         Vet    67
P.Meyler               67
P.Dorrington Ldy   59 Lady Champion
H.Haas         Ldy   53

ABT County Championship – Nuthampstead 24^th June 2012

Strong, gusty winds prevailed at Nuthampstead accompanied by a brief but torrential downpour...

John Haas - Essex ABT County Champion

... despite these setbacks John Haas claimed the County ABT title with an excellent 86; John also claimed the Vets crown and Pam Dorrington took Ladies’.

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	John Haas	86	100
Veteran	John Haas	86	100
Lady	Pam Dorrington	68	100

For a full breakdown of results please click here.

ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead 4th September 2011

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	Phil Meyler	91	100
Veteran	Dave Izzard	85	100
Lady	Pam Dorrington	78	100

Congratulations to Phil Meyler who took the Senior title with 91 ex 100 at Nuthampstead. Dave Izzard took Vets and Pam Dorrington Ladies.

Unfortunately entries were down as there was a clash with the South East Region ABT at Bisley and also another ABT at Rugby.

ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead 3rd October 2010

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	Mo Winters	96	100
Lady	Tracy Meston	77	100

ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 17th October 2009

Nick Garside

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	Nick Garside	87	100
Veteran	Eddie Mills	82	100
Lady	Pam Dorrington	75	100

ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 13th September 2008

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	Dave Lewsey	88	100
Veteran	Bryan Farr	84	100
Lady	Tracy Meston	78	100
Junior	Lewis Steed	78	100

ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 15th September 2007

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	Lew Chapman	87	100
Veteran	Pat McLaughlan	85	100
Lady	Pam Dorrington	73	100
Colt	Aaron Capon	73	100

ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 19th August 2006

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	M. Molossi	83	100
Lady	P. Dorrington	69	100
Veteran	B. Hogg	77	100
Junior	R. Baker	67	100

ABT County Championship - Clacton GC 10th September 2005

Position	Name	Score	Targets
Champion	M. Wintes	96	100
Junior	Chris Orrin	85	100
Veteran	D. Humphries	84	100