ESSEX Website : County News & Events
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County Championships 2024
OT - Sunday 25th February - Nuthampstead
ABT - Sunday 10th March - Nuthampstead
UT - Sunday 17th March - Nuthampstead
Sportrap - Saturday 30th March - Clacton
DTL - Sunday 28th April - Mayland
Helice - Sunday 12th May - Invicta Ground
Super Sporting - Sunday 26th May - Eriswell Lodge
Single Barrel - Sunday 30th June - Mayland
All Round - Saturday 6th July - Clacton
Skeet - Saturday 27th July - Clacton
Sporting - Sunday 18th August - Eriswell Lodge
FITASC - Sunday 25th August (Saturday will open if Sunday becomes full) - Eriswell Lodge
Skeet Doubles - Saturday 31st August - Clacton
Compak - Saturday 28th September - High Lodge
Double Rise - Sunday 29th September - Mayland
Olympic Skeet - Sunday 29th September - National Shooting Centre
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Essex Sporting Championship 2023
The Sporting Champs were held at Redricks Sporting Clays. It was an extremley hot day with temperatures well into the 30's. The wind picked up a lot in the afternoon and certainly made it that bit harder for afternoon shooters.
Overall Champ - James King - 88 (on countback)
Veteran Champ - Keith Williamson - 85
Lady Champ - Nadine Gilder - 79
Junior Champ - Eddie Lockwood - 75
Colts Champ - Emily Chumbley - 73
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Essex Skeet Championship 2023
The Essex Skeet Championship was held at Clacton Gun Club on Saturday 24th June 2023. There were some great scores put in and it was a scorcher of a day.
Overall Champ - David Billington - 100
Veteran Champ - Gary Bridger - 99
Lady Champ - Gill Billington - 94
Junior Champ - Eddie Lockwood - 87
Colt Champ - Emily Chumbley - 92
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Essex Super Sporting Championship 2023
This event was held at Redricks Sporting Clays on Sunday 14th May 2023. Thank you Phil for putting on a great and enjoyable round of clays.
Overall Champ - Todd Bridge - 95
Veteran Champ - Robert Humphreys - 89
Lady Champ - Nadine Gilder - 88
Junior Champ - 89
Colt Champ - Emily Chumbley - 79
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Essex Super Sporting Champs 2023
The above event is being held on Sunday 14th May - if you wish to shoot it please book in with Phil on 07836676654 to secure your place as this is a sqadded event.
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All Round Championship 2023
Clacton held the event for the County on Saturday 15th April
Overall Champ - Robert Humphreys - 92
Veteran Champ - Robert Humphreys - 92
Lady Champ - Nadine Gilder - 83
Junior Champ - Eddie Lockwood - 79
Colt Champ - Arthur Cutter - 63
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FITASC County Championship 2023
High Lodge held the event over Easter weekend - Saturday 8th and Monday 10th April 2023
Overall Champ - Stuart Clarke - 93
Veteran Champ - Stuart Clarke - 93
Super Veteran Champ - John Price - 80
Lady Champ - Tracey Riddington - 68
Junior Champ - Eddie Lockwood - 62
Colt Champ - Not Contested
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Compak County Championship 2023
High Lodge held the event on Saturday 25th March 2023
Overall Champ - Chris Orrin - 98
Lady Champ - Nadine Gilder - 92
Veteran Champ - Paul Burrows - 92
Super Veteran Champ - Tim Butcher - 84
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Essex Universal Trench County Championships 19th March 2023
The third and final 2023 fast trap county championship was the Universal Trench at Nuthampstead shooting ground. Once again the Essex county had a full cohort of competitors covering all classes from Veteran to Junior. After the first 50 targets it was all to play for with Chris Wright trailing Chris Banks by a single target but over the second half of the day the younger of the Chris’ started to pull away, eventually taking the Essex high gun on a 90. Chris Wright took the veteran trophy and second overall on an 84. Eddie Lockwood took the Junior title on a great 79 with his Mum, Lorna, taking the Ladies title home. Big thank you to Ed and Nicky at Nuthampstead for hosting us once again and giving us great facilities to shoot in.
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Essex Automatic Ball Trap County Championships 12th March 2023
The Essex ABT county championships were once again held at Nuthampstead shooting ground this year and the wind made for an interesting day of shooting with the slower ABT targets barely getting off the ground on some occasions. After the first round Chris Wright had one hand on the trophy but a strong fight back from Ian Lockwood and Chris Banks meant it was all to play for on the last round with Chris Wright eventually taking high gun on an 85 by a single point from his challengers, both finishing on 84. Steve Carter took the veteran title on an 81, Eddie Lockwood the Juniors on a 76 and Katie Durrant emerged ladies champion on a 74. As usual, thanks go to the Nutty team for putting on a great shoot.
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Essex Olympic Trap County Championships 26th Feb 2023
Freezing cold conditions and strong Northerly winds greeted the shooters on Saturday 26th Feb for the Essex County OT championships at Nuthampstead shooting ground. The cold, wind and ever-changing light made for a challenging day shooting. After four very cold rounds Chris Banks emerged as the Essex High Gun with Dave Izzard taking home the Veteran trophy and Eddie Lockwood shooting OT for the first time winning Juniors. Special thanks go to Ed and Nicky at Nuthampstead shooting ground for putting on such a well run event.
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2023 Championship Dates
Olympic Trap - 26th February 2023 - Nuthampstead
ABT - 12th March 2023 - Nuthampstead
Universal Trap - 19th March 2023 - Nuthampstead
Compak - 25th March - High Lodge
FITASC - 10th April - High Lodge
All Round - 15th April - Clacton Gun Club - DATE CHANGED FROM JULY
DTL - 30th April - Mayland Gun Club
Super Sporting - 14th May - Redricks Sporting Clays
Skeet - 24th June - Clacton Gun Club
Sporting - 25th June - Redricks Sporting Clays
Sportrap - 1st July - Clacton Gun Club
Skeet Doubles - 19th August - Clacton Gun Club
Olympic Skeet - 9th September - Bisley
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Minutes from the Essex CPSA AGM held at The George, Newland Street, Witham on Wednesday 25th January 2023 at 7.30pm
There was over 60 Essex members at the AGM which on previous years is a fantastic turn out – thank you to everyone who attended!
- Apologies for absence
Dave Orrin, Mac
- Minutes from 2022 AGM
All in agreement they are accurate and correct. Proposed by Jon Willis and seconded by Phil Moss. There were no matters arising from them.
- Chairman’s Report
Todd didn’t have a lot to say other than well done to everyone who won in 2022 and who shot for Essex across all disciplines.
- Treasurer’s Report
Luke reported that currently there is a few issues with the bank account – mainly being switching over to electronic and needing a load of signatures. We will look to swap the bank accounts to another bank once this is sorted. Money in both accounts is still looking healthy and we have a total just shy of £10,000 in total and are still waiting for some levy money to come in. The most money each year goes to badges but hopefully this will reduce slightly with the new way in which we will be ordering the badges.
- Committee Members Reports
Nadine read out Chris Orrin’s report which covered Sporting, Fitasc and Super Sporting and the winners from the County shoots. Nadine then covered the All Round and Sportrap champs that were held at Clacton Gun Club.
Glen covered Skeet and All Round. Essex actually put in an All Round team in 2022 for the National Intercounties. Dave Billington won high gun and the Vets and Juniors teams were both winners. Essex won the South-East Intercounties Skeet Championship in 2022. 2022 was the year that Glen set up the 4 Counties Challenge. This consists of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Essex won the first challenge. Overall was a good year for Skeet and hopeful 2023 will be even better.
Steve covered DTL and Double Rise. Unfortunately the Helice champs ended up being cancelled but Essex shot well at Bisley for the DTL but not so well at Northampton.
Jon reported on Olympic Skeet. A championship went ahead in 2022 and we entered the Inter Counties. The CPSA can offer funding to help with regards to things like Olympic Skeet so this might be worth looking into. With regards to Juniors we are trying to look at some events that we can get Juniors and Colts into.
Chris Wright reported on UT and OT. Essex haven’t done so well in 2022 but have never missed a South-East Region Intercounty shoot as everyone is very competitive. Nuthampstead continues to be the best ground to hold the Championships as it is a premier ground.
- Iain Parker – CPSA
We were lucky enough to have Iain Parker from the CPSA join our AGM this year. Iain talked about changes that have happened or that are in the pipeline for the CPSA and the sport as a whole. The debate about steel and lead cartridges came up as well as the proposed name change from CPSA to CTSA. There was also a Q&A section – thank you Iain for attending, it more than made up for previous years where no one has attended so we appreciate it.
BREAK AND RAFFLE
- Election of Chairman
No one stepped forward or got nominated to be Chairman. Todd was happy to do it again and was voted in again as Chairman.
Proposed – Mark Burrows
Seconded – Nigel Gilder
- Election of the committee
The committee were all happy to remain as they are, however Luke would like to step-down part way through the year when the bank accounts have been changed over to a new bank. Phil Moss came onto the committee and Dave Orrin resigned from the committee. Chris Wright although not officially on the committee is going to step aside and pass things over to Chris Banks who, going forward will do the reports etc for UT and OT.
Treasurer – Luke Riddington
Secretary – Nadine Gilder
Vice Chairman – Jon Willis
Committee Members
Chris Orrin, Phil Moss, Glen Defreitas, Steve Carter
- Any other business
The committee explained to everyone present that when it comes to the AGM we would like to do it differently. We have so many trophies missing and don’t always get a good number of people at the AGM we are wanting to change it to a presentation evening AGM where all trophies and badges are given out to all disciplines and winners. This will hopefully be an evening where parents and partners can be invited, food and drinks on offer as well as the normal raffle. This will hopefully then keep all trophies in check and they will all remain in 1 place. The date to get these trophies back will be decided at the next committee meeting.
We also have new Essex Clay Shooting Team clothing. This can be purchased from Personalise in Witham. They have a website and a mini shop dedicated to the Essex CPSA.
Meeting closed at 9.44pm
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AGM VENUE CHANGE
PLEASE NOTE THE AGM VENUE HAS NOW CHANGED TO THE GEORGE PUB IN NEWLAND STREET IN WITHAM, CM8 2AQ.
BEST PLACE TO PARK IS NEWLANDS DRIVE CAR PARK OR WE BELIEVE NEWLANDS STREET/HIGH STREET IS FREE AFTER 7PM WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
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The Essex AGM will be held at the White Hart pub Newland street, Witham, CM8 2AF on Wednesday 25th January 2023. Arrive at 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Free bar and buffet provided.
There will also be a raffle which is shaping up to have some fabulous prizes from cartridges to tuition lessons.
Iain Parker the CPSA Cheif Executive will be attending the AGM and will be happy to take on any questions anyone may have for him.
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Essex County Championships 2023
Olympic Trap - 26th February 2023 - Nuthampstead
ABT - 12th March 2023 - Nuthampstead
Universal Trap - 19th March 2023 - Nuthampstead
DTL - 30th April - Mayland Gun Club
Skeet - 24th June - Clacton Gun Club
Sportrap - 1st July - Clacton Gun Club
All Round - 15th July - Clacton Gun Club
Skeet Doubles - 19th August - Clacton Gun Club
FITASC - TBC
Sporting - TBC
Super Sporting - TBC
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Essex CPSA Committee Meeting 7.11.2022
- Meeting opened at 8pm
- Glen reported the Skeet teams had done well at National Intercounties and that the Ladies team had won.
- Had an Olympic Skeet Championship which we don’t usually have.
- Sporting – the Essex team won the Southeast region
- AGM to be arranged for Wednesday 25th January – free food and drink, raffle, 7pm for 7.30pm start – Todd to arrange with pub
- John to find the next venue for our new idea with the AGM – 80-100 people
- Todd to ask around about hog roasts
- Simulated clay game for the AGM
- John has offered his time to do the PULL magazine reports ongoing – Nadine to pass over all relevant info and John to update the CPSA
- Get the 2023 championships sorted in all disciplines
- Get new clothing for the “Essex County Clay Shooting Team” – make it universal to all disciplines. To include polo shirts, t-shirts, beanie hats, baseball caps, hoodies, sweatshirts and in a burgundy colour
- Trophies – get all trophies returned to committee members for the bigger and better AGM. Get all missing trophies replaced and re-engraved
- Meeting closed at 9.30pm
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Essex Olympic Skeet Championship - Bisley - Sunday 25th September
The Essex Olympic Skeet championship was held in conjunction with the South East regional competition at Bisley on Sunday 25th September. On what turned out to be a glorious late summer day we had a range of Essex shooters turn out to compete from first timers to seasoned Veterans and everyone hit some targets and enjoyed the day.
The Essex Senior Champion was Harry Willis who placed 5th in the overall competition and won his class, the Essex Junior Champion was Mac Kempton who placed 3rd in juniors overall and the Essex Veteran Champion was Tony Briddock.
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South East Region Intercounties Teams For FITASC & Sporting
FITASC - Redricks 15th/16th October
Seniors
Adam Cocker
Laurie Greenleaf
Nigel Gilder
Robert Humphreys
Todd Bridge
Ladies: Tracey Riddington
Junior: Eddie Lockwood
Veteran: Ian Schweir
Super Veteran: John Price
Sporting - Redricks 9th October
Seniors
Adam Cocker
Chris Orrin
Stuart Lodge
Clive Scase
Tom Webb
Ladies: Nadine Gilder
Junior: Eddie Lockwood
Colt: Emily Chumbley
Veteran: Ian Schweir
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South East Region Intercounties - Olympic Trap - Nuthampstead 21.08.2022
Last year Essex were winners but not repeated this year.
Essex came 4th o/a. Essex HG was Tyler Minter on 86/100 (9th) and Emma Ralph 3rd in the Ladies on 73/100
County scores as follows - (1st) Greater London 419/500,( 2nd) Berks - 415/500, (3rd) Herts - 396/500, (4th) Essex - 389/500, (5th) Oxon - 382/500, (6th) Surrey - 365/500.
Great weather , lightening targets; doesn't get better than that but we didn't perform as expected ... that's sport !!
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Essex CPSA Committee Meeting 8.8.2022
- Meeting opened at 8pm
- FITASC team has been sorted for the Southeast Intercounties
- Try and get a Sporting team together for Nationals at Doveridge
- Glen reported that Essex won the Southeast Intercounties this year and that selection shoots are going ahead as normal
- Steve reported that a team was being put together for Bisley for the Intercounties and that the Helice champs didn’t go ahead due to illness
- John reported the Olympic Skeet Southeast Intercounties was also incorporating the Essex Champs on 26th September
- Juniors and Colts – what can we do to get more of them into the sport? We could start going to country shows and having a small set up, young farmers, speak to the Fennes about a young shots day – last planned day couldn’t go ahead due to covid. We could ask top shots to help and do a young shots day also.
- Badges – the committee have decided that badges will only now be purchased after the events have taken place. Too much money is being wasted on having dated badges made when a lot of disciplines don’t have Colts or Juniors enter meaning they have to be thrown away.
- AGM – the committee have decided to try and do a different kind of AGM ongoing. We want to start collecting all trophies up and then present them every year at the AGM to all the winners along with their badges and make a night of it with food, drink, raffles and other things to make it an enjoyable night for all.
- Look into new venues for the presentation evening and package deals.
- Committee agreed to sponsor a stand at Bob Smith’s charity clay shoot as well as put in an amount to go towards the charity – Todd to sort signage for the cage.
- Next meeting 7th November
- Meeting close 10pm
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Essex FITASC Championship - Redricks Sat 6th/Sun 7th August 2022
County Champion: Stuart Lodge
Veteran: Stuart Clarke
Super Veteran: John Price
Lady: Nadine Gilder
Colt: Eddie Lockwood
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Just a short note to report on the above SER ABT held at Nuthampstead SG.
Essex ended up 3rd o/a.
Sussex -.445/500
Berks -442/500
Essex - 432/500
Surrey - 423/500
Oxon - 378/500
Chris Wright (Essex) was joint runner up on 93/100.
High Gun was A. Ismet (Berks) on 94/100.
Vet HG - P. Chambers (Surrey) on 83/100
Lady HG - C. Ismet on 87/100.
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Essex All Round Championship - Clacton Gun Club - Saturday 30th July
The Essex All Round Championship 2022 took place on 30th July. Despite clashing with the National Game Fair and the British All Round Championship, it still had an excellent attendance of 40 entries.
Laurie Greenleaf posted an excellent score of 92 on the very first squad out. Dave Billington on the very last squad of the day posted a score of 93 to take the championship.
Rob Humphries scored 90 to take the Veteran Title, and there were no Juniors on the day. The colts (both of them) decided to draw on 74 in the competition which led to a shoot off using single barrel DTL as the layout. E Lockwood started with nerves missing the firs 3 target, whilst G Billington hit the first 3 making it look very one sided. As the round progressed Eddie rallied but it became clear that both were feeling the tension, and at the "unload and check scores" it was declared another draw on 17 each. It went to sudden death on peg 3 where Eddie hit the 1st target, and George missed his, giving Eddie the Colt title.
Overall - D Billington - 93
Vet - R Humphries - 90
Lady - K Durrant - 81
Colt - E Lockwood - 74
Report from Graham Cave
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I submit herewith the Essex Universal Trap Team to compete at the SER Intercounties at Bisley on the 31 July 2022 as follows ie.
Seniors
Dave Henshaw
John Haas
Dave Izzard
Chris Banks
Chris Wright
Veteran
Steve Collins
The team has been selected from the results of the County Championship in March this year.
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Intercounty Dates 2022
- DTL - 4th September 2022 at Bisley Gun Club
- Helice - 25th September at Invicta
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Minutes of the Essex CPSA AGM held on Wednesday 16th March 2022 at the White Hart in Witham
Committee members present
Nadine Gilder – Secretary
Dave Bignell – Vice Chairman
Luke Riddington – Treasurer
John Willis
- Apologies for absence
Nigel Gilder, Laurie Greenleaf, Todd Bridge, Ian Schwier, Glen Defreitas, Merv Howe, Mac, Stuart Clarke
- Minutes from 2020
These were the last minutes due to Covid and they were all signed off as accurate by John Willis and Dave Bignell and there were no matters arising from them
- Chairman’s report
Ian was not present but wanted to step down from the role
- Treasurer’s report
Luke confirmed there was virtually no income last year due to Covid but there is still just under £10,000 in the account so compared to most counties we are looking very healthy.
Covid has meant SE Region amount went from £1500 2019 to £250 2021.
We need new ideas of how we can spend our money rather than it just sitting there year on year.
The current account will be closed as an old account and all monies will go into a new account that has online banking.
- Committee Members Report
Dave Bignell wanted to thank Chris Wright for doing what he does and for his work when it comes to OT, UT and ABT.
All badges have been ordered and will be ready any time now.
John Willis who deals with Juniors and Colts wasn’t able to organise any taster days due to Covid restrictions but hopes to plan something for 2022. Southend Gun Club are keen to do something. Once organised dates will go on Facebook.
The biggest yearly expense is badges but in 2022 hopefully a lot of missing trophies will be replaced.
- Election of Chairman
Nadine Gilder has previously spoken with Todd and he was happy to be the new Essex Chairman. Nadine Gilder proposed and Dave Bignell seconded.
- Election of the Committee
All other committee member were voted in. Nadine, Luke, Glen and John to remain as they are with John also taking on Vice Chairman with Dave stepping down. Chris and Dave Orrin to come on as committee members and to take on Sporting, FITASC, Compak, Super Sporting, Sportrap. Steve Carter had already been accepted onto the committee before the AGM and is taking over DTL, Single Barrel, Double Rise and Helice. Chris Wright although not on the committee will continue to sort out the disciplines he deals with.
- AOB
The SE Region levy is going up to £3, so should the Essex levy go up to £3 from £2 in 2022 – majority ruled no so this remains at £2 for the 2022 season.
Pull Magazine – Nadine bought this up but unfortunately no one in the room wanted to take it on.
Meeting closed at 21.13pm
Bank account closing balances as of 31st December 2021
Community Account - £4686.00
Account - £5272.89
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The Essex Universal Trench Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Sunday 20th March 2022.
This was held in conjunction with the Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire UT Championships.
Taking place in mid March, the cold wind once again got to the competitors as well as the targets. The saving grace being the light conditions which were mainly sunny with some white cloud. This allowed the targets stand out against the impressive Nuthampstead banked background, resulting in some excellent scores.
David Henshaw won the Championship with a score of 86, followed close behind by John Haas who took the Veterans Trophy with 85.
Those keeping an eye on the Essex Trap results will be aware that Dave & John have now taken both of these trophies at all of this year's Essex Trap Championships. But not only that, in some cases, for the second year running.
Thanks are due again to Nicky & Ed Barker of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground, for staging another perfectly run Championship on their superb Trap layouts.
Picture shows the winners left to right: John Haas Vet Champion, David Henshaw Champion and Essex Trap organizer Chris Wright.
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Sunday 6th March 2022.
This was held in conjunction with the Hertfordshire ABT Championship.
There was a very cold wind crossing the ranges, that the covered layouts gave no protection from. As well as affecting the targets, some competitors were buffeted by these cold blasts and were clearly chilled to the bone.
John Haas emerged the Champion with a score of 87, whilst David Henshaw took the Veteran's Trophy with 79. Katie Durrant won the Ladies Trophy with 59.
Thanks are once again due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent Trap layouts.
Picture shows the winners left to right: John Haas, Katie Durrant and David Henshaw, together with Essex Trap organizer Chris Wright.
The Essex Olympic Trap Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Sunday 27th February 2022.
This was held in conjunction with the Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Olympic Trap Championships and had a good turnout.
Conditions were cold & breezy but with blue skies and unbroken sunshine. This not only made for a pleasant day, but also gave good visibility to the fast Olympic Trap targets.
The overall Essex Champion for the second year running, with a score of 84 was John Haas. The Veteran Trophy was taken by David Henshaw on 79, also for the second year running.
Many thanks to Ed & Nicky Barker of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground, for once again staging a faultless competition on their superb Trap layouts.
Pictures show the winners collecting their trophies from Essex Trap organizer Chris Wright.
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Essex ABT Championship 2021
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Essex Team Olympic Trap
The proposed Olympic Trap team for the SER Inter-counties on the 25th July 2021 is af follows
John Haas
Dave Henshaw
Tyler Minter
Jay Hudson
Chris Wright
Emma Ralph - Lady
Dave Izzard - Vet
Callum Thompson - Junior
Team badges will be awarded on the day
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Coaching With Stuart Clarke
Updated 13.02.2021
2 Time World Sporting Champion Stuart Clarke is offering discounted clay shooting lessons from 29th March 2021 whilst adhering to Covid rules.
Instruction is minimum 2 hours and anyone booking a lesson/s gets their first booking of this season discounted by 50%.
Stuart has won multiple championships and shot in the British and England team 48 times.
He teaches all techniques which best suits the individual alongside pre-shot routines and the mental game, and can cater to all abilities.
Please contact Stuart directly at clarkeshooting@aol.com or 07723353508.
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Essex County Championship Dates 2021
The following County Championshiops are due to take place at Nuthampstead.
Sunday 18th April - ABT
Sunday 25th April - OT
Sunday 20th June - UT
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Essex AGM 2021
The Essex AGM usually held in January will be postponed until a time we will be able to physically hold the meeting.
If you have any queries in the mean time please contact a member of the committee.
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Essex County Championships 2021
Olympic Trap - Sunday 7th March 2021 - Nuthamptead
ABT - Saturday 13th March 2021 - Nuthampstead
Universal Trap - Sunday 14th March 2021 - Nuthampstead
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New Year 2021 - Updated 14.11.2020
With there being a lot of uncertainty about what we will and won't be able to do next year, there are a few things the committee has already agreed on and put into place for the 2021 season.
County Championships (Sporting, FITASC, Compak, Sportrap)
As of 2021 (whether Covid is still around or not) if there are any ties for the title trophies the winner will be decided by countback instead of giving the title to the person that was there until the end or a shoot off. This has been decided certainly during current times as shooters are supposed to shoot and then leave the ground to clamp down on social distancing but we think this is also fair moving forward year on year.
AGM 2021
We are booking the White Hart in Witham as usual for the 2021 AGM for sometime in January just in case this can go ahead, however if Covid still doesn't allow this we will be having a committee AGM via Zoom. If any Essex shooters want to raise any concerns or have any topics you need us to discuss or iron out please get in contact with Ian or Nadine as soon as possible. We will update you all on this nearer to the time.
DTL
The committee are in need of someone from the DTL disipline to come onto the committee and give their input/feedback and to look after the DTL shooters. If this is of interest to you please get in contact.
Selection Shoots 2021 (Sporting & FITASC)
In 2021 Essex will not be holding any selection shoots to get into the Sporting of Fitasc teams. Instead we will go through the rankings and pick the team this way. We tried this year to hold selection shoots. We managed 2 before Covid put a stop to the rest.
Trophies (Sporting, FITASC, Compak, Sportrap)
Unfortunately there are a lot of missing trophies currently within the above disiplines. We have made the decision to replace all these missing trophies and because of this, as of 2021 all main trophies will be held by the committee and will not be able to return home with the winners unfortunately. To make up for this, we are instead going to be purchashing little tophies that are specially engraved with the winners name and what they won. The main trophy will of course be engraved also and will be put on display at a ground for all to see. The small trophies will then be handed out at the AGM the following year (won in 2020, gets given to you at the 2021 AGM) and the winners have something they can keep. This has been a yearly topic and we think that this is the best way to protect the trophies and their history.
We ask that all current trophy holders return the trophies they have at the 2021 AGM or beforehand to either Ian, Nadine or Dave Bignell. Once they have been collected (we currently know who has what) we will then get the missing ones replaced and re-engraved.
If anyone has any queries please get in contact with Ian Schwier (ianschwier@me.com) or Nadine Gilder (nadine.gilder@sky.com).
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Pull Magazine - 14.11.2020
There have been some concern/complaints about how little goes into the Pull magazine every month. Unofrtunately it is impossible to put anything into the magazine unless shooters within the county update Ian/Nadine on what does go on, who wins what etc. Please, if you have anything to say however big or small even if it is about yourself, do get in contact so these things can be put into the magazine and onto the website.
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Sporting Championship 2020 - Barrow Sporting Clays - Sunday 18th October 2020
Overall - Stuart Clarke - 98
Veteran - Stuart Clarke - 98
Lady - Nadine Gilder - 81
Junior - Harry Willis - 76
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All Round Championship 2020 - Clacton Gun Club - Saturday 10th October 2020
Overall - Nigel Gilder - 90
Veteran - Ian Schwier - 79
Lady - Katie Durrant - 78
Junior - Katie Durrant - 78
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Compak Championship 2020 - High Lodge Leisure - Saturday 3rd October 2020
Overall - Stuart Clarke - 96
Veteran - Stuart Clarke - 96
Super Veteran - Graham Gooday - 89
Lady - Nadine Gilder - 82
Junior - Katie Durrant - 76
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FITASC Championship 2020 - Eriswell Lodge - Sunday 21st August 2020
Overall - Adam Cocker - 94
Veteran - Stuart Clarke - 94
Super Veteran - John Price - 86
Lady - Nadine Gilder - 86
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Sportrap Championship 2020 - Clacton Gun Club - Saturday 25th July 2020
Overall - Chris Orrin - 95
Veteran - Graham Gooday - 87
Lady - Nadine Gilder - 89
Junior - Katie Durrant - 82
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Essex Compak Championship 2020
The Essex Compak Championship will take place on Saturday 3rd October 2020 at High Lodge. Please contact Andy Coppen at High Lodge to secure your place.
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Essex Sporting Championship 2020
The Essex Sporting Championship will take place at Barrow Sporting Clays on Sunday 18th October 2020. At this stage it is not known if shoots will still need to be booked in advance so it might be best to speak to Ben at Barrow 07912 497000.
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Essex FITASC Championship 2020
The Essex FITASC Championship (will also be the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambs Champs) will be held at Eriswell Lodge on Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August 2020. This will be run on the old FITASC system, squads of 5 shooting straight through. Please contact John Dyson to secure your place now.
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Essex Skeet Doubles Championship 2020
The Skeet Doubles Championship will now be held at Dartford Gun Club on Sunday 16th August. Please contact Glen DeFritas to secure your place.
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Essex Sportrap Championship 2020
This is to be held at Clacton Gun Club on 25th July 2020 and Clacton are now taking bookings and prioristising Essex shooters. Please contact Graham Cave to secure your place on 07394670871.
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Southend Gun Club
All Southend Gun Club competition fixtures are cancelled until the beginning of October 2020, however they will be doing practice on these days but please before just turning up contact Tony Mihill on 07968476881 as there will be limited numbers of guests allowed (any members allowed) onto the ground at any 1 time.
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Essex All Round Championship 2020
This event is still being held at Clacton Gun Club. It was supposed to be on 13th June but is now going to take place on 10th October 2020.
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Essex Skeet Championships 2020
The Essex Skeet Championships will now be held at Dartford Gun Club on Sunday 19th July 2020. Please contact Glen DeFritas to secure your place.
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Clacton Gun Club
Due to the Covid 19 guidelines of operation and gun safety rules, Clacton have had to cancel the Essex Skeet Championships on 11th July 2020 and have replaced the day with a registered Sportrap (not a Championship). Apologies to all Skeet shooters.
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Clacton Gun Clun Update 02.06.2020
Clacton Gun Club will re-open on Saturday 27th June 2020.
Entry will be telephone booking ONLY - 07394670871.
Please do not attend the ground if you do not hane a booking time, and only arrive 10 minutes before your start time. Stay in your vehicle or very near by until you are called.
The clubhouse will remain closed and there will be no refreshments available. Please bring drink and food with you if you need it.
Please leave as quickly as possible after your round.
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Statement from Clacton Gun Club - 17.05.2020
Clacton Gun Club Update 16th May 2020
Clacton Gun Club still remains closed and will not be offering “Pay and Play” Clay Shooting
It is great news the CPSA have announced that Clay Shooting has been approved to re-start by the Government in a “play and pay” format with registered competitions to follow later.
There are a number of grounds in the area who are fully capable of offering and controlling pay and play shooting under the present terms, however Clacton Gun Club has never offered this as its primary function so will remained closed.
Once registered competitions are re-introduced, Clacton Gun Club will review the rules and guidance needed to resume, and once happy that all aspects can be covered and met, only then re-open.
We thank our members for their patience and hope we will soon be able to invite you back to the ground.
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For all Corona Virus related news from the CPSA, please visit their website
https://www.cpsa.co.uk/news/coronavirus-covid-19
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Unfortunately we have lost another great Essex shooter. George Allen sadly passed away on Wednesday 22nd April 2020. He was always a joker and a much loved shooter in Essex and he will be greatly missed.
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It is with deep regret that we announce that sadly Mike Hookham passed away on Sunday 29th March 2020. He was a much loved shooter and was also very involved in Maplestead Gun Club.
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CLACTON GUN CLUB IS CURRENTLY CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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ESSEX GUN MASTERS AT HEPWORTH HALL 2020 IS CANCELLED AND IS BEING HELD 12TH-18TH APRIL 2021
(Not CPSA related so apologies but wanted to let as many know as possible that shoot it that may not use social media)
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South East Intercounties 2020
| Date | Disipline | Ground |
| May 31st | Down The Line | Mayland |
| June 27/28th | English Sporting | Southdown |
| July 5th | Olympic Skeet | Southend |
| July 12th | Automatic Balltrap | NCSC |
| August 9th | Olympic Trap | NCSC |
| August 23rd | Universal Trench | Nuthampstead |
| September 6th | Helice | Invicta |
| September 27th | English Skeet | NCSC |
| October 15-18th | FITASC Sporting | Southdown |
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County Championships 2020
All This years County Championships
ABT - Nuthampstead - 01/02/2020
Olympic Trap - Nuthampstead Shooting Ground - 23/02/2020
Universal Trench - Nuthampstead Shooting Ground - 15/03/2020
Compak - High Lodge Leisure - 06/06/2020 (Proposed)
All Round - Clacton Gun Club - 13/06/2020
Skeet - Clacton Gun Club - 11/07/2020
Sportrap - Clacton Gun Club - 25/07/2020
All Round Challenge - Clacton Gun Club - 8/08/2020
Skeet Doubles - Clacton Gun Club - 31/08/2020
Sportrap Challenge - Clacton Gub Club - 26/09/2020
Essex UT Team Runners up in SE Regional Tournament
The South East Region Intercounties Universal Trench Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 29th September 2019. The conditions were mixed with the odd shower and changing light. Our Essex Team consisted of Chris Wright, Dave Izzard, Dave Henshaw, Chris Banks, John Haas and Veteran Richard Banks. Despite an excellent effort including 25 straights by both Chris Wright and Dave Izzard, Essex were runners up to Greater London by only 12 targets. Greater London scored 448 to Essex's 436 in a very close run competition which should only spur Essex on in the future. The other county teams competing scored as follows: Hertfordshire 425/500, Sussex 415/500, Oxfordshire 409/500 and Surrey 377/500. At the time of writing, the same Essex team members are preparing for the National Intercounties ABT Championships for which we wish them Good Shooting!
Once again thanks go to the Barker family of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground for hosting another faultless event.
Essex Team Runners up in SE Skeet Tournament
The South East Inter Counties Skeet Tournament was held on a slightly damp day on the 22nd September at Bisley.
Sadly we had a bad start as Alex Garcia's gun broke the day before so he had to use an ill fitting gun. Our senior team totalled 482 for second place behind Oxford on 488. Scores Glen Defreitas 99, Dave Hendon 97, Nigel Cullinane 97, Alex Garcia 95, and David Billington 94. Glen Defreitas won A class and came 2nd overall after a 4 way shoot off. Our junior, Harry Willis, won juniors with 92. Our lady Katie Durrant was runner up on 90 after a shoot off. Well done to all squad members for their efforts. We now look forward to the National Inter County championship at Dartford gun club.
Side-by-Side Competition
The Essex and Herts Side by Side Competition will held on October 27th 2019.
70 Targets over 7 Stands @ £25.00. Prizes for the winners.
10 am until 1 pm Last Entry @ 11am
STRICTLY FIBRE WADS ONLY
For all enquiries email robert.parry30@ntlworld.com or contact our Facebook Page. Facebook/EastwickSG
Essex Sporting Championship
Congratulations to Chris Orrin for winning the Essex sporting championship today at hepworth hall. Chris shot a fantastic score of 114/120 to win the sporting. Stuart Clarke shot a 115/120 to win the ambassador promatic auto challenge and the vets title. Nadine Gilder shot a 93/120 to come joint first in ladies and win the Essex ladies. Juniors winner was Harry Willis and colt was Tom McCluskey.
Dave Billington Wins the Essex Skeet Doubles Championship
September the 7th was the day of the Essex Skeet Doubles Championship at Clacton Gun Club. Dave Billington's 93 was good enough to win him the title, with Katies Durrant being the Ladies champion, George Billington taking the colts title and Gary Bridger the vets. See skeet-doubles for photos of the winners.
Essex UT Team Announced
The team for this year's South East Regional Universal Trap Championship to be held on the 29th September has been announced as follows:
Seniors - Dave Izzard, Dave Henshaw, John Haas, Chris Banks, Chris Wright.
Junior - Callum Thompson
Lady - Emma Ralph
Veteran - R J Banks
Reserve - Maurizio Molossi
Essex Olympic Trap Championship
A cool, breezy day met the competitors for this year's Olympic Trap Championship held at the Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on the 7th September. Overall champion was David Izzard with a scor eof 87.
See olympic-trap--otr for the full report and photos.
South East DTL Championship
The 8th September was a beautiful day which added to the participants' enjoyment of the South East DTLK Championship held at the Mayland and District G.C. Toby Bean scored his first ever 100/300 to take the overall Championship.
See dtl-results for a report and photos.
Essex Sportrap Championship
The 10th August was a blustery day with occasional heavy rainshowers making the refereeing very difficult for the Essex Sportrap Championship held at Clacton Gun Club. Kevin Norfolk won the overall championship with an amazing score of 92. Dave Bignell's 85 won him the veteran title. There was a tie for the Lady's championship title with Nadine Gilder and Katie Durrant both scoring 77. Unfortunately, Nadine was unable to return for a shoot-off so Katie was pronounced the champion.
Kevin Norfolk (Champion) and Katie Durrant (Lady Champion) Dave Bignell (Veteran Champion)
Sportrap Challenge
Thanks to Clacton gun club for hosting the Essex Sportrap challenge, at the end of the event we had a tie between Trevor Hearn and Peter Mayhew both with a score of 91. Trevor had left the ground and was contacted, but unable to return for a much anticipated shoot off, Peter (pictured below left receiving the trophy from Dave Bignell) was crowned champion for 2019 well done to him.
Essex Helice Championship (19th May)
The beautifully scenic hillside that is Invicta shooting ground in Tonbridge, Kent, was the venue for the Essex Helice Championship and Essex Helice shooting Team selection shoot. While the day started a little overcast, the wind was kind and weather relatively warm. Despite the good shooting weather those pesky ZZ birds still proved very difficult for some of us. Not so for young Mason Terry (14 yrs old, pictured below) who when the dust had settled, took the overall champion title and is now the youngest Essex Helice champion of the last decade. Alongside him Jessica Byard (12 yrs old) continues her recent good form and secured the Essex Ladies champion title while stalwart Graham Woodman took the veteran title. The rest of us had to settle for a great day out and a place in the Essex team. A massive thank you goes to Chris Potter and the entire team at Invicta for hosting the event and organising everything for us and of course the ladies in the kitchen that as always kept us fed and watered throughout the day. If anyone hasn’t tried ZZ / Helice, you really should give it a try, you never know, you may just find a hidden talent for it and go on to represent GB internationally as I have had the pleasure to do. To all the other non essex, Helice shooters that attended today’s shoot, well done all, see you soon we hope.
Sporting Championship Date Set
The 2019 Essex Sporting Championship will be held over five days from Wednesday, 4th September to Sunday, 8th September at Helpworth Hall.
Compak Championship Date Set
The 2019 Essex Compak Championship will be held on Saturday 14th September at High Lodge.
Essex Skeet Championship
Saturday, 22nd June finally showed what June weather should be: very warm with a slight breeze - ideal conditions to hold the 2019 Essex Skeet Championship. The new champion is Dave Hendon who shot 97 ex 100. Ladies champion was Katie Durrant with a 96, the same score as Colts champion Harry Willis and Steve Todd memorial shield winner Mark Burrows. Gary Bridger won the Veterans title on 93. Congratulations to you all and many thanks to everyone who turned up for their participation. Thanks too, to Andy Riva and his team at Clacton Gun Club for making everyone so welcome.
left to right: Katie Durrant, Mark Burrows, Dave Hendon, Harry Willis, Tom McCluskey, Gary Bridger
County Skeet Team Announced
The Essex team for the South East Regional inter-counties tournament has been announced as follows:
Seniors
- Alex Garcia
- Dave Hendon
- David Billington
- Nigel Cullinane
- Peter Stanton hope
Lady
- Katie Durrant
Junior
- Harry Willis
Colt
- Tom McCluskey
Veteran
- Ray Simmons
Essex AllRound Championship
Saturday, 8th June was, without a doubt, a miserable day with heavy rain and strong gusting winds – not ideal conditions for the 2019 Essex AllRound Championship held at Clacton Gun Club. A good turnout still made the effort and well done to all of you. K. Williamson took the Overall title and the Vets Championship with a score of 85. Katie Durrant (pictured below) won the Ladies Championship with 69, H Willis’s 74 won the Juniors and M Coham took the Colt’s title with 52. Thanks to Clacton G.C. for hosting the event.
Krieghoff Classic Success for Essex Shooters
Several Essex experienced success at the Krieghoff Classic. Lee Byard was the overall runner up, his daughter – Jessica Byard - won Silver in Colts while another Essex Colt Mac Petherbridge won the Bronze in Colts and in C Class for the main event.
Date Change for Essex Skeet Doubles Championship
Please note a change of date for the Essex Skeet Doubles Championship from the 14th September to a week earlier, the 7th September.
England Skeet Team Selection Shoot
A number of Essex shots competed in the first round of the England Skeet Team Selection shoots at Dartford Gun Club over the weekend of the 28th and 29th April. Glen Defreitas, Alex Garcia, Nigel Cullinane, John Lowrie, Tracy Lowries, Dave Hendon and Amanda Foster all competed. Alex hit 195 ex 200 for 8th place, and both Glen and Nigel shot 193 ex 200 for a share of tenth place. We wish them all well in the coming rounds
Essex Universal Trap Championship
The Essex Universal Trench Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Saturday 16th March 2019. It was held in conjunction with the Cambs and Herts UT championships.
Chris Wright emerged the Champion with a score of 82, whilst Dave Izzard took the Veterans trophy with 81. Pam Dorrington won the Ladies trophy with a score of 60.
See universal-trench for more details and photos from the event.
South East Region’s Intercounties Championship
Essex achieved a creditable fourth place in the South East Region Inter-counties Championship, held at Southdown Gun Club over the weekend of the 16th/17th March. Stuart Clark shot 93/100, just two shots behind the overall winner, Guy Franklin from Sussex, but the remainder of the team just never managed to meet their own high expectations in difficult conditions.
Essex Sportrap Championship - Change of Date
The Essex Sportrap Championship will now take place on the 10th August at Clacton Gun Club, changed from the week after as previously published.
Chris Wright Wins 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 (pictured below) 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.
See abt for more details and photos.
South East Region Inter-Counties Olympic Skeet Date
The Southend Gun Club will be hosting this year's South East Region Inter-Counties Olympic Skeet Championship on Sunday, 12th May 2019.
Essex Olympic Skeet Championship Date Change
Due to a clash with a selection shoot at NCSC, the date of the Essex Olympic Skeet Championship has been move to Sunday 12th May.
Essex UT Championship and Team Selection
The date has been set for the Essex UT Championship. This will take place on the 16th March 2019 at Nuthampstead GC and will be combined with the Hertfordshire championship. It will also act as the selection shoot for the S. E. Regional Inter-counties UT championship due to take place the following week on the 24th March.