Minutes of the Essex CPSA AGM

Held Tuesday, 8^th February 2017

At The Half Butt, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4ET

 

 

Committee Members Present

Luke Riddington	Treasurer (acting chairman for the meeting)
Richard Boutcher	Secretary
Glen DeFreitas
Ian Schwier
Oliver Wilde
Lee Byard

 

1.    Apologies for Absence

Were received from: Dave Bignell, Asif Mitha, Matt and Jeff Bone, and Diane Boutcher.

2.    2015 AGM Minutes – Matters Arising

There were no matters arising so approval of the minutes was proposed by Judy Lock, seconded by Linda Leeder, and accepted unanimously by the members.

3.    Chairman’s Report

In Dave Bignell’s absence, Luke Riddington read out the report below. The items in italics were added by Luke & Richard Boutcher on the day:

“Dear All

Firstly, thank you attending and giving of your valuable time, unfortunately I cannot be with you tonight as I will be landing in Perth Australia, and I had to rearrange our departure to arrive earlier than originally planned.

This year has seen the departure of Paul Burrows from the committee and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him on your behalf for the work he has put into the Essex CPSA this year. We also lost a long-time member of this committee Billy Logan who ran the DTL S Barrel and double rise for us, he left us all far too early after a valiant struggle with the big C and he will be missed by all who knew him.

We now have three new members on the Committee Glen Defreitas, Oliver Wilde and Lee Byard who have volunteered to step into the void, so many thanks to them. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the other members of the committee for the work they have done this year especially too Luke for looking after the accounts so well, and to Richard who has this year been secretary, web master in charge of the skeet teams & my advisor and friend, and what a great job he has done in all roles.

This year I arranged with members of the Suffolk CPSA to have an Essex V Suffolk challenge @ Clacton Gun Club, we jointly purchased a smart new trophy and decided that our first challenge would be an all-round competition. Sad to say Essex came second and not by just a few targets it was a sound thrashing so well done Suffolk, and they will be hosting this year’s challenge date, venue and discipline to be announced soon.

This year has seen the Essex shooters hold their own in the inter-counties and national competitions, with special mention to the Essex Ladies who won the National championships in Skeet and All-round, what a great achievement from three lasses Pam Dorrington, Judy Lock and Diane Boutcher. Diane also won the county and ladies overall title at the South East Inter-Counties Skeet championship

Thanks to all who have taken part in the championships this year it makes the task of arranging them well worthwhile if we get a good attendance. Once again, this year we had a lack of junior and colt entries so if you know a youngster who enjoys shooting try and get them to come along, they are the future of our sport and we need to encourage them as much as we can. Also thanks to the shooting grounds, Clacton, Mayland, Southend, Dartford, Hepworth Hall and Highwayman’s for holding shoots for us to enjoy, without their assistance we would be lost.

I would also like to thank two members who give up their time to arrange Trap shooting events they are Dave Henshaw and Chris Wright, without their help this year some championship shoots may not have been so successful.

Well That’s enough from me so please enjoy yourselves this evening and if you have any suggestions how we as a committee could do better please speak up, and we will do what we can to make 2017 a great year for Essex shooting.

Your Chairman Dave Bignell”

 

4.    Treasurer’s Report

Luke Riddington distributed the current summary of accounts for the county, stating that some county levies are still due to come in. These still show healthy balances.

There being no specific questions regarding the accounts, Richard Boutcher proposed that they be accepted, Ian Schwier seconded, and the members voted unanimously for their approval.

 

5.    Committee Members’ Reports

• More disciplines will be added to the county sporting calendar, even if these are not registered
• In future, badges will be produced before any shoot where they will be required so that they can be distributed at the event where possible
• He has obtained some sponsorship with a proposal to use it to provide skeet vests for county team members. See AOB for further discussions on this topic

6.    Election of Chairman

As required by the constitution, Dave Bignell stood down at the meeting (he was not in attendance). Luke Riddington asked if there were any other nominations for the post but none were forthcoming. Dave had already stated that he was prepared to stand again, so Richard Boutcher proposed him as chairman, Lee Byard seconded the motion and the members voted unanimously for him to stay in the position for the next year.

7.    Re-Election of the Committee

The remaining officers of the club were re-elected en-masse. This was proposed by Bill Logan (Snr), seconded by Nigel Gilder, and voted in by the members.

8.    Eastern Region Report

Unfortunately, due to illness, no-one from the region was able to attend this year’s Essex AGM. It is understood that a report will follow.

9.    CPSA National Report

Due to a clash of dates, John Offord was unable to attend this year’s Essex AGM.

10.  AOB

Ian Schwier introduced Bradley Faulkner who has set up a shoot near Southminster in Essex and is planning to run some registered sporting and maybe other disciplines such as Compact. He is also able to run at least one of the sporting selections shoots for the county team.

 

Ian is also keen to encourage more women, colts, and juniors into the sport. To that end he offered to run a try-out shoot at his own premises in Boxted, comprising a BBQ and some have-a-go stands for members of shooting men’s families and friends.

There was a lengthy discussion regarding how best to use the sponsorship that has become available. Various suggestions were made, including:

• County skeet vests, held centrally and made available to team members for county representative events
• Pay entry fees for representative competitions
• Purchase sweatshirts to keep
• Purchase lightweight jackets to keep
• Team members to purchase a skeet vest to keep, with some subsidy from the sponsorship fund
• Sponsor to provide caps

This led to a discussion regarding standardising the attire for people competing as members of the Essex teams. The trap disciplines already do this, and photographs of the team in their standard skeet vests (costing approximately £90) were shown around the meeting. Anyone fortunate enough to shoot for England is forced to wear standard attire which they must purchase themselves.

The general consensus of opinion was that there should be and that this should be published on the website.

Both issues will be considered by the committee, costs investigated (Lee Byard will find out the costs of the vests used by the trap discipline teams currently and submit these to the committee for consideration as the standard for Essex teams) and a conclusion made to be taken forward.

Judy Lock requested that team organisers should share contact details amongst the team so that car sharing, squad times, etc. can be arranged between team members.

Ian Schwier emphasised the fact that the committee is trying to get better and really wants to promote the sport in the county. Phil Dyer says that he will believe it when he sees it. The main organisational problems seem to be in the sporting disciplines, although it was pointed out that these events are often held over two or more days unlike the other disciplines that county teams compete in.

There was a request that the website be improved. Richard Boutcher reported that the software provided by the main CPSA has many constraints which make it difficult or impossible to improve the presentation of the information provided.

However, the content can only be improved if the general shooting public provide reports and photos for publication. Consequently, another appeal was made for people to send in their own reports rather than expect others to do it.

11.  Close

The meeting closed at 22:05 following refreshments and a raffle draw.

Many thanks to the following who all sponsored raffle prizes:

• Chris Theobald from High House Skeet
• Conner Logan from Maylands GC
• Eastern Sporting
• Essex Guns
• Glen Defreitas from Shrove Hill Shooting Ground
• Paul Burrows from Lawnfield Shooting Club

 

 

 

 

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Minutes of the Essex CPSA AGM

Held Tuesday, 9^th February 2016

At The Royal Oak Great Stambridge, Rochford, SS4 2AX

 

Committee Members Present

Dave Bignell	Chairman
Luke Riddington	Treasurer
Richard Boutcher	Acting Secretary
Paul Burrows
Billy Logan

 

1.Apologies for Absence

Were received from: Zack Palmer, Terry Greenfield, and Diane Boutcher

2.2015 AGM Minutes – Matters Arising

Ian Schweir raised some issues, but these are reported as AOB below rather than as matter arising.

There being no other comments, approval of the minutes was proposed by Scott Greenfield, seconded by Mark Burrows, and accepted unanimously by the members.

3.Chairman’s Report

Dave Bignell gave thanks to a number of people: Darren Sweeney for taking on the skeet responsibilities for 2015 and for having been a member of the committee for some time (now retired from the committee); Chris Wright for his work organising the specialist trap disciplines; the various ground owners such as Andy Riva (Clacton), Billy Logan (Maylands), Barry Dobbs (Southend), and Hepworth Hall. He also thanked the committee for their continued support, and the staff of the Royal Oak for their hospitality.

Essex teams had had some success at National Inter-Counties’ Tournaments. The Olympic Trap team had won their discipline in resounding style and, at their first attempt at this level, the All-Round team had won their tournament with 21-year-old Lewis Steed taking the overall individual title – all despite getting a very poor start time at Northampton which meant the team spent the event looking directly into the low midday sun.

Dave went on to mourn the lack of premiere grounds in the county, resulting in some events having to move outside of Essex. In particular, the ABT Championship currently has no home in the county. Various suggestions were made from the floor and these will be considered by the committee.

There have been a number of complaints to the committee regarding the processing of new and renewal certificate applications. Many shooters within the county are having to manage with temporary certificates with the average time to complete the process currently taking around seven months and with this delay increasing rather than the backlog being cleared.

Issues have been raised during the year regarding clashes of events, such as the Essex Sportrap Championship clashing with the English Open. Dave explained that the dates are generally set by the grounds and not the committee and that the calendar is very congested so some clashes are almost inevitable. However, he will speak to the ground owners to see if anything can be done to avoid such clashes.

4.Treasurer’s Report

Luke Riddington distributed the current summary of accounts for the county. These still show healthy balances leading to some discussion regarding the use of these funds. See AOB for further commentary on this point.

There being no specific questions regarding the accounts, Dave Bignell proposed that they be accepted, Scott Greenfield seconded and the members voted unanimously for their approval.

5.Committee Members’ Reports

There were no Committee Member reports.

6.Election of Chairman

As required by the constitution, Dave Bignell stood down at the meeting. Luke Riddington asked if there were any other nominations for the post but none were forthcoming. He then asked Dave if he was prepared to stand again. He was, so Scott Greenfield proposed him as chairman, Ray Bridger seconded the motion and the members voted unanimously for him to stay in the position for the next year.

7.Re-Election of the Committee

Dave reported that he had had no contact from club secretary Terry Harris for almost two years despite repeated e-mails and phone calls so it had to be assumed that he no longer wished to continue in the post. That being the case, a vacancy existed on the committee for someone to take the role of secretary.

He asked if anyone present was willing to volunteer or knew of anyone else who would consider taking the role but no volunteers were forthcoming. Acting secretary, Richard Boutcher, had already said that he was prepared to take on the role. Dave Bignell proposed him, Billy Logan seconded and the members voted in favour.

Dave Bignell proposed Luke Riddington as Treasurer, Richard Boutcher seconded him and he was duly voted in for another year.

Dave asked if there were any volunteers to join the committee and Ian Schweir agreed to become a member. Dave thanked him for volunteering and the committee look forward to working with him.

The remaining officers of the club were re-elected en-masse. This was proposed by Pam Dorrington, seconded by Scott Greenfield, and voted in by the members.

8.Eastern Region Report

Jonny Johnson attended the AGM and provided the following report from the region.

Essex is always a strong county, with good attendance at the AGM and a sound financial position.

This year, thanks in part due to Paul Rendell’s efforts, the region was able to distribute £500.00 of funds to all nine counties.

The region will be running 23 championships as usual. They are also looking to run an All-Round championship although the venue for this has not yet been established following a debacle the last time this event was run.

9.CPSA National Report

John Offord spoke on behalf of the National CPSA. He recognised that the attendance at the Essex AGM was good at over thirty but couldn’t understand why more of the 1,116 registered Essex CPSA members didn’t attend.

This figure of 1,116 represents an increase on the previous year, reflecting a trend nationally where the membership increased last year from 23,687 to 23,792.

John reflected that the Essex situation with licensing may not be as bad as that in Kent.

He highlighted the fact that four GB shooters have qualified to shoot at the up-coming Olympics. He also mentioned that Joe Neville had been awarded an MBE.

John is organising a ‘have-a-go’ day at Olympic Trap for anyone that’s interested. It will be held on the 31^st March at Bisley. Anyone interested should contact him in the first instance.

Pete Tomlins is in the process of revamping the IT systems at HQ which should allow regional and county committee members more access to key information. The Data Protection Act still always has to be taken into account.

Lee Byard raised a question for the National organisation regarding a ruling to restrict the registered DTL scores returned to only one per day per ground that has been shot. The discussion included the thought that someone could shoot twice in a day and have their scores counted provided they were shot at different grounds – even if one was ‘over the road’ to the other, and an idea that the competitors could shoot two different layouts at the same ground (i.e. traps 1 & 2 for one round, and traps 3 & 4 for the other). At present there is no incentive for people to shoot more than one round which could impact on the grounds’ income.

John agreed to discuss the ruling with the national committee.

10.AOB

Ian Schwier raised an issue that he had not received his badge or trophy for winning the 2015 County Sportrap Championship. The badge has since been provided.

Discussions regarding the trophy established that it was not available three years ago when Scott Greenfield had to be photographed with the ladies’ trophy. It was agreed that the committee would attempt to track down the trophy’s whereabouts and, if it was not forthcoming, procure a replacement. Either way, the trophy should be presented to Ian.

Wider discussions regarding trophies continued, and the committee will build an inventory of which trophies need replacing.

Ian Schwier also raised his concerns that not enough was made of someone who managed to qualify to shoot for the county; there seemed to be no official recognition of their achievements.

In part, this tied in with Richard Boutcher’s appeal for more reports and photos from anyone concerned so that these could be published on the website and in Pull magazine. He explained that committee members cannot be at every event so we rely on reports from the grounds, the county organiser for that discipline, or competitors to provide information to be published.

Various discussions followed regarding the committee in some way contributing to the costs of shooting for the county. It is simply too expensive for the county to pay entry fees for all the competitors for all the national and regional events – the current funds would be exhausted in around two years. A suggestion was made to contribute 100 cartridges for each competitor; another that a proportion of the entry fees could be funded; a third suggestion that the discipline hold their own events to raise the funds to pay the entry fees.

Ray Bridger proposed that the committee investigate what would be feasible and affordable in the longer term and report back to the members. Scott Greenfield seconded the proposal and the motion was carried by a vote of the members present. The results of these deliberations will be published on the website and in Pull for people to provide their feedback.

11.Close

The meeting closed at 21:40 following refreshments and a raffle draw.

Many thanks to the following who all sponsored raffle prizes:

• Andy Riva from Clacton Shooting Ground

• Billy Logan and Alan Lazell of Mayland Gun Club

• Chris Theobald from High House Skeet

• Essex Guns

• Glen Defreitas from Shrove Hill Shooting Ground

• Graham Ferris from Graham’s Clay Shooting

• Leech and Sons gunsmiths

• Olly Searle from Essex Clay Shooting

• Paul Burrows from Lawnfield Shooting Club

 

 

 

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Minutes of the

Essex CPSA AGM

Held Tuesday, 24^th March 2015

At

The Royal Oak

Great Stambridge, Rochford, SS4 2AX

 

Committee Members in Attendance:

                Dave Bignell (Chairman)

                Luke Riddington (Treasurer)

                Richard Boutcher (acting secretary)

                Paul Burrows

                Billy Logan

 

Members in attendance:

William Logan Jnr	Shane Maynard	Lee Byard	Roy Petherbridge
Alan Lazell	Sue Merrin	Ray Bridger	Tracey Riddington
Scott Greenfield	Zach Palmer	Lawrence Bobin	Charlie Hyde
Tony Paddon	Hugh Walton	Mark Burrows	Malcolm Clarke
Pam Clarke	S Ruffly	Kevin Walsh	Johnny Johnson
John Offord	Diane Boutcher	Fred Robinson

 

Apologies received from:

                Patrick McCloughlan, Terry Greenfield

1.Matters Arising

Malcolm Clarke asked why there had been no side-by-side championship in 2014 and no evidence that there would be one in 2015. The response from the floor was that no grounds were keen to run this event, but the committee would investigate whether it could be reinstated, even if this were in combination with another event.

 

2.Election of Chairman

Luke Riddington offered his thanks to Dave Bignell for stepping into the role at short notice. No other candidates had come forward and Dave agreed to stand again. As a result, Scott Greenfield proposed Dave Bignell as chairman, Kevin Walsh seconded this and the vote was carried unanimously.

On accepting the role, Dave thanked the various shoot ground owners and organisers of the various Essex championships and challenges: Andy Riva at Clacton SG, Billy Logan at Maylands SG, Hepworth Hall, and Nuthampstead.

 

3.Treasurer’s Report

Luke Riddington provided summary financial sheets for each table on the night. He reported that levies were slightly down on previous years, partly due to the reduction in the number of sporting selection shoots held in 2014. 2014 AGM costs were slightly higher than in 2013, but colt and junior entries to championships were down reducing the contributions made to their entry fees.

This resulted in a discussion regarding juniors and colts in the county, especially around whether any county prospects might be coming through the Helena Romanes school where some sponsorship had been provided over the last couple of years. The committee restated their commitment to providing funding to help juniors and colts through payment of entry fees for representative competitions.

 

4.Eastern Region Report

Johnny Johnson reported that this was the ninth and last of the county AGMs within the region. He said that there had been 23 regional competitions arranged. He was expecting the usual contribution to the counties from regional.

A question was raised regarding the possibility that some counties had not entered the regional sporting competitions, but this didn’t seem to have been the case. There was speculation that it could have been caused by problems in the past with traps at Southdown. It was reported that these issues should now be resolved.

The South East regional committee meeting is due shortly. That is the forum for approving the contributions to the counties.

 

5.CPSA National

John Offord reported from the national organisation. Essex has 1,079 CPSA members, 12 down from last year. The region has over 7,000 members which is slightly up on 2014. He reported that Carl Smith had recently been elected as chairman, replacing Graham Walker.

The awards dinner will be streamed live next Saturday (28^th March 2015).

The insurance scheme is currently active on three cases where the member’s license had been revoked.

The current two Rule Books are being amalgamated into one and referee cards will be made available.

A question was raised from the floor regarding the police turnaround of license applications. Overall the feeling of the meeting was that they did seem to be getting slower in Essex. John Offord reported that things are only likely to get worse as further cutbacks in the service continue to bite.

 

6.AOB

There was a request that anyone attending county selection shoots should make sure to leave contact details.

There is an issue with some of the best shots in the county not wishing to shoot in representative events. It is unfortunately the case that it is not possible to force anyone to shoot.

There followed a lengthy discussion regarding the merit of holding selection shoots or choosing the team from results returned at registered shoots. Pros and cons of both options were raised and debated but no final conclusion was made. It was agreed that the current processes would be left to run their course with the option to review at the end of the year if it is felt necessary.

There was, however, a request for the committee to investigate holding at least one extra sporting selection shoot as the timings are more favourable in 2015.

There was a suggestion from the back of the meeting that the county invest in a microphone and amplifier. This will be investigated.

 

7.Close

The meeting closed at 9:30 following an excellent buffet and a raffle draw.

 

 

 

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Essex CPSA Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 19^th February 2014, at the Fennes

 

1. Committee Members present

 

Dave Bignell          -           acting Chairman (introduced by Luke Riddington)

Luke Riddington     -           Treasurer

Richard Boutcher   -           representing Skeet

Terry Harris           -           Secretary

 

All of whom were introduced by the acting Chairman, Dave Bignell

 

 

2. Apologies received from:-

 

Asif Mitha              -           in Scotland, on business

Darren Sweeney     -           work commitments

 

3. Previous meeting minutes

The Minutes of the previous AGM, held on 6^th February 2013, were approved, being proposed by Scott Greenfield, and seconded by Frank Haig.

There were no matters arising from those Minutes.

 

4. Chairman’s report

Some of the competitions held during the past year were down in numbers – the reduction of levy income reflecting this.

Some notable successful results were achieved by Essex shooters, as witnessed in the scores and results posted to the website.

 

5. Treasurer’s report

 

The Accounts were presented (attached), with no queries being raised.

Levy income was down, but sponsorship was up.

The overall situation was healthy, with the bank balances increasing by £1078.60 over the year, though there was no requirement in 2013 for funding the Young Shot’s Day – this will however be funded in 2014.

Higher expenditure is anticipated in 2014 for county badges, etc.

 

6. Discipline Reports, given by:-

 

Dave Bignell                      -           Sporting & Sportrap

Richard Boutcher               -           Skeet

Luke Riddington                 -           FITASC

 

Full reports, scores and event dates are on the website, but a special mention is due for Frank Haig – a 7 times medal winner during 2013.

 

A break for refreshments, followed by:-

Mr Neal Wilcox, of Helena Romanes school, Great Dunmow, stood to thank the Essex CPSA, both for their financial support, and for the time given by instructors, participating in shotgun skills for pupils of widely differing backgrounds. No school funding is available, but with our assistance, they won the under-15 national school championship.

Mr Phil Moss, well known to most present, spoke about his future plans for the Barrow Heath shooting ground, and confirmed that the Essex Sporting Selection shoot (the only one) would be hosted at Barrow Heath on 16^th March 2014.The ground had now been awarded “premier status” after a considerable reinvestment of funds during 2013.

Johnny Johnson, and John Offord, both of the CPSA SE region, talked respectively about county/regional matters, and national matters.

NB.     Essex-based CPSA membership had increased slightly, to 1,119, although national membership levels were in fact down.

 

7. The Committee

 

During the year, resignations had been received from:-

Kevin Walsh

Nadine Gilder

Asif Mitha

 

The committee, proposed by Scott Greenfield, and seconded by Malcolm Clarke, was confirmed as:-

 

Dave Bignell          -           Chairman (for a 12-month trial period, at his request).

Luke Riddington     -           Treasurer & representing ESP

Richard Boutcher    -           website/PULL magazine maintenance, and representing skeet.

Diane Boutcher      -           Ladies representative

Darren Sweeney    -           representing skeet

Terry Harris           -           Secretary

 

 

Scott Greenfield offered his assistance in arranging teams for ESP events.

Bill Logan continues helping us with the organisation of the various trap events.

 

8. Trophies

 

            Frank Haig was presented with the trophy as Essex FITASC champion.

 

9. Any other business

 

Richard Boutcher, now managing the website, requested that he be kept informed of any news, events, results and successes – any snippet of information is better than none at all!

Luke Riddington reported that Dave Mayes, a popular and well-known shooter, had sadly passed away.

Also, Paul Buckley, a past committee member, was quite ill – we all wish him well again.

Scott Greenfield reiterated his request that anyone offering, and qualified, to shoot for Essex, should do just that (and not change their mind at the last moment).

 

                       

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Essex CPSA Annual General Meeting

 Wednesday 6th February 2013, at the Fennes

 

1.Members present

Kevin Walsh-Chairman

Luke Riddington-Treasurer

Tracey Riddington

Dave Bignell-           representing Sporting 

Richard Boutcher-representing Skeet

Terry Harris-Secretary

all of whom were introduced by the Chairman, Kevin Walsh

 

2.Apologies received from:-

Diane Boutcher, Paul Buckley, Don Cooper, Scott Greenfield, Bill Logan,

Gerry Springham, Oliver Wilde

 

3.The Minutes of the previous AGM, held on 15th February 2012 were

circulated.  Ray Bridger proposed, and Malcolm Clarke seconded, that they be

approved and adopted.

The only matter arising, item 4, was that the embroidery company

‟Personalise‶ would again be utilised for the 2013 orders.

 

4.Chairman‵s Report

(i) Kevin Walsh expressed his thanks to the committee, and to the ground

owners for their assistance and co-operation throughout the year - and

in particular:-

Bill Logan-Maylands

Andy Riva-Clacton

Mike & Cathy-Spellbrook

Burrs??

Dodds??

His thanks also to the team captains for organising the competitions,

and in particular, the team events.

 

(ii) Kevin Walsh was pleased to announce that the British Open, for

English Sporting and for Sportrap, will be held this year at Hepworth

Hall.

 

(iii) the 3rd side-by-side championship will be held at Spellbrook, on 2nd

June 2013.

 

(iv) please help keep our e-mail lists up to date, to include any changes.

 

(v) Kevin Walsh mentioned the sad passing of Richard Ford, an instructor

at Parkford, and an England Team Olympic Skeet coach.

 

(vi) Kevin Walsh closed by requesting volunteers to strengthen the

committee.

 

5.Treasurer‵s Report

The Accounts for year ended 31st December 2012 (attached) were presented by

Luke Riddington.

Total reserves are £9082.23, an increase over the previous year of £257.98,

despite funding the (previously sponsored) Young Shot‵s Day.

 

A break for refreshments, followed by:-

 

6.Discipline reports, given by:-

Dave Bignell-Sporting & Sportrap

Richard Boutcher-Skeet

Luke Riddington-FITASC

Kevin Walsh-other disciplines

The full reports for all disciplines are attached.

 

7.Phil Moss, a previous Essex CPSA chairman reported on his ‟return to the

fold‶ - even if it is Suffolk!  He is now running the shoot at Barrow Heath, andhe

outlined the plans for raising the profile of the place, having secured a 10 -

year lease.

He is happy to host some Essex Selection shoots if so required.

 

8.Johnny Johnson, at the CPSA, praised the strength of the organisation, no

doubt due in part to it‵s active leadership.  By contrast.  Bucks CPSA had

collapsed last year, and the Herts for the third time in 28 years.  Hard times

but Essex was doing particularly well.

John Offord, S.E. regional director updated us on the success of the new CPSA

management structure, with the S.E. region being the second largest.  He

stressed the continuing need to encourage our Colts and Juniors, and to assist

them whenever possible.

 

9. (i) Paul Buckley and Tracey Riddington have resigned from the committee

of the Essex CPSA.

 

(ii) The following members were re-elected:-

Kevin Walsh

Richard Boutcher

Luke Riddington

Dave Bignell

Terry Harris

 

(iii) Luke Riddington proposed that Kevin Walsh continue as Chairman,

unanimously approved by all present, and Kevin accepted the

nomination.

 

(iv) Nadine Gilder was elected to the committee.

 

10.Malcolm Clarke asked for more information on the proposed side-by-side

championship meeting, and commented also on the lack of up to date

information on the website, as far as committee meetings were concerned.  The

response was that, regretfully and for varying reasons, no meetings had been

held between March 2012 and January 2013.

The evening ended with an extensive raffle, which raised ???

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Party Atmosphere at the Fennes 

 

ESSEX CPSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday 15^th February 2012

 

 

 

1 Committee Present

Kevin Walsh; Bill Logan; Richard Boutcher; Tracey Riddington; Luke Riddington; Paul Buckley.

 

2 Apologies for Absence

John Brett, Oliver Wilde, Diane Boutcher, Scott Greenfield.

 

3 Introduction of Committee

Kevin Walsh introduced each committee member to the A.G.M.

 

4 Matters Arising

Paul Buckley offered the services of an embroidery company in Witham named “Personalise” 86 Newland Street, Witham, Essex CM8 1AH.

For County team members they have the set up to embroider the Essex Team Badge at a cost of £6.25, if you would like it on a polo shirt it will cost a total amount of £12.50. 

It can be embroidered on to your own shooting vest. Purchased items used to display the badge (Skeet vest & polo shirt) will be auctioned later.

 

5 Chairman’s Report – Kevin Walsh

Kevin Walsh thanked the committee and all the grounds that support our shooting in

Essex.

The Essex Side by side Championship was held at Spellbrook they had a good attendance of 90 entries and the High Gun was Steve Miller. 

Fennes shooting School held a Juniors day, everyone had a great time, with many letters of thanks.

The website has changed to operate off of the main CPSA website to enable Kevin to resolve any problems that may occur.

 

6 Treasurers Report – Luke Riddington

Luke apologized for being late because of a severe traffic accident on the M25/A12; Levies are down on last year mainly due to the fact that we no longer get a donation of £300 from the South East region.

 

7 Discipline Reports    

 

Skeet & Skeet Doubles – Richard Boutcher

Richard reported that the ESK County Championship had 52 entries.

 

Results Skeet

Senior - Peter Stanton Hope

Lady – Gill Billington

Vets – Vic Bradley

Junior - Tia Ayres

 

Results Skeet Doubles

Senior – Alex Garcia

Lady – Diane Boutcher

Vets – Vic Bradley

Junior  - Oliver Pipe

 

Peter Stanton Hope was especially worthy of congratulations as he was now

Southeast Intercounties Individual Champion and Scottish Open Champion.

      

English Sporting & Sportrap – Paul Buckley

Paul reported that special mention should be made of Scott Greenfield who had won the British Open Sportrap and also came 2^nd at the Beretta World Championships.

 

ESP

County Championship

Champion - Stuart Clarke

Vet - George Allen

Lady -Tracey Riddington

Junior - Zac Palmer

    

F.I.T.A.S.C – Luke Riddington

Luke Riddington reported results from the County Championship as follows:-

 

Champion – Oliver Wilde

Vets – John Price

Super Vets – Jerry Bland

Lady – Tracey Riddington

Junior – Zac Palmer

Colt - Callum Greenfield

 

Jerry Bland was praised for his third year as a G.B member SuperVet.

Luke then presented Jerry with his Super Vet County Champion trophy.

Jerry Bland - Essex FITASC SuperVet Champion

Our thoughts were with Peter Cardnell’s family as he had sadly passed away on 21^st December.

We also wish Phil Moss good luck in his new venture as ground manager in Manchester.

Old-school charm - Young Lady is offered light refreshment by Essex Gent.

8. Johnny Johnson - CPSA S/E Director

Johnny said that Essex was a strong shooting county and has been for a long time.

Nationally the C.P.S.A membership was well down, due the world wide financial problems.

The Organisation was in good hands under the leadership of Nick Fellows, although he is not a shooter, he is doing a very good job.

Malcolm Clarke asked why was the decision taken to take away registered skeet shooting at Dartford just because of one man’s behaviour, who had fallen out with the owner of Dartford causing 40 to 50 shooters to lose out on shooting at their preferred ground. Johnny replied that he quite understood though CPSA rules were being followed an it was hoped that this would be resolved amicably in the future.

9. John Hopes - Essex Senior Enquiry Officer

John explained that the licensing fee is set to go up in price to reflect the actual cost of providing Shotgun and Firearms certificates; the information on this proposed increase is from the Association of Chief Police Officers.

He apologized for being 2 weeks behind on renewals in Essex but pointed out that some other counties are still processing renewals for September of last year!

John felt that the C.P.S.A should do more to promote young people in shooting, he said that he was surprised to hear that C.P.S.A membership was down because of the big demand on Shotgun/Firearms applications in Essex. 

10. Election of Officers

The following committee members were re-elected: Bill Logan, Paul Buckley, Luke Riddington, Richard Boutcher, Tracey Riddington.

Luke Riddington, as Vice-chairman, asked if there were any nominations for the position of Chairman - none was proposed. Richard Boutcher proposed Kevin Walsh who then received an unanimous vote from the floor for him to stay on as Chairman for another year.

11. A.O.B

Hugh Walton pointed out that the Essex All Round championship is the same day as the English/British Open, Kevin said he will speak to Andy Riva to see if this can be changed.

Tony Cobham asked if anyone can help with sponsoring some army cadets in Essex, Kevin said that this will be considered at the next committee meeting in March.

12. Meeting closed @ 22:30