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County Champions from the recent past:

	Champion	Lady	Veteran	Junior	Colt
2017	Peter Hoy	Cathy Curtis	Keith Williamson	No Entry	Ryan Dodd
2016	Oliver Wilde	June Speakman	Frank Haigh	Daniel Fenner	No entries
2015	Scott Greenfield	June Speakman	Jeff Bone	No entries	Ryan Dodd
2014	Scott Greenfield	June Speakman	J Henshaw	A Heyes	D Fenner
2013
2012	Stuart Clarke	Tracey Riddington	George Allen	Nick Smith
2011	Stuart Clarke	Tracey Riddington	George Allen	Jack Greenleaf	Callan Greenfield
2010	Luke Riddington	Tracey Riddington	Frank Haigh	Zach Palmer	Daniel Wicker
2009	Luke Riddington	Tracey Riddington	Dennis Webb	David Bolton	Daniel Wicker
2008	Scott Greenfield	Tracey Riddington	Ken Chambers	David Bolton	Daniel Wicker
2007	Stuart Clarke	Ruth Naunton	Jerry Bland	David Bolton	Daniel Wicker
2006	Luke Riddington	Tracey Dines	Ken Chambers	Joe Baker
2005	Stuart Clarke	Tracey Dines	George Allen	Chris Orrin	David Bolton

For detailed results please click on the relevant year:

2012

Essex Compak Sporting Championship 2018

On the 20th of October 2018 the High lodge shooting ground in Suffolk kindly hosted the Essex county Compak sporting championship . Running over 4, 25bird layouts Andy Coppen had put on a good variety of targets to suit all abilities. With not a cloud in the sky or a breath of wind the unseasonal weather saw most competitors shooting in shirt sleeves and basking in the glorious Autumn sunshine.

A good turnout of Essex shooters and competitors from other surrounding counties meant the competition was almost fully booked up with just a couple of spaces spare. High Lodge has installed a fully automated accoustic system for the Compak discipline which is a fantastic addition to an already world class ground. A very strong and positive performance saw Oliver Wilde retain the title for the second year running with a fantastic score of 98 which gave him the championship win, with Stuart Clarke winning veterans on a superb 96, John Price retaining his super veterans title with a good solid 90, and Nadine Gilder adding yet another county championship to her collection taking the ladies title. Sadly no juniors from Essex entered the competition but star of the show was young up and coming Ryan Dodds shooting an unbelievable 92 to take colts - fantastic shooting Ryan.

Well done to all the winners and thank you to all that participated. A big thank you once again to High lodge shooting ground for agreeing to host the event for us for the second successive year and thank you to Andy Coppen for putting on the event and setting the great targets.

2018 South Eastern Inter-Counties Sporting Tournament

Southdown gun club hosted the 2018 S.E. Intercounties sporting over the weekend of 6th and 7th of May. Essex fielded a full team comprising of Seniors Clive Scase, Adam Cocker, Phil Hayden, Alex Higgs, and Nigel Gilder, Veterans Frank Haigh, Ladies Nadine Gilder, Juniors Harry Willis and young Ryan Dodds as the Colt.

New cap Clive Scase put in the highest score for the team with a strong 85 round on what proved to be a testing course given that it was also an England selection shoot. The team came away in 7th place overall on with a total of 399 with Kent putting in a score of 442 to be crowned S.E. Champions. Well done to all team members who gave it their best shot and thank you for putting in the effort, the next shoot for the Team will be the National Inter-Counties on the 6th and 7th of october at Orston shooting ground.

2018 Sporting Selection Table

Highwayman shooting ground very kindly hosted our 3rd and final county sporting selection shoot on Sunday 29th of April - a bitterly cold day with bitting winds and rain which didn't make for pleasant shooting conditions. However, this didn't stop a keen few individuals venturing out to shoot the last selection shoot. A great variety of testing targets were presented to the competitors, with Essex veteran Fran Haigh posting a superb 86 to lead the Essex contingent. The Essex team for 2018 that will represent the county on the 6th and 7th of May at the S.E. Intercounties held at Southdown gun club are as follows.

SENIORS POINTS

Adam Cocker 4

Phil Hayden 7

Clive Scase 7

Alex Higgs 10

Nigel Gilder 12

LADIES

Nadine Gilder

JUNIORS

Harry Willis

COLTS

Ryan Dodds

VETS

Frank Haigh

Well done to all who made the team and good luck for the Intercounties.

Following the first 2018 Sporting Selection shoot at Barrow Sporting Clays, the table looks as follows:

Name	Class	Category	Hit
Adam Cocker	AA	Senior	95
Alex Higgs	AA	Senior	94
Philip Hayden	AA	Senior	94
Clive Scase	AA	Senior	92
Robert Humphreys	AA	Senior	91
Joshua Arbon	A	Senior	89
Stuart Lodge	AA	Senior	89
Christopher Orrin	AA	Senior	86
Robert Nash	AA	Senior	86
Clint Brumbley	A	Senior	86
Nadine Gilder	B	Ladies,Senior	86
Harrison Willis	C	Junior	85
Jack Bonnett	C	Senior	84
Laurence Greenleaf	AA	Senior	84
Kevin Norfolk	AA	Senior	84
Andrew Crockford	AA	Senior	84
Nigel Gilder	A	Senior	83
Tim Butcher	A	Veteran	83
Edward Chumbley	A	Senior	83
Kathy Lankshear	C	Ladies,Senior	82
Trevor Hearn	A	Senior	82
Todd Bridge	A	Senior	81
Phil Dyer	A	Senior	81
Richard Baker	A	Senior	81
Gary Hume	B	Senior	81
Geoffrey Garrod	A	Senior	80
Michael Lankshear	B	Veteran	77
David Gale	B	Veteran	75
Brodie Gutteridge		Senior	75
Shilton	C	Veteran	74
Bradley Faulkner	A	Senior	74
Austin Bonnett	B	Senior	73
John Cutmore	B	Veteran	73
Craig Colton	C	Senior	71
Catherine Curtis	C	Ladies,Senior	67
Steve Davis	B	Veteran	67
Steven Wright	A	Senior	64
Christopher Barton	C	Veteran	63
Sean Ferries	C	Senior	59
Daniel Amner	C	Senior	58
Terry Harris	C	Veteran	57
Jonathan Willis	C	Senior	49

2017 Essex Compak Championship

On the 23rd Oct High Lodge shooting ground in Suffolk hosted the first Essex county Compak championship. Bright skies and gusting winds made for some testing and tricky targets set by Andy Copen. Oliver Wilde yet again set off at blistering pace with a rabbit target bouncing just as the shot was fired on his third layout denying him a 75 straight ,posting a 21 on the 4th layout finishing with a total score of 95x100 to secure him high gun and the championship title. John Price, a well known Essex shot and seasoned Compak competitor both at home and abroad, posted a fantastic score of 90 to give him the Veterans title. Many thanks to John Bidwell and his team at High Lodge for agreeing to host this event.

Essex Compak Champion Oliver Wilde

Veteran John Price

Lady Amanda Foster

Junior Mason Terry

The photo below shows Oliver Wilde being presented with his trophy by John Bidwell.

2017 National Sporting Inter-Counties Tournament

The National Intercounties english sporting was held at Eriswell shooting ground in Suffolk on the 14th and 15th of October. Very unseasonable warm weather conditions, with temperatures getting up into the 20s, greeted competitors from all over the country who were testing their skills against targets set by Phil Moss who had set a wide variety of targets from floppy floaters to fast 1/4ing away simultaneous pairs off a tower which caught quite a few people out. Held over 14 stands, there was something there for all abilities.

Despite their best efforts Essex couldn’t quite get the team scores together to get a placing in the top 3, finishing in 7th place overall with Yorkshire taking top spot in the seniors. The Essex team consisted of:

Seniors Stuart Clarke

Oliver wilde

Adam Cocker (New Cap)

Chris Orrin

Keith Williamson

Lewis Steed

Ladies Nadine Gilder

Amanda Foster

Kathy Curtis (New Cap)

Juniors Ryan Dodds

Harvey Willis

Many thanks to all those who put the effort in to shoot for the team and a special mention to Stuart Clarke who shot a fantastic 94 which was the highest scoring team member and also took 3rd place overall.

2017 Essex Sportrap Championship

On the 19th August glorious sunshine beamed down on Clacton gun club for the Essex county sportrap championship. A good variety of targets tested the guns with Oliver Wilde and Laurie Greenleaf tying for the title. Unfortunately Laurie was unavailable for a shoot off so the title went to Oliver.

Congratulations to the winners:

Essex sportrap champion Oliver Wilde

veteran Bill Goodchild

Lady Judy Lock

Many thanks to Andy Riva for hosting the event.

2017 Essex Allround Championship

Oliver Wilde shot a fantastic 96 to win the 2017 Essex Allround Championship held at Clacton GC on the 14th October 2017. Despite the time of year, the weather was good for the event.

The third squad saw Essex shooter Oliver Wilde set the pace shooting 24/24/24/24: this proved the score to beat on the day, and could only be equalled by Pauline Chapman of Suffolk who won the Bellinger trophy for her efforts. It was nice to see junior and colts at this championship so well done to them. The full list of champions was:

County champion Oliver Wilde 96
Lady champion Pam Dorrington 74
Veteran Champion Keith Williamson 89
Junior Champion Harry Willis 66
Colt Champion Mason Terry 72

Many thanks to Andy Riva and all at Clacton Gun Club for hosting this event.

Pictures below show (l to r) Mason Terry, Pam Dorrington, and Keith Williamson being presented by Dave Bignell:

Essex Sporting Championship - 2017

The 2017 Essex Sporting Championship took place over the weekend of the 26th and 27th August at Hepworth Hall. The title was won by Peter Hoy on 94. Stuart Clarke also shot 94 but was not there at the end for a shoot off so Peter took the honours.

Veteran was Keith Williamson, there was no junior competitor but Ryan Dodd was Colt champion and Cathy Curtis was lady champion.

South East Inter-Counties Sporting - 2017

On Sunday 7th may the South East inter counties sporting was held at Southdown gun club. Ideal shooting conditions made for a very enjoyable round with overcast skies and a light breeze - not quite shirt sleeve weather but still pleasant to be out in the Sussex country side. As usual the Southdown team put on a fantastic array of targets with some needing a decent gap others just deceiving angles.

Credit to the Essex team putting in some fantastic scores across the board with Chris Orrin leading from the front posting a very strong 90, unfortunately one senior member had an off day which cost the team a placing. Sussex put together a very strong team resulting in them coming out on top with Essex taking fourth place overall with a score of 428.

Three people stood out on the day for Essex:

Firstly young, up and coming colt, Ryan Dodds put in an superb 76 equaling one of the senior teams scores. Well done Ryan I’m sure you be seen many more times in the county team;
Young junior shot, Harry Willis, posted a very respectable 73 upholding the junior side of the team. Fantastic score Harry and, like Ryan, I’m sure you will be making a lot more appearances for the county
Last but not least regular team member Nadine Gilder posted a brilliant 85 for the ladies - very consistent as usual Ned well done.

Senior Team Scores:

Chris Orrin 90
Keith Williamson 89
Stuart Clarke 87
Lewis Steed 86
Oliver Wilde 76

Also a mention to Ian Schwier who shot a fantastic 95 taking JNT1st in AA but unfortunately was not on the team

2017 Sporting Team Announced

The people who have qualified for the sporting team have all been contacted and and the team has been submitted the CPSA as follows - seniors: Stuart Clarke, Keith Williamson, Lewis Steed, Chris Orrin and Oliver Wilde; Ladies: Nadine Guilder. So far no vet, colt, or junior have been put forward although several have been contacted and are unavailable.

Badnocks Farm Selection Shoot

The second County sporting selection shoot was held by kind permission of Bradley Faulkner at Badnocks farm on the 26th of March. Very strong winds on the day made the targets extremely tricky which reflected on the scores.

Top Essex shooter and High Gun of the day was Chris Orrin on 86, with Ade English close on his tail just 2 targets behind on 84. Oliver Wilde and Stuart Clarke posted 82s with Stuart lodge and C.Caseon 80. Peter Humphreys put in a strong 76 for the vets and Nadine Gilder led the Ladies.

A total of 55 Essex shooters competed and many thanks to you all for supporting the selection shoot, Thanks to Badnocks shooting ground for hosting the event very much appreciated.

First Sporting Selection Shoot and Other Sporting Acheivements

The first of three county sporting selection shoots was kindly hosted by Southdown Gun Club on the 12th of March which provided good shooting conditions of fine weather in the morning but with slight drizzle in the afternoon. The Southdown team put on a great variety of quality targets as expected and there was some exceptional shooting by several people hoping to make the team. In total 21 shooters from Essex made the journey to the rolling countryside of the Southdowns.

Well done to all who made the journey and competed in the event.

The current lead position is shared by no less than four competitors all on 92:

A. Cocker
S.M. Clarke
O. Wilde
L. Steed

The leading Lady was C. Curtis on 73 and the highest Vet was K. Hannah with 58.

For a full listing of the results, see sporting-selection-table.

Many thanks to Southdown gun club for hosting the selection shoot great targets as usual.

Several of the shooters listed shot other events over the same weekend with some notable scores,

Young shooting star Lewis Steed shooting a brace of 92s, recording one at Southdown and then travelling across country to Horne to record his 2nd 92 on their sporting. Superb shooting by Lewis.

Adam Cocker shot a very respectable 94 at clacton gun club SPT on the Saturday, Sunday shooting a 92 on the ESP and a 96 on the SPT at Southdown and winning A Class, then on to Horne to post a strong 90 again on the sporting - great shooting from Adam.

Philip Hayden shot 89 on Southdown ESP and 90 on the SPT and a creditable 89 at Horne so well done to Philip - very consistent

Oliver Wilde shot Clacton GC on the Saturday taking High Gun with a 97 on the SPT, Then down to Southdown on the Sunday posting 92 on the sporting and 96 on the SPT coming joint second in AA. He also took HG the same day at Badnocks shooting ground in Southminster on their sporting layout with a respectable 97, 7 shots clear of his nearest rival (photo below).

Also a special mention to Ian Schwier 1st in AA on 89 and Clint Brumbley taking 2nd in his Class.

2014 Sporting Championship

Hepworth Hall again hosted this year's Sporting Championship over the weekend of the 16th/17th August. Scott Greenfield won the overall championship title on a superb 96 ex 100. The ladies' title was taken by June Speakman (88) with J Henshaw (89) taking the Veterans', A Heyes (79) the Juniors' and D Fenner (72) the colts' titles.

Dave Bignell presenting the Ladies' trophy to June Speakman

Scott Greenfield with the Championship trophies

2014 Sporting Team Selection

On a glorious early spring day on the 16th March at the Barrow Heath Shooting Ground over forty Essex guns turned out for this year's sporting team selection. Scott Greenfield led the way for the seniors with a fine 91, closely followed by G Garrod on 89 and Luke Riddington on 86. PR Brewster was next with 84 and Paul Burrows shot 83.

Dave Bignell led the vets on 79 and Tracy Riddington was the highest scoring lady with 76. J Garrod was the best colt with 71 with J Hayday the best junior.

ESP County Selection 1 of 4 - Barrow Heath 17^th Feb 2013

Stand 8 - Steve Miller tackles a fast looping pair

A very stiff test awaited Essex hopefuls at Barrow heath on a fine sunny day with little wind. A few guns managed to reach the 80s including our own Luke Riddington with many famous names trailing behind in the 70s.

For selection table please click here.

For full event result please click here.

Malcolm Clarke
High Gun Winner of the very popular and prestigious Essex event
2012 Paglesham Annual Charity Clay Shoot

Essex Club & Team Shoot - Arnold's Farm 5th June 2012.

Simultaneous Teal with R/L Crow over water and sheep!

Twenty-twelve saw another bumper entry to this very popular event. There are in fact two competitions running simultaneously one for Clubs and the other for Teams - this enables Essex guns who do not belong to a local club to form a team and enter that way.

The targets were a bit stiffer this year but offered an excellent challenge which Dennis Webb took face-on to set the pace with 93 ex100 and so gaining the individual title. Dennis was closely followed by none other than Scott Greenfield, just 1 shot behind on 92 and Stuart Lodge a further shot adrift on 91.

The Ladies' trophy went to Sarah Flight and top Colt was Tom Pennington.

Team Winners

1st Hotshots 394

2nd Turbo’s Turnips 386

3rd Hertfordshire Sporting Clays 382

Club Winners

1st Shrove Hill “A” 393

2nd East Tilbury 390

3rd Clays Clay Club 385

A big thank you to Glen de Freitas, Dave Billington and all those involved in making this annual event such a great success.

S/E Intercounties – Southdown 6^th & 7^th May 2012

The poor conditions continued as wind, rain and cold weather persisted over the weekend – on a brighter theme, there were some 300 entrants for this competition which was also an England Team Selection shoot.

Of special note was the performance of Dennis Webb who took Vets with a commanding 95, just one shot off the winning Intercounties score. Dennis goes from strength to strength and has now won the Vets category at all 3 England Selection shoots held so far this year (Southdown, Coniston & Westfield).

In the Selection/Registered competition Stuart Clarke also put in an excellent 95 but it was Cheryl Hall who took top honours with an astounding 97!

On the team front Essex were placed 6th out of 9 counties, scores listed below.

Essex Team
Essex Team
Robert Humphreys	80
Oliver Wilde	92
Luke Riddington	83
Phil Dyer	84
Peter Humphreys	84
Total:	423
Lady:Tracey Riddington	75
Junior: Nick Smith	73
Colt: Josh Hayday	62
Vet: Dennis Webb	95

Tracey Riddington found herself just 1 shot off the Ladies’ title which was secured by Surrey’s Natasha Blockwell on 76.

Well done to all those who took part and a special mention must be made of youngsters Nick Smith and Josh Hayday who will have gained invaluable experience in shooting this event.

For full Intercounties results please click here.

For full Registered Competition results please click here.

Essex County Championship & Selection 3/3 - Hepworth Hall 25/27th April 2012

The County Championship and third Selection shoot took place at Hepworth Hall in wet and windy conditions; the day before the event began a tornado had devastated neighbouring farmland, uprooting trees, laying waste buildings and scattering livestock.

John Dyson had set a demanding course which, in combination with the weather conditions, made for a severe test of the best in the county.

The Championship was won, once again, by Stuart Clarke who overcame all others to become county Champion; Tracey Riddington took the Ladies' title, George Allen the Vets. and top Junior was Nick Smith.

Champion	Lady	Veteran	Junior
Stuart Clarke	Tracey Riddington	George Allen	Nick Smith

The final Selection shoot decided the team to represent Essex at the Intercounties to be held at Southdown the following weekend; Gerry Springham had qualified for the team but was unable to shoot the Intercounties event and so his place was taken by Peter Humphries, whose son Robert had dominated qualifying.

Seniors	Lady	Veteran	Junior	Colt
Robert Humphries	Tracey Riddington	Dennis Webb	Nick Smith
Oliver Wilde
Luke Riddington
Phil Dyer
Peter Humphries

For full selection results please click here.

Essex GUN Masters Result

This year's Masters was won by Mark Winser with an incredible 189 ex 200 as youth once again triumphed over experience to win this gruelling 200 bird-in-a-day event.

Mark was closely followed by last year's winner Phil Gray who defeated George Digweed in a shoot-off for second place.

Red Course Stand 1 - Simultaneous Orange and White Pair over Water

As usual the combination of targets by John Dyson, location at Hepworth Hall and sponsorship from Essex Gun drew in huge numbers of competitors from across the country; we thank all those who worked on this 5 day spectacular in order to produce such a highlight of the sporting calendar and especially for bringing a world-class event to our own doorstep, right here in Essex.

ESP Selection Shoot 2/3 - Southdown 1st April 2012

Stand 12 - Quartering away R/L with distant Midi Crosser L/R

Southdown presented Essex hopefuls with their usual combination of big targets over a bigger-still landscape.

This time it was Scott Greenfeld who stepped up to win the day on 94, a great score which dominated the Essex selection and also won the entire event.

Many competitors who had missed the first shoot at Barrow Heath came here to try their hand at qualification for a team place - notable among these were Luke Riddington, Phil Dyer and Steve Miller who all came home in the 80s to add to the competition for team places.

Selection Table please click here.

ESP Selection Shoot 1/3 - Barrow Heath 11th March 2012

Mike Frankham offered many a tricky stand for the first Sporting Selection Shoot of 2012 which was very well attended, some 130 guns taking part.

It was a dry sunny day with no wind and Dennis Webb took Essex High Gun with a superb 90 closely followed by Gerry Springham on 88, Robert Humphries with 87 and half a dozen others in the 80s.

Selection Table please click here.