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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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