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2012
Fixtures
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Date |
Discipline |
Location |
Type |
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26/02/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
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Selection Shoot |
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04/03/2012 |
Universal Trap (UTR) |
Nuthampstead |
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10/03/2012 |
Helice (ZZ) |
A1 SG |
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11/03/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
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Selection Shoot |
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11/03/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Barrow Heath |
Selection Shoot |
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25/03/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
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Selection Shoot |
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25/03/2012 |
Olympic Trap (OTR) |
Nuthampstead |
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01/04/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Southdown |
Selection Shoot |
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08/04/2012 |
Down The Line (DTL) |
Mayland GC |
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11 to 15/04/2012 |
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Hepworth Hall |
Masters Event |
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22/04/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Southdown |
South Championship |
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29/04/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Hepworth Hall |
Selection Shoot |
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29/04/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Hepworth Hall |
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29/04/2012 |
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Mayland GC |
Challenge |
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06 to 07/05/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Southdown |
SE Intercounties |
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13/05/2012 |
Olympic Skeet (OSK) |
Southend GC |
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04/06/2012 |
Sportrap (STR) |
Southdown GC |
SE Championship |
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05/06/2012 |
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Club Championship |
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10/06/2012 |
Double Rise (D/R) |
Mayland GC |
SE Championship |
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24/06/2012 |
Down The Line (DTL) |
Mayland GC |
SE Championship |
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24/06/2012 |
Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) |
Nuthampstead |
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30/06/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
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07/07/2012 |
All Round (A/R) |
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08/07/2012 |
Single Barrel (S/B) |
Mayland GC |
SE Championship |
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15/07/2012 |
Olympic Skeet (OSK) |
Southend GC |
SE Championship |
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22/07/2012 |
English Sporting (ESP) |
Southdown GC |
SE Championship |
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28/07/2012 |
Sportrap Challenge |
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Challenge Event |
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29/07/2012 |
Double Rise (D/R) |
Mayland GC |
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05/08/2012 |
Double Trap (D/T) |
NCSC |
SE Intercounties |
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19/08/2012 |
Universal Trench (UTR) |
Nuthampstead |
SE Intercounties |
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24 to 26/08/2012 |
FiTASC Sporting (FSP) |
Hepworth Hall |
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26/08/2012 |
Single Barrel (S/B) |
Mayland GC |
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26/08/2012 |
Olympic Skeet (OSK) |
NCSC |
SE Intercounties |
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27/08/2012 |
All Round Challenge (A/R) |
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Challenge Event |
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31/08 to 02/09/2012 |
Sporting Challenge (ESP) |
Hepworth Hall |
Challenge Event |
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02/09/2012 |
Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) |
NCSC |
SE Intercounties |
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07 to 09/09/2012 |
FiTASC Sporting (FSP) |
Southdown |
SE Intercounties |
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08/09/2012 |
Sportrap (STR) |
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09/09/2012 |
Side-by-Side (Sporting) |
HSC Spellbrook |
S/S Championship |
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09/09/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
NCSC |
SE Intercounties |
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09/09/2012 |
Down The Line (DTL) |
Mayland Gun Club |
SE Intercounties |
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16/09/2012 |
All Round (A/R) |
Southdown GC |
SE Championship |
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22/09/2012 |
Skeet Doubles (SKD) |
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23/09/2012 |
Helice (ZZ) |
Invicta Gun Club |
SE Intercounties |
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07/10/2012 |
Down The Line (DTL) |
Bisley Gun Club |
South Championship |
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14/10/2012 |
Olympic Trap (OTR) |
NCSC |
SE Intercounties |
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21/10/2012 |
Helice (ZZ) |
Invicta Gun Club |
SE Championship |
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28/10/2012 |
Olympic Trap (OTR) |
Nuthampstead |
SE Championship |
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28/10/2012 |
English Skeet (ESK) |
NCSC |
SE Championship |
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28/10/2012 |
Down The Line (DTL) + Double Rise (D/R) |
Mayland |
Grand Final |
Coaching Appeal - Helena Romanes School, young shots club
Helena Romanes is an Academy school based in Great Dunmow which offers secondary education to 11-18 year olds.
Neal Wilcox has founded a shooting club within the school and conducts regular coaching sessions with his pupils.
As a result of the success of the shooting club and its growing numbers they are now looking for help with coaching sessions; typically this would involve spending one morning a month sharing your knowledge with youngsters at somewhere like the Fennes.
Naturally the position would suit a qualified coach but they will also consider experienced shots with a patient attitude and the ability to inject enthusiasm for shooting sports. Of course the club is run entirely on a voluntary basis and so there is no pay as such other than the recompense of knowing that you will have made a lasting contribution to the sporting lives of the young in Essex.
Please apply in the first instance to essexcpsa@gmail.com - if you would like any further information don't hesitate to ask.
ESK S/E Championship – NCSC 28th October 2012
Peter Stanton-Hope emerged as victor to become English Skeet Champion of the South-east. Full a report please clickhere.
ESK Nat I/C – Doveridge 2nd October 2012
At the Skeet National Intercounties, Vic Bradley proved that being a veteran is no barrier to winning major championships...
For a full report please click here.
OTR National I/C – NCSC 14th October 2012
Team Essex does it again - this time it's the Olympic Trap National Intercounties at Bisley.
For a full report please click here.
CPSA Young Shots Days
As you may have heard the CPSA is promoting a number of coaching days during half-term to encourage youngsters into the sport - the Fennes is hosting such a day on October 31st.
Please contact the Fennes on 01376 324 599.
The new STR Essex County Champion is Lewis Steed who continues to sweep all before him...
For full story please click here.
DTL Grand Final - Mayland 28th October 2012
The Mayland Grand Final for Down-the-Line and Eastern Sporting Double/Rise event has now published an entry form which you can download here.
Bob English
The 2012 SKD County Champion is Bob English - in fact Bob is a triple Champion winning Seniors, Vets & the Tim Convoy trophy. For a full report please click here.
Essex Side by Side - HSC Spellbrook 9th September 2012
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Grant Overson
Once again Side-by-Side enthusiasts gathered at Hertfordshire Sporting Clays to compete for the Essex Championship; this year's winner was Grant Overson who trounced the opposition with a magnificent 43 ex 50. For further details please click here.
DTL S/E Intercounties - Mayland GC 9th September 2012
Matthew Coward-Holley
The Essex team swept aside allcomers at the Intercounties and gained 3 individual titles.
For a full report please click here.
ESK S/E Intercounties - NCSC 9th September 2012
Bryan Farr completes his round as Diane Boutcher looks on.
For a full report please click here.
Single Barrel County Championship - Mayland 26th August 2012
Congratulations to Troy Petherbridge who is the new County Champion.
For report please click here.
OSK S/E Intercounties - NCSC 26th August 2012
Essex have beaten all-comers to claim the 2012 S/E Intercounties title.
For a full report please click here.
Young Shots at the Fennes - 8th August 2012
The Essex CPSA in collaboration with the Fennes SG have together hosted another Young Shots day. This was the second year running where the Essex CPSA has reinvested its income into the local youth community, offering school-age novices the opportunity to try their hand at sporting targets.
Once again the event was oversubscribed and hailed as a great success by those who took part. Here is a sample of the comments written in appreciation of the day:
“We would like to thank the CPSA for sponsoring the shooting day at Fennes … had a great time … instructors were really good and we learnt a lot.”
“… just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for a brilliant lesson you gave my son today … he has talked non stop about what he has learnt and can't wait to put it into practice.”
“Thank you for sponsoring such a wonderful event for my nine year old son to attend … recently taken up this sport … a super day … thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for his next clay shooting trip.”
The Essex CPSA believes that it is of paramount importance for us to spend time and money on the promotion of shooting sports in the local community. We thank all those who took part and especially to the instructors and the Fennes itself for its continuing support.
Essex Side-by-Side Championship - Sunday 9th September
Time to dig that old gun out of its cabinet - the 2012 Essex Side-by-Side shoot is upon us and will be hosted once again by Hertfordshire Sporting Clays (formerly Spellbrook) which is located between Harlow and Bishop's Stortford right on the Herts-Essex border at CM22 7SH.
Steve Miller - 2011 Side-by-Side Champion
Stuart Clarke - on top of the World, Sweetslade 4/5th August 2012
Congratulations to Stuart Clarke who has won the World Sporting Championship held at Sweetslade in Gloucestershire. Stuart scored a magnificent 181 ex 200 to qualify for the Super-6 man Final which he then went on to win. Well done Stuart, now a 2 time World Sporting Champion!
Essex was particularly well represented as our very own Scott Greenfield was another of the elite 6 in the Super Final; also of note was the performance of the irrepressible Dennis Webb who was part of the winning English Vet Team.
For full results please click here.
Mayland GC Grand Final - 27 & 28 October 2012
The Mayland Grand Final for DTL and Eastern Sporting D/R event has now published an entry form which you can download from here.
Double-Rise County Championship - Mayland GC 29th July 2012
Matthew Coward-Holley is the new Double-Rise County Champion, also taking the Junior title in his wake. For full report and results please click here.
All Round County Championship - Clacton GC 7th July 2012
Laurie Greenleaf - Essex All/Round Champion 2012
Laurie Greenleaf is the new Essex County All Round County Champion. For more details please click here.
Charity Shoot – Coggeshall 19th August
Steve Carter is organising an Open Shoot in aid of the RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association) on Sunday 19th of August at Coggeshall Gun Club, between Tiptree and Feering. The format will be 50 Sporting birds to be shot in Trophy or Cartridge Class with £100 going to the overall winner. For flyer please click here.
Jack Greenleaf - ESK County Champion
Jack Greenleaf is the new Essex County Skeet Champion. For full report please click here.
John Price - FITASC Champion
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Last year saw John Price conquer the world's best FITASC Sporting Veterans in Europe and Africa. John is also the current Essex FITASC champion and a member of Essex County FITASC and English Sporting teams.
We wish John the best of luck in 2012. For a full round-up of John Price's achievements in 2011 please click here.
ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead 24th June 2012
John Haas
John Haas is the new Essex County ABT Champion. For a full report please click here.
Essex Sporting Challenge Dates
We are pleased to announce that Hepworth Hall will run the ESP Challenge from Friday 31st of August to Sunday 2nd September. Entries to John Dyson on 07867 892 504.
FITASC Sporting Dates
We can now announce that Hepworth Hall will run the FSP County Championship on Friday 24th through to Sunday 26th August. Entries to John Dyson on 07867 892 504.
Terling Charity Shoot – 1st July 2012
This very popular open sporting shoot is set to take place at its usual venue of Whitelands Farm (0.5 miles from Hatfield Peverel towards Terling). There will be an £80 High Gun prize and other cash prizes depending on entries; last year they paid down to 6th place!
This will also be the 6th year of the Paul Juniper memorial trophy; as usual there will be a pool shoot with £1 of the fee being donated to the British Heart Foundation and a raffle will be held for the same good cause – last year £445 was donated to the British Heart Foundation along with additional donations of over £300 for local good causes in Terling.
There will be trophy classes for Overall, Side- by-Side, Ladies, and Juniors; hot and cold refreshments will be available and entries will be from 10am until 3pm.
Dennis Webb - Arnold's Farm Victor
Dennis was a last-minute entry to the Essex Club & Team shoot but very glad to have taken part after all as he ran away with the event shooting an excellent 93.
For a full report please click here.
Tracey Riddington - a "Classic" Victory
EJ Churchill again hosted this year's Clay Shooting Classic which as always presented a demanding course but this year competitors were also faced with very demanding conditions as rain and gusting winds dominated the three days of the main event.
Tracey did particularly well on the red course, which was shot over open farmland, leaving her nearest rival 8 shots behind - she secured the Ladies' title winning £300 and 1000 cartridges from Eley.
For a full table of results please click here.
Matthew Coward-Holley - The Glory Continues
Matt's latest triumph was a victory at the Krieghoff Classic, the biggest DTL event in the UK which was held at Mid-Wales SG ending on June 2nd.
Matt took A Class and a prize of £500 with a score of 199/592. Congratulations Matt for doing so well in a major competition. For full results please click here.
After recent success at Bywell, Matt has just been selected to shoot for England in the Home International, the European and the World Championships.
Scott Greenfield - English Open Runner-Up
Scott Greenfield narrowly missed winning the English Open held at Southdown in May. Having scored 95 he found himself holding the lead equal with both Mark Winser and Brett Hand.
A shoot-off ensued over 20 birds where Mark Winser took the title with 19, leaving both Scott and Brett just behind on 17; after a sudden-death further shoot-off Scott secured the Runner-Up title.
Scott was very nearly the first Senior to secure both the British and English Open titles and is shooting at such a high level that we will surely see many more achievements from him in the near future.
We wish Scott every success in the majors this season. For a full listing of the English Open results please click here.
David Bond
David Bond has taken the Essex OSK County Championship - click here for a full report.
Matthew Coward-Holley – Junior Prodigy
Matt Holley, Essex DTL Junior Champion, has started 2012 with a string of major successes including:-
English Open Double Rise – 2nd Juniors
British Open Double Rise – 1st B Class
British Open Double Rise – 1st Juniors
English Open Single Barrel – 1st Juniors
English Open Single Barrel – 1st B Class
British Open Single Barrel – 2nd Juniors
British Open Single Barrel – 1st B Class
Congratulations Matt and keep going, we in the County of Essex are right behind you.
S/E Intercounties – Southdown 6th & 7th May 2012
At last week's Intercounties, Dennis Webb took Vets with a commanding 95, just one shot off the overall winning 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).
For a full report on this event please click here.
Wednesday Sportrap nights at the Fennes
The Fennes Shooting school is organising a summer series of 50 bird Sportrap evenings on the last Wednesdays of April, June and August.
Full details available on http://www.fennesclays.co.uk/shooting-diary.php or call them on 01376 324 599.
Essex Young Shots at the Fennes - August 8th 2012
Following the outstanding success of the Essex Young Shots day in 2011, the Fennes are returning to the theme by organising another day for under 16 novices at its shooting ground near Braintree.
The Essex CPSA are once again funding this project and the Fennes Shooting School is supporting the event with coaching, clays and gun hire.
Please call Tracey Riddington on 01376 324 599 for full details and booking information.
D/R Date Change
Please note that the Double Rise South East of England Championship has moved to June 10th at Mayland.
For a full listing of fixtures please click here.
DTL Date Change
Please note that the DTL Intercounties has been changed to September 9th at Mayland.
For a full listing of fixtures please click here.
Essex GUN Masters Result
This year's Masters was won by Mark Winser with an incredible 189 ex 200. For a more detailed report please see ESP results here.
All Round Date change
Please note that the Essex A/R County Championship to be held at Clacton GC has been moved from 14th July to 7th July to avoid a clash with the English A/R at Northampton.
For a full list of county fixtures please click here.
ESK - NCSC Winter Series
Peter Stanton-Hope has continued his run of good results by winning the Winter Series held at Bisley over the course of nearly five months to the end of March 2012.
With four out of the five results counting, Peter returned three straight 100’s and a 98 to take the trophy with 398 ex 400.
He was 7 shots ahead of Tim Connolly on 391 and Martin Brister was third-placed on 389.
DTL S/E Intercounties - Date Change
Please note that because of a clash with the BO DTL the date for the DTL Intercounties has been changed from July to 12th August 2012, still at Mayland.
For a full listing of DTL events please click here.
Down-the-Line Triumph at Mayland GC.
Young gun Matthew Coward-Holley goes from strength to strength and on the 26th February he shot his first DTL 100/300 at the Mayland Gun Club.
Matthew also collected prizes worth £566.00 including the Pot competition money - well done Matthew and good luck with the season ahead.
ESP South Championship
We have noticed that the English Sporting individual Championship for the South of England has now been moved to Southdown on the 22nd of April.
ESK S/E Intercounties
We have noticed that the English Skeet Intercounties event has now been moved to September the 9th, still at NCSC, and presumably because of the clash with the England Selection shoot at Doveridge.
You might find of interest an announcement from Johnny Johnson here.
Essex CPSA Committee - needs YOU!
Have you considered joining the
Other posts are available and we are always happy to welcome volunteers to the cause so if you would like to find out more about the committee and its work please do get in touch.
Essex CPSA now offers a bespoke embroidery and team clothing package.
The Essex Team badge can now be embroidered at a cost of £6.25 and if you would like it on a polo shirt it will cost a total amount of only £12.50!
The badges can also be embroidered on to your own shooting vest.
“Personalise” are based at:-
AGM 2012 Report
Draft minutes of the Essex 2012 AGM are now published here.
Barrow Heath - ESP Selection Shoot
Please note that the date for this event is now Sunday 11th March. Please see Fixture list.
AGM - Fennes 15th February 2012
We're pleased to now be able to confirm that the AGM will be held at the Fennes on Wednesday 15th February at 20:00.
Whether you compete for county trophies, represent an Essex team or just plain shoot in Essex you'll be most welcome - don't forget there will be complimentary drinks and a buffet.
We're pleased to announce that Johnny Johnson, the CPSA South-east Director will be joining us to offer a perspective from HQ and to field questions from the audience; we are also expecting John Hopes who is Senior Firearms Officer with Essex Police and who will also respond to questions.
Have you considered joining the Essex committee? The pay's not great but you will only be asked to attend for 3 or 4 evenings during the course of the year. You don't need to be a county champ just enthusiastic about what goes on in your own county. It maybe that you have other complimentary interests for example in IT or photography and these too would be most welcome. Please contact a committee member either now or at the AGM.
Sporting Selection Shoots
Please note that, by popular demand, this year's selection shoots will include Southdown but it will not be compulsory to shoot there; selection will be based on the best 2 scores from any of the 3 selection events at Barrow Heath, Southdown and Hepworth Hall. Please see ESP fixtures.
The Hepworth Hall selection shoot will also include the County Championship.
If you have any queries on selection, teams or the county championship please contact a member of the committee.
Peter Cardnell
It is with regret that we must inform you that Peter died shortly before Christmas.
I'm sure any of you who had the pleasure of meeting him would have been touched by his intelligence, friendliness and enthusiasm and will join us in commiserating over his sad loss.
CPSA Instruction
Congratulations to the following Essex shooters who successfully completed the CPSA academy course in November for Instructor Level one:-
Adrian Tagg
Dave Bignell
Bob Cooper
Gary Shortenrule
Phil Moss - Pastures New
So farewell then … in a surprise move Phil Moss is to take charge of both the ground and target-setting at the Manchester Clay Shooting Club (www.manchesterclayshooting.com).
David Lloyd has been making a significant investment in the shooting facilities at Manchester and Phil is joining him to develop ESP, STR and FITASC.
I’m sure many Essex guns will be making the trip north in 2012 to support this promising venture.
AGM
Don’t miss the shooting highlight of the year, the must-attend most important sporting event in the social calendar which is set to eclipse the Sports Personality of the year, the Olympic opening ceremony and the Oscars – yes it’s the Essex CPSA AGM where we will all meet up to discuss the shooting experience in Essex.