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2024
South East Intercounties Championship
Nuthampstead - Sunday 14th July 2024
The South East Region Intercounties ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 14th July 2024.
The weather was mild and fairly calm, but the light conditions varied throughout the day.
There was a good turnout with six counties represented. The Essex Senior Team was comprised of Chris Wright, Ian Lockwood, John Haas, Emma Ralph and David Henshaw. Ellie Hurd was the Junior and Steve Carter the Veteran.
The Essex County Team emerged the winner with a score of 412, ahead of runners up Surrey on 408, whilst Kent was a close third with 406.
John Haas won the SE Intercounties Super Veteran Title with an 82, whilst Chris Wright individually picked up a class prize with a marvellous 93.
Once again thanks are due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent Trap layouts.
Please click here for the South East's report
The picture shows the victorious Essex Team with their trophy.
Left to right - Ellie Hurd, Steve Carter (Team Supporter), Emma Ralph, John Haas, David Henshaw, Chris Wright & Ian Lockwood
South East of England ABT Championship
Nuthampstead - Saturday 13th July 2024
Chris Wright of Essex took the Super Veteran title on a 91/100 and Emma Ralph of Essex took the Lady title.
Congratulations to both.
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Below is the Essex ABT team for the South East Intercounties being held at Nuthampstead on Sunday 14th July 2024.
We wish you all the best of luck.
Seniors Veteran Lady Super Veteran Junior
Ian Lockwood Dave Izzard Emma Ralph John Haas Ellie Hurd
John Haas
David Henshaw
Chris Wright
Emma Ralph
Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - Sunday 10th March 2024
The Essex ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Sunday 10th March 2024. This event was held in conjunction with Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Gtr. London county championships which made for a very large turnout and long day. It was also nice to see that Essex had the largest contingent of competitors of all the counties.
Being early March the weather was cold, wet, murky and windy. Not ideal conditions for clay shooting, but fast-trap shooters are a hardy bunch.
In such conditions a first round 25 straight from Ian Lockwood raised a few eyebrows. But as one 'old hand' at this game remarked; "There's a long way to go yet". What followed came as a bigger surprise as Ian followed up with a 24, another 25 and a final 24.
Ian Lockwood won the Essex ABT Championship with an amazing 98, which also gave him overall High Gun. John Haas scored 85 to take the Veteran trophy, whilst Emma Ralph took the Ladies Trophy with 84. Eddie Lockwood scored 78 to win the Junior Trophy.
Once again thanks are due to Nicky & Ed Barker of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground for staging this event on their superb Trap layouts.
Pictures show David Billington presenting a substitute trophy to the winners.
Champion - Ian Lockwood Lady Champion - Emma Ralph
Veteran Champion - John Haas Junior Champion - Eddie Lockwood
2023
South East ABT Intercounties
NCSC - Sunday 13th August 2023
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Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - 12th March 2023
The 2023 ABT Champs were held at Nuthampstead
Chris Wright took the overall title, with Steve Carter winning Vets, Katie Durrant taking the Lady title and Eddie Lockwood taking Juniors.
Chris Banks presented the winners with their trophies.
Steve Carter - Veteran Chris Wright - Champion
Eddie Lockwood - Junior Katie Durrant - Lady
2022
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
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap ChampionshipNuthampstead Shooting Ground - 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.
2021
Essex ABT County ChampionshipNuthampstead - Sunday 18th April 2021
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Sunday 18th April 2021.
The conditions were fair, with bright sunshine coupled with a cool breeze.
Chris Wright emerged the Champion with a score of 90. Dave Izzard took the Veterans Trophy with 86, whilst K.Durant won the Lady/Junior Trophy with 77.
Thanks are once again due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent layouts.
Pictures show two of the winners receiving their trophies from Essex ABT organizer David Henshaw. (D.Izzard having left the ground.)
2020
Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - Sunday 1st February 2020
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on Saturday 1st February 2020. The event was held in conjunction with the Hertfordshire ABT Championship in extremely testing conditions.
The weather forecast was for wind of around 40 mph and appeared to prove accurate. Visibility was good with winter sunshine, but this did little to help catch the lively targets.
Dave Izzard emerged the Champion with a score of 92 which included the only 25 straight of the day. Chris Wright took the Veterans Trophy with 91, whilst Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies Trophy with 77. Callum Thompson won the Juniors Trophy with an excellent 90.
Thanks are once again due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent layouts.
Pictures show David Henshaw presenting the winners with their trophies.
Overall - Dave Izzard - 92
Ladies - Pam Dorrington - 77
Veterans - Chris Wright - 91
Juniors - Callum Thompson - 90
Dave Izzard - Champ Callum Thompson - Junior
Pam Dorrington - Lady Chris Wright - Veteran
Proposed Essex ABT Team 2020
The intercounties will take place on 12th July at NCSC, Bisley and the below are the proposed team
Seniors - Dave Izzard, Chris Wright, Callum Thompson, John Haas, Chris Banks
Junior - Callum Thompson
Lady - Pam Dorrington
Veteran - Maurizio Molossi
2019
Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - Saturday 2nd March 2019
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 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.
Thanks are due to Nicky & Ed Barker for another faultlessly run competition on their excellent layouts.
Pictures show David Henshaw presenting the winners with their trophies.
John Haas - Veterean Chris Wright - Champion
2018
Essex Fourth in South East Regional ABT Tournament
Essex came 4th in the SER ABT on the 28th October. The team scores as follows
1st Kent - 426
2nd Sussex - 424
3rd Oxford - 414
4th Essex - 404
5th Herts - 396
6th Surrey - 387
7th GLN - 376
Callum Thompson came 3rd in the Juniors with 74/100
Essex ABT County Championship
Dartford - Sunday 10th June 2018
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 10th June 2018. This was in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship.
At the start of the competition a mystery power outage was discovered leaving the acoustic release system un-useable. However, using batteries and button release the competition got underway.
For those used to instant acoustic release the manual button system was a bit of a challenge. But with that said, some good scores were recorded from the large entry and most competitors seemed to take it in their stride.
Maurice Molossi emerged the overall Essex Champion with a score of 85.
Chris Wright took the Veteran's Trophy with an 84 and Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies Trophy with a 74. The Colt winner was Mason Terry with 61.
Thanks are due to Dartford for hosting the event and to Gordon Lee (The Red Baron) for getting the event started on the button..
Pictures show the winners being awarded their trophies & badges by David Henshaw.
2017
Essex ABT County Championship
Dartford - Sunday 28th May 2017
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 28th May 2017. In the absence of any Essex ground to hold the event, Dartford kindly hosted it in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship. The conditions were good with warm sunshine and little or no wind.
Despite some trap breakdowns, the competition concluded with David Henshaw emerging the Essex Champion with a score of 84. Peter Hoare took the Veterans Trophy with a 76 and Pam Dorrington retained the Ladies Trophy with 55.
Thanks are due to Dartford Clay Shooting Club for hosting the event and to Hilary Haas and Sonel Tas for their help running it.
Pictures show John Offord, CPSA South East Region Director, presenting the trophies to the winners.
2016
Essex Third in SE ABT Inter-Counties 2016
The Essex ABT team took a creditable third place in the recent ABT South-Eastern Inter-Counties Championship. The team can be seen here showing off their natty new sponsored shirts from Essex Audi.
Essex ABT County Championship
Dartford - Sunday 12th June 2016
The Essex Automatic Ball Trap Championship was held at Dartford Clay Shooting Club on Sunday 12th June 2016.
In the absence of any Essex ground to hold the event, Dartford kindly hosted it in conjunction with the Kent ABT Championship.
The conditions were variable with heavy cloud, and occasional brightness and rain.
Peter Hoare and Dave Bignell equalled on 90 and a tense sudden death shoot-off saw Dave miss his second target, whilst Peter hit his clean. This confirmed Peter Hoare as Essex ABT Champion, leaving Dave Bignell with the Veterans trophy. Pam Dorrington took the Ladies trophy with 66.
Pictures show Dave Bignell, Chairman of Essex CPSA presenting trophies to Peter Hoare and Pam Dorrington. David Henshaw having just made a new Veterans trophy is seen presenting it to Dave Bignell.
Thanks are due to Dartford Clay Shooting Club for hosting the event and to Hilary Haas for her help in the running of it.
Peter Hoare receiving his trophy from Dave Bignell Pam Dorrington - Ladies Champion
Dave Bignell receiving his trophy as veteran's champion
2015
Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - 29th March 2015
The Essex ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 29th March 2015 in conjunction with the Herts ABT Championship. Conditions were difficult with rain and gale-force winds and many were caught out as the seven squads competed over two layouts.
John Haas emerged the Essex Champion with a score of 78, leaving Morris Molossi to take the Veteran's title with 75, whilst Hilary Haas took the Ladies with 60.
Pictures below show Nicky Barker, wife of Nuthampstead Shooting Ground owner Martin Barker presenting the trophies.
2014
Essex ABT County Championship
Nuthampstead - 25th May 2014
The Essex ABT Championship was held at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground on 25th May 2014 in conjunction with the Herts ABT Championship.
It was a fine bright day with subtly changing light conditions as seven squads shot over two layouts.
David Izzard emerged the Essex Champion with a score of 92, leaving John Haas to take the Veteran's title with 89, whilst Hilary Haas took the Ladies with 64.
Pictures show Martin Barker, Nuthampstead ground owner presenting County badges to John Haas and Hilary Haas. David Izzard having left the ground earlier.
2013
ABT County Championship – Nuthampstead 21st April 2013
In ideal weather conditions of sunshine and little or no wind at the Nuthampstead SG, M. Molossi (shown below, right) returned a score of 79 to take the Essex County ABT championship.
David Izzard took the vets title and Pam Dorrington won the ladies.
Unfortunately, no badges were available to hand out and only the senior champion was available at the end of the day to receive his trophy.
The Essex scores were as follows:
| Name | Category | Score | Position |
| M Molossi | 79 | Champion | |
| D Izzard | Vet | 79 | Vet |
| D Henshaw | 70 | ||
| J Haas | Vet | 67 | |
| P Meyler | 67 | ||
| P Dorrington | Lady | 59 | Lady |
| H Haas | Lady | 53 |
2012
ABT County Championship – Nuthampstead 24th June 2012
Strong, gusty winds prevailed at Nuthampstead accompanied by a brief but torrential downpour...
John Haas - Essex ABT County Champion
... despite these setbacks John Haas claimed the County ABT title with an excellent 86; John also claimed the Vets crown and Pam Dorrington took Ladies’.
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | John Haas | 86 | 100 |
| Veteran | John Haas | 86 | 100 |
| Lady | Pam Dorrington | 68 | 100 |
ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead 4th September 2011
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | Phil Meyler | 91 | 100 |
| Veteran | Dave Izzard | 85 | 100 |
| Lady | Pam Dorrington | 78 | 100 |
Congratulations to Phil Meyler who took the Senior title with 91 ex 100 at Nuthampstead. Dave Izzard took Vets and Pam Dorrington Ladies.
Unfortunately entries were down as there was a clash with the South East Region ABT at Bisley and also another ABT at Rugby.
ABT County Championship - Nuthampstead 3rd October 2010
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | Mo Winters | 96 | 100 |
| Lady | Tracy Metson | 77 | 100 |
ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 17th October 2009
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | Nick Garside | 87 | 100 |
| Veteran | Eddie Mills | 82 | 100 |
| Lady | Pam Dorrington | 75 | 100 |
Nick Garside
ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 13th September 2008
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | Dave Lewzey | 88 | 100 |
| Veteran | Bryan Farr | 84 | 100 |
| Junior | Lewis Steed | 78 | 100 |
| Lady | Tracy Metson | 78 | 100 |
ABT County Championship - Dartford GC 15th September 2007
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | M Molossi | 83 | 100 |
| Lady | Pam Dorrington | 69 | 100 |
| Veteran | B Hogg | 77 | 100 |
| Junior | R Baker | 67 | 100 |
ABT County Championship - Clacton GC 10th September 2005
| Position | Name | Score | Targets |
| Champion | M Winters | 96 | 100 |
| Veteran | D Humphries | 84 | 100 |
| Junior | Chris Orrin | 85 | 100 |