Hereford & Worcester CPSA

Pull! April 2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the John Hadley Memorial Shoot.  The weather thankfully remained dry and we even occasionally saw the sun!  Overall top gun for the John Hadley was Chris Moule but there were many good results that meant quite a few shoot offs!  Congratulations to Wes Harris, Brandon Smith, Fiona Reed, Connor Davies, Aimee Addison and Taylor Alderton for their respective wins, too many to mention individually! 

Our AGM followed and we’re very grateful for those who stayed on.  No committee position was contested and all current members were happy to continue.  As such your committee remains as follows; Chairman Rod Davies, Vice Chairman and Treasurer Fiona Reed, Secretary Karen Mackison and committee members Nick Stokes, Jerry Ruane, Matt Pugh,  Brandon Smith, Harry Pugh and Phil Mackison.  Our Chairman’s report can be found on our website on the welcome page and all uncollected county champion badges are behind the desk at Park Farm for pick-up at your convenience.  Our raffle for 250 Pro-one cartridges was won by Darren Wood, congratulations!

The Chris Bayliss Memorial Trophy for DTL for 2023 goes to Dan Price and the Chris Bayliss Memorial Trophy for Sporting 2023 was presented to Phil Smith.  (Top 2 scores to count from area, county and inter county results).  Congratulations to them both and all our 2023 winners, we hope the new season finds you on the same fine form!

Huge thanks go to Park Farm Shooting Ground for hosting both the John Hadley and our AGM.  Your time, energy and support are appreciated enormously, and we are very grateful.

Dates and locations for our County Championships are all up on our website and you should be receiving a printable pdf via email as soon as the last date is confirmed.  Please continue to check our Facebook page for updates.  Squadded events will require booking in advance with the host ground.

Please note! – Our County ABT championship will be limited to 24 shooters and we have priority booking up until the 7^th April.  After that time it will be open for shooters outside the county.

 

County Championship Dates 2024

21^st April – Olympic Skeet, Gloucester

18^th May – Helice, Rugby

26^th May ABT, Park Farm

7^th July – Universal Trap, Rugby

12^th & 13^th July – FITASC, Westfields

28^th July  - Skeet, Gloucester

24^th August – Sportrap, Barbury

22^nd September – DTL, Holmes Chapel

29^th September – English Sporting, Westfields

13^th October – Skeet Doubles, Gloucester

13^th October – Single Barrel, Holmes Chapel

20^th October – Super Sporting, Westfields

All Round – to be confirmed

 

Finally, if you have any stories or pictures from around the region, please send them to karenmackison@gmail.com as we would love to include them in our news and updates, on the website and our Facebook page.

Pull! March 2024

Welcome to H&W’s first update of 2024.  We hope you have had a restful Winter season and are refreshed for our summer of County, Area and Inter County shoots.  Date organising is under way with many preliminary dates on the website.  Everyone has been hard at work this year to ensure as few clashes as possible with competitions.  There are the inevitable couple but hopefully you will find these between disciplines that do not conflict with shooters.  Please do check the website regularly for updates.

 

By the time this is published we will have had our AGM and our John Hadley Memorial shoot.  We will update you on our committee and team managers in our next issue.

We are pleased to announce that both our Juniors and Veterans did well in the Lyalvale Inter County competition.  Our Juniors (Harry Pugh, Connor Davies, Charlie Morris, Taylor Alderton, Oliver Moore, Aimee Addison) took overall 1^st position and bring home the Lyalvale Junior Shield and £250 for the county.  Our Veterans shared 1^st place with Staffordshire and share the Veteran Lyalvale Shield and bring home £125.  Well done to Wes Harris, Roy Spooner, Roger Cooper, John Tarplee, Andy Griffin, John Moore, Paul Colley, Patrick Kelly, Mark Bridge.  

Our overall Senior team took 3^rd place and the Ladies missed out on 3^rd by 1 point.  For the Gun Up Trophy, H&W took joint 3^rd place and for the Gun Down Trophy, H&W took 2^nd place.  Huge thanks go to everyone who supports the county in these events, we appreciate your time, commitment, and skill.  It should be emphasised that we are a very small county with approximately 350 registered members with a small proportion that regularly compete compared to some West Midlands counties that have almost 5 times the number of members and as such we are extremely proud that we perform so well.  We were delighted this year to have improved on our previous year’s performance and importantly field teams for every event.  You have to be in it to win it!

H&W would also like to congratulate all our shooters who make the CPSA Pull! Top Shots for 2023 including: Super Sporting; John Tarplee. Olympic Trap; Tom Betts, Lee Betts, Tom Burns, Phil Sanders. FITASC; Julian Morris, Dee Ward, Nick Rees.  Helice; Matt Pugh, Fiona Reed, Paul Colley.  Down the Line; Dan Price, Chris Moule. Olympic Skeet; Mitchell Brooker-Smith, Sophie Langton.  ABT; Mark Lilly. Universal Trench; Fiona Reed, Phil Sanders.  Congratulations go to all and best wishes for the coming season. 

Finally, if you have any stories or pictures from around the region, please send them to karenmackison@gmail.com as we would love to include them in our news and updates, on the website and our Facebook page.

Pull! January / February 2024

West Midlands Inter Counties ESP on the 1^st October

Held at Garlands shooting ground, the weather was dry in the morning but by the time we'd arrived the heavens truly opened. About 300 shooters on the course over the day made progress a bit slow but we stayed cheerful and enjoyed the targets.

Competition was tough but we appreciate every member who gave it their all. The Senior team (Matt Pugh, Phil Smith, Charlie Drury, Paul Harrison, Julian Morris, Brandon Smith) put in great scores but such was the day that the team was still placed joint 4th from 9 teams.

The Veterans (Wes Harris, John Tarplee, Andy Griffin) came 5th from 11 teams. The Ladies (Dee Ward, Natalie Jones, Karen Mackison) also 5th from 7 teams. The Juniors gave a fantastic performance (Harry Pugh, Connor Davies, Taylor Alderton) and scored 157, jointly first with Gloucester from 8 teams. Well shot!

H&W's top scoring competitor, Phil Smith was entered in the masters shoot off where he had a tough line of competitors from the other counties. Phil won the Rose Bowl trophy and £400, huge congratulations Phil!

Many thanks to Steve and his team, everybody who turned out to shoot for us and their families and supporters.

 

County Super Sporting Championships 22^nd October

Our inaugural County Super Sporting Championship was held at Westfield on the22nd October.  This proved to be a popular addition.  Congratulations go to Phil Smith, County Champion on 94, Nick Rees closely behind as Runner-up on 93.  Phil also takes Veteran Champion.  Natalie Jones takes Lady Champion on 76 and Harry Pugh Junior Champion on 81.  Thanks to everyone who gave it a go, we appreciate your support.

 

Coaching News

Hereford & Worcester CPSA send our congratulations to Andy Herridge on receiving his Level 3 Senior Coach certificate. 

Andy has completed all three CPSA Level 2 Coaching courses (ESP, ESK & Trap).  This currently places him in the unique spot of being the only Senior CPSA Coach in Hereford & Worcester.

Andy says “When I’m learning about something I like to make sure I’m doing it properly and get a full understanding of the subject.  It all helps me be in a better position to really help others.”

Those who know Andy will attest to his generous help.  If you would like to benefit from his years of experience, knowledge, and the assurance (and importantly insurance) that comes with a CPSA Senior Coach, give him a call on 01568 708375 or find him at Park Farm Shooting ground, Ombersley.

We recognize and appreciate the time, commitment, and investment needed to attain this so again, we send our congratulations and wish him happy coaching! 

AGM

Our AGM and fundraising shoot is on Saturday the 10^th February 2024 at Park Farm Shooting Ground, Ombersley.  The shoot will include Skeet, DTL and Sportrap, the AGM will follow at 3pm.  The sporting will also be open for practice and catering will be available.  We would love to see you but especially if you have won badges and trophies we would appreciate your attendance as due to GDPR it is difficult and expensive for the county to distribute these by mail.  We also have the presentation of our beautiful 2 new trophies (Chris Bayliss Memorial) for Overall Top Shot in DTL and English Sporting.  Do please come along and also perhaps consider whether you could volunteer your time and energy to help us on the committee in 2024, we are always appreciative and welcoming of members’ help and ideas going forward! Our present committee sends our best wishes to all our members for a happy, healthy 2024.

Pull! November / December 2023

Area and Inter Counties All Round on the 10^th September

Held at the beautiful Doveridge Shooting Ground on an extremely warm, muggy day with showers.  The weather didn't put off our H&W shooters who turned out a treat for this competition.

Area congratulations go to Rod Davies and Roy Spooner for both taking Silver in the Veterans on 82 and Connor Davies for taking silver in the Juniors (and winning C class!) on 80.  Well shot all.

Inter Counties team results (2 out of 3 scores to count for teams other than Open)- Massive well done to our Veterans team (John Moore, Paul Colley, Roy Spooner) for taking Gold with 161.

Congratulations to our Junior team (Harry Pugh, Oliver Moore, Connor Davies) for taking the Junior silver medal with 154, gold was Staffs with 165.

Well done the ladies (Fiona Reed, Karen Mackison) for taking the bronze on 130, only 6 points behind Shropshire’s silver.  Unfortunately it wasn’t to be the seniors day but thanks go to all those who committed their time and energy (Matt Pugh, Brandon Smith, John Smith, Phil Mackison, Rod Davies, Nick Stokes).  Huge thanks to Doveridge for hosting on their wonderful grounds and the friendly, supportive referees.

 

Single Barrel County and Area Championships on the 24^th September

Congratulations to our H&W members who shot in the Area and County Single Barrel Championships at Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground. I gather the wind picked up!

Well done to Dan Price taking Silver in the Area Open with 93.  Also well done to Chris Moule taking Area Veteran Silver (91) and John Mason with Area Veteran Bronze (90).

Hereford & Worcester County Champion is Dan Price and Runner-up and Veteran Champion is Chris Moule.

Well done to all our shooters who took part. Holmes Chapel report a good turnout for this event and we're grateful as ever for their hosting and hospitality.

 

In other events Phil Smith has been on good form taking high gun and shooting 99/100 at Barbury shooting school on the 13^th September in their registered Super Sporting as well as being the top H&W member score in the British Open at Garlands with a 105/120 and a 60/75 on Finals day.   Well done to all our members who took on the challenge of the British Open and great to see our sponsored youngsters, Connor and Aimee, putting in the hard work and gaining valuable experience, keep at it!

 

Annual General Meeting

It might seem early to be mentioning it but we have our AGM provisionally booked in for Saturday the 10^th February 2024 so pop the date in your diaries now.  Due to the low turnout last year at the village hall, the committee have decided this year to hold it at Park Farm after the fundraising shoot.  The shoot will be set out to include Skeet, DTL and Sportrap and the AGM will follow with catering and a raffle as well as the County Champion badge and trophy presentation.  We would love to see you all and welcome the opportunity to get together and hear your thoughts on how the committee can best serve you, our members, going forward.

Pull! September 2023

County DTL Championships 30^th July

Held at Holmes Chapel our County winner is Dan Price on a super 293/300. Trevor Lloyd takes Runner up and Veteran Champion with 281/300. 

 

County Skeet Doubles Championships 6^th August

Thanks to everyone who turned out to support this event.  The weather mostly held, sunshine with the rain unfortunately catching out the last squad’s last round.  A good breeze on layout 2 also kept everyone on their toes.  County Champion Matt Pugh (95), Runner up Brandon Smith (94), Ladies Champion Natalie Jones (79), Veteran Champion Tim Smith (89) and Junior Champion Connor Davies (87).  Well shot all and thanks as always to Gloucester Clay Shooting Ground.

 

English Sporting County Championships 13^th August

Westfields hosted another fine shoot for us.  The weather mostly held with a few showers and a fairly strong breeze.  Congratulations go to Brandon Smith as our County Champion on 93, Matt Pugh, Phil Smith and Charlie Drury all closely behind on 91.   Ladies Champion retaining the trophy; Jane Taylor (76), Veteran Champion; Phil Smith (91) and Junior Champion; Taylor Alderton (83).  Thanks to referees and Steve Lovatt for hosting and levies.

 

County Olympic Trap Championships 13^th August

This was held at Griffin-Lloyd shooting ground.  Lucky with the weather with just a quick shower and then the rain stayed away although the light was changeable.  Tom Betts takes County Champion and Junior Champion on 90.  Runner up and Veteran Champion is Rod Davies (86) and Ladies Champion is Fiona Reed (71).   Thanks to all members who supported and took part and to the team at Griffin-Lloyd for super hosting.

 

County Sportrap Championships 19^th August

Held at Barbury Shooting Ground in Wiltshire this proved a popular event with 4 very different challenging layouts.  County Champion - Brandon Smith (89), Runner Up - Julian Morris (86)(after shoot off), 3rd - Phil Smith (86) (after shoot off).  Veterans Champion - Phil Smith (86), Ladies Champion - Natalie Jones (60), Junior Champion - Harry Pugh (64). 

 

Inter Counties DTL and Skeet 20^th August – An unfortunate calendar clash meant these two events falling on the same day.  This proved a challenge for all counties to gather enough members to ensure full teams but I’m pleased to say H&W rose to the challenge.  The encouraging team atmosphere and camaraderie meant a fun day with plenty of experience gained for the younger and newer members and something to build on.  I’m pleased to say that H&W Veterans took silver in the Skeet and H&W Juniors took Gold in the DTL.  Whilst our other teams may have not been in the medals they have done a wonderful job in taking part and helped gain our county valuable points in the Lyalvale Trophy.  Huge thanks go to each and every member who turned out to support the county, including their friends and family!

 

STOP PRESS – Super Sporting Championship

Our county has been invited to join Gloucestershire’s Super Sporting Championship on Sunday 22^nd October at Westfields.  This is an opportunity to establish a new County championship for H&W if there is sufficient interest.  West Midlands are looking at running an Area or even Inter County Super Sporting next year so this is an excellent chance to show your support and get in that much needed practise!  Please contact Steve Lovatt to book on;   07342 338390. 

 

Pull! August 2023

Sunday 4^th June saw the H&W English Skeet County Championships held at Gloucester Clay Shooting Club.  A beautiful sunny day with a breeze that made it slightly more of a challenge.  High Gun for the day was Peter Chester from Wiltshire who deserves a mention for his 100 straight, well shot!  Our County Champion is Matt Pugh who came through on the final squad to shoot a solid 98 with Brandon Smith so close behind on 97.  Natalie Jones was joint High Lady for the day and our Lady Champion on 88.  Tim Smith takes the Veteran Champion title with 94.  Our thanks go to Gloucester for fantastic hosting as always, super referees and scorers and the wonderful caterers keeping us all sustained. 

The H&W ABT county championships took place at Park Farm Shooting Ground on Sunday 11^th June.  Our Chairman Rod Davies took the County and Veteran titles with 89, very closely followed by Tim Smith on 88.  Jackie Cotton takes the Ladies title and Oliver Moore our Junior title.  Well done to all who took part and our thanks, as ever, to Park Farm for fabulous hosting.

On the 10^th and 11^th June at Westfield Shooting Ground our H&W FITASC county championships were held.  Julian Morris retained the title with a 95, joint second were Phil Smith and Nick Rees with 90 (who both also share top Veteran title).  Roger Ward also shot well on 89 to be top of the SuperVeterans category.  Thanks to Steve for excellent targets, the ground looking immaculate and great levies.  A good set of targets, catering for all abilities meant an enjoyable competition and although the weather threatened storms it thankfully held off for all.

The H&W HELICE county championships took place on Saturday 24^th June at Rugby Shooting Ground.  This also included the West Midlands Area and Inter Counties event.  In very hot conditions Matt Pugh won the county title.  Ladies champion was Fiona Reed and Paul Colley won the Veterans.  Matt Pugh also finished joint High Gun and after a very close four way shoot off for the Area title, he managed to do the double winning this as well.  Fiona Reed also won Area Ladies Champion too.  With a tense wait at the end for the team results I’m very pleased to say we finished second on 41, first was Warwickshire with 44 and third was Staffordshire on 39.  Thank you and well done to all that took part and thanks to Matt for reporting back.

In other exciting news;  Phil Sanders, Tim Smith and Tom Betts have all earned places in the England OT team and Sophie Langton has earned her first cap as part of the England 2023 OSK team!  Fantastic results everyone!

Pull! June 2023

Park Farm was host to our 2023 All Round County Championships on the 14^th May (Gloucester’s and Shropshire’s too!) This ensured a good turnout and lots of competition for members.  A misty start to the day soon cleared to gives us sunshine and mostly clear skies.  Our Chairman, Rod Davies set a high standard early in the day, but members rose to the challenge with Matt Pugh taking County Champion on a fantastic 90, followed by Stephen Keating and Brandon Smith, both on 87.  Taylor Alderton was Junior Champion hot on the heels of the seniors with an 82 and showing lots of future promise, our Colt Champion Connor Davies on 80. Rod Davies takes the Veteran title with 85 and Jackie Cotton our top Lady with 66.  There was a lovely atmosphere and great camaraderie amongst the competitors, keen to help those new to the challenge and supporting of new friends made on the squad.  Huge thanks to Park Farm, the referees, scorers and the catering, for keeping everyone well fed and watered and making an enjoyable day for all.

The County Olympic Skeet was at Gloucester Clay Shooting Ground on the 21^st May.  Congratulations to Mitchell Brooker-Smith for taking County Champion and County Junior Champion on 95, followed by Sophie Langton as Runner up and Top Lady on 86.  Top Veteran was Anthony Blandford on 73.  Well shot all.  Thanks to the ground and all refs for wonderful hosting.  Pictured is Dave Maddox, Club Treasurer, with the winners.

Congratulations further go to Mitchell Brooker-Smith for being selected for the Men’s Skeet at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup, Lonato and for the Mens and Pairs Skeet at the Junior World Championships in Changwon.  The Junior World Championships will also host Tom Betts and Tom Burns in the Men’s Trap.  We wish them all fine form and enjoyable competitions.

Tom Burns took Bronze medal in the British Shooting Series OT Men’s Juniors at Fauxdegla on the 13/14^th May and Sophie Langton took Silver medal in the British Shooting Series OSK at East Yorkshire Shooting Ground in Junior Ladies.  It is great to see our Juniors doing well and lovely to watch their progress.

As part of our commitment to our younger shooters we have now sponsored, as mentioned in the newsletter, a junior; Harry Pugh and a colt; Connor Davies.  Both have received an allocation of £200 from the H&W committee to help with their training and development in the sport.  Their hard work and commitment are a pleasure to see.  Our Chairman has also applied for this funding to be matched from the West Midlands Committee for further youngsters so watch this space for updates.

In our more seasoned members: Julian Morris put in a fantastic performance at the Caesar Guerini Semi Auto Masters 120 bird at Barbury on the 29^th April.  Entering the last stand only one away, Julian tied for joint High Gun with Richard Faulds on 116.  This resulted in a shoot off with Julian eventually taking 2^nd place.  Amazing shooting Julian!  Dan Price has been selected as Captain for DTL at the HCIT 2023 and Chris Moule has been selected for the Veterans team.  HCIT is at Cross Clay Pigeon Ground, Co Clare, Ireland.  Paul Colley has been selected to represent GB at Helice in the Europeans in Ghedi and Nick Rees has been selected to represent GB in the Senior team at the World FITASC Sporting Championships in Gant, Hungary.

We love to celebrate our members success.  Please send results, photos and updates to Karen at the above email address.  Happy shooting all.

 

Pull! May 2023

Demand for places at some County Championships has meant some members experiencing difficulty booking, so we advise members to please book early where possible.  To be able to run events, grounds will book first come, first served.  We are very grateful that to accommodate the demand for the FITASC, Steve Lovatt of The Clay Shooting Company has put on an extra day on the 10^th June at Westfields and hope our members show their support.  Details for booking are on the website.

Round up of our members news for April:

Congratulations to Tom Burns for first place in the French Grand Prix, Junior Olympic Trap Champion 2023, with Tom Betts hot on his heels with 2^nd place.  In the Olympic Trap Shotgun Series Round 1 at East Yorkshire S.G. Thomas Betts took the top Junior spot demonstrating his continued great form.

Mitchell Brooker-Smith was on excellent form at the National Clay Shooting Centre to take first place in Round One of the Shotgun Series Mens Skeet as well as High Gun in OSK at the South Wales 2000 S.G for the two days running.

In Helice news, Paul Colley took 2^nd place in the English Open Helice Championships Veterans section at Invicta Gun Club in Kent.

Amongst our younger members’ accomplishments for April worthy of mention, Connor Davies shot a personal best in English Sporting with an 88 at Westfields, never an easy course.

In our first County Championship of the year Tom Burns is our Universal Trench County Champion on 92 with runner up, Craig Miles a close 90 behind.  Phil Sanders takes the Veteran title with Fiona Reed the top lady.  Thanks to Fauxdegla for hosting and to all those who took part.

Congratulations to all our above members on their success and good luck to all our members in their own personal shooting goals over the coming season. 

Pull! April 2023

As mentioned in our newsletter and on our website, following on from our AGM, the committee have decided to undertake a trophy audit.  This will involve the collecting in of all trophies to enable us to check their condition, ensure all engraving is up to date and make sure everything is right, so they are ready for their next deserving host!  If you can return your trophy to Park Farm this would be very much appreciated.  Going forward this will mean the trophies can then be presented at an annual awards ceremony in the same way that many other counties do.

 

The results are in for the Lyalvale Shield.  We are pleased to announce that our Juniors won their section and we as a county receive a cheque for £250 for their efforts.  Well done to Harry Pugh, Connor Davies and Jack Harris.  Unfortunately, we were not as successful in other areas, losing out on the Gun Up Trophy by 1 point and coming 3^rd overall for the Lyalevale Shield.  In some events for the Ladies, Juniors and Veterans, no team was presented, and this has a heavy price on our overall scores.  Our Team Managers have identified areas for improvement, and we hope to field stronger teams across all areas in 2023.  Please also remember that H&W are keen to encourage and support Juniors and Ladies shooting in Inter County teams.  As such the West Midlands Committee pay Juniors Bird Only entries for team members at Inter County events and Ladies shooting as a team member in Inter County events can request their Bird Only entry fee to be refunded from the H&W Committee.   More details on this, cartridges and Junior sponsorship can be seen in our Chairman’s newsletter which should be with you shortly and can be seen on our website. A hard copy will be sent out if HQ do not have your email address but please can you check that HQ have your current email address as this is the preferred method of communication with our membership.  This can be done by logging into your CPSA account online, clicking on ‘My Membership’ and going to ‘Edit info’ where you can scroll down and check your correct email address is entered in the relevant field.

 

H&W congratulate Olympic Trap shooter Tom Betts on his selection in the GBR team for the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl in Germany in June.  Check out his Athlete Story on the British Shooting website.

Chris Moule had some fantastic scores in the run up to the World DTL Championships in South Africa, scoring 299/100 and 300/100 at Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground.  We congratulate his England selection and hope he enjoyed a wonderful competition.

Pull! March 2023

The H&W AGM was held on the 11^th February at Ombersley Village Hall.  The committee was elected as follows; Chairman Rod Davies, Vice Chairman Fiona Reed, Secretary Karen Mackison and Treasurer Fiona Reed.  The following members were also elected to the committee; Nick Stokes, Jerry Ruane, Matt Pugh, Brandon Smith, Harry Pugh and Phil Mackison.  At the request of members the meeting was moved to a village hall venue but turn out was low so we will be looking to move to a different format in the future.  Members who weren’t present to collect their badges can email Karen with their address and they will be posted to you.

The Chairman’s report and newsletter can be found on the website but we would just like to highlight here our thanks for all those who support, host and attend our County events.  Special thanks are given to Phil and Di Sanders and all those at Park Farm for their support in events and allowing us to base ourselves at their venue.

Our John Hadley Memorial shoot was held at Park Farm on the 11^th February and raised a super £280 for charity.  Overall High Gun for the day was Chris Moule. Chris Moule was top Veteran, Dan Price top Senior, Fiona Reed top Lady and Junior Overall was Aimee Addison.   Chris Moule was on fine form to win the Skeet and Sportrap but denied the trio after a shoot off in the ABT, with Rod Davies the winner.  Further results on Chris’ excellent recent scores will be in next month’s update.

H&W were sad to announce the passing of a well known member of our shooting community, John Boraston who passed away on the 3^rd February aged 91.  His obituary can be found in this month’s Pull!

On the international scene H&W send our congratulations to Tom Burns for his first place in Junior Men’s trap at the Portugal Grand Prix.  Slightly further afield at the Qatar Grand Prix Mitchell Brooker-Smith brought home first place in Junior Men’s Skeet and Tom Betts first in Junior Men’s Trap.  Well done All!

All the dates for the new season are now on the H&W website as well as the West Midlands Regional Shoots.  As always, you are advised to keep an eye on the website as this is the primary source of up-to-date information and where any last minute changes will be published.  Some grounds require telephone bookings in advance and their numbers can be found there.  A summary is given below but a downloadable pdf is available on the website.  H&W hope you all enjoy a wonderful season of competition!

 

Pull! January / February 2023

Hereford & Worcester CPSA welcomes all our shooters to the new Shooting year, and we hope you enjoy a year full of fun events and challenges.  Your discipline team managers have been working hard to agree dates with grounds and these are continually being added to our website for county and area events so do please check in regularly. 

By the time this is published we will have had our AGM and our John Hadley Memorial shoot.  We will update you on our committee and team managers in our next issue. 

H&W would like to congratulate all our shooters who made it into the CPSA Pull! Top Shots for 2022 including; Olympic trap; Thomas Betts, Lee Betts, Thomas Burns, Philip Sanders.  English Sporting; Phil Smith.  FITASC; Julian Morris.  Compak Sporting; Nicholas Rees.  Helice; Matthew Pugh, Fiona Reed, Paul Colley. Down the Line; Daniel Price, Christopher Moule, Robert Haines.  Olympic Skeet; Mitchell Brooker-Smith.  Universal Trench; Fiona Reed, Philip Sanders.  Congratulations to all on their excellent results and good luck for the coming season!

Tom Burns and Phil Sanders have already made a cracking start to the year with a Bronze medal for Phil and Silver medal for Tom at the Olympic trap Grand Prix in Malaga.  Well done both!

In other exciting news, we all wish Chris Moule good luck for being selected to represent England at the World down the line Championships being held in South Africa. Jack Ruane will be accompanying Chris, and they will also both be shooting in the South African Championships. Good luck to both Chris and Jack.

Finally, if you have any stories or pictures from around the region, please send them to karenmackison@gmail.com as we would love to include them in our news and updates, on the website and our Facebook page.

 

Pull! November/December 2022

The H&W County Skeet Doubles took place on Sunday 16^th October.  The weather was kind with clear skies, sunshine and a light breeze at the Gloucester Clay Shooting ground, kindly hosted by Paul Tudge.  Steve Nutbeam was on fine form to take the County title with a score of 98 followed in runner up position by Brandon Smith with 94.  Ladies and Junior title went to Sophie Langton with an excellent 85 and Connor Davies wins the Colt title on a score of 81.  Well done all!

Looking forward to 2023 we would like to encourage more ladies to shoot for our county and as such the committee has a small fund to support any CPSA H&W ladies who shoot in any event for our Inter County Teams.  The committee can refund their birds only entry fee if requested so do please get in touch.  The committee are also looking into fundraising to help our members further; if you would like to help we would love to hear from you. 

In case members are unaware we would like to highlight the Lyalvale trophy and it’s importance in funding for the county.  Team entries are extremely important as they help ensure better rankings and top Lyalvale placings result in our club getting a prize fund that can go on to help support our members further.  Ensuring we have committed teams across all categories is something we will strive for in 2023.

Finally, a date for your diary, The John Hadley Memorial Shoot will take place at Park Farm on the 11^th February 2023 with 25 ABT, 25 Skeet and 25 Sportrap.  Prizes will be on offer for the top shot in each category along with Ladies, Juniors and Veterans prizes with re-entry allowed BUT the John Hadley Charity event will be shot across ALL the three disciplines and will be based on your first scores.

The H&W CPSA annual general meeting will be held following this event at Ombersley Village Hall at 3.30pm where we would love to see you all and our County Winners can collect their badges.  We always welcome new members to the committee and your input is invaluable in taking our sport forward.  Finally, our committee wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy 2023!

Pull! September/October 2022

Our busy month started with the County Olympic Trap Championships at Griffin-Lloyd Shooting Ground in Wales on the 4^th September.  Thomas Burns took the County Champion spot with a score of 89 (whilst also being top Junior) with Michael Jones Champion in the H&W Veteran category.

Inter Counties Sporting results from Sunday 11^th September 2022.

A misty morning turned into a glorious day in the beautiful Cotswolds for the West Midlands Inter County English Sporting at Westfields.  It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with the Hereford & Worcester Seniors coming 3rd, only 3 behind 2nd place out of 500 clays!  Ladies came 1st receiving gold, Well done to Jane Taylor, Dee Ward and Natalie Jones!!  Juniors came 2nd taking home silver.

The area Sportrap also took place at the same time at Westfield with H&W shooter, Phil Smith, taking silver in the veteran’s category.

The County Skeet Doubles at Gloucester Clay Pigeon Ground was postponed from the 11^th September to the 16^th October as a mark of respect for Her Majesty. 

Hereford and Worcester County ABT championship took place at Park Farm Shooting Ground on the 25^th September.  Congratulations to our County Champion Craig Miles – 86ex100, our Colt Champion – Connor Davies, 83ex100 and our Veteran Champion – Rod Davies, 84ex100.

Sunday 25^th September saw the Single Barrel at Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground where Christopher Moule scored 96 to take the Hereford & Worcester County Champion spot.

Congratulations to all our members on their results.  If you would like to get involved, please get in touch with our team managers or check our website for updates on competitions and news https://herefordworcester.cpsa.uk/.

Pull! August 2022

Firstly, it is Great News that at our recent Hereford & Worcester committee meeting we have now appointed Karen Mackison as our new Secretary and we have co-opted her Husband onto the committee as well.

West Midlands Inter County English Skeet Championship at Doveridge:
Our Senior Team came 6 th but only 2 points from equal 4 th place and only 12 points from winning!
Thanks to: Brandon Smith, Luke Sanders, Roy Spooner, John Tarplee, Jonathon Smith, Mathew Clarke.
Our Veterans came 4 th only 1 point from the Bronze medals!
Thanks to: Tim Smith, Graeme Walker & John Kenyon.
Our Ladies came 5 th but only 2 points from the Bronze medals!
Thanks to: Pat Smith, Natalie Jones & Sophie Langton.
However our Juniors collected the Silver medals:
Thanks to: Connor Davies, Arthur & Henry Tunnicliffe

 

Inter County DTL Championship:
Our Senior Team won the Gold medals!
Well done to all in the Team.
Picture from the left: Rob Haines, Chris Moule, Steve Baker, Paul Cerri, Dan Price & John Mason.
Our Veterans came 6 th but sadly we did not have enough Juniors to make the Team but many thanks to Oliver Moore for turning up and shooting for us.
Sadly, we also did not have any Ladies to represent us so if any Ladies are interested in shooting ANY TRAP disciplines for our County, please contact me (Rod Davies) as there could well be some sponsorship on the way!!

FITASC:
The Hereford & Worcester County FITASC Championship took place at Westfield shooting ground on the 13th & 14th of August. The targets set by Steve Lovatt offered something for everyone. Trying to build a score as the day went on though proved to be difficult not helped by the extremely hot
weather.

The County Champion is Julian Morris retaining the title for another year with an excellent score of 91, runner up was Matt Pugh on 83.

The Veterans title goes to Nick Rees with 80.

The Junior Champion with a score of 71 was Conner Davies.

Unfortunately, no Ladies took part.

Thank you very much to Steve for hosting the shoot and to all that took part. Finally, congratulations to all the Winners.
Report by Matt Pugh. 

ABT:
In the West Midlands Inter Counties ABT Championship Hereford & Worcester managed to field an Open Team (Fred Goodman, Craig Miles, Rob Hart, Rod Davies, Fiona Caren & Jamie Reed) as well as a Junior Team (Will Goodman & Nathan Rouse) and Veteran Team (Paul Colley, Andrew Foxall & Trevor Lloyd).

Sadly, we could not find enough Ladies to compete for us.
The Open and Veteran teams came 4th in their categories but the Juniors won Silver, congratulations to Will Goodman and Nathan Rouse.
In the Area Competition:
Will Goodman took Silver in the Juniors with a fantastic score of 91.
Fiona Caren took Silver in the Ladies just 4 points behind Lucy Earl in Gold position.
Congratulations & thanks to all who took part.

If you remember last months “Pull” report, I mentioned the UT Championships in Hungary and so our very own happy shooter Phil Sanders collected a Bronze medal as part of the Great Britain Veterans team.

Pull April 2022:

 

Congratulations to Luke Sanders who finished joint runner up at the West Midlands Skeet at Doveridge, shooting a fantastic 97ex100 in windy conditions.

Hereford & Worcester County UT Championship was held at Fauxdegla on 23^rd April, with some great targets even in windy conditions, the ground was fantastic thanks to Debbie, Mike & the Team. Overall Winner and also Veteran Champion, congratulations go to Phil Sanders with runner up Rod Davies. Congratulations to our Ladies Champion as well, Fiona Caren. 

 

Hereford & Worcester competed in the Inter County & Area UT Championship at Fauxdegla on 24^th April. 

Many thanks to all the team at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground for organizing a great day. The weather was fairly sunny with a good wind! It was a fairly testing day and we came 5th. The teams were made up of Rob Hart, Richard Allen, Phil Sanders, Rod Davies. Fiona Caren, Tom Burns, Craig Miles & Jo Ann Allen. Congratulations to Jo Ann Allen who came away with the Ladies Gold medal and Fiona Caren won the Ladies Silver medal. Congratulations also to Tom Burns won the Junior Silver medal.

Many thanks to everyone that made this possible.

From left to right standing:

Rod Davies, Fiona Caren, Tom Burns, Phil Sanders, Richard Allen.

Sitting:

Rob Hart, Jo Ann Allen, Craig Miles.

 

 

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February 2022.

A short report from Rod Davies Chairman of Hereford & Worcester CPSA:

 

I hope you have all had a Happy & Healthy New Year and will be able to attend as many County Championship shoots as possible this year along with the Inter County Team and Area events.

All the County dates will be on the website as soon as possible and we will get these sent out to you by email (if you have registered your email address with the CPSA).

 

I am including a taster of events at the bottom of this report but please keep an eye on the website as this is the primary source of up-to-date information as some of the dates may change at short notice.

Please be aware some grounds will only accept telephone bookings in advance of the competitions.

 

By the time you are reading this we should have had our AGM and John Hadley Memorial shoot which we will report on in the next issue.

 

However, we can announce that we are very proud of our Juniors for winning the West Midlands Juniors event and getting £250 for the County and of course very proud of our Ladies for also winning the West Midlands Ladies event and getting another £250 for our County.

 

Sadly we missed out on the Lyalvale Trophy by just 2 points!

 

But we have also won the West Midlands DTL Cup and the West Midlands “Gun Up” Trophy for Trap events for last year.

 

We are now looking for more Ladies and Juniors to take part in shooting with the County Teams so going forwards we are holding a joint taster day for both Ladies & Juniors at Park Farm Shooting Ground at a date to be agreed so watch out for this exciting event that has kindly been sponsored by CPSA Headquarters and by Hereford & Worcester CPSA.

 

Thanks for your continuing support of your County and don’t forget to send Fiona some pictures of any County or Inter County shooting events for our website.

 

DATE	DISCIPLINE	VENUE	CONTACT
Saturday 23rd April	Universal Trench	Fauxdegla	01978790198 T/phone entries to Mike
1st May	All Round	Park Farm	01905 620237 T/phone entries to Phil
15th May	English Skeet	Gloucester	07827 812796 T/phone-Text entries to Paul
26th June	Olympic Skeet	Gloucester	07827 812796 T/phone-Text entries to Paul
Saturday 9th July	Sportrap	Barbury	01793940420 T/phone entries to Office
24th July	DTL	Holmes Chapel	01477518444 T/phone entries to Dave
24th July	English Sporting	Westfield	07971 475916 T/phone entries to Steve
30th July	Helice	Garlands	07971 475916 T/phone entries to Steve

 

 

December 2021 Update 

 

After a very intense and short Competitive season local shooter,

Chris Moule nearly achieved the Doubles, in both the Hereford & Worcester County Championships and West Midlands Area championships but was just pipped when Dan Price won the West Midlands Area championships DTL with a score of 300.

Chris came first in the Hereford & Worcester DTL after shoot offs with Dan Price who came runner up and Chris again taking the Single Barrel with Jack Ruane a close second. John Mason who has only recently has taken up competitions won both the Hereford & Worcester Veteran’s

DTL and Single barrel.

Chris Moule also won the West Midlands Area Championships Single Barrel with Jack Ruane again a very close second , and Rob Haines taking first place in the West Midlands Area DTL Championships.

Great shooting guys!...

 

November 2021 Edition!

• West Midlands Inter-Counties All Round: The event took place at Notthingham & District Gun Club on September 12th 2021. Weather was good and the rain held off. Matt Pugh, John Smith, Brandson Smith, Matt Bodfish, John Tarplee & Fred Goodman put in some great scores, averaging just over 90 and came away with THIRD place! Matt Pugh was runner up in the Overall West Midlands area championship. The ladies team of Natalie Jones & Fiona Caren came first & Fiona Caren came first & Natalie Jones was runner up in the Ladies West Midlands area championship. Our Juniors team consisting of Will Goodman & Harry Pugh won the Juniors competition & Will Goodman was runner up for the Juniors West Midlands area championship. Our veteran team opf Paul Colley & Roy Spooner came third in the veteran team championship! 

 

• West Midlands Inter-Counties English Skeet: This event took place at Doveridge onm September 5th 2021. Wall to wall sunshine as the full set of  Hereford & Worcestershire teams attended. The Seniors team secured fourth place overall, the Veterans took fifth place, whilst the Ladies took third place and the Juniors took second. 

 

• County Skeet Doubles: Gloucester held the county championship in conjunction with Gloucestershire. Many thanks to Paul and the team for holding the event on a lovely warm day. There were 18 shooters from Hereford & Worcestershire. Simon Jones shot his way to becoming overall county champion with joint runners up Brandon Smith and Tim Smith.  Tim Smith took the Veteran champion title whilst Pat Smith secured the Ladies county championship. Our Junior champion on the day was won by Archie Parker-Smith. 

Fantastic shooting by all...