LINCOLNSHIRE CPSA

 

DEREK OLIVANT MEMORIAL ABT

HELD AT EAST YORKSHIRE CLAY SHOOTING GROUND

ON SUNDAY 14TH APRIL

 

This shoot is an opportunity for everybody, Lincolnshire shooters and others alike, to honour the memory of one of the finest ABT shooters of our time and at the same time raise some much needed funds for Prostate Cancer, the disease which claimed Derek's life so early.  This year it was the turn of East Yorkshire Clay Shooting Ground to pick up the baton.  We had a good entry of 44 although one or two familiar faces were missing due to the earlier than normal scheduling which the Lincolnshire committee had been obliged to do because of the changes happening at East Yorkshire at the end of June.

Everybody had their eye on the spectacular trophy donated to the Lincolnshire CPSA by Derek's widow, Lynne especially Dave Sipling who won it in 2022 but also hot in contention were Aaron Heading, John Winn, Jack Wilkinson and Nick Pearce.  At 75 both Dave Sipling and Aaron were tied on 73 so all to play for but Jack and Nick had to settle for a 94 and John a 95 so leaving the way clear for a tussle between Dave and Aaron but then, disaster, Aaron had to leave the ground without shooting the last round  Such a shame, that last round would have been well worth watching as two mighty champions went head to head!  So, much to Dave's wife's delight, the Derek Olivant Memorial Trophy will once more have pride of place in the Sipling household.

Dave Sipling - Claims the Derek Olivant Memorial Trophy for the 2nd time with a score of 96/100

The shooting was superb but the generosity of our shooters was unbelievable.  Committee member, Brett Aisthorpe, gave up his day solely to run the raffle and a splendid job he made of it raising a massive £313 on the day.  We had a good spread of raffle prizes generously donated by the shooters which included a slab of "Lucy's" (Lucy Hall cartridges) donated by Rob Hall from East Yorkshire Clay Shooting Ground and 200 Express donated by Donovan Jenkin.  With individual cash donations from Norman Eaton and Chris Bone (who donated his team entry money to the cause) we raised in total £723.  Donations are still being accepted so if anyone wants to add to this total please get in touch with the Lincolnshire CPSA treasurer, Janet Stennet who will be pleased to relieve you of your cash for this worthy cause.

Paul Stennett, Lincolnshire CPSA Chairman receiving a cheque for Prostate Cancer UK

from Rob Hall, East Yorkshire Clay Shooting Ground

Prizes of cartridges were up for grabs for the overall category winners and it was probably no surprise to anyone to find that Lucy Hall swept all before her with an eye watering score of 98/100 which gave her the top score overall, and for ladies and juniors.  Lucy donated the cartridges back to Lincolnshire CPSA to be used for the benefit of our juniors.  Top veteran was John Winn on 95.

  

Thanks to all those who supported this event, we hope you had fun and went home with some prizes.  A huge thanks to Rob, Gill, Georgie, Lucy, Adam and Sarah (the team of East Yorkshire) who made the day such a success.  We, of course, missed the usual amount of cheek from Sean Rushton, and from all of us at Lincolnshire CPSA we wish him well for the future.