LINCOLNSHIRE DTL CHAMPIONSHIP

HELD AT THE PRIORY CLAY TARGET CENTRE

ON SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST

 

PAUL SMITH - LINCOLNSHIRE DTL CHAMPION 2024

We counted our blessings a bit on Sunday as Saturday's torrential downpour was replaced on Sunday by a dry but increasingly blustery day.  The weather marginally favoured the early squads but when Paul Smith and Andy Jackson both returned to the club house with a 99/295 each it was still regarded as an awesome score.  They both then had a very long wait to see whether it could be beaten.  Tony Woodrow and Marvin Houghton came close being just 3 points and 5 points down at 75 but both struggled on layout 4 so their challenge fell away.  So for the second year in a row a shoot off was required to sort out a winner.

Paul Smith and Andy Jackson

By this time the wind had really picked up, which made for quite exciting viewing for the audience, to watch a master class of shooting in such conditions which saw Paul emerge the winner leaving Andy to claim the award for AA Class.

In the veteran category, Marvin Houghton lead the way with some superb scoring and he looked in contention for the overall title but a relatively poor 4th round (24/68) saw him finish on 99/288 to take the veteran title.  His nearest rival, John Toombs only dropped 4 targets but the number of second barrels, which was a feature of everyone's shooting in the wind, saw him finish runner up on 96/279.

6 ladies competed for the Ladies title and we were especially pleased to welcome Saira Boardman who has just returned to shooting after the birth of her daughter.  As the last squads of the day returned, Jackie Houghton was pleasantly surprised to find herself in pole position with a score of 90/258 which given the conditions was not half bad.

L-R Marvin Houghton (Veteran Champion), Calum Willey (B Class), Paul Smith (Lincolnshire Champion, Andy Jackson (AA Class) and Jackie Houghton (Ladies Champion)

Only 1 junior, George Dilley, competed but he certainly held his own with the rest finishing on a very creditable 94/274 to take the junior title.  George also took C Class and was awarded 100 cartridges kindly donated by Lucy Hall to be used for the benefit of our juniors.

Class winners were Andy Jackson (AA), Tony Woodrow (A), Calum Willey (B), George Dilley (C)

Thanks as always to Aaron and Natasha and all the team at The Priory.  The referees did a splendid job, the ground looked immaculate and the chocolate cake is to die for.   What more could you want!

Thanks to all those who so generously donated raffle prizes. We raised £103 on the raffle which the committee will put to good use.

The Lincolnshire DTL teams were selected from this event, teams to be announced shortly.

  

RESULTS

CATEGORY/CLASS	NAME	SCORE
HIGH GUN	PAUL SMITH	99/295 after s/o
AA CLASS	ANDY JACKSON	99/295 after s/o
A CLASS	TONY WOODROW	98/290
B CLASS	CALUM WILLEY	97/286
C CLASS	GEORGE DILLEY	94/274
LADIES	JACKIE HOUGHTON	90/258
JUNIORS	GEORGE DILLEY	94/274
VETERANS	MARVIN HOUGHTON	99/288