February was a quiet month in the clay shooting calendar, with only a handful of registered shoots locally. Whilst some have been having a break during the cold and windy weather, others have been practising for the new competition season. A few hardy souls have even ventured out and competed in the winter competitions. Well done to those who have already started competing, and good luck to everyone in the coming months.

 

December – February DTL Winter Series, Nottingham & DGC Congratulations to Niall Crumpler who braved the long journey and harsh winter weather to compete in all six of the DTL competitions. His four best scores placed him seventh Overall and fourth in AA Class.

 

Sporting News Some great results from our Sporting shooters. Congratulations to all of them.

6 Feb: 100 ESP, Barrow Sporting Clays Jake Moore shot an excellent 98 to take High Gun. Sam Green was second with 97 and Dave Gooding scored 93.

20 Feb: 100 ESP, Barrow Sporting Clays A great result for Oliver Gooderham who was second Overall with a score of 93.

11 Feb: 100 ESP, East of England SG Jake Moore was once again on fine form when he scored 93 to take High Gun and a well-earned cash prize of £120 Well done also to Class Prize winners Stephen Amies and David Pointer who were joint first in A Class, Tony Johnson was third in A Class, and Stephen Howling was first in C Class.

6 Mar: 100 ESP, Barrow sporting Clays A win for David Gooding who was High Gun with a score of 95 Joint second was Mark Goddard and Joint fifth were Richard Bunning and Joe Norman. 

 

Norfolk Juniors Elise Dixon, William Gilbert, and Archy Stannard have all been hard at work training. Elise was selected by Hillfort Sporting Co-founders Augusta Campos-Martyn and Matt Coward- Holley to join their scholarship program. The program enables young Olympic Trap shooters to receive top quality coaching and mentoring from them. William has made an impressive start to the new year. Competing at Nuthampstead SG on 27 February he scored an excellent 97 to take high gun at the OT shoot. He then returned on 6th March and scored 90 at the ABT shoot, placing fourth overall. Archy has also been busy, competing in ESK his scored of 91 placed him joint eighth at Eriswell Lodge on 6 February, whilst scores of 93 and 94 at Kingsberry GC on 13 and 27 February placed him third and joint second respectively. We wish all our Juniors the best of luck as they prepare for the new season, and every success in their competitions.