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2016

Ranton CTC 6th November 2016

Staffordshire Double Rise Championship

A Very well done to GM Heath for becoming 2016 Staffordshire Double Rise Champion.

Results

2016 Staffordshire Double Rise Champion: GM Heath

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey

Veteran Champion: Keith Smith

Junior Champion: Not contested

Class AA : GM Heath 88/100

Class A:

1. Craig Nightingale 80/100

2. Keith Smith 78/100

3. BS Fielding 75/100

Class B:

1. Jason Findley 73/100

2. Frank Knobbs 66/100

3. AJ Grealey 64/100

Class C:

1. Ian Hull 84/100

2. A Statham 69/100

3. H Richards 65/100

4. J Nealen 63/100

5.=Carl Harlow 62/100

5.=Eddie Nightingale 62/100

Ladies:

1. Gill Grealey 53/100

2. Dawn Morgan 45/100

Seniors:

1. GM Heath 88/100

2. Dave Malpass 86/100

3. Ian Hull 84/100

Veterans:

1. GD Evans 79/100

2. Keith Smith 78/100

3. Frank Knobbs 66/100

Ranton CTC 4th September 2016

Oakland House Trophy

Well done to Staffordshires Craig Nightingale for a fine win in the 2016 Oakland House Trophy competition,

shooting a fabulous 100/297 in altering light changes to lift the trophy.

Also, very nice to see Cynthia back behind the counter serving her wonderfull snapin.

Results for West Midlands Inter Counties DTLChampionships

Fauxdegla

28th August 2016

100 REG DTL WEST MIDLANDS INTER-COUNTIES FINAL 28/08/2016

County Winners

SENIORS VETERANS

1ST - SHROPSHIRE 495/1473 1ST - STAFFORDSHIRE 198/584

2ND - CHESHIRE 496/1462 2ND - HER & WORC 196/583

3RD- STAFFORDSHIRE 494/1454 3RD - DERBYSHIRE 196/581

JUNIOR LADY

1ST - STAFFORDSHIRE 194/558 1ST - CHESHIRE 190/555

2ND - WARWICKSHIRE 189/554 2ND - STAFFORDSHIRE 186/546

3RD - CHESHIRE 181/537 3RD - WARWICKSHIRE 180/528

A big thank you for the DTL Squads from your Team Manager Paul Berry

WELL DONE

Results for West Midlands Inter Counties and Staffordshire Olympic Trap Championships

Griffin Lloyd

Sunday the 17^th July 2016

West Midlands Intercounties Champions: Cheshire 417/100

2nd-3rd Runners Up: Hereford & Worcester & Shropshire 409/100

4th Staffordshire 405/100

West Midlands Area Silver Junior Champion: Harry Sinclair 77/100

Staffordshire Intercounties Team:

Ian Hull

Dave Winter

Adam Gutteridge

Greg Sinclair (New Cap)

Paul Bailey (New Cap)

Harry Sinclair (New Cap)

Staffordshire County OT Champion: Adam Gutteridge 87/100

Staffordshire County OT Runner Up: Dave Winter & Greg Sinclair 82/100

Staffordshire County OT Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 45/100

Staffordshire County OT Veterans Champion: Alan Grealey 63/100

Staffordshire County OT Junior Champion: Harry Sinclair 77/100

Staffordshire ABT Championship.

5^th June 2016

Ranton CTC

Results taken from CPSA website. Sorry if results incorrect.

2016 Staffordshire ABT Champion: Craig Nightingale 48/50

Veterans Champion: Tony Nightingale 45/50

Lady Champion: Gill Grealey 42/50

A Class:

1 Craig Nightingale 48/50

2 Dave Malpass 47/50

B Class:

1 Tony Nightingale 45/50

2 Chris Edwards 43/50

2 Luke McHugh 43/50

C Class:

1 Jason Findlay 45/50

2 JP Simmons 44/50

D Class:

1 H Richards 46/50

2 HG Williams 42/50 Cheshire

3 Gill Grealey 42/50

Very well done to Craig, excellent result.

Also fantastic scores from Tony (Vets Champion) and Gill (Lady Champion)

West Midland Area U/T Championship / West Midlands U/T Intercounties / Staffordshire U/T Championship

5^th June 2016

Rugby & District Trap Club

Inter County Team Results:

Staffordshire:

Gold Medal with 440 x 500

Warwickshire:

Silver Medal with 436 x 500

H & W:

Bronze Medal with 435 x 500

Area Results:

Area UT Champ Gold Medal was RO Davis with 93/100 H & W

Area UT Silver Medal was James Sutton with 91/100 + 24/25 Staffordshire

Area UT Bronze Medal was Darren Wood with 91/100 + 22/25 Staffordshire

Area UT Vets Champs was T Prescott with 93/100 Derbyshire

Staffordshire Championship:

UT Gold Medal James Sutton 91/100 + 24/25

UT Silver Medal Darren Wood 91/100 + 22/25

UT Vets Champ was Richard Wright 91/100

The Staffordshire Intercounties Team

James Sutton

Roy Sutton

Ian Hull

Darren Wood

Dave Winter

Keith Smith

At the English open sporting championship held at Hodnet shooting ground, Sam Upton, who after a shoot off became English open Junior Winner. Well done Sam brilliant result.
Sam also took 2nd in A class.
Also at the English open Alex Tinsley took 3rd overall in colts another fine result.

Well done Adam Gutteridge.

On 10th April last weekend Adam won the 2016 UK Olympic Trap Championships at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground.

He Shot 122/125 to lead going into the final.Then in the semi final, a 11/15 + 6 sudden death to get into the

Gold Medal match.

In the Gold Medal final against Aaron Heading, Adam shot a winning 13/15 to win

the Championship title.

As always, Adam is a credit to Staffordshire shooting for his many achievements and wins.

24^th April 2016

Fauxdegla shooting ground.

All Round West Midland Championship / West Midland Intercounties / Staffordshire Championship.

Both Seniors and Juniors put on a good display of shooting in windy conditions.

Seniors Team consisted of:

Darren Park (Team Captain)

J Ward

R Thompson

G Rowley who was presented with his 1^st Staffs Team badge.

C Harlow who was presented with his 1^st Staffs Team badge.

Team score 426/500 which earned Staffordshire the Bronze medal position in the team event.

Juniors Team consisted of:

Alex Tinsley

B Pointon

Sam Upton

Junior Team Gold went to Staffordshire with the Juniors shooting very well.

Sam Upton was Bronze Medal Championalso won Junior individual Bronze, well done Sam.

In Class prizes:

Darren Park came = 2^nd in AA

R Thompson =2^nd in A

J Ward 1^st in C

Alex Tinsley 2^nd in C

Staffordshire All Round County Champion 2016 with a score of 90/100 Darren Park

Staffordshire Junior All Round County Champion 2016 with a score of 81/100 Sam Upton

You can contact Darren on darrenparkshooting@virginmedia.com

Chris Daniels attended the Cheshire Grand Prix on the 27th March 2016 and shot an excellent 141/150.

High Gun of the shoot was 146/150. To finish off the weekend with he won the pool shoot.

On 28th March 2016 he went down to Longridge SG and took High Gun with an excellent 100 straight.

Following those two cracking shoots on 9th & 10th April 2016 he was to be seen at the Essex Sporting Masters where he

shot 190/200 over two days to win AAA class. The High Gun of 191/200 went to George Digweed MBE

Many congratulations to Chris from the Staffordshire Committee and more impotantly from Mum & Dad.

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The West Midlands Area and Inter Counties FITASC shoot held at Westfield shooting ground proved a testing but enjoyable shoot. Staffordshire shooters team achieving the Bronze medal.

Staffordshire County Junior Champion is Sam Upton with a fantastic score of 85/100.

Sam also tied for the County Championship with Tim Simmons. (shoot off to be mutually agreed to at a later date)

Sam also took Gold in Juniors.

Staffordshire Veterans County Champion is Steve Williams.

I would like to take this opportunity to just thank all the Staffordshire shooters who competed in this event and especially those who agreed to shoot for my team, thank you.

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2015

Ranton CTC	1st November 2015
50 pair Double Rise 2015 Staffordshire Championship

High Gun & 2015 Staffordshire Double Rise Champion:
	Darren Wood	82/100

Ladies Double Rise Champion:
	Gill Grealey	48/100

Veterans Double Rise Champion:
	Keith Smith	75/100

AA Class:
1	Dave Malpass	75/100
2	GD Evans	72/100

A Class:
1	Darren Wood	82/100
2	BS Fielding	79/100
2	Craig Nightingale	79/100

B Class:
1	J Lucy	72/100
2	Tony Nightingale	70/100
3	Jason Findlay	69/100

C Class:
1	DA Waring	80/100
2	I Forster	70/10
3	WJ Wainwright	67/100

Veterans:
1	A Brookes	76/100
2	Keith Smith	75/100
3	GD Evans	72/100

Seniors:
1	Darren Wood	82/100
2	DA Waring	80/100
3	BS Fielding	79/100
3	Craig Nightingale	79/100

2015 DTL Regional Intercounties

Fauxdegla 6th September 2015

Many thanks to the 2015 Staffordshire DTL Teams

High spot was the Staffordshire High Gun going to 14 years old Alex Tinsley who put us all to shame with a fantastic 100/298

A much changed team for various reasons but a team that did its best for Staffordshire.

On a coldish windy day we scooped a Gold in the Juniors comprising Alex Tinsley and new cap Tom Hull. An excellent result to duplicate last years Gold win.

A hard earned Bronze went to the Staffordshire Veteran Team of Keith Smith, Alan Grealey and Keith Barningham.

Seniors

Clarke Jeff 96/285

Berry Paul 98/286

McHugh Richard 93/264 new cap

Wainwright W J 97/287

Harlow Carl 94/274 new cap

Hull Ian 96/288

McHugh Luke 94/274

Wainwright Bill 93/274 new cap

Findley Jason 94/278 new cap

Veterans

Smith Keith 93/276

Grealey Alan 93/273

Barningham Keith 95/277

Juniors

Tinsley Alex 100/298

Hull Tom 90/249 new cap

Ladies

Grealey Gill 91/266

Morgan Dawn 87/250

Once again, thanks to all the team, and please make yourselves available for next

years Intercounties as I may be calling on you again.

Thanks also to Mike and staff at Fauxdegla for a very well run shoot and their friendliness and hospitality.

The results for this shoot will be in the Nov/Dec 2015 issue of PULL

2015 West Midlands U/T Intercounties
Rugby & District Trap Club. 16th August 2015

County Team Places:
Staffordshire	438/500	Gold
Warwickshire	432/500	Silver
Cheshire	427/500	Bronze

2015 Staffordshire U/T Team
Darren Wood (Captain)	79/100
Adam Gutteridge	92/100
James Sutton	82/100
Ray Sutton	94/100
Ian Hull	87/100
Greg Sinclair	83/100

2015 Staffordshire County U/T Champion
Ray Sutton	94/100
2015 Staffordshire County U/T Vets Champion
Ray Sutton	94/100
2015 Staffordshire County U/T Ladies Champion
Gill Grealey	71/100
2015 Staffordshire County U/T Junior Champion
Harry Sinclair Jnr	82/100
2015 West Midlands U/T Junior Champion
Harry Sinclair Jnr	82/100

Other Staffordshire Competitors
Alan Grealey	74/1000
Chris Edwards	70/100

Shoot High Gun:
Kevin Borley from Leicestershire	96/100

2015 West Midlands ABT Intercounties
Rugby & District Trap Club. 9th August 2015

West Midlands & Staffordshire High Gun:
Adam Gutteridge	96/100

County Team Places:
Staffordshire	456/500	Gold
Warwickshire	441/500	Silver
Cheshire	440/500	Bronze

2015 Staffordshire ABT Team
Darren Wood (Captain)	87/100
Adam Gutteridge	96/100
James Sutton	91/100
Ray Sutton	90/100
Ian Hull	90/100
Tomas Atienza	89/100

Shoot High Gun:
M Stokes from Cambridgeshire	97/100

Other Staffordshire Competitors
G Sinclair	90/100
RG Wright	90/100
Dave Malpass	88/100
Keith Smith	87/100
Alan Grealey	87/100
H Sinclair Jnr	77/100
Gill Grealey	56/100

Very well done to Captain Darren and the ABT Team.

Another superb result from th 2015 West Midlands & Staffordshire ABT Champion Adam Gutteridge

Thank you Rugby for an excellent day and great result.

Results for English Open ABT

Held at Beverley CTC on 21st June, 2015

High Gun	Ed Ling	EE 89594	197
Runner Up	Nick Dean	EE 118127	192 + 24 + 24
Third Place	David Kirk	EE 83990	192

Staffordshire shooters taking part were:

DEAN N	118127	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	192	A	SNR
SUTTON J	102619	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	182	B	SNR
WINTER DJ	93955	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	181	C	SNR
SUTTON RJ	45163	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	180	A	VET
ATIENZA T	119437	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	176	C	SNR
FOX R	117802	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	174	C	SNR
WRIGHT MR	17682	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	173	D	SNR
SMITH K	102835	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	172	D	VET
WRIGHT RD	17681	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	165	C	VET

England Team ABT Selection Shoot

Held at Bywell SG on 11th & 12th July 2015

High Gun GILL KJ 194/200

Runner up Nick Dean 193/200

Other Staffs Shooters were:

Sutton RJ 185/200 VET

Atienza T 179/200 SNR

Wright RD 154/200 VET

U/T English Open/GB Selection Shoot

Brook Bank SG

27/28^th June 2015

LING E	89594	SOMERSET	200	191	A	SNR
LINLEY D	101738	YORKSHIRE	200	190	A	SNR
BORLEY K	3071	LEICESTERSHIRE	200	189	A	VET
WILKINSON J	110447	LINCOLNSHIRE	200	187	A	SNR
TATE C	20730	YORKSHIRE	200	187	A	SNR
GUTTERIDGE A	91327	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	187	A	SNR

Staffordshire shooters taking part were:

SUTTON RJ	45163	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	178	A	VET
SUTTON J	102619	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	170	B	SNR
SINCLAIR H	126180	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	167	D	JNR
SINCLAIR G	96598	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	167	D	SNR
WRIGHT RD	17681	STAFFORDSHIRE	200	166	C	VET

Harry Sinclair won the Junior HG with 167/200, and also made the GB Squad this year.

Well done Harry

7th June 2015 Ranton CTC ABT Staffordshire Championship
2015 Staffordshire ABT Champion Dave Malpass 49/50

Class A	1	Dave Malpass	49/50

Class B	1	GD Evans	43/50
	2	F Whitehurst	43/50

Class C	1	J Lucy	43/50
	2	AP Hilditch	40/50
	3	J Findley	37/50
	3	Jeff Clarke	37/50
	3	TD Waring	37/50

Class D	1	PB Bailey	42/50
	2	H Richards	41/50
	3	R Timmins	36/50
	3	DA Waring	36/50

Lady	1	Gill Grealey	33/50

Veteran	1	GD Evans	43/50
	2	A Nightingale	39/50
	2	AJ Grealey	39/50

Senior	1	Dave Malpass	49/50
	2	DW Wood	45/50
	3	Craig Nightingale	43/50
	3	J Lucy	43/50

Colt	1	F Whitehurst	43/50

Many thank to Cynthia for the refreshments.

British / English Open Handicap By Distance.

Nottingham & District Gun Club

5th & 6th April 2015

Well done to Staffordshire shooters Keith Smith and Nick Dean.

In the British, Staffordshires Nick Dean shot 98/290 to secure Runner up spot just 1 point behind High Gun Jordan Gray on 99/290

Veterans Winner and overall 5th place was Keith Smith who shot 96/284

In the English, Keith came 3rd in Veterans with 91/270

Congratulations to both Staffordshire men.

Very well done to Staffordshire DTL Team shooter

Craig Nightingale.

who shot a perfect 100/300 at Mid Wales SG on Sunday 22nd March 2015.

The Oxford Schools Challenge
On March 11th, 16 year old Lara Dale travelled to Buckinghamshire to compete in The Oxford Schools Challenge. On the 10th Anniversary of the competition there was a record turn out of shooters aged 21 and under and a lot of school teams entered. Lara had a fantastic day and after never shooting at the ground before was thrilled to score 46/50 and win The Senior Ladies Title.

Staffordshire Skeet Shooters have been out braving the cold this January continuing with their superb scores.

On 18th January Joe Kitson scored 100 straight at Nottingham to top the veteran category and be overall high gun!..fabulous result!

On the 25th Sean Severn scored a super 99 to top A Class, followed by Annabelle Lane leading the Colts with 82 before hot footing it to Notts Sporting Clays to lead the Colts yet again with a solid 94!
On another note Entries are now open on the main CPSA website for the ESK British Open at Bisley and the ESK English Open at Doveridge. Get your entries in early to qualify for the lower entry fee!

Staffordshire skeet shooters have been busy since Christmas with some excellent results, and long may they continue!
There was some great shooting at Nottingham Gun Club on 28th December 2014 by Sean Severn, and Joe Kitson: scoring 100 and 99 respectively.
Sean must be on a roll putting in a solid 99 a few days later at Northampton.
The 11th January at Northampton saw Staffs shooters Annabelle Lane and T Bushell shooting well with excellent scores of 92 and 84.
Keep up the hard work guys.

Vicky

Ranton CTC 50 ABT
4th January 2015			Full Score Sheet

High Gun	GD Evans	46/50	1	EVANS GD	46/50
Class A			2	WOOD DW	46/50
1	GD Evans	46/50	3	MALPASS D	42/50
2	DW Wood	46/50	3	NIGHTINGALE A	42/50
Class B			5	BERRY PW	40/50
1	AJ Grealey	40/50	5	GREALEY AJ	40/50
Class C			5	LUCY J	40/50
1	A Nightingale	42/50	5	WILLIAMS HG	40/50
2	HG Williams	40/50	9	ANDREWS DC	35/50
2	J Lucy	40/50	9	GREALEY G	35/50
Class D			9	NIGHTINGALE CE	35/50
1	G Grealey	35/50	9	SMITH K	35/50
2	DA Waring	33/50	13	CLARKE J	33/50
3	E Nightingale	32/50	13	EDWARDS C	33/50
3	H Richards	32/50	13	WARING DA	33/50
Ladies			16	DALE MJ	32/50
1	G Grealey	35/50	16	FINDLAY J	32/50
Senior			16	NIGHTINGALE E	32/50
1	DW Wood	46/50	16	RICHARDS H	32/50
2	D Malpass	42/50	20	AFZAL SALEEM M	31/50
3	J Lucy	40/50	20	FOULKES E	31/50
Veterans			22	BRENT D	29/50
1	GD Evans	46/50	22	GOLDSTRAW B	29/50
2	A Nightingale	42/50	24	ADDISON C	28/50
3	PW Berry	40/50	25	LOYDALL T	6/50
3	AJ Grealey	40/50
3	HG Williams	40/50

Many thanks to Cynthia and Tom for the snappin.

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2014

The Staffordshire County Championship was held at Garlands on 20th July 2014.

Exceptional targets set by Steve Lovatt and good weather for the competition.

County Champion: Brett Hand 95/100.

Veteran Champion: John Smallman 85/100.

Ladies Champion: L J Dale 52/100.

Junior Champion: Sam Upton 72/100.

Many thanks to Clay Shooting Company for their hospitality.

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Great targets at Garlands Shooting Ground on the 18th August with the winning Staffordshire FITASC team winning gold at West Midlands Intercounties.

Team: Chris Daniels, Adam Cork, Steve Ward, Tim Simmons, Daz Park and

Tony Thompson.
Well done Boys.

West Midlands Intercounties sporting held at Garlands on the 14th September, Staffordshire won the Parker and Hale for the 7th consecutive year.

This year the team consisted of Chris Daniels, Brett Hand, James Hand, Darren Park, Paul Rowbottom, Tim Simmons, Rob Bailey, Adie Salt, Adam Cork and Tony Thompson. Oh and Adam and Tony drove all the way from Scotland to shoot, that's what we call dedication.

Nearly forgot to say that the fantastic targets we all shot at were due to the guy who sets the course like this week in week out. Thanks to Steve Lovatt for the targets and of course Allison for the smooth running just like a well oiled machine.

My Congratulations to the Staffordshire Sporting Team for a tremendous result at the West Midland Intercounties held at Garlands on the 14th September.

Thanks to the Shooting grounds who have held our selection shoots, Doveridge, Kingsley Moor & Garlands.

Once again, many thanks to Steve Ward for his immeasurable help over such a long time for sorting out the dates, venues and times etc. (the list is endless)

Finally, the biggest thanks of all go to the Staffordshire shooters for their dedication.

Phil Daniels, Steve Ward: Sporting Team managers.

West Midland DTL Intercounties. Fauxdegla 31st August 2014

Many thanks to all the Staffordshire shooters who took time to represent their county.

It was a long 12 hour day from home to home.

New DTL team members Will Wainwright, Ian Hull, Alex Tinsley and Dawn Mintrim were a credit.

Staffordshire Juniors: Will Wainwright and Alex Tinsley won Gold.

Staffordshire Ladies: Gill Grealey and Dawn Mintrim secured a Bronze medal for themselves.

Staffordshire Veterans: Keith Smith, Alan Grealey and Keith Barningham also won a Bronze medal.

Keith being Intercounties Veteran High Gun.

Craig Nightingale picked up cash in AA and was Staffordshire High Gun.

Also picking up an envelope was Keith Barningham, Rob Olden, Alex Tinsley and Dave Malpass.

An excellent shoot with good, if slow targets and a well run venue made it a good day, but the absence of a list of team members before the shoot began and the final scores being posted after the shoot made it impossible to follow the proceedings throughout the day, and to sort the final team places as only the top three teams were disclosed.

On 25^th August at Doveridge CSC, Staffordshire held its Olympic Skeet Championship.

Two young shooters who are both on the British Shooting Talent Pathway Scheme took the honours. Dominic Cooper retained the championship

with a score of 91/100, and Lara Dale, who has only recently taken up the discipline, took the ladies title with 55/100. Congratulations to both youngsters who turned up and competed in appalling conditions.

The West Midlands Olympic Trap Intercounties is now to be held at Griffin Lloyd SG on 5th October 2014

The Olympic Skeet Staffordshire Championship will be held on Bank Holiday Monday 25th August 2014 at Doveridge CSC 10:00 start

The All Round Area & Intercounties shoot at Fauxdegla on 24th August 2014 will now include the A/R Staffordshire Championship

Teams, Squads & Times for the Staffordshire DTL Intercounties Teams at Fauxdegla on 31st August 2014 are:

Seniors:

Squad 1

Start at 10:00

peg 1: Craig Nightingale

peg 2:

peg 3: Dave Malpass

peg 4: MD Wootton

peg 5: Paul Berry

Squad 2

Start at 10:00

peg 1: Tony Nightingale

peg 2: Ian Hull

peg 3: Rob Olden

peg 4: Jeff Clarke

peg 5: Darren Wood

Veterans:

Squad 3

Start at 10:00

peg 1: Keith Smith

peg 2: Alan Grealey

peg 3: Keith Barningham

Juniors:

Squad 3

Start at 10:00

peg 4: Will Wainwright

peg 5: Alex Tinsley

Ladies:

Squad 4

Start at 10:00

peg 1: Gill Grealey

peg 2: Dawn Mintrim

All Squads Commence shooting at 10:00. Please arrive early.

The Staffordshire County Championship was held at Garlands on 20th July 2014.

Exceptional targets set by Steve Lovatt and good weather for the competition.

County Champion: Brett Hand 95/100.

Veteran Champion: John Smallman 85/100.

1st time Ladies Champion: L J Dale 52/100.

Junior Champion: Sam Upton 72/100.

Many thanks to Clay Shooting Company for their hospitality.

The Provisional Sporting Team to represent Staffordshire in the West Midlands Inter Counties on

14th September 2014 at Garlands are:

Seniors:

R Bailey: WA Cork: CP Daniels: BJ Hand: JF Hand: DL Park: P Rowbottom: A Salt: TA Simmons: A Thompson

Ladies:

LJ Dale: C Maney: J Sargeant

Junior's:

Sam Upton: A Tinsley: A Naughton

Veterans:

John Smallman: Ken Oakes

The Staffordshire Awards Presentation will be

held at Ranton CTC

on 2nd November 2014

It will be held after the Staffordshire D/R Championship 50 prs has been completed.

Food and drinks are available.

A reminder that the English Sporting County Championships & 5th and final Selection shoot, will take place on 20th July 2014 at Garlands SG

Staffordshire CPSA Committee needs you

Following the Staffordshire AGM on the 13th January 2014, it became very clear that Staffordshire are in need of Team Manager's for Skeet and some of the trap disciplines.

We currently have team managers for Sporting, FITASC and DTL.

If we cannot find team managers for the other disciplines, then there will be NO teams entered in the Intercounties shoots

and NO County Championship will be arranged for these disciplines.

You must remember that the position of team manager is voluntary and the Committee do not think that it is fair for others to take on the responsibility of these disciplines when they have their own disciplines to attend too.

The team managers for Sporting, FITASC and DTL will not be asked to take on the responsibility for Skeet and other Trap. This is now down to individuals to step up and help.

You do not need to be on the Committee to be a team manager although it certainly helps.

If anyone is interested in taking on the task of being a team manager for any of the above disciplines, then please contact a member of the Committee, use the Staffordshire CPSA website, or contact me directly at paulwberry@yahoo.co.uk

We are also looking for new Committee members, both Male & Female, however we only want people with a more constructive approach who have ideas that will take us forward.

The Staffordshire DTL, ABT, Double Rise and Single Barrel Championships will take place as they have been arranged to be competed for at Ranton CTC by DTL Team Manager Paul Berry and Ranton CTC.

The shoots are as follows:

2 March 2014 100 DTL 1st Clanford Trophy

6 April 2014 100 DTL 2nd Clanford Trophy

4 May 2014 100 DTL 3rd Clanford Trophy

1 June 2014 50 ABT Staffordshire Championship

6 July 2014 100 Single Barrel Staffordshire Championship

3 August 2014 100 DTL Staffordshire Championship

10 August 2014 100 U/T Staffordshire Championship Rugby DTC

7 Sept 2014 100 DTL Oakland House Trophy

2 Nov 2014 50 prs Double Rise Staffordshire Championship

The only other news I have is that the sporting selection shoot process is now

5 shoots with 3 to count. The selection process will remain the same.

Confirmed so far are:

30th March 2014 Doveridge

27th April 2014 Kingsley Moor

18th May 2014 Oakridge

29th June 2014 Doveridge

County Champs Garlands (14th September 2014)

The Staffordshire County U/T Championship will be run alongside the West Midlands Area & Inter Counties Championship at Rugby & District Trap Club on Sunday 10^th August 2014

Once again, thanks to Team Manager Darren Wood & Rugby DTC

Ranton CTC 2nd November 2014
Staffordshire 50 pr Double Rise Championship

High Gun and 2014 Staffordshire Champion:
	Nick Dean	93/100
Ladies Champion:
	Gill Grealey	53/100
Junior Champion:
	J Brearley	72/100
Veterans Champion:
	AJ Grealey	80/100
Class AA:
	Dave Malpass	92/100
Class A:
1	Nick Dean	93/100
2	BS Fielding	82/100
3	Keith Smith	79/100
3	A Brookes	79/100
Class B:
1	EG Solomons	91/100
2	AJ Grealey	80/100
3	J Lucy	79/100
Class C:
1	J Findley	77/100
2	K Prince	76/100
3	TD Waring	70/100
4	D Waring	69/100
5	A Tinsley	67/100
6	P Terry	66/100
7	E Nightingale	65/100

Colt:	A Tinsley	67/100
Junior:	J Brearley	72/100
Lady:
1	Gill Grealey	53/100
2	Dawn Mintrim	46/100
Veteran:
1	AJ Grealey	80/100
1	GD Evans	80/100
3	A Brookes	79/100
3	Keith Smith	79/100
Senior:
1	Nick Dean	93/100
2	Dave Malpass	92/100
3	EG Solomons	91/100

After the Double Rise Championship their was the Staffordshire presentation for the yearly achievement awards.

Staffordshire Shooter of the Year was awarded to Adam Gutteridge for his many wins this year and his contributions to the England and Great Britain Teams.

Ladies Shooter of the Year was Gill Grealey, the most prolific winner of Staffordshire trophies ever.

Junior Shooter of the Year was Alex Tinsley.

Newcomer of the Year was Lara Dale.

An excellent turn out and a great thank you from the Staffordshire Chairman and Committee for everyone who found the time to attend and again to Ranton for hosting the presentation.

On a sombre note, would anyone still in possession of cups, shields, plaques or any Staffordshire awards that need returning for the new winners then please do so. It is unfair to new winners who have spent time and money to win Championships only to be denied the pleasure of a trophy.

On 20 September 2014 Staffordshires Dominic Cooper won the Olympic Skeet competition at Southern Counties SG for the England Talent Pathway scheme which has been running throughout the summer.

On a misty and overcast day, and with intense competition from the other shooters Dominic scored 93/100 to take the championship.

Peter Wilson MBE presented Dominic with his prize of 500 cartridges. Dominic would like to thank all the coaches on the scheme, in particular Alan Warren, his own coach Joe Neville, and his sponsors Lyalvale Expess and Fabarm for all their continued support and encouragement.

Great targets at Garlands Shooting Ground on the 18th August with the winning Staffordshire FITASC team winning gold at West Midlands Intercounties.

Team: Chris Daniels, Adam Cork, Steve Ward, Tim Simmons, Daz Park and

Tony Thompson.
Well done Boys.

West Midlands Intercounties sporting held at Garlands on the 14th September, Staffordshire won the Parker and Hale for the 7th consecutive year.

My Congratulations to the Staffordshire Sporting Team

Thanks to the Shooting grounds who have held our selection shoots, Doveridge, Kingsley Moor & Garlands.

Once again, many thanks to Steve Ward for his immeasurable help over such a long time for sorting out the dates, venues and times etc. (the list is endless)

Finally, the biggest thanks of all go to the Staffordshire shooters for their dedication.

Phil Daniels, Steve Ward: Sporting Team managers.

West Midland DTL Intercounties. Fauxdegla 31st August 2014

Many thanks to all the Staffordshire shooters who took time to represent their county.

It was a long 12 hour day from home to home.

New DTL team members Will Wainwright, Ian Hull, Alex Tinsley and Dawn Mintrim were a credit.

Staffordshire Juniors: Will Wainwright and Alex Tinsley won Gold.

Staffordshire Ladies: Gill Grealey and Dawn Mintrim secured a Bronze medal for themselves.

Staffordshire Veterans: Keith Smith, Alan Grealey and Keith Barningham also won a Bronze medal.

Keith being Intercounties Veteran High Gun.

Craig Nightingale picked up cash in AA and was Staffordshire High Gun.

Also picking up an envelope was Keith Barningham, Rob Olden, Alex Tinsley and Dave Malpass.

On 25^th August at Doveridge CSC, Staffordshire held its Olympic Skeet Championship.

Two young shooters who are both on the British Shooting Talent Pathway Scheme took the honours. Dominic Cooper retained the championship

Home Countries International.

Olympic Trap 2014

Held at Beverley Clay Target Club on 15th & 16th August, 2014

Once again, well done Staffordshire's Adam Gutteridge.

Overall International High Gun, High Gun on the day and High Gun for

England's Olympic Trap Team.

Staffordshire and England appreciate your achievements Adam.

Home Countries International Tournament
Olympic Trap 2014

High Gun	Adam Gutteridge	189/200
Runner Up	Colin Tanner	188/200+25
Senior High Gun	Adam Gutteridge	189/200
Senior Runner Up	Colin Tanner	188/200+25
Lady High Gun	Caroline Povey	178/200
Lady Runner Up	Anita North	177/200
Junior High Gun	Ian O'Sullivan	181/200+24
Junior Runner Up	Jack Wilkinson	181/200+20
Veteran High Gun	John Winn	183/200
Veteran Runner Up	Reg Toms	166/200*
Winning Manager	John Offord (England)
Winning Senior Team	England	928/1000
Runner Up Senior Team	Ireland	877/1000
Winning LJV Team	England	542/600
Runner Up LJV Team	Wales	511/600
England High Gun	Adam Gutteridge	189/200
Scotland High Gun	Jonathan Reid	187/200
Wales High Gun	Jonathan Davis	175/200+24
Ireland High Gun	Colin Tanner	188/200
Northern Ireland High Gun	David Beattie	180/200
Isle of Man High Gun
New Cap High Gun	Tim Connolly	175/200
Captains High Gun	Keith Kilvington	185/200

Excellent shooting Adam.

West Midlands Area & Intercounties & Staffordshire U/T Championship
Rugby DTC 10th August 2014

West Midlands Champions:
Gold:	Staffordshire	458/500
Silver:	Warwickshire	444/500
Bronze:	Cheshire	443/500

Staffordshire Champion:		Adam Gutteridge	96/100
Veterans Champion:		Ray Sutton	94/100
Ladies Champion:		Gill Grealey	78/100
Junior Champion:		H Sinclair	82/100

Many thanks to Rugby DCT for their hospitality.

Ranton 3rd August 2014
100 DTL Staffordshire DTL Championship
Staffordshire Champion:		Dave Malpass	98/286
Veteran Champion:		Keith Barningham	93/274
Lady Champion:		Gill Grealey	92/260
Junior Champion:		Will Wainwright	92/270

Main Shoot Results
High Gun:	Marcus Iddon	98/289
Class AA
1	Marcus Iddon	98/289
2	Craig Nightingale	96/283
3	Steve Ward	95/279
Class A
1	R Singleton	98/287
2	Dave Malpass	98/286
3	Richard Sneyd	95/280
Class B
1	B Hutchinson	97/279
2	R Pierpoint	92/271
3	Mick Dale	93/267
Class C
1	J Findley	95/276
2	H Richards	89/264

Junior:	Will Wainwright	92/270
Ladies:
1	Gill Grealey	92/260
2	CA McGovern	46/133
Veterans:
1	R Singleton	98/287
2=	Geof Rogers	94/278
2=	Alan Ellison	94/278

The Staffordshire County Championship was held at Garlands on 20th July 2014.

Exceptional targets set by Steve Lovatt and good weather for the competition.

County Champion: Brett Hand 95/100.

Veteran Champion: John Smallman 85/100.

1st time Ladies Champion: L J Dale 52/100.

Junior Champion: Sam Upton 72/100.

Many thanks to Clay Shooting Company for their hospitality.

The Provisional Sporting Team to represent Staffordshire in the West Midlands Inter Counties on

14th September 2014 at Garlands are:

Seniors:

R Bailey: WA Cork: CP Daniels: BJ Hand: JF Hand: DL Park: P Rowbottom: A Salt: TA Simmons: A Thompson

Ladies:

LJ Dale: C Maney: J Sargeant

Junior's:

Sam Upton: A Tinsley: A Naughton

Veterans:

John Smallman: Ken Oakes

West Midlands Area Intercounties ABT Results

Rugby DTC 6 July 2014

Individual

Gold Nick Dean 97

Silver Darren Wood 96

Bronze Ray Sutton 95

Junior Harry Sinclair 90

Staffordshire Team scores

Nick Dean 97

Darren Wood 96

Ray Sutton 95

Jim Hartley 95

Adam Gutteridge 93

James Sutton 82

Staffordshire Team

Gold 476 Ex 500

Warwickshire Team

Silver 455 Ex 500

H\W Team

Bronze 445 Ex 500

Congratulations to the Staffordshire ABT Team and especially to Darren Wood for stepping up as Team Manager.

Staffordshire Single Barrel Championship
Ranton CTC 6th July 2014

High Gun:
Craig Nightingale	94/100

Class AA:
Craig Nightingale	94/100
Mick Dale	91/100

Class A:
Dave Winter	91/100
Andy Colclough	89/100

Class B:
Andy Waters	90/100
H Richards	84/100

Class C:
A Statham	81/100

Seniors:
Craig Nightingale	94/100
Dave Winter	91/100
Mick Dale	91/100

Veterans:
Paul Berry	86/100
Tony Nightingale	83/100
E Nightingale	80/100

1	NIGHTINGALE CE	25	23	25	21	94/100	AA
2	DALE MJ	23	23	23	22	91/100	AA
2	WINTER DJ	24	24	20	23	91/100	A
4	MALPASS D	22	23	23	22	90/100	AA
4	WATERS A	24	21	22	23	90/100	B*
6	COLCLOUGH PA	22	21	24	22	89/100	A
6	SNEYD R	22	21	24	22	89/100	AA
8	BERRY PW	20	25	21	20	86/100	A
9	RICHARDS H	24	20	20	20	84/100	B*
10	NIGHTINGALE A	19	22	23	19	83/100	AA
11	STATHAM A	20	21	21	19	81/100	C*
12	NIGHTINGALE E	20	22	20	18	80/100	A
13	PIERPOINT R	20	18	19	17	74/100	A
14	BRENT D	16	21	18	18	73/100	B
15	GOLDSTRAW B	19	20	15	18	72/100	B
16	ANDREWS DC	15	17	16	16	64/100	B

A very well done to Staffordshire shooter Ray Sutton who has returned from Portugal along with the Great Britain UT shooting team, winning a Gold Medal and becoming Veteran European champions.

Congratulations Ray.

Staffordshire ABT Championship
Ranton 1st June 2014
High Gun & 2014 Staffordshire Champion:
Adam Gutteridge 49/50
Class A:
1	Adam Gutteridge	49/50
2	Darren Wood	45/50

Class B:
1	Nick Dean	46/50

Class C:
1	M Wileman	46/50
2	G Sinclair	44/50
3	A Nightingale	43/50
3	C Darvell	43/50

Class D:
1	BS Fielding	43/50
2	J Findley	40/50
2	Jeff Clarke	40/50
5	HG Williams	38/50

Veteran Champion:
AJ Grealey		44/50

Lady Champion:
Gill Grealey		31/50

Junior Champion:
H Sinclair		37/50

Full Results:

1	A Gutteridge	49/50
2	N Dean	46/50
2	M Wileman	46/50
4	D Malpass	45/50
4	DW Wood	45/50
6	AJ Grealey	44/50
6	G Sinclair	44/50
8	J Blackburn	43/50
8	K Borley	43/50
8	C Darvell	43/50
8	BS Fielding	43/50
8	A Nightingale	43/50
13	KG Grime	42/50
14	J Clarke	40/50
14	J Findley	40/50
14	E Lyons	40/50
14	K Smith	40/50
18	J Foulkes	39/50
19	PW Berry	38/50
19	HG Williams	38/50
22	CE Nightingale	37/50
22	Hsinclair	37/50
24	PB Bailey	36/50
24	PA Colclough	36/50
26	E Nightingale	35/50
27	P Terry	34/50
28	K Barningham	33/50
28	BJ Green	33/50
28	D Newton	33/50
31	A Collins	32/50
32	G Grealey	31/50
33	D Brent	30/50
34	H Richards	27/50
35	R Smith	26/50
35	A Statham	26/50
37	RA Barrett	24/50

The Staffordshire Sporting Team held their 3rd selection shoot on Sunday 18th May 2014 at Oakedge Shooting Ground, with a very impressive attendance.

The shoot was over 12 stands with the High Gun from the Staffordshire Selection being Brett Hand with a score of 94/100.

The shoot was dedicated in fond memory of Ray Probert, a regular shooter at Oakedge Shooting Ground (formally Shugborough) and also for Staffordshire.

Oakedge being his favourite shooting ground, he would have been very proud of the turnout.

Mrs. Probert had organised a trophy to be presented to the High Gun, and will now run at Oakedge as an annual event.

Lyalvale Express also donated 100 Powder Blue cartridges.

Ray was certainly a character and friend and is sadly missed by all.

Staffordshire Results from the 1st Sporting Selection Shoot at:
Doveridge 31st March 2014
CORK WA	91704	STAFFORDSHIRE	92/100	AAA	SNR
HAND BJ	62554	STAFFORDSHIRE	91/100	AAA	SNR
BAILEY R	109926	STAFFORDSHIRE	90/100	A	SNR
PARK DL	96863	STAFFORDSHIRE	89/100	AAA	SNR
DANIELS CP	96738	STAFFORDSHIRE	89/100	AAA	SNR
THOMPSON A	80631	STAFFORDSHIRE	86/100	AAA	SNR
BLOOMFIELD P	92673	STAFFORDSHIRE	84/100	AA	SNR
HAND JF	62555	STAFFORDSHIRE	83/100	AA	SNR
SMALLMAN JD	85194	STAFFORDSHIRE	83/100	A	VET
HODGKINSON K	104418	STAFFORDSHIRE	83/100	AA	SNR
SIMMONS TA	94815	STAFFORDSHIRE	82/100	AAA	SNR
TINSLEY A	122276	STAFFORDSHIRE	82/100	B	CLT
HOWELL T	43629	STAFFORDSHIRE	81/100	AA	SNR
NAUGHTON A	128175	STAFFORDSHIRE	80/100	C	CLT
WARD SD	106259	STAFFORDSHIRE	79/100	AA	SNR
WHIELDON D	101213	STAFFORDSHIRE	79/100	A	SNR
ROWLEY G	47242	STAFFORDSHIRE	79/100	B	SNR
UPTON S	122694	STAFFORDSHIRE	78/100	A	JNR
ECCLES B	115634	STAFFORDSHIRE	77/100	A	SNR
FORRESTER H	110223	STAFFORDSHIRE	77/100	A	SNR
WOODARD B	123975	STAFFORDSHIRE	76/100		SNR
FINN M	94270	STAFFORDSHIRE	76/100	A	VET
SALT A	116236	STAFFORDSHIRE	75/100	A	SNR
MOSS C	82025	STAFFORDSHIRE	75/100	A	VET
ROWBOTTOM P	112264	STAFFORDSHIRE	75/100	A	SNR
SIMMS G	111637	STAFFORDSHIRE	74/100	AA	SNR
HOLLAND KJ	19772	STAFFORDSHIRE	74/100	A	VET
OAKDEN C	110220	STAFFORDSHIRE	73/100	A	SNR
HAWKES CB	112185	STAFFORDSHIRE	72/100	A	SNR
SHERRATT KI	104871	STAFFORDSHIRE	71/100	AAA	SNR
WARD J	125883	STAFFORDSHIRE	71/100	B	SNR
ROWLANDS JE	59583	STAFFORDSHIRE	69/100	A	SNR
DENNIS J	93951	STAFFORDSHIRE	69/100	A	VET
SHIRLEY JB	97334	STAFFORDSHIRE	69/100	A	VET
POSTANS RM	56535	STAFFORDSHIRE	69/100	B	SNR
DANIELS PA	5439	STAFFORDSHIRE	68/100	A	VET
WILLIAMS R	3538	STAFFORDSHIRE	68/100	A	VET
HUNT M	115647	STAFFORDSHIRE	68/100	B	SNR
PENNEY R	97776	STAFFORDSHIRE	67/100	A	VET
BUTCHER M	128040	STAFFORDSHIRE	67/100	B	SNR
FOWER S	111266	STAFFORDSHIRE	66/100	B	SNR
WALKER D	81274	STAFFORDSHIRE	65/100	B	VET
CRITCHLEY PW	91465	STAFFORDSHIRE	65/100	B	SNR
CRUTCHLEY MA	127492	STAFFORDSHIRE	64/100	B	SNR
GRANT I	124277	STAFFORDSHIRE	64/100	B	SNR
CANTRILL P	115519	STAFFORDSHIRE	63/100	C	SNR
TROMANS J	127824	STAFFORDSHIRE	63/100	B	CLT
TROMANS G	127823	STAFFORDSHIRE	63/100	C	SNR
WOOLLEY L	127903	STAFFORDSHIRE	63/100	C	SNR
MATTHEWS T	86189	STAFFORDSHIRE	62/100	C	VET
WHITE AJ	45252	STAFFORDSHIRE	62/100	B	VET
JONES P	128918	STAFFORDSHIRE	61/100		VET
BOWYER K	101075	STAFFORDSHIRE	61/100	B	VET
COSTELLO G	119745	STAFFORDSHIRE	61/100	C	SNR
BOKER D	128911	STAFFORDSHIRE	56/100		SNR
HAWTHORNE PW	91174	STAFFORDSHIRE	53/100	B	SNR
THOMPSON S	118079	STAFFORDSHIRE	49/100	C	LDY
KELLY M	127521	STAFFORDSHIRE	47/100		CLT

A reminder about the other selection shoots:
Kingsley Moor 27th April 2014
Oakridge 29th April 2014
Doveridge and Garlands still TBA

On Saturday 22^nd March 2014 Dominic Cooper, aged 15, entered the English Open OSK Competition at Beverley in Yorkshire. Conditions on the day were sunny, cold and very windy. Dominic was drawn in squad 1 peg 1 and set a brisk pace in the demanding conditions finishing with a score of 90/100. This score gave him the Colt High Gun, D Class Winner, and the Junior runner up. Dominic would like to thank his sponsors Fabarm, for supplying him with the gun and having faith in him, Kevin Gill and Mike Mansfield for the encouragement they have shown in him, and his coach Joe Neville for his patience and knowledge.

Ranton CTC 2nd March 2014 100 DTL
High Gun	EVANS GD	98/291
AA Class	BROOKES A	90/263
A Class
1	THOMAS PA	96/284
2	ROGERS GT	95/281
3	BROWN T	93/278
B Class
1	CLARKE J	94/281
2	LUCAS JA	93/274
3	BEBBINGTON C	92/271
C Class
1	MCHUGH R	87/257
2	GOLDSTRAW B	90/256
3	WAINWRIGHT W	84/247
Vets	EVANS GD	98/291
Ladies	MCGOVERN CA	80/234
Colt	TINSLEY A	82/227

Ranton CTC 2nd February 2014 50 ABT

High Gun:	NIGHTINGALE CE	48/50
2nd	EVANS GD	47/50
3rd	SUTTON RJ	46/50

A Class:
1st	SUTTON RJ	46/50
2nd	WOOD DW	48/50
3rd	BERRY PW	43/50

B Class:
1st	EVANS GD	47/50
2nd	DEAN N	46/50
3rd	MALPASS D	46/50

C Class:
1st	ANDREWS DC	40/50
2nd	SMITH K	40/50
3rd	SINCLAIR G	39/50

D Class:
1st	CLARKE J	42/50
2nd	NIGHTINGALE E	41/50
3rd	FINDLAY J	39/50

Vets:	EVANS GD	47/50
Ladies:	GREALEY G	35/50
Colts:	SINCLAIR H	34/50

Many thanks to Cynthia & Tom for the snappin, and the Committee for an excellent shoot.

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Dominic won the Staffordshire Olympic Skeet Championship on

22^nd September at Doveridge SG

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2013

Staffordshire Sporting Team 2013

The West Midlands Inter Counties Sporting Championship was held on Sunday 8th September at Steve and Allison Lovatt's ground Westfield. The targets were equal to the stunning views which this ground boasts. How this man keeps on setting course's that keeps shooters on there toes and makes it a joy to shoot is beyond me.

We were treated to some fantastic shooting from some top County shooters.

Staffordshire Ladies consisted of:

Sam Thompson, Claire Maney and New cap, junior, Annabelle Lane with Joanne Sargeant being reserve.

They all shot fantastically well and came fourth.

Staffordshire Veterans had more success and came home with gold.

The team:

John Smallman, Phil Durber and Ken Oakes.

Staffordshire Juniors:

After winning silver last year it was great to see the lads win gold.

The winning team:

Sam Upton, new cap James Ward and Sam Down.

These lads are our future so we are in safe hands.

Staffordshire Seniors, they were brilliant, considering we were missing the likes of

Adam Cork, Steve Williams and Keith Hodgkinson to name a few, the men we sent down to Westfield certainly did there job.

Winning the Parker and Hale Challenge Trophy for the sixth consecutive year.

The team was made up of:

Chris Daniels, Tony Thompson, Phil Bailey, Kev Sherratt, Tim Simmons, James Hand, Brett Hand, Steve Ward, Sean Mcnamara and Richard Stubbs.

Then, in my opinion, comes the best part:

The Master Shoot.

Chris Daniels represented us (Staffordshire). There was a 20 target final and we witnessed some extreme shooting by Chris to straight all 20 targets, this was something special, so well done Chris for becoming The Masters Champion.

As Steve Lovatt was presenting the medals the news was coming in that Steve Williams was being crowned the new English FITASC Champion (shot at Kegworth).

Well done Steve, great shooting.

So on to the last thing. I would like to say a massive thank you to all the Staffordshire shooters and the support we received from both shooters and none shooters.

We would also like to thank Allison and Steve Lovatt for letting us use there lovely facilities.

Report compiled by Phillip Daniels and Steve Ward

Staffordshire Single Barrel

Ranton CTC 7th July 2013

High Gun: Dave Malpass 95/100

Class AA

1. Dave Malpass 95/100

2. Craig Nightingale 91/100

Class A

1. Tom Brown 92/100

2. Graham Evans 91/100

3= Luke McHugh 90/100

3= Frank Knobbs 90/100

3= Darren Wood 90/100

Class B

1. Alan Grealey 86/100

2. Tony Nightingale 82/100

Class C

1. J Findley 82/100

Colt

1, Adam Ashworth 59/100

Ladies

1. Gill Grealey 81/100

Veterans

1. Tom Brown 92/100

2. Graham Evans 91/100

3. Frank Knobbs 90/100

Well done once again to Dave Winter.

At South Wales 2000 SG on 15^th September 2013 Dave won the Welsh ABT Championship with a fantastic 93/100.

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Staffordshire DTL Championship at Ranton CTC 4th August 2013

DTL Champion: Paul Berry 98/291

Veterans Champion: Paul Berry 98/291

Junior Champion: WJ Wainwright 95/275

AA Class:

1. Graham Evans 99/293

2. SM Gardener 98/288

3. Dave Winter 95/278

A Class:

1. Paul Berry 98/291

2. Dave Malpass 99/290

2. Craig Nightingale 98/290

B Class:

1. Pete Hudson 90/263

2. Ross Pierpoint 90/261

3. AN Kaye 86/250

C Class:

1. WJ Wainwright 95/275

2. D Brent 86/248

3. Dave Andrews 83/240

Juniors:

1. WJ Wainwright 95/275

Veterans:

1. Graham Evans 99/293

2. Paul Berry 98/291

3. A Brookes 97/287

High Gun on the day:

Graham Evans 99/293

On the 21st July, Oakedge shooting ground was the venue for the Staffordshire sporting county championship.

Some 57 Staffordshire shooters tried there hardest to build a score, all did their best but nobody could live with Christopher Daniels who shot a near perfect 98 ex100 to take the senior title. The Vets title went to Mr AJ Everitt with a score of 90,

Lady's champion for 2013 is J Sargeant who shot a fantastic 79 and the Juniors title went to Sam Down for the second time in as many years, this time Sam shot an 84 beating fellow junior Sam Upton by just one shot.

Many Thanks goes to Brian Goring and the team at Oakedge shooting ground for putting on a wonderful shoot for all of the Staffordshire shooters.

Results for 29th July, Staffordshire Skeet championship held at Doveridge are :-

Seniors S D Ward

Veterans Craig Macho

Ladies Annabelle Lane

Juniors James Ward

West Midlands DTL Intercounties

14th July 2013

Fauxdegla

Senior Team:

James Rowley 97/286

Jack Rowley 97/288

Dave Winter 99/293

Nick Dean 97/287

Richard Sneyd 94/280

Jeff Clarke 92/266

Tomas Atienza 98/290

Luke McHugh ---------

Craig Nightingale 98/291

Tony Nightingale 95/279

Veterans:

Keith Smith 99/290

Alan Grealey 96/282

Keith Barningham 99/291

Juniors:

Will Wainwright 96/279

Shaun Rowley 91/265

The Staffordshire Skeet Championship will be held at Doveridge on 28th July 2013. Bookings are now being taken. Telephone Jo at Doveridge on 01889 565986. If any Staffordshire skeet shooter is interested in representing Staff's in the County Skeet Team please contact Sean Severn on 07534501942 or email sevy.severn@gmail.com.

Staffordshire ABT Championship,

Ranton CTC

2nd June 2013

2 Staffordshire and 1 Shropshire shooter shot 45/50 to earn a shoot off for

Staffordshire Champion and High gun for the day.

Dave Winter and Adam Gutteridge from Staffordshire and Graham Evans from Shropshire.

The winner was non other but dead eye Dave who shot 24/25 to win the Championship and High Gun using

Cheddite Cartridges again.

Good for Dave as he is on a winning streak since he started using them but bad for us as he keeps winning everything with them.

Well done Dave and well done Cheddite.

Results:

ABT Champion: Dave Winter

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey

Vets Champion: A Collins

Junior Champion: H Sinclair

More good news for Staffordshire.

Youngsters Annabel Lane came first in the Ladies Prep and Dominic Cooper came second in the Boys Prep at the Bredon Schools Competition held on 5th May 2013.

The event organized by the Oxford Gun Company was very well attended with some excellent shooting by all the youngsters.

The glorious weather made sure the whole experience was a memorable occasion.

Thanks to Steve Cooper for this article.

2013

SKEET AT DOVERIDGE.

Beginning Wednesday 1st May at 6pm and every Wednesday.

Skeet novices, improvers and experts

(in fact any skeet fans) are invited to attend

Informal skeet practice evenings.

Shoot rounds or just practice with like minded shooters.

No need to book, just show up on the day and ask for:

Craig, Sean or Georgie.

Professional tuition may be available in the future.

(Craig Macho)

2013 Staffordshire Sporting Selection Shoots.

Due to the severe weather that we experienced in March, we had to cancel one of the selection shoots.

Therefore, it has been decided to hold 5 and not 6 selection shoots, with the best 3 to count.

Oakedge 2nd June

Doveridge 30th June.

Oakedge 21 July Staffordshire Championship.

Kingsley Moor 11th August

Kingsley Moor 25th August

On Wednesday 13^th March Staffordshire sent a strong team of colts to compete under their individual schools names in the Oxford Schools Challenge. All the children competed in the Prep Class (under 14 years of age).

Annabelle Lane performed very well, winning the Individual Girls High Gun. The following week the children attended the Oxford University Challenge this time competing in a combined boys and girls Prep Class. Dominic Cooper did well coming overall second with Annabelle Lane coming in a strong third. I would like to thank all the children, parents and schools for supporting their children and the competition.

Thanks to Steve Cooper for this article

After a successful AGM last night (15th December 2014) I am pleased to welcome a new part time Secretary, four new Committee members, and two new team managers.

New Committee members:

Vicky Nicolls , Ian Hull, James Ward and Sam Ward.

Vicky is the new Skeet Team manager. Staffordshireskeet@yahoo.com

Ian will share the Secretaries job with Steve Ward for the time being. Ian will also assist in the DTL Team running.

Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to turn out for the AGM.

Staffordshire Presentation Day

Ranton CTC

Saturday 28^th September 2013

Begins 12:30 pm

A 25 bird re-entry ABT open competition.

Food and drink available from Cynthia & Tom.

Don’t be late.

From CPSA Website

It is with considerable regret that we write to inform you of the untimely demise of John Bates who was an England DTL and Great Britain UT team member.

I am sure all members will join us in offering condolences to his family. The funeral will be at Streeley Cemetery/Crematorium (WS9 0SG) on Tuesday 20th August at 12 noon.

Well done to Dominic Cooper.

Dominic won the Staffordshire Olympic Skeet Championship on

22^nd September at Doveridge SG.

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Staffordshire DTL Championship at Ranton CTC 4th August 2013

DTL Champion: Paul Berry 98/291

Veterans Champion: Paul Berry 98/291

Junior Champion: WJ Wainwright 95/275

AA Class:

1. Graham Evans 99/293

2. SM Gardener 98/288

3. Dave Winter 95/278

A Class:

1. Paul Berry 98/291

2. Dave Malpass 99/290

2. Craig Nightingale 98/290

B Class:

1. Pete Hudson 90/263

2. Ross Pierpoint 90/261

3. AN Kaye 86/250

C Class:

1. WJ Wainwright 95/275

2. D Brent 86/248

3. Dave Andrews 83/240

Juniors:

1. WJ Wainwright 95/275

Veterans:

1. Graham Evans 99/293

2. Paul Berry 98/291

3. A Brookes 97/287

High Gun on the day:

Graham Evans 99/293
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Well done Staffordshires Dave Winter, Nick Dean and the England Squads in Ireland

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Father & Son Raymond James Sutton & James William Sutton have shot very superbly this year, each making the

ABT England Team and UT GB Team. James (Senior) and Raymond (Veteran) Raymond is also

2013 UT UK Veteran champion while James came 3rd in the ABT English Open after a 50 bird shoot off with Kevin Gill.

A Very Well done to them both.

Great news, James Sutton won team gold at the UT world games. Also, Raymond Sutton won Veteran Team Bronze.

2013 Staffordshire DTL Inter County Teams for Fauxdegla 14th July 2013.

Senior Team, 7 from 10 to count.

Squad 7 10:20

1, James Rowley

2, Jack Rowley

3, Dave Winter

4, Nick Dean

5, Richard Sneyd

Squad 8 10:20

1, Jeff Clarke

2, Tomas Atienza

3, Luke McHugh

4, Craig Nightingale

5, Tony Nightingale

Veterans Team, 2 from 3 to count.

Squad 9 10:20

1, Keith Smith

2, Alan Grealey

3, Keith Barningham

Junior Team, Squad 9 10:20

1, Will Wainwright

2, Shaun Rowley

Good luck and Good shooting.

Anyone wishing to contact Sean Severn about Skeet, can contact him on:

sevy.severn@gmail.com

Mobile: 07534501942

More about Skeet later.

New Sporting Selection Process for 2013

After lengthy discussions and a vote at the Staffordshire AGM, it was decided by the committee that the first 5 places will be decided by the current CPSA average scores.

The top 5 will be automatically asked to shoot for the County, provided that they have shot more than 1000 targets and have shot them at least two different grounds.

All other team selections will be the same as last year, 6 selection shoots with 3 to count.

At the moment I (Steve Ward Sporting Manager) am in discussion with shooting grounds to accommodate the selection shoots.

The first selection shoot is on the 24th March 2013 at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground.

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Dates & Venues of West Midland Region Annual Fixtures.

2013

Description Championship Confirmed Venue Confirmed Dates

U/T Area and Intercounties Rugby 2nd June 2013

Helice Area Championships Rugby 13th October 2013

Skeet Doubles Area Championships Gloucester SC 11th August 2013

English Skeet Area Championships Doveridge 7th April 2013

All Round Area & Intercounties Doveridge 20th October 2013

ABT Area & Intercounties Rugby 4th August 2013

OSK Area & Intercounties Gloucester SG TBA

Down The Line Intercounties Fauxdegla 14th July 2013

Double Trap Area Championships Ian Coleys TBA

English Skeet Intercounties Doveridge 8th September 2013

English Sporting Intercounties Westfield 8th September 2013

Double Rise Area Championships Mid Wales 22nd September 2013

Single Barrel Area Championships Mid Wales 22nd September 2013

OT Area & Intercounties TBA Checking on Date

English Sporting Area & 5th Selection Shoot Longridge 30th June 2013

FITASC Area & Intercounties Longridge 14 & 15 September

Sportrap Area Championships Possibly Garlands ?

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Dates & Venues of Staffordshire County Championships

2013

The shoots in blue are confirmed.

The Sporting County Champs will be at Oakedge on July 21st 2013.

3rd March Ranton CTC 100 DTL reg Clanford Trophy ( 1st Shoot)

7th April Ranton CTC 100 DTL reg Clanford Trophy ( 2nd Shoot)

5th May Ranton CTC 100 DTL reg Clanford Trophy ( 3rd Shoot)

2nd June Ranton CTC 50 ABT reg Staffordshire Championship

7th July Ranton CTC 100 Single Barrel reg Staffordshire Championship

4th August Ranton CTC 100 DTL reg Staffordshire Championship

1st September Ranton CTC 100 DTL reg Oakland House Trophy

3rd November Ranton CTC 50 prs Double Rise reg Staffordshire Championship.

When I receive the other dates and venues I will post them here asap.

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2012

West Midlands Intercounties Sporting, Doveridge.

Staffordshire seniors took top honours yet again winning for the fifth time in succession and for the thirteenth time over all. This result taking Staffordshire into the most wins for any one County since The Parker Hale Challenge Trophy was introduced in 1977.

Staffordshire finished on 649 ex 700. One shooter taking the limelight was Adam Cork.

Firstly, he had to shoot off against fellow Staffordshire shooter Steve Williams,both had shot a superb 96/100. Adam only dropping 1 out of 5 pairs to win. He then went into the County Champions shoot off and shot 22/30 which took the County Champion Title.

Well done Adam.

Seniors Team: A Cork, S Williams, CP Daniels, TA Simmons, A Thompson,

BJ Hand, K Hodgkinson, A Salt, SD Ward and P Bloomfield.

Junior Team: S Upton, M Foxley and S Down also had a great day winning Silver with

158/200.

Well done lads.

Veterans Team: R Probert, G Parker and J Smallman also shot well winning Silver with 165/200.

Ladies Team: S Harrison, P Sebastian and J Hemmings were equal fifth with 135/200.

Many thanks go out from all Staffordshire shooters to Doveridge Clay Sports for all there efforts throughout the day.

Well done Chris Daniels who was Staffordshire High Gun in the West Midlands Intercounties FITASC at Westfields on 9^th September 2012.

Staffordshire Senior Team: CP Daniels, A Cork, BJ Hand, S Williams, SD Ward

and T Simmons also won Gold at this event.

If you wish to be considered for a Staffordshire Team place in your chosen discipline, contact your team manager or myself paulwberry@yahoo.co.uk and I will provide you with the appropriate information.

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The Staffordshire County All Round Championship.

Doveridge Shooting Ground.

14th October 2012

The Staffordshire County All Round Championship was held at on the 14th October 2012 at Doveridge shooting ground where the weather gorgeous. Tony Thompson was on fine form and took seniors with 90/100. Alan and Gill Grealey cleared up in the Veterans and Ladies classes with scores of 67/100 and 64/100 respectively. The Junior County Championship was won by James Ward with 61/100, bearing in mind that this was his very first County Championship of any kind, hopefully the first of many. Katherine House Hospice were at Doveridge holding there annual fund raising with a 50 bird sporting shoot, two Staffordshire shooters were again taking the top spots, Tony Thompson winning high gun with 49/50 and a double win on the day with James Ward Junior high gun 38/50. Many thanks go to Doveridge Clay Sports for the use of their ground.

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Staffordshire Presentation Day, Ranton CTC, 20th October 2012

The main prizes on offer were the:

Staffordshire Achievement Award: Adam Cork

Ladies Shooter of the Year: Gill Grealey

Staffordshire Newcomer of the Year: Mark Foxley

Staffordshire Junior Shooter of the Year: Sam Down

Alan Grealey picked up the DTL Vets Championship.

Gill Grealey, also picked up the ABT Ladies Championship & Ladies DTL Championship.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend and for the prizes given for the rafffles etc.

Thanks to Tea for her stall that raised a goodley amount.

Thanks also to Ranton CTC and the Committee for staging a fabulous days shooting and to Cynthia and Tom for the really good food and drinks supplied.

West Midland Double Rise Championship Mid Wales 23 September 2012

Well done to Nick Dean for a marvellous win in the West Midland Double Rise Championship. He shot a super 89/100 to win the Championship.

West Midlands Champion: Nick Dean - Staffordshire 89/100

Silver: RO Davies - Hereford & Worcester 87/100

Bronze: Dave Malpass - Staffordshire 85/100

High Gun on the day went to Yorkshires Paul Chaplow with 96/100

Nick also shot 95/100 to come 4th in the West Midlands Single Barrel Championship.

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2012 West Midland DTL Intercounties 19th August at Fauxdegla.

Well done Hereford & Worcester for an excellent shoot to win Gold at the

DTL Intercounties, especially JK Price for shooting his first 100/300.

Our very own Jack Rowley and Cheshires John Barnett formed a trio of 300s shot on the day.

Silver went to Cheshire and Bronze to Staffordshire.

After slight confusion as to who actually won the Vets Championship, it finished on

Warwickshire winning Gold.

Staffordshire winning Silver and

Derbyshire winning Bronze, this after a close shoot off between Staffordshire & Derbyshire with Alan Grealey winning with 25/75 1 point ahead Derbyshires 25/74

Our Ladies finished a close 4th and alas, we had no Junior Team.

I would like to thank Mike Faux and his family for an excellent, if long day out, with very good targets, refereeing and organisation.

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The Staffordshire Presentation Day

will once again be at

Ranton CTC

20th October 2012

There will be a 25 bird DTL shoot and a 25 bird Sporting shoot.

Raffles with food and drink for all.

If you have trophies etc to bring for presentation then please bring them.

Any donations, bottles etc will all be raffled off.

Be there for around 12:30

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Staffordshire DTL Championship at Ranton 5th August 2012

Very well done to Nick Dean, Staffordshire DTL Champion for 2012.

Results:

Staffordshire DTL Champion: Nick Dean. 100/292

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey. 88/259

Veterans Champion: Alan Grealey. 98/290

Junior Champion: WJ Wainwright. 87/254

High Gun on the day was Lancashires E Metcalf. 99/295

The Ranton Cup was won by Shropshires Graham Evans. 99/293

Well done to Colt youngster Adam Ashworth who hopefully will be a star of the future. 66/281

2012 World DTL Championships at Mid Wales

Well done Dave Winter for a marvellous 4th place in the

DTL World Championships held at Mid Wales SG on 26th 27th 28th July 2012.

Following a super European shoot earlier in the week in which he shot his first 100/300

he shot a 299/300 and 298/300 and 295/300 to finish in joint 3rd place and enter the shoot off for

either 3rd 4th 5th or 6th place, finishing 4th.

Well done also to Welshman Phil Morgan who won the Championship to become

World DTL Champion with 897/900, only 5 points ahead of Dave.

Well done also to Nick Dean who also shot his first 100/300 in the European Championships.

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All the Sporting selection shoots for 2012 are now complete the provisional team

is as follows:

Seniors team:

Bloomfield Paul

Cork Adam

Daniels Chris

Edwards Steve

Hodgkinson Keith

Salt Adie

Simmons Tim

Thompson Tony

Ward Steve

Williams Steve

Vets Team:

Parker Graham

Probert Ray

Smallman John

Ladies Team:

Pat Sebastian

Sam Harrison

Jane Hemmings

Juniors:

Sam Down

Phil Bailey

Sam Upton

Mark Foxley (reserve)

Please remember this is only the provisional Team until all have been contacted to confirm there availability to shoot the West Midlands Intercounties Sporting to be held at Doveridge on the 23^rd September

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who have shot the selection shoots whether or not you achieved your goal by being selected to shoot for the Staffordshire Sporting Team.

All the very best to all team members on the 23^rd September at Doveridge.

I would like to take the opportunity to show my appreciation to Doveridge clay sports, Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground and Oakedge Shooting ground for there immense efforts on all the selection shoots.

Thanks again and good shooting.

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Once again, Dave Winter has made the England Team for 2012

also a New Cap goes to England newcomer Nick Dean.

Excellent shooting by two of Staffordshires finest.

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At Ranton CTC on 1st July 2012 the Staffordshire Single Barrel was hotly contested.

High Gun & Staffordshire Champion was Richard Sneyd 94/100 with Gill Grealey once again picking up the Ladies Championship.

Top Veteran was Keith Barningham.

Excellent shooting by one and all considering the occasional shower and a devilish nasty wind at times.

Nothing to do with the food though, which again was very good and served with the usual

smile from Cynthia and Tom.

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In Portugal, Chris Daniels was shooting the European FITASC Championships which was contested over 4 days.With over 660 entries Chris shot himself into a fantastic 8th place.

As usual, George Digweed was again Champion.

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Another Leek & District Gun Club member along with Chris is Junior Phil Bailey.

Shooting English Sporting Phil gained an England place and New Cap.

Fantastic results by both Leek men.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire ABT Championship.

held at

Ranton CTC on 3rd June 2012

Staffordshire ABT Champion: Darren Wood 42/50
Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 36/50
Veterans Champion: Alan Collins 38/50
Alas, no Junior shooters competed.

Out of the past 9 years Staffordshire ABT Championships, Gill has won the Ladies 8 times. Excellent.
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Nottingham & District Gun Club.

Well done to current World Skeet Champion Dave Beardsmore who won the
English Open Skeet Doubles Championship at Nottingham & District Gun Club.
Dave shot 97/100 and won the Championship after a 4 way shoot off.
The shoot was well attended despite the awful weather conditions!

It seems that June was a good month for Dave as he also won the Staffordshire County Skeet Championships held at Doveridge, shooting an excellent 99/100

Staffordshire County Skeet Championships Results:
County Champion: Dave Beardsmore
Vets: Joe Kitson
Junior: Dominic Cooper

Alas, no Lady shooters competed.
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Staffordshire Double Rise Championship held at Ranton CTC 6th November 2011

Staffordshire Champion: Dave Winter 85/100

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 48/100

Veterans Champion: Bob Taylor 83/100

Junior Champion: WJ Wainwright 67/100

Results for Ranton CTC 100 DTL 2nd October 2011

High Gun: GD Evans 99/294

AA Class Winner: Colin Heathcote 99/292

A Class Winner: GT Rogers 97/288

B Class Winner: JP Simmons 96/283

C Class Winner: D Bateman: 95/280

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Staffordshire UT Championship held at Rugby DTC 14th August 2011

Staffordshire Champion: Marcus Iddon 91/100

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 68/100

Veterans Champion: Alan Grealey 79/100

Junior Champion: Gareth Stanford-Iddon 89/100

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Staffordshire DTL Championship held at Ranton CTC 7th August 2011

High Gun & Staffordshire Champion: Jack Rowley 100/298

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 90/265

Veterans Champion: Keith Barningham 97/289

Junior Champion: Jack Rowley 100/298

AA Class:

1) Jack Rowley 100/298

2) SM Gardener 98/291 & GD Evans 98/291

A Class:

1) Dave Malpass 100/293

2) MD Wootton 99/292

3) Keith Barningham 97/289

4) Alan Grealey 97/284

B Class:

1) JP Simmons 94/279

2) A Nightingale 94/278 & Keith Smith 96/278

C Class:

1) R Pirrpoint 97/283

2) D Pedley 92/270

3) Gill Grealey 90/265

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Staffordshire English Skeet Championship held at Doveridge 24th July 2011

High Gun & Staffordshire Champion: Dave Beardsmore 100/100

Veterans Champion: Joe Kitson 98/100

Junior Champion: Dominic Cooper 89/100

Up and coming twelve years old youngster Dominic Cooper shows great promise following two recent successes, coming third in the West Midlands Junior Skeet on 3rd July and becoming Staffordshire Junior Champion on 24th July.

Both events were held at Doveridge shooting ground where Dominic started lessons just 18 months ago.

A big thank you is due to coach JB at Doveridge & Phil Daniels at Leek Gun Club where Dominic also shoots.

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Staffordshire Single Barrel Championship 100 reg at Ranton CTC 3 July 2011

The Single Barrel Championship held at Ranton CTC on 3 July was shot in near perfect conditions, although a little to hot for myself.

High Gun and 2011 Staffordshire Champion was once again Colin Heathcote 98/100

Ladies Champion was Gill Grealey 85/100 Vets Champion was Keith Barningham 91/100

AA Class:

1) Dave Malpass 93/100

2) Jeff Clarke 92/100

3) JP Simmons 91/100

A Class:

1) Keith Barningham 91/100

2) Keith Smith 89/100

3) Alan Grealey 88/100

B Class:

1) W Wainwright 90/100

2) Gill Grealey 85/100 2) A Nightingale 85/100

C Class:

1) P Terry 83/100

Well done to the three Champions and to all class winners, they are a credit to their County.

Thanks to the Committee for an excellent shoot and to Cynthia and Tom for their culinary expertise.

Sporting selection shoots.

With the sporting selection shoots well on the way and being very well attended some great scores have been posted.

Doveridge 27^th March 2011

High Gun was Brett Hand on 93

Juniors was J Whitehouse on 75

Ladies was Sue Ridge on 59

Veterans was Mr Everitt on 85

Shrugborough 17^th April 2011

Again top honours went to Brett Hand with a fanatic 97

Junior Sam Down came back into the clubhouse with a fine 74

Ladies again was Sue Ridge on a excellent 72

Veterans went to Graham Parker who posted 88

Kingsley Moor 8thMay 2011

Tony Thompson shot a superb 94

Junior was J Whitehouse on 71

Ladies out of retirement came Debbie Clark to post the top score.

And look who shot a great 88 in the Veterans our very own Ray Probert.

Well done Ray

Shrugborough on the 19^th of June 2011

A very pleasant gentleman name of CB Hawkes came out on top off all the shooters to take high gun with a 92, well done

Tom Price met the targets head on and shot a very respectable 81, it was great to see Tom there

Sue Ridge made three out off three with a very well shot 72

Well done to JD Smallman who came back into the clubhouse with a 90, brilliant score.

Thanks to the grounds staff for the excellent targets you have presented us with, so far.

Just to remind all off you Sporting shooters that there is only two section shoots left, the next one being Doveridge on the 31^st of July 2011, see you there.

Steve Ward, Assistant Sporting Manager.

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English Open Helice Championship at Invictor SG

Well done to Staffordshires Marcus Iddon who after a 20/20 straight, went up against

6 times World Champion Dionne Rogers in a sudden death shoot off to shoot a 18/18 straight to emerge English Open Champion.

A very well done to Marcus.

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English/British Open Single Barrel Championships held at

North of England 18th/19th June 2011

Staffordshires Marcus Iddon won A Class in the English Open Single Barrel Championship with a superb 97/100.

After a shoot off, Mick Riley was runner up in the Vets at the British Open Single Barrel Championship with 96/100 whilst in the European Universal Trap Championships last week, Staffordshires Gareth Stanford-Iddon secured the Team Junior Bronze.

Well done to all three.

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2011 England DTL Team

Well Done to Dave Winter and Tomas Atienza.

Both Staffordshire men have qualified for the 2011 England DTL Senior Team.

For Dave Winter it is the second time in 2 years.

For Tomas Atienza it is a first and is his first England Cap.

All you have to do now is to sell the family jewels to pay the unbelievable cost of shooting in Ireland.

As I've always said and I stand by it, if you make the England DTL Team then there is a place for you in the Staffordshire DTL Team.

Please contact me for your team place. paulwberry@yahoo.co.uk 07400119675

Once again, Well done

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Staffordshire 50 ABT Championship held at Ranton CTC 5th June 2011

Staffordshire ABT Champion: Dave Malpass 48/50

A Class :

1) Kevin Borley 44/50

2) Paul Berry 39/50 & Bob Taylor 39/50

B Class :

1) Alan Collins 47/50

2) RD Wright 45/50

3) Chris Edwards 43/50

C Class :

1) G Stanford-Idden 45/50

2) Alan Grealey 43/50 & JP Simmons 43/50

D Class :

1) Keith Barningham 37/50

2) B Goldstraw 35/50

3) D Bateman 34/50 & HG Williams 34/50

Staffordshire Junior Winner: G Stanford-Idden 45/50

Staffordshire Veterans Winner: Alan Collins 47/50

Staffordshire Ladies Winner: Gill Grealey 32/50

Well done to Dave Malpass and all winners.

Thanks to the Committee and especially Cynthia and her little helpers for the snappin.

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Results For Ranton CTC Clanford Trophy Series, over a possible 3 shoots.

Clanford High Gun: Dave Malpass 579

AA Class Winner: Colin Heathcote 574

A Class Winner: Paul Berry 565

B Class Winner: Keith Smith 559

C Class Winner: R Pierpoint 528

Ladies Winner: Gill Grealey 459

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Results For Ranton CTC 100 DTL (3rd Clanford Trophy Series) 1st May 2011

High Gun: Marcus Idden 99/292 (AA Class)

AA Class:

1) GD Evens 94/271

2) Luke McHugh 85/240

A Class:

1) MJ Riley 96/283

2) Dave Malpass 97/282

3) Bob Taylor 97/281

B Class:

1) JP Simmons 95/280

2) A Nightingale 94/279

3) Alan Grealey 92/270

C Class:

1) W Wainwright 94/274

2) R Pierpoint 87/250

3) D Bateman 88/248

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Results For Ranton CTC 100 DTL (2nd Clanford Trophy Series) 3rd April 2011

High Gun: Colin Heathcote 100/296 (AA Class)

AA Class

1) GD Evans 96/285

2) Luke McHugh 97/284

3) Alan Rowley 95/279

A Class

1) Dave Malpass 99/291

2) Richard Sneyd 97/287

3) Cliff Ford 98/287

B Class

1) Keith Smith 98/293

2) Mick Dale 97/286

3) Alan Grealey 95/280

C Class

1) Dave Andrews 94/276

2) R Pierpoint 91/265

3) WJ Wainwright 92/264

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Results For Ranton CTC 100 DTL (1st Clanford Trophy Series) 6th March 2011

High Gun: Pete Thomas 98/289 (AA Class)

AA Class

1) GD Evans 95/281

2) Colin Heathcote 95/278

3) Jack Rowley 92/276

A Class

1) Dave Malpass 98/288 Jeff Clarke jnr 98/288

3) PW Berry 97/285

B Class

1) Ron Jenkins 93/273

2) A Nightingale 92/270

3) DW Wood 93/268

C Class

1) R Pierpoint 91/263

2) WJ Wainwright 89/262

3) M Harvey 83/241

Many thanks to the Committee for a realy good shoot on a very cold and nasty day.

Thanks also to Cynthia for her yummy snappin.

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Results for Ranton CTC 50 ABT 6th February 2011

High Gun: J Rowley 46/50 (B Class)

A Class

1) D Malpass 45/50 & GD Evans 45/50

3) PW Berry 44/50

B Class

1) DW Wood 43/50

2) C Edwards 42/50

C Class

1) A Grealey 43/50

2) C Addison 41/50

3) R Porter 40/50

D Class

1) BM Brearley 40/50 & K Barningham 40/50

3) D Pedley 34/50

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Results for Ranton CTC 50 ABT 9th January 2011

High Gun: RJ Sutton 48/50 (A Class)

A Class
1) GD Evans 47/50 & M Iddon 47/50
3) PW Berry 44/50 & D Malpass 44/50

B Class
1) J Rowley 46/50
2) RD Wright 44/50
3) J Hartley 43/50

C Class
1) G Stanford-Iddon 47/50
2) A Nightingale 43/50
3) C Addison 40/50

Class D
1) BM Brearley 43/50
2) CE Nightingale 42/50
3) K Barningham 39/50

The Staffordshire Trophy & Presentation Shoot held at Ranton CTC on 24th September 2011

was a very pleasant afternoon was had by all with the winner of the 25 bird DTL and a 25 Compact Sporting competition being no other than Joe Kitson.

Trophies were given and re-presented and photographed with their winners for Pull Magazine.

The main presentations were for the Staffordshire Achievement Award and The Staffordshire Ladies Shooter of the Year.

We also had a Newcomer of the Year Trophy, but unfortunately the inaugural winner was shooting elsewhere. The Winner for 2011, Dominic Cooper, who I'm told is just 12 years old.

A very worthy Dave Winter picked up the Achievement Award and it was again Gill Grealey, who picked up the prestigious Ladies Shooter of the Year trophy that she won last year also.

Jane Hemmings picked up the Ladies Sporting High Gun Trophy.

Alan Everit picked up the Vets Sporting High Gun Trophy.

Alas, as always when the raffle prizes were drawn, I was over 100 away from the nearest winning ticket.

Many thanks to Cynthia and Tom for the food & drink and to the work of the Staffordshire Committee and to the Ranton Committee for organizing the shoot and excellent targets.

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The Oakland House Trophy Ranton CTC 4th September 2011

Well done to Colin Heathcote. He shot a fantastic 100/300 at Ranton to win the

Oakland House Championship.

His 100/300 was only the 8th maximum since Ranton CTC started.

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Staffordshire Sporting Regional Intercounties Team at Longridge 25th September 2011

Senior Team:

Christopher Daniels, Stephen Williams, Duncan Lawton, Brett Hand, Keith Hodgkinson,

Tony Thompson, Paul Bloomfield, Steve Ward, James Hand, Steve Edwards.

Junior Team:

Phil Bailey, Jack Whitehouse, Sam Upton.

Ladies Team:

Sue Ridge, Jane Hemmings, Sam Harrison.

Veterans Team:

John Smallman, Graham Parker, John Dennis.

The Selection Team would like to take this opportunity to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the shooters who gave their support. It has gone like clockwork this year with no problems at all, a credit to everyone.

Thanks to Doveridge, Kingsley Moor & Shugborough for the excellent shoots that they set for us to enjoy.

Regards Steve.

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Regional Inter Counties DTL Mid Wales 21st August 2011

After 3 consecutive years the DTL Intercounties Shield that Staffordshire has held onto

so very tightly, has been relinquished to a worthy Cheshire Team. It hurts me to say it but,

a very well done to them.

Senior Team,

Jeff Clarke 89/267 Mick Riley 94/272 Craig Nightingale 96/284 Dave Winter 100/296

Colin Heathcote 99/294 Roy Crannage 92/274 Paul Berry 95/275 Richard Sneyd 98/293

Dave Malpass 99/293 Tomas Attienza 96/279

Staffordshire Juniors, brothers Jack 99/296 James 98/291 & Shaun Rowley 84/244 had a comfortable win to retain their number 1 spot.

Staffordshire Ladies, Gill Grealey 84/245 Paula Robinson 84/241 & Joy Robinson 84/221 came 5th. Well done Staffordshire new cap Paula Robinson.

Staffordshire Veterans, Bob Taylor 98/290 Alan Grealey 96/283 & Keith Barningham 96/281 came an excellent 2nd

Jack Rowley had to shoot off with Dave Winter who shot 100/296, but after two rounds Jack managed to pip Dave for the Staffordshire High Gun.

Thanks to Arthur & Rita for a superb shoot and to Rachel for my fantastic breakfast

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Staffordshire Sporting Selection Team 2011.

Dates & Venues:

Doveridge:

27th March 2011 and 31st July 2011

The 31st being the Staffordshire County Championship.

Kingsley Moor: 8th May 2011 and 14th August 2011.

Shugborough: 17th April 2011 and 19th June 2011.

The selection process for the Senior Team will be 3 out of the 6 scores to count, however there will be an option of up to 3 wild cards, also all CPSA Registered scores from Staffordshire shooters may be used to assist in the selection of the team.

Ladies, Junior’s and Veterans will be selected from 3 out of the 6 selection shoots.

Steve Ward, Assistant Sporting Manager.

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Ranton CTC Fixtures 2011

August 7th 100 DTL reg. Staffordshire DTL Championship.

September 4th 100 DTL reg . Oakland House Trophy.

October 2nd 100 DTL reg.

November 6th 50 pairs Double Rise Staffordshire Championship.

December 4th 25 DTL Christmas re-entry shoot.

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Ranton CTC Officers & Committee for 2011 are:

Officers.

Chairman: J. Malpass

Vice Chairman: D. Andrews

Secretary: PA. Colclough

Treasurer:

Sporting Sectetary: T. Stokes

Treasurer Sporting: M. Dale

Committee.

Paul Berry, B. Lockley, R. Jenkins, D. Malpass, J. Simmons, D.Wood, D Brent

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WEST MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

27th March: Area DTL 100 Reg Mid Wales SG

17th April: Area Sporting and England Team Selection Shoot 100 Reg at Westfield SG. Tel. Entries

26th June: Area English Skeet 100 Reg at Doveridge CTC. Tel. Entries

23rd July: Area Helice (ZZ) at Rugby & DTC (Saturday)

24th July: Area and Inter-Counties Olympic Skeet 100 Reg at Gloucester CSC

31st July: Area and Inter-Counties UT 100 Reg at Rugby & DTC

21st August: Inter-Counties DTL 100 Reg at Mid Wales SG

4th September: Area and Inter-Counties ABT 100 Reg at Rugby & DTC

10th September: Area Double Trap Reg at Beverley CTC (Saturday)

11th September: Area Single Barrel 100 Reg at Mid Wales SG

11th September: Area Double Rise 50 pairs Reg at Mid Wales SG

11th September: Inter Counties English Skeet 100 Reg at Doveridge CTC. Tel. Entries

18th September: Area and Inter-Counties OT 100 Reg at Beverley CTC Tel. Entries

25th September: Inter-Counties English Sporting 100 Reg at Longridge SG. (Last Entries/Start Time 12:00 noon for County Teams)

2nd October: Area Skeet Doubles 100 Reg at Doveridge CSC. Tel. Entries

2nd October: Area Sportrap 50 Reg at Doveridge CTC

9th October: Area and Inter-Counties FITASC 100 Reg at Longridge SG Tel. Entries

16th October: Area and Inter-Counties All Round 100 Reg at Doveridge CSC. Tel. Entries

(May be 2 days if neccessary)

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Staffordshire CPSA Officers & Committee for 2011

Officers:
Chairman: Phil Daniels
Vice Chairman: Paul Berry
Treasurer: Tim Simmons
Secretary: Paul Berry (until replacement arranged)

Committee:
Terry Hale
Debbie Clark
Steve Ward
Dave Winter

West Midland Representatives:
Terry Hale & Paul Berry.

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Many thanks go to Carl & Ann Fielding, who for many years served the shooters of
Staffordshire as our Treasurer & Secretary.
They have decided to stand down to enjoy their shooting away from the rigours
of committee life.
Again, thank you both for the excellent work that you did on behalf of the
Staffordshire CPSA

2008

2008 Championship Reports

West Midlands Single Barrel & Double Rise

On the 26 October 2008 Mid Wales SG hosted the
West Midlands Single Barrel & Double Rise Championships.
Although targets were sometimes lost in the brightness of the day, on the whole it was a cracking good day.

In the Single Barrel Championship, Staffordshire took the first three West Midlands
places with:
James Rowley winning Gold 96/100
Jack Rowley winning Silver    95/100
Bob Taylor winning Bronze     94/100
Overall High Gun was S Gerrard with 98/100

The Double Rise Championships went the same way as Staffordshire again took
the first three places.

Bob Taylor winning Gold             86/100
Stewart Clarke winning Silver    82/100
James Rowley winning Bronze 81/100

As a warmer up for the Single Barrel, Jack and James shot the
Shropshire Single Barrel Championships at Bridgnorth the previous weekend.
They both tied for high gun on 97/100 but as it was a Shropshire Championship they
had to make do with joint high gun and not the trophy.
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Scores for the DTL National Intercounties at Northampton 5th October 2008

Team members, Peg & Squad Times for DTL National Intercounties
at Nothampton 5th October 2008

Seniors Team 1
Squad 10 @ 11:15
1 Jeff Clarke jnr          93/269
2 Colin Heathcote       98/291
3 Stuart Clarke            97/280
4 Dean Wootton          99/292
5 Paul Berry               100/294

Seniors Team 2
Squad 13 @ 12:00
1 Jeff Clarke snr         92/270
2 John Kingston          92/264
3 Rob Olden                  85/246
4 Roy Crannage           93/270
5 Frank Knobbs           96/281

Vets:
Squad 11 @ 11:30
1 Pete Hudson 96/274
2 Keith Barningham 98/283
3 Bob Taylor 98/288

Some scores may seem low, but we were shooting in torrential rain and a swirly wind.
It was cold and almost impossible to see for all the early squads.
My thanks to every team member who put themselves through a very wet and uncomfortable
day to shoot for their County.

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2008 DTL Intercounties 31st August

On quite a wet and dreary day, Mid Wales SG hosted the

DTL Regional Intercounties Championship.
I'm pleased to say that the Staffordshire Senior team consisting of:
Bob Taylor, Colin Heathcote, Paul Berry, Richard Sneyd, Jeff Clarke jnr,
Rob Olden, John Birch, Ron Jenkins, Roy Crannage, Jeff Clarke snr.
were clear winners of the Championship.

The Vets team consisting of::
Alan Grealey, Keith Barningham, Pete Hudson, took Bronze in a hard fought
contest.

The Ladies team consisting of:
Gill Grealey, Ann Fielding came 4th even though they were handicapped by
having only two shooters instead of three.

High gun and top Staffordshire shooter on the day was non other than the
Vets World DTL Champion and Runner-Up in the DTL World Championships,
Super Bob Taylor with 100/298
Warwickshire picked up the other trophies on offer with a special mention to
World Ladies DTL Bronze Medal Winner: Denise Humphrey who shot superbly.

I wish to thank all team members for the time and effort devoted to thrashing our old adversaries.
As team manager I hope that you will all want to shoot in the
National Intercounties on October 5th at Northampton SG.
Please contact me for this.

Thanks also go to Mid Wales for ensuring the good quality of targets and great snappin.

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2008 Staffordshire DTL Championship
Well done Alan Grealey and Ann Fielding.
On Sunday 3 August 2008 at Ranton CTC he became 2008 Staffordshire DTL Champion
and also captured the Vets title with 291/300
Ladies Champion was Ann Fielding with 259/300
Thanks go to Ranton hosting the event.
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John Rogers Memorial Shoot @ Mid Wales
Well done Colin Heathcote for an awsome win in the first John Rogers Memorial Shoot.
On the 27th July at Mid Wales, Colin straighted the 25 ABT, 25 Single Barrel and 25 Down The Line
without raising a sweat. A really good day and a superb shoot.
I look forward to next years shoot.
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Staffordshire Single Barrel
Well done Colin Heathcote who shot an unbelievable 98/100 to capture the
Staffordshire Single Barrel Championship at Ranton on 6th July 2008

2008 Champion: Colin Heathcote. 98/100
Ladies Champion : Gill Grealey.      83/100
Vets Champion: Alan Grealey.        92/100
Junior Champion: Jack Rowley.     92/100

Thanks to Ranton & the Committee for a superb shoot and to Cynthia for the tea & snappin.
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Stafordshire Olympic Trap at Doveridge 15th June 2008
Here are the results of the Staffordshire Olympic Trap
at Doveridge 15th June 2008

County Champion: Marcus Idden 44/50
Runner Up: Dave Whieldon 43/50
Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 30/50
Vets Champion: Alan Grealey 40/50
Alas, no Junior entries
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Staffordshire Double Rise at Ranton. 1 June 2008
Results of the Staffordshire Double Rise Championship.
Ranton, 1 June 2008

Staffordshire Champion: Bob Taylor 90/100
Vets Champion: Bob Taylor 90/100
Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey 51/100
Junior Champion: James Rowley 83/100

Well done to Super Bob, Gill and James.
Thanks to Ranton for a superb shoot and to Cynthia for her tea and snappin.
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County Skeet Championship Results
Here are the Skeet County Championship results.
Sunday 11th May 2008 at Doveridge.

County Champion after a shoot off:
Dave Beardsmore 100/100 straight

Runner up:
Dave Whieldon who shot his first 100/100 straight, his best Musto cap got blasted to
pieces in the traditional way!

Ladies Champion:
Ann Fielding 95/100

Junior Champion:
Philip Bailey 98/100

Veteran Champion:
Joe Kitson 99/100
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West Midlands DTL Championship
West Midlands DTL Championship, Mid Wales 23 March 2008
Welcome to a new championship year, for James Rowley, a very good start to the year.
At Mid Wales on 23 March 2008 he crushed all opposition with an awsome 100/299 to lift the West Midlands DTL Championship.
Excellent for anyone, but for a Junior it's just amazing, especially as all the West Midlands top trap shooters were there.
Welsh International Sharron Ebbrell also deserves praise as she shot a super 100/298
Who says that Juniors or Ladies can't match or beat the male shooters.
Once again, well done James, superb.

Results:
West Midlands Champion:
James Rowley 100/299
Silver:
Colin Heathcote 98/294
Bronze:
Glyn Jenkins 100/294
Ladies Champion:
Gill Grealey 97/283
Silver:
Sam Sharpe 95/282
Bronze:
C Haywood 94/271
Vets Champion:
Geof Rogers 98/291
Silver:
Paul Hodges 100/290
Bronze:
Pete Hudson 97/285
Junior Champion
James Rowley 100/299
Silver:
Jack Rowley 98/289
Bronze:
Michael Hudson 98/286