Welcome to the Staffordshire Clubman Page

The Clubman competition aims to introduce A, B and C Class shooters to Inter-County competition and to ensure all levels of shooter are included as part of the Inter-Counties setup. It tests teams of mixed classes against each other.

The team of 12 comprises of 4 x A class, 4 x B class and 4 x C class shooters with winners selected from best team by class and best overall county team.

Shooters will be chosen based on their performance in the Staffordshire English Sporting selection shoots.  Details of the selection shoots are on our Fixtures page.

To qualify, potential shooters must have entered at least 3 of the ESP selection shoots.  For those entering more than 3 selection shoots, your best 3 scores will used.

The class you start the selection shoots in is the class you will shoot in for the Clubman competition even if you change classes in subsequent re-classification.

If you have shot in the Clubman before, you are eligible to be selected to shoot again, providing you have not shot for your County in an ESP Inter-County competition.

Clubman Team Manager: Steve Kilner

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 Clubman New Caps  

Great to see some new caps for the County, shooting in the Clubman this year and receiving their Staffordshire polo shirts.

Thanks to our sponsors Solware Ltd and Lyalvale Express Ltd and to Valerie-Anne Barrow for organising these with our supplier, Elite Logo's 4u.

  

Thomas Moore (Clubman C Class)                     Stewart Phillips (Clubman C Class)

Jon Rhodes (Clubman C Class)

   

Paul Rowbottom (Clubman A Class)                          Zac Bloom (Clubman A Class)

We also had some new caps at the recent DTL Inter-Counties, presented by DTL Team Manager, Valerie-Anne Barrow……..

  

Anna Phillips (Ladies DTL Team)                          Frank Knobbs (Veterans DTL team)

And in the recent FITASC Inter-Counties, Team Manager, Steve Ward presented a County badge to Andrew Price.

Andrew Price and Steve Ward

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 WM Area Clubman at Eaton Hall SG – 27 September 2025 

Eaton Hall Shooting Ground hosted this year’s West Midlands Area Clubman, putting on a superb competition that attracted A, B and C class shooters from Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford & Worcester, Shropshire, Warwickshire and, of course Staffordshire.

It was a ding-dong battle between Derbyshire and Staffordshire to see who would take home the trophies. Credit to Team Manager, Geoff Flint and Derbyshire, whose team put in 928 to take the win with Staffordshire in second place on 908 and Cheshire third on 812. Fair play to Vinnie Spencer of Derbyshire, who despite being a C class shooter, was overall High Gun on the day with a monster 86.

In C Class, with Vinnie in their ranks, Derbyshire always had that one in the bag, hitting a combined team score of 303. Our squad of Thomas Moore, Stewart Phillips, Mark Randall and John Rhodes put in a highly creditable 281, which was still a great effort.

In B Class, the squad of Jon Dennis, Kyle Garner, Cliff Hawkes and Paul Sanders did the business with a terrific 324 - the highest team score on the day! Derbyshire were runners-up with 308 and Warwickshire third with 285.

In A Class, another fine score of 303 from Zac Bloom, JJ Broberg, Paul Rowbottom and Gary Tromans wasn’t quite enough to prevent Derbyshire from edging us out with a very good 317.

There were some notable individual performances for the County today, across all the classes. Young Thomas Moore in C class shot 79, bettered only by the two C class Derbyshire shooters. It was great to see Zac Bloom make his debut for the County in A class. But the Staffordshire High Gun on the day came in B Class, with Kyle Garner’s 83, just ahead of Paul Sanders with 82 and Jon Dennis on 81.

A big thank you to Valerie-Anne Barrow for all her help in putting the squads together presenting various polo shirts on the day and likewise to Martin Butcher and not least, for running the Staffordshire selection shoots.

Special thanks to everyone at Eaton Hall for putting this shoot on today, especially Lara Dale who did a great job with sorting out all the arrangements and getting the whole thing to run like clockwork – no easy task! And to Miles Machin from the CPSA who likewise helped to ensure the event ran smoothly and helped with the trophy presentations. Great to see all of the County squads mixing together during the shoot and then staying at the end.

Last but no means least, my thanks to all the Staffordshire shooters who came out today – you did yourselves and the County proud!

Steve Kilner – Chairman

Overall Team Scores

Derbyshire 928, Staffordshire 908, Cheshire 812, Hereford & Worcester 734, Warwickshire 713, Shropshire 656

A Class

Derbyshire 317, Staffordshire 303, Cheshire 268, Warwickshire 240, Hereford & Worcester 220, Shropshire 195

B Class

Staffordshire 324, Derbyshire 308, Warwickshire 285, Cheshire 282, Hereford & Worcester 275, Shropshire 231

C Class

Derbyshire 303, Staffordshire 281, Cheshire 262, Hereford & Worcester 239, Shropshire 230, Warwickshire 188

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WM Area ESP Clubman Squads 2025 

The WM Area Clubman competition introduces A, B and C Class English Sporting shooters to Inter-County competition and by doing so, ensures that all levels of shooter are included as part of the Inter-Counties setup. It’s an enjoyable competition that tests teams of mixed classes and counties against each other.

As with our Inter-Counties teams, Staffordshire squad members have been selected based on their performance in this year’s English Sporting selection shoots. A big thank you to our ESP Team Manager, Martin Butcher for all of his hard work and dedication in organising those.

Thanks also to EliteLogos4U for supplying the team polo shirts and to Valerie-Anne Barrow for all her help in coordinating arrangements.

This year’s competition is taking place this Saturday at Eaton Hall Shooting Ground.

The following shooters will be representing Staffordshire:

A CLASS

Zac Bloom

JJ Broberg

Paul Rowbottom

Gary Tromans

B CLASS

Jon Dennis

Kyle Garner

Clifford Hawkes

Paul Sanders

C CLASS

Thomas Moore

Stewart Phillips

Mark Randall

Jon Rhodes

We’d like to wish you all the best of luck for Saturday – shoot well and enjoy it

GOOD LUCK TEAM STAFFORDSHIRE!

Martin Butcher, Steve Kilner and Valerie-Anne Barrow

Staffordshire Clubman Team Managers

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💥 WM Area Clubman Competition at Eaton Hall SG – 27 September 2025 💥

This year’s West Midlands Area English Sporting Clubman competition will take place at Eaton Hall Shooting Ground on Saturday 27th September. 

A reminder that the Clubman competition aims to introduce A, B and C Class English Sporting shooters to Inter-County competition and to ensure all levels of shooter are included as part of the Inter-Counties setup. It’s a great competition that tests teams of mixed classes against each other.

Along with Staffordshire, each County within the West Midlands region (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcestershire, Shropshire and Warwickshire) is invited to submit a team of 12, comprising of 4 x A class, 4 x B class and 4 x C class shooters to compete for best team by class and best overall county team.

Staffordshire squad members will be selected based on their performance in our English Sporting selection shoots:

Sunday 30th March                     Eaton Hall SG

Sunday 13th April                        Grange Farm

Saturday 3rd May                        Eaton Hall SG

Sunday 1st June                          Eaton Hall SG

Sat 28th & Sun 29th June            Eaton Hall SG (WM Area Championship)

Sunday 24th August                     Garlands

Sunday 14th September               Garlands (Staffordshire County Championship)

Winners in each Class will win an individual trophy:

Good luck to everyone who will be taking part in our English Sporting selection shoots this year and to all those who are ultimately selected to represent Staffordshire at the 2025 Clubman.

Steve Kilner - Chairman

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💥 WM Area Clubman Competition at Park Farm SG – 28 September 2024 💥

The WM Area Clubman competition headed to Park Farm today for the first time. Well done to everyone who took part today from Cheshire, Hereford & Worcester, Shropshire, Warwickshire and, of course Staffordshire, across the A, B and C classifications. There was some excellent shooting on display.

Very proud to report that Staffordshire retained their title as the overall team winners with 951ex1200.  Congratulations to Cheshire and Warwickshire who were second and third respectively.

Staffordshire achieved wins in both A and B categories with our C squad runners-up to Cheshire by just 6 targets.

Winning A Class Team:

Jon Bowker, Tom Shaw, Gary Tromans and Charlie Tavernor

Some notable individual performances for the County today. Tom Shaw was overall High Gun with 89 and Charlie Tavernor joint runner-up with 87.  Damian King was third in B class with 84. And Kyle Garner was joint High Gun in C class with 79.  But everyone did their bit and contribute to a terrific team effort.

Winning B Class Team:

Paul Sanders, Damian King, Martin Thorley and JJ Broberg

Thank you to our Team Manager, Paul Bailey for putting all the squads together and to Martin Butcher for running the selection shoots and also refereeing today - a new string to his bow!  Also, to Valerie-Anne Barrow who did a great job coordinating the arrangements, including the Staffs polo shirts.  It really was a great team effort.

Runner-up C Class Team:

Jon Dennis, Jon Broberg, Mark Randall and Kyle Garner

Last, but no means least, a massive thank you to everyone at Park Farm Shooting Ground for putting this shoot on today.  They have raised the bar on how this type of event should be run.  Great to see all of the counties squads mixing together during the shoot and then staying together for the presentation.  The targets were excellent, the food and drink was first class (very important!) and even the weather played ball.  An absolutely tremendous job – thank you!

Steve Kilner – Chaiman

Staffordshire CPSA Chairman, Steve Kilner receiving the Clubman Trophy

from CPSA Vice-Chairman, Miles Machin

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 WM Area Clubman Competition at Mickley Hall – 26 August 2023 

A great day of shooting at Mickley Hall with the WM Area Clubman competition. Well done to everyone who took part today from Cheshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and, of course Staffordshire, across the A, B and C classifications. Some terrific shooting on display.

Delighted to report that Staffordshire took the Overall Team win with 1002/1200!! 

Derbyshire came second on 964 with Cheshire a close third with 961.

Staffordshire achieved wins in both B and C categories with our A squad runners-up to Cheshire by just 6 targets.

Some notable individual performances for the County today. Jack Tromans was Staffordshire High Gun with a tremendous 91. Junior, Neil Foxley was second for Staffordshire and runner-up in B class with 89 - great shooting Neil! And Matt Pickford shot superbly to take the top spot in C class and third overall for the County.

But every single member of every squad played their part today. We really hope you enjoyed the opportunity to represent Staffordshire and congratulations! But the same goes to every County shooter - the Clubman is a great competition and hopefully, a really fun day.

A big THANK YOU to our Team Manager, Paul Bailey for putting all the squads together – no easy task! Also, Gill at The Cafe at MHSS. She is doing a great job of keeping everyone well-fed and watered. Please give her Facebook page a follow and get down there – the food and hospitality is exceptional.

Last, but no means least, a massive thank you to Lara, Scott, Phil and everyone at Mickley Hall Shooting School for putting this shoot on today. Never easy to organise all this but they did an absolutely tremendous job – thank you!

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 WM Area Clubman Competition at Mickley Hall – 26 August 2023 💥

Staffordshire Clubman Team Manager, Paul Bailey has been crunching the numbers and burning the midnight oil to put his squads together for this year’s Clubman competition.

A reminder that the Clubman competition aims to introduce A, B and C Class shooters to Inter County competition and to ensure all levels of shooter are included as part of the Inter Counties setup. It tests teams of mixed classes against each other.

Along with Staffordshire, each County within the West Midlands region (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcestershire, Shropshire and Warwickshire) is invited to submit a team of 12, comprising of 4 x A class, 4 x B class and 4 x C class shooters with 4 prizes on offer. Best team by class and best overall county team.

Staffordshire squad members have been selected based on their performance in our English Sporting selection shoots to date.  This year’s competition is taking place this Saturday at Mickley Hall Shooting School.

The following shooters will be representing Staffordshire:

 

A Class:

Allen Carriere

John Dale

Jack Tromans

Ryan Murrell

 

B Class:

Lewis Beardmore

Neil Foxley

Harry Leese

Archie Tromans

 

C Class:

Mick Buckless

Andy Hales

Matt Pickford

Marcus Whitehouse

 

💥 GOOD LUCK TEAM STAFFORDSHIRE! 💥

 

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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 West Midlands Area Clubman Competition at Garlands – 27 August 2022 

Having had a two year hiatus for the pandemic, it was great to see the CPSA Clubman competition back again.

Staffordshire were represented as follows:

A Class: Jon Bowker, Allen Carriere, Martin Finn and Ed Harrison

B Class: Darren Bowker, Mark Byng, Peter Cantrill and John Dale

C Class: Les Beardmore, Lewis Beardmore, Mark Randall and Marcus Whitehouse

Delighted to report that we gave Gloucestershire CPSA a real run for their money, missing out on the overall team win by just 2 clays!  A great effort from everyone across all three squads and congratulations to Gloucestershire on the win.

In A class, Gloucestershire were worthy winners with a fine 344 to our 338 with Derbyshire third on 334.

In B class, Staffordshire took the trophy with some terrific shooting from Darren (90), Mark (91), Peter (80) and John (84), giving us a 345 to comfortably better Shropshire’s 331.

Mark Byng and Darren Bowker receiving the B class trophy from Steve Lovett

In C class, Derbyshire hit a cracking 313, with Gloucestershire on 295 and our boys putting in an excellent 281.  Special mention to Martin Bull of Derbyshire who had a day at the races, hitting a whopping 94 in C class!

With the shoot being open to all, also a special mention to Jack Whitehouse who was High Gun for the day with a tremendous 96.

It was a pleasure to present some of our County debutants with their Clubman badges today. 

L to R: Martin Finn, Jon Bowker, Darren Bowker and Mark Byng with their Clubman badges

Special thanks to Clubman Team Manager, Paul Bailey for putting all the squads together – no easy task.   And last but by no means Steve Lovatt and The Clay Shooting Company for putting on a really cracking shoot that was testing but fair for all the classes.

Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Staffordshire County Championship at Kingsley Moor tomorrow!

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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 West Midlands Area Clubman Competition at Garlands – 27 August

Clubman Team Manager, Paul Bailey has finalised his squads for the upcoming Clubman Championship at Garlands Shooting Ground on Saturday 27^th August.

The following shooters will be representing Staffordshire:

A Class: Jon Bowker, Allen Carriere, Martin Finn and Ed Harrison

B Class: Darren Bowker, Mark Byng, Peter Cantrill and John Dale

C Class: Les Beardmore, Lewis Beardmore, Mark Randall and Marcus Whitehouse

The Clubman competition aims to introduce A, B and C Class shooters to Inter County competition and to ensure all levels of shooter are included as part of the Inter Counties setup. It tests teams of mixed classes against each other.

The team of 12 comprises of 4 x A class, 4 x B class and 4 x C class shooters with 4 prizes on offer. Best team by class and best overall county team.

Shooters have been chosen based on their performance in the Staffordshire English Sporting selection shoots.

The shoot itself will be set up by The Clay Shooting Company with the above classes in mind - it will be a fun competition.  If anyone wants to travel with shooting friends or partners they are welcome to shoot it as well.

 GOOD LUCK TEAM STAFFORDSHIRE!

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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2022 Clubman Competition 

Delighted to announce that the popular Clubman competition will be returning this year.

Details are still to be finalised but the plan is that the event will take place at Garlands Shooting Ground with the help of our friend Steve Lovatt and The Clay Shooting Company.

It will be a 100 bird English Sporting layout with a 12 person County team. Each team will be made up of 4 x A class, 4 x B class and 4 x C class shooters with the top 3 in each class to count for the overall team prize.

The cut-off point for determining your classification will be advised in due course.

Qualification for the Clubman competition will run alongside the English Sporting selection shoots with Paul Bailey managing the Staffordshire Clubman team.

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2020 & 2021 Clubman Competition 

Sadly, there was no Clubman Competition in 2021 or 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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2019 Clubman Competition 

Staffordshire 2019 Clubman Team

The second Clubman Competition took place at Garlands Shooting Ground.  This year's competition saw teams from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Warwickshire once more select squads of 12 made up of A,B, and C class shooters.

Overall individual High Gun went to Chris Biddlecombe of Cheshire and Staffordshire's Timothy Hatton with a great score of 96ex100.

Overall A Class Team - Staffordshire 
Overall B Class Team - Cheshire
Overall C Class Team - Warwickshire

This years 2019 Clubman Champions were Derbyshire who scored an impressive  1111/1200 ahead of Staffordshire on 1004 and Warwickshire on 1002.

  

             Steve Ward, Steve Kilner & Phil Daniels          Clubman A Clas HG, Timothy Hatton with Steve Ward

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2018 Clubman Competition 

The very first Clubman Competition saw Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire and Derbyshire all select a team of 12 made up of A,B, and C class shooters with Mickley Hall Shooting School as the venue.

Overall individual High Gun went to Staffordshire's very own Martin Butcher with a magnificent score of 73ex75.

Martin Butcher - Clubman High Gun for 2018
 

A Class Individual HG - Mark Dudley 67/75

B class Individual HG - Nigel Lane 67/75

C class Individual - HG Tom Lowe (After Shoot off) 61/75

Overall A Class Team - Staffordshire 206/225
Overall B Class Team - Cheshire 177/225
Overall C Class Team - Cheshire 178/225

This years 2018 Clubman Champions were Staffordshire who scored an awesome 543/675.

Well shot to everyone who was selected. Thank you to everyone involved in setting the Clubman up, with special thanks goes to Paul Bailey and Scott Barnett.

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