Welcome to the Staffordshire Clubman Page

Having missed the last two years due to the global pandemic, 2022 will see the return of the popular English Sporting Clubman.

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 will be chosen based on their performance in the Staffordshire English Sporting selection shoots.  Details of the selection shoots are on the ESP Team page.

To qualify, potential shooters must have entered at least 3 of the 6 selection shoots, 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 been chosen to represent your county in any of the other Inter County teams, you will not be eligible for the Clubman event.

Clubman Team Manager: Paul Bailey

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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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