Welcome to the Staffordshire CPSA Down The Line (DTL) Page

Down-the-Line Trap (DTL) is the most popular version of trap in the UK. One trap is set in the centre of the layout, with five stands, or pegs, in a line behind it.

Starting from the left peg, each shooter takes their turn shooting at an individual target. Once all five shooters have shot, the leftmost shooter starts the process again, until each shooter has shot at five targets. At this point, the shooters move one peg to the right (the shooter on peg five goes around the back of the line to stand one), and the process starts again. The person who shot first on the initial five targets always starts the shooting no matter what stand they are on. These rounds of five shots followed by moving continue until every shooter has shot at 25 targets.

A single target is thrown each time the shooter calls ‘Pull!’, but the shooter has two shots to hit the target. Three points are awarded for a first-barrel hit, and two points if a second shot is needed. A miss gives no points.

Staffordshire DTL Team Manager: Valerie-Anne Barrow

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💥 DTL Staffordshire County Championship – 4 August 2024 💥

Staffordshire County Champion - John Simmons

A full turn out at Ranton for our DTL County Championship today under grey clouds that, for the most part, kept the rain to themselves.

Delighted to report that our County Champion for 2024 is John Simmons!  He hit a cracking 99 targets, scoring 294 points to finish just ahead Craig Nightingale who also hit 99 but dropped a couple more on his first shot, finishing on 292.  A great contest and many congratulations to John for coming through to take the title for the first time.

Colin Heathcote was in fine form again hitting 97/287 to take the Veterans trophy.

Many congratulations to Gill Grealey who, not for the first time(!) shot very well to take the Ladies title.

Staffordshire Ladies Champion - Gill Grealey

Team Manager, Valerie-Anne Barrow presented the trophies and will be in touch with the various squad members to confirm their place ahead of the Inter Counties at Holmes Chapel on 29 September. 

As ever, a big thank you to David Brent and Ranton for looking after us and running a smooth event and of course, to the referees too.

Staffs County Champion: John Simmons

Veterans Champion: Colin Heathcote

Ladies Champion: Gill Grealey

Junior Champion: Not contested

Well done to everyone who shot today and thank you for your continued support of shooting in Staffordshire.

Steve Kilner – Chairman

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DTL 100 CPSA registered at Ranton CTC - 2 June 2024

Colin Heathcote continued his fine form with 100ex298 to win the latest DTL registered at Ranton Clay Target Club. Craig Nightingale was third with 98ex291 and Jack Rowley fifth with 97ex287. Gill Grealey was Ladies high gun with 79ex237.

And many congratulations to Nicky Pleavin who took part in her very first ever CPSA registered competition Hopefully, this will be the first of many!

Well done to everyone who took part and hope you all enjoyed the warm, sunny conditions

A reminder that our friends at Ranton will be hosting the Staffordshire Single Barrel County Championship on Sunday 7 July s well as our DTL County Championship on Sunday 4 August.

Contact Ranton directly to book your place!

E-mail: rctc.booking@gmail.com or Text: 07764 361690

Steve Kilner - Chairman

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DTL West Midlands Area Championship - 31 March 2024

Colin Heathcote

Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground hosted the DTL West Midlands Area championship. Luckily we had a break from the rain, which was much appreciated by the 95 competitors.

Staffordshire’s Colin Heathcote shot a superb 99/296 to tie with Dan Price of Hereford & Worcester. This meant a nail biting shoot off.

Congratulations went to Dan, who secured the gold medal and DTL West Midlands Area Champion.

Colin secured the silver medal and a gold medal in the veterans. Many congratulations Colin on a successful championship.

Also, having a great championship from Staffordshire were Craig Nightingale, Adam Gutteridge, Chris Holden, Rob Olden, Richard Stubbs, John Simmons, John Owen, David Brent and Philip Terry.

Valerie-Anne Barrow - DTL Team Manager

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 DTL Staffordshire County Championship - 4th August 2024 

 Date: Sunday 4th August

 Venue: Ranton Clay Target Club

To register to compete in the Staffs Down The Line County Championship:

 Text 07764 361690

 Email: rctc.booking@gmail.com 

£35 birds only
£40 comp
£2 County levy will apply

The CPSA Staffordshire DTL County Championship will take place at Ranton Clay Target Club on Sunday 4th August.

Contact Ranton directly by text on 07764 361690 or email rctc.booking@gmail.com to book your place. You can turn up on the day (before 12.00) but best to book in advance.

The winners in each Category (Senior, Ladies, Veterans and Juniors) will automatically qualify for the Staffordshire DTL team at the WM Area Inter-County Championship at Holmes Chapel on 29 September, providing they are available and pay the County levy.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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DTL West Midlands Area Inter Counties - 20 Aug 2023

2023 Staffordshire DTL Squad

Many Congratulations to the Staffordshire DTL Senior and Veterans teams who took part in the West Midlands Inter Counties DTL Championship at Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground on Sunday. A great day of shooting and some excellent results!

The Seniors came home with a terrific Bronze medal, narrowly missing out to Derbyshire who took Silver after a shoot-off. Great shooting also from the Cheshire team who took the Gold.

DTL Senior Team

The Veterans team were in top form and took a brilliant Gold medal.

There was also an outstanding individual performance from Adam Gutteridge who took overall High Gun with a superb 100/296

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to all of the county, class and category winners.

Special thanks to our DTL Team Manager, Ian Hull and to Holmes Chapel for putting on a great shoot.

See Facebook post from Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground:

Today was the West Midlands Inter Counties DTL Championship and the sun was out and shining. It was good to see some new faces and we had some lovely compliments about our ground during the day, which is much appreciated . We hope you all enjoyed the day and enjoyed our facilities of which we try and make the best we can.

Congratulations to all our winners!!!!

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DTL Staffordshire County Championship - 6 August 2023

A fabulous day of shooting at Ranton Clay Target Club with the Staffordshire DTL County Championship.

Thrilled to report that our DTL County Champions for 2023 are as follows:

County: Dave Malpass

Veteran: Ray Sutton

Ladies: Carole Wilson

Junior: No entry

Many congratulations to Dave, Ray and Carole and to all those who took part. We hope you all had a cracking day!

And a big thank you to Ranton for doing a great job hosting the championship.

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 DOWN THE LINE TEAM MANAGER WANTED 

 YOUR COUNTY NEEDS YOU! 

Staffordshire CPSA are looking for a DTL Team Manager.

We already have our County Championship in the diary, taking place on Sunday 6th August at Ranton Clay Target Club. It’s a great opportunity to encourage friends to come along and take part.

We then have the Inter Counties Championship, taking place at Holmes Chapel on Sunday 20th August.

We need your help in putting together a Senior squad (6 shooters with 5 scores to count) and ideally, squads for Veterans, Ladies and Juniors (3 shooters with 2 scores to count).

You could, of course, use the County shoot on 6th August as a selection shoot to determine your squads. If you need any help, there are people on the committee, and no doubt others, who can assist.

You can find out more about Team Manager duties on our website here: https://sites.cpsa.co.uk/staffordshire/team-managers

Please drop us a line on Facebook Messenger if you’re interested in taking on this important role.

Steve – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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 DTL Staffordshire County Championship - 6th August 2023 

DTL Seniors Trophy

 Date: Sunday 6th August

 Venue: Ranton Clay Target Club

To register to compete in the Staffs Down The Line County Championship:

 Call 01785 223621 / 07764 361690 or

 Email: rctc.booking@gmail.com

The CPSA Staffordshire DTL County Championship will take place at Ranton Clay Target Club on Sunday 6th August.

Contact Ranton directly on 01785 223621 or 07764 361690 to book your place.

We look forward to seeing you there.

    

DTL Veterans Trophy                                                             DTL Ladies Trophy

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 DTL West Midlands Area Inter Counties on 21 August

Good effort from the DTL squads that represented Staffordshire in the Inter Counties at Holmes Chapel today.

The Senior, Ladies and Veterans teams all put in solid performances but it wasn’t to be our day as we lost out on the medals to some very strong opposition.

Congratulations to all those who won medals.  Special mention to David Waring who was High Gun for Staffordshire with 99/295, which also earned him a win in B class!

Many thanks to Ian Hull for managing the squads and to Holmes Chapel for doing a great job hosting the event.

Staffs DTL Ladies Squad: Carole Wilson, Rachel Rollason and Gill Grealey

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💥 DTL Staffordshire County Championship - 7 Aug 2022 💥

An excellent day's shooting at Ranton Clay Target Club with the Staffordshire DTL County Championship.

Delighted to report that our new County Champions are as follows:

 

County: Craig Nightingale

Runner-up: Dave Malpass

Ladies: Gill Grealey

Runner-up: Carole Wilson

Veteran: John Kingston

Runner-up: David Waring

 

Many congratulations to Craig, Gill and John and to all those who took part.

And a big thank you to Ranton CTC for doing a great job and hosting the championship.

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chair and Secretary, CPSA Staffordshire

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 Down The Line (DTL) County Championship 2022

 Sunday 7th August
 Ranton Clay Target Club
 01785 223621 / 07764 361690
 rctc.booking@gmail.com
 n/a

Contact Ranton directly to book your place.

Good luck to everyone taking part and we look forward to seeing you there

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Down The Line - West Midlands Area Championship

 10th April 2022 

Lovely sunny day for the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association West Midlands Area DTL Championships at Holmes Chapel Shooting Ground today.

Steven Smith was top Staffordshire shot, hitting an impressive 99/100 targets. His overall points score of 291/300 not only placed him in the top 10 but give him a clear win in C class, some 16 points ahead of his nearest class rival.

Great shooting, Steven . Many congratulations to everyone who took part, especially to overall Champion, Chris Bushall of Cheshire CPSA.

You can view all the scores on the CPSA website here.

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DTL - Staffordshire County Championship - 1st Aug 2021 

At Ranton Clay Target Club.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the DTL Staffordshire County Championship at Ranton today.

Many congratulations to our new County Champions!!:

Senior - Jason Findlay 98/286

Ladies - Kellie Anderson 81/238

Veteran - John Titterington 95/276

Great shooting everyone

Many thanks to Ranton for hosting the shoot.

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 DTL at Nottingham & District Gun Club – 6 June 2021 

Kellie with her coach, John Barnett of Mickley Hall Shooting School

Kellie Anderson was at Nottingham & District Gun Club and the smile said it all 

Personal Best 93/276

First 25 straight

2nd in C class

Garth Womble Memorial - Ladies Winner

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​Leah Southall Shooting for England in 2018

​Here is what Leah had to say after being awarded her well earned team place.

"I am absolutely over the moon to say that I have earned a place to shoot for the England Ladies DTL team for the Home International and European Championships this year.

The second and final selection shoot was held at Beverley CTC this weekend. The sun was shining the whole weekend and there were some excellent scores coming in on both days.

On Saturday I had a bit of a difficult start missing the first two targets out, but I didn’t let it put me off as I shot two rounds of 25/74 which gave me a score of 96/281. Today I started well with a 25/72, but I struggled with a few of the targets on my second line with a score of 25/69 but I pulled it back for the last two rounds giving me a score of 99/284.

My overall score for the weekend was 195/565 which placed me 1st in Colts, 2nd in B Class and 3rd in Ladies.I’m now really looking forward to shooting both the Home Internationals and the European Championships at Mid Wales Shooting Centre in July!"

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Staffordshire County DTL Championship at Ranton GC

6th August 2017

Staffordshire County Champion

Craig Nightingale - Winning Score 294/300  

Staffordshire Ladies County Champion

Leah Southall - Winning Score 283/300

Staffordshire Veterans County Champion

Keith Barningham - Winning Score 291/300

Staffordshire Junior County Champion

Leah Southall - Winning Score 283/300

left to right

Keith Barningham, Leah Southall, Craig Nightingale

 

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West Midlands Inter Counties DTL Championships 2017

at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground

Well done to Staffordshire Ladies for taking the Gold at the West Midlands Inter Counties DTL on 30th July with a winning score of 547/600.

Great shooting in some tricky weather.  Silver went to Derbyshire with 539/600 and the Bronze to Warwickshire with 538/600.

Staffs Ladies Team Members

Gill Grealey

Dawn Morgan

Leah Southall

Gill Grealey and Leah Southall

 

Well done to Staffordshire Veterans for taking Gold with a winning score of 567/600.  Silver went to Shropshire with 558/600 and the Bronze to Hereford & Worcester with 557/600.

Staffs Veterans Team Members

Keith Smith

Alan Grealey

Anthony Nightingale

 

Well done to Staffordshire Juniors for taking Silver with a great score of 547/600.

Staffs Junior Team Members

Ciaran Harlow (New Cap)

Alex Tinsley

 

Staffs Senior Team Members

Ian Hull

Carl Harlow

Martin Walmsley

Craig Nightingale

David Brent

Dave Malpass

Left To Right

Martin Walmsley, Alan Grealey, Gill Grealey, Leah Southall, Ian Hull