STAFFORDSHIRE Website : ENGLISH SKEET TEAM

                                   

Welcome to the Staffordshire CPSA English Skeet (ESP) Page

Description

An English Skeet (ESK) layout has two traps situated in a high house to the left and a low house to the right, about 40 metres apart, which throw the targets across the layout.

There are seven stands which the shooter completes from left to right. A sequence is used, where the targets are thrown either as singles, or as pairs where the high and low target are thrown simultaneously. The sequence is:


Stand 1: High single, low single, pair (shooting high first)
Stand 2: High single, low single, pair (shooting high first)
Stand 3: High single, low single
Stand 4: High single, low single, pair (either can be shot first in the pair, but the shooter must state before shooting which they intend to start with)
Stand 5: high single, low single
Stand 6: High single, low single, pair (shooting low first)
Stand 7: Low single, high single, pair (shooting low first)

The first target that the shooter misses is immediately reshot. If a shooter hits the first 24 targets without missing, they get the option on stand 7 to shoot either the low or high target again for the 25th shot.

Selection Criteria

Where possible, teams will be selected to represent Staffordshire across all four categories; Seniors (6), Veterans (3), Ladies (3) and Juniors (3).

Squad members in each category will be selected from a combination of the top performers at the Staffordshire County Championship and shooting averages at CPSA registered events over the previous 12 month period. The Staffordshire English Skeet County Champion in each category will also automatically be selected for the following year's English Skeet team.  All selection is subject to availability at the Inter County Championship and payment of the appropriate Staffordshire levy at the County Championship.

Staffordshire CPSA Team Manager: Kate Poyser

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💥 ESK England Selection Shoot at Eriswell Lodge - 22-23 June 2024 đŸ’Ľ

England Team Manger, Julie Havill with Kian Maher

Congratulations to Kian Maher who, for the second year on the spin, qualified for Julie Havill’s England Skeet team.  Kian shot a terrific 99 and 97 to give him 196 over the two days and a total score over the two selection shoots of 390ex400.

Kian will head to Wales for the Home International, held over 23-24 August at Fauxdegla where he’ll shoot in the Junior squad with Sonny Bowman and Ethan Lord  Good luck to Kian, Sonny, Ethan and everyone in Team England!

England Junior Squad:

Sonny Bowman, Kian Maher and Ethan Lord

See the CPSA website for more information on the England Skeet team and scores.

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💥 ESK Staffordshire County Championship – 9 June 2024 💥

As befits the way this summer is going, it was not quite the same sunny day that we had last year.  Plenty of cloud with a stiff cool breeze made it tricky conditions for all concerned.

Credit then to both Kian Maher and Martin Walmsley who shot superbly to tie for High Gun on 98ex100.  This meant the dreaded shoot-off and congratulations to Kian Maher who just edged it and therefore once more successfully defended his title as Staffordshire English Skeet Champion for 2024. Well done Kian!

ESK Champion, Kian Maher with Team Manager, Kate Poyser

Sadly, of course, we no longer have Craig Macho with us to defend his Veterans trophy.  That trophy will now be retired with Craig as the last winner.  A new trophy will be purchased and delighted to report that the first recipient of this will be Arthur Salt who shot a fine 91.

  

Veteran Champion, Arthur Salt                       Junior Champion, Archie Tromans

Joining Arthur on the same score was Archie Tromans who, not content with recent success as our new Super Sporting Junior Champion, took the ESK Junior title.

Ladies Champion, Cheryl Maher

Arguably one of the best performances of the day though came from our new Ladies Champion, Cheryl Maher.  For those who don’t know, yes, she is Kian’s mum 😊 

Cheryl’s only just taken up shooting and this was her first competition.  A phenomenal 89 saw her take the Ladies trophy home.  They’ll need a bigger trophy cabinet in the Maher home at this rate!

Great shooting Cheryl and same to all our winners.  Some very good scores out there today from everyone.

Cheryl Maher, Kian Maher and Archie Tromans

As always, a big thank you to Doveridge for doing a great job with hosting the event and to the referees.  And a special thank you to ESK Team Manager, Kate Poyser who not only shot a splendid ESK PB but did a great job in drumming up support for the event.

 

Staffs County Champion: Kian Maher

Veterans Champion: Arthur Salt

Ladies Champion: Cheryl Maher

Junior Champion: Archie Tromans

 

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

The Inter County Championship is at Doveridge on Sunday 1st September.  Kate will be in touch in due course with all those selected to represent Staffordshire.

Steve Kilner – Chairman

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💥 English Skeet WM Area at Doveridge - 14 April 2024 đŸ’Ľ

ESK WM Champion, Kian Maher & Bronze medalist, Martin Walmsley

A great contest at Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure with 59 competitors taking part, the majority from across the region.

Another blustery day didn't stop Kian Maher from holding his nerve to put in a near perfect 99, giving him both WM Area High Gun and Junior titles, as well as a win in AA class. Phenomenal shooting, Kian đŸ‘

Martin Walmsley tied in second on 98 and narrowly lost out to Paul Stokes to take a fine Bronze.

Charlie Carden shot 91 to take third in B class and Les Beardmore was joint third in C class with 82. Well done both!

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💥 ESK Doubles - WM Area Championship at Doveridge - 7 April 2024 💥

In what were insanely windy conditions, Martin Walmsley put in an impressive 94ex100 to take the Gold, three ahead of Kian Maher who bagged a great Silver, as well as Gold in Juniors.

Excellent shooting from Staffordshire’s dynamic Skeet duo! 👏👏

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💥 Kian up for the Cup! đŸ’Ľ

💥 ESK Belvoir Cup at Nottingham – 5 November 2023 đŸ’Ľ

Delighted to see that our reigning County ESK champion, Kian Maher successfully defended his Junior High Gun Trophy over the weekend in the Belvoir Cup competition at Nottingham & District GC.

Kian’s score of 97/100 was just two off top spot in a high-class field and was enough to win him the Junior Trophy, two ahead of runner-up, Isabel Cartlidge.  It also placed him joint runner-up in AA class.

Phenomenal shooting, Kian!

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 ESK Home International at Jersey - 1-2 Sept 2023 💥

More success for two of our top English Skeet shots, Martin Walmsley (Seniors) and Kian Maher (Juniors) at the recent Home International at Lecq Clay Target Club on Jersey.

     

Many congratulations to Team Manager, Julie Havill for all her hard work and to her magnificent squads for a tremendous few days of shooting. Everyone did their bit to contribute to a highly successful tournament for Team England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💥🏆

You can see details of all the results here: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/englandteam/disciplines/englishskeet

Steve Kilner - Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 English Skeet: WM Area Inter Counties - 20 Aug 2023 💥

Another busy day of shooting for Team Staffordshire with two Inter-County events: the English Skeet and the Down The Line. More on the latter to come later. But there was success for both!

The ESK took place at Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure with Warwickshire CPSA taking Silver with 472 and Cheshire CPSA Bronze with 464 – well done to everyone who shot in those squads 🤝

But I’m delighted to report that our Staffordshire Senior squad of Paul Bailey, Martin Butcher, Kian Maher, Jack Tromans, Gary Tromans and Martin Walmsley took a magnificent GOLD medal with a blistering 482ex500. That is some achievement when up against the calibre of teams from across the region.

The team score was helped in no small part by not only superb 99s from Martin Walmsley and Kian but also a first ever 100 straight from Jack Tromans 💥 As a reward, we had to shoot Jack’s hat. Being nice, we did allow Jack to take the hat off first.

Jack Tromans hit 100 straight for the Senior team

In addition to the Senior success, our Junior team of Ben Mason and Archie Tromans then did the business with a combined 178ex200 to take a brilliant SILVER.

Delighted to say that we also had a Ladies squad of Kate Poyser and Carole Wilson and Vets squad of Bob Barnsley and Arthur Salt who all acquitted themselves well and did the County proud.

A big THANK YOU to Kate Poyser for getting the squads together and doing another cracking job as Team Manager.

And as always, our sincere thanks to Doveridge for putting on a terrific event and all of the referees.

Last but by no means least, a special thank you to Valerie-Anne Barrow for doing an amazing job in sorting out the Staffordshire team polo shirts, our thanks to Elite Logo's 4u for producing the shirts - terrific job, guys 👏👏💥 And everyone from Team Staffordshire would like to thank our sponsors Solware Limited. and Marcus Iddon at #Lyvaleexpress .. Everyone really did look the business! Showed off their gold medals beautifully 💥🥇💥

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 ESK One Hundred Straight Club at Nottingham - 16 July 2023 đŸ’Ľ

More success and great shooting again from our Staffordshire County English Skeet Champion, Kian Maher.

As Kian writes:

"Shot the One Hundred Straight Club today at Nottingham. 97ex100. Come away with Junior high gun, 1st in a two man team with Leon New and a 1st in the 5 man team with Tom Clifford, Martin Walmsley, Leon Gill and Neil Orr. Had to do a shoot off for double A class with Tom. We both shot a perfect 25ex25 but unfortunately I dropped a low bird on pairs in the shoot off. Well shot Tom. Thanks to everyone at Nottingham for putting on a great day."

This lad is a credit to himself and the County and it's so good to see him going from strength to strength.

Well done Kian! đŸ’ĽđŸ‘

Steve - Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 đŸ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż Martin and Kian make ESK England Squad - 19 June 2023 đŸ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż 💥

Following the second England Selection Shoot at Nottingham Clay Shooting, we're chuffed to bits to see that both Martin Walmsley (Senior) and our Staffs Champion, Kian Maher (Junior and new cap) have been picked by Team Manager, Julia Havill to represent England a the home international in Jersey on 1-2 September. We at Staffordshire CPSA are very proud of you! They'll be the first to thank friends and family for their support but ultimately, it's down to their hard work and dedication. Well done guys and good luck in Jersey.

If you need someone to carry a bag or wave a flag, please give me a shout!

Steve - Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 English Skeet Staffordshire County Championship – 4 June 2023 đŸ’Ľ

It was another gloriously sunny early summer’s day at Doveridge with 29 people turning out to shoot both the Staffs and Derbyshire ESK County Championships.

Many congratulations to Kian Maher who successfully defended to be the Staffordshire English Skeet Champion for 2023.  Not only did he defend it but he defended it in style, hitting a magnificent 100!

Kian Maher with the County and Junior Trophies

Kian’s ton meant that he once more took the Junior and overall Champion trophies. Terrific shooting, Kian.

Kian Maher with ESK Team Manager, Kate Poyser

Martin Walmsley took the Staffs runners-up spot with 97, with both Craig Macho and Martin Butcher hitting 96.  Craig Macho's score was enough to enable him to defend his Veteran title.

Many congratulations also to our new Ladies Champion, Carole Wilson!

As always, a big thank you to Doveridge for doing a great job with hosting the event and to the referees, especially on such a hot day.

Staffs County & Junior Champion: Kian Maher

Veterans Champion: Craig Macho

Ladies Champion: Carole Wilson

Well done to everyone who took part and shot today.

Steve – Vice-Chair and Secretary, Staffs CPSA

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💥 English Skeet County Championship - 4th June 2023 đŸ’Ľ

    

ESK Senior Trophy                                                            ESK Veterans Trophy

📅 Date: Sunday 4th June

🏠 Venue: Doveridge Clay Sports Centre

100 CPSA Registered

To register to compete in the Staffs English Skeet County Championship:

☎️ Call 01889 565 986 or

💻 Email info@doveridgeclaysports.co.uk

🖱 https://www.doveridgeclaysports.co.uk/ 

The CPSA Staffordshire ESK County Championship will take place at Doveridge Clay Sports Centre on Sunday 4th June.

Contact Doveridge directly on 01889 565 986 to book your place.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kate Poyser, ESK Team Manager

    

ESK Ladies Trophy                                                           ESK Junior Trophy

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💥 English Skeet Welsh Open at Fauxdegla - 7 May 2023 đŸ’Ľ

Following on from King Charles on Saturday, we were treated to a second coronation on Sunday with Martin Walmsley being crowned 2023 Welch Open Champion at Fauxdegla International Clay Shooting Centre đŸ‘‘đŸ´ó §ó ˘ó ˇó Źó łó ż

Martin hit a terrific 99 to tie with Welsh shooters Mark Davies and Nigel Hodson. After a shoot off, Martin and Nigel were still both tied on 24/25. So, it came down to sudden death pairs with Martin bagging a composed, ice cool 4/4 in the Spring sunshine with Nigel missing his second target. Great shooting Martin đŸ’Ş

Not only this but the competition saw more success for Kian Maher – his brilliant 98 making him Junior High Gun. Well done Kian!

Great shooting by both đŸ’Ľ

Steve KIlner - Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 English Skeet English Open at Nottingham – 28th-30th April 2023 💥

The ESK English Open at Nottingham Clay Shooting took place over the course of the last three days. Huge Congratulations to Martin Walmsley who enjoyed another terrific weekend, nailing one of only four “straights” of 100/100 in the whole competition out of 205 shooters. Terrific, consistent shooting.

Martin went into the shoot-off today, showing nerves of steel to edge out Pete Chester after both had cleared another 25.

Great shooting Martin - we're chuffed to bits for you.

Well done also to Kian Maher who finished fourth in Juniors - as always, a fine effort Kian.

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 West Midlands Area Skeet Doubles - 9 April 2023 💥

Catching up with things after the busy Easter period, so apologies for the delay in posting this but many congratulations to Martin Walmsley on a terrific win in the West Midlands Area Skeet Doubles at Nottingham & District Gun Club last weekend.

By his own admission, Martin had a slightly shaky start, dropping two on the first layout but showed real grit, keeping his cool and focus to go on and blast a brilliant 98.

This left him level with Megan Jones and three clear of second placed Neil Orr. Sadly, Megan was unable to make a shoot-off leaving Martin to take a well-deserved High Gun and Trophy.

Great shooting and well done Martin 💥👏

Steve

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💥 ESK - First England Selection Shoot at Dartford - 2 April 2023 💥

Love this attitude from one of our top English Skeet shots, Kian Maher. Tough round on Day 1 (although many would still be happy with 93!) but stuck with it and came back on Day 2 to hit a terrific 97 and finish second in Juniors.

Well done Kian - superb shooting and great mental strength to stick with it and pull through. A lesson for us all.

And many congratulations to Martin Walmsley who once again demonstrated his prowess with a blistering, faultless full 100 in Round 1 💥

Great shooting, guys 👏

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💥 Craig Macho - Staffs ESK Vets Champion 2022 đŸ’Ľ

Really good to catch up with our 2022 English Skeet County Veterans Champion, Craig Macho at Doveridge today (14th January) and get a photo with the Vets trophy.

We're looking forward to seeing if Craig can defend his trophy at the ESK County Championship shoot later this year (date tbc).

We'll have details of all our County shoots soon and will publish them here and on our website https://sites.cpsa.co.uk/.../county--area---inter-county... just as soon as we can.

Steve Kilner - Vice-Chair and Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 ESK: Belvoir Cup success for Kian 💥

One of our top English Skeet shots, Kian Maher was taking part in the Belvoir cup at Nottingham & District Gun Club yesterday. Kian hit a superb 98ex100 to put him in a shoot off against another top Junior, Isabel Cartlidge.

Delighted to report that Kian came out on top to take the trophy.

Many congratulations, Kian - terrific shooting ⭐💥

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chair and Secretary - Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 25 Sept – ESK Welsh Open at South Wales SG 💥

A couuple of great performances last weekend from our English Skeet boys at the Welsh Open. Martin Walmsley finished joint High Gun on 99ex100, only missing out on the title to Peter Chester following a shoot-off.

Kian Maher shot 98 to finish joint 3rd overall as well as first in Juniors and A class.
Cracking shooting from both of you 👏


Martin Walmsley, Kian Maher and Tom Clifford (Nottingham)

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💥 English Skeet: WM Area Inter Counties - 21 Aug 2022 💥

Great to see Staffordshire once more competing in the ESK Inter Counties.  Not only competing but the Senior squad of Adam Gutteridge, Kian Maher, Ben Mason, Jack Tromans, Martin Walmsley and David Whieldon came away with a terrific BRONZE medal.

As well as a Senior team, delighted to say that we also had Ladies, Juniors and Vets squads.  All gave a great account of themselves and did the County proud.  We really appreciate your efforts.

Special mention to Martin Butcher, a reserve for our Senior team who ended up having a cracking day and finishing as our High Gun with 97/100.  Kian Maher and Ben Mason tied second in Juniors with Ben winning his class.  Really good to also see Archie Tromans put in a fantastic 80/100, placing third in Colts.

A big THANK YOU to Kate Poyser for getting the squads together – her first gig as a Team Manager with Staffordshire.  First of many, we hope 😊 

Last but no means least, our thanks to Doveridge for a great job with putting the event on today.

Two of our Senior squad: Martin Walmsley and Kian Maher

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chair and Secretary – Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 English Skeet Doubles: Martin hits a ton! - 7 Aug 2022 💥

No, we're not talking about driving.....or darts.....but Skeet Doubles!

Many congratulations to Martin Walmsley who took the long road all the way to Eriswell Lodge in Suffolk to shoot in their CPSA registered Skeet Doubles tournament which included the Cambridgeshire County Championship.

Martin once more did the County proud by putting in a cracking performance to hit a phenomenal 100/100 - his first 💯 straight in Skeet Doubles.

Top shooting Martin! 🥳👏👏

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chair & Secretary - Staffordshire CPSA

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💥  English Skeet Staffordshire County Championship – 4 June 2022 đŸ’Ľ

Many congratulations to Kian Maher who is the Staffordshire English Skeet Champion for 2022! 

Kian Maher - Staffs ESK Champion 2022

Kian put together a superb round of scores to finish on 98ex100 and take not only the Junior but also the overall high gun trophy. Fully deserved and terrific shooting, Kian. 

Adam Gutteridge, Ben Mason (Junior) and Martin Walmsley shared second place, all putting in great scores of 94.

Kian Maher with Staffs Ladies Champion, Kate Poyser

Congratulations also to Staffordshire Ladies Champion Kate Poyer and Veteran Champion Craig Macho - terrific shooting from both 👏 

As always, a big thank you to Doveridge for hosting the event and to the referees.

L to R: Ben Mason, Carole Wilson, Kate Poyser, Valerie-Anne Barrow, Steve Kilner

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💥 English Skeet - Staffs County Championship - 4th June 2022 đŸ’Ľ

Calling all Staffordshire CPSA shooters!

Our ESK County Championship will be held at Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure on Saturday 4th June.

This will also be a selection shoot ahead of the Inter-County Championship on 21st August and we shall be looking to field teams in all categories: Seniors, Ladies, Juniors and Veterans.

A reminder also that we are having an ESK Development Day at Doveridge on 28th May. See our website for details: https://sites.cpsa.co.uk/staffordshire/english-skeet-team

📅 Saturday 4th June

🏠 Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure

☎️ 01889 565 986

💻 enquiries@doveridgeclaysports.co.uk

🖱 https://www.doveridgeclaysports.co.uk/

100 targets: contact Doveridge directly to book your place.

Good luck to everyone taking part!

Kate Poyser - English Skeet Team Manager, Staffs CPSA

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💥 Staffs CPSA Development Day – English Skeet - 28 May 💥

A reminder that we have our first Staffordshire CPSA 'Development Day' on Saturday 28th May at Doveridge with the focus on English Skeet.

Anyone CPSA registered and Staffordshire based is welcome to come along!

For the FIRST TEN WOMEN OR JUNIORS that register, we will cover the cost of up to 50 clays per person.

Our County ESK Junior champion, Kian Maher will be there on the day to help with some mentoring and coaching.

Drop us a line on Facebook Messenger to register your interest.

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💥 ENGLISH OPEN: 6-8 MAY 2022 💥

More success for Staffordshire shooters over the weekend, this time in one of the country's major English Skeet competitions of the year, The English Open.

Held over three days at Dartford Clay Shooting Club, the competition saw the best ESK shooters from across the country competing.

Delighted to report on some terrific shooting and success for both Kian Maher and Martin Walmsley with Kian finishing 4th in the Juniors and the pair of them then winning the team event in a squad that included Sonny Bowman (Northants), Tom Clifford (Notts) and Becky Clarey (Durham).

Well done Kian and Martin - continuing to do Staffordshire proud with your Skeet shooting.

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💥 ESK - WM Area Championship - 24 April 2022 💥

Congratulations to all those who took part in the West Midlands Area ESK at Doveridge on Sunday. Especially if you got a medal or a PB, as those were some pretty windy conditions out there!

Some fine performances on the day from our Staffordshire shots:

💥 Martin Walmsley joint third, just two behind the overall winner

💥 Kian Maher runner-up in Juniors

💥 Craig Macho 4th in Veterans and 3rd in his class

Well shot guys 👏👏

A reminder that it's our ESK DEVELOPMENT DAY on 28th May.

We then have our STAFFS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP on 4th June.

Details below.

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💥 Staffs CPSA Development Day: English Skeet - 28 May 2022 đŸ’Ľ

As part of our drive to encourage more Women and Juniors to get involved in the sport, we have our very first Staffordshire CPSA 'Development Day' on Saturday 28th May at Doveridge.

The focus for this one will be English Skeet.

Anyone who is CPSA registered and Staffordshire based is welcome to come along. For the FIRST TEN WOMEN OR JUNIORS that register, we will cover the cost of up to 50 clays per person.

Our County ESK Junior champion, Kian Maher will be there on the day to help with some mentoring and coaching.

Drop us a line on Facebook to register your interest by Monday 23rd May.

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💥 English Skeet Staffs County Championship - 4th June 2022 đŸ’Ľ

📅 Saturday 4th June
🏠 Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure
☎️ 01889 565 986
💻 enquiries@doveridgeclaysports.co.uk
🖱 https://www.doveridgeclaysports.co.uk/

100 targets:
Contact Doveridge directly to book your place.

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

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💥 English Skeet West Midlands Area Championship - 24th April 2022 đŸ’Ľ

📅 Sunday 24th April

🏠 Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure

☎️ 01889 565 986

💻 enquiries@doveridgeclaysports.co.uk

🖱 https://www.doveridgeclaysports.co.uk/

A great chance to warm up for the English Skeet Staffordshire County Championship on 4th June.

Contact Doveridge directly to book your place.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

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💥 Winter Series at Nottingham & District GC - 20 Feb 2022 đŸ’Ľ

Kian Maher shot the final shoot of the English Skeet Winter Series at Nottingham and District Gun Club. With a score of 97, Kian came away with a terrific win in Juniors.  Well done Kian!

Kian would like to thank his sponsors, Premier Guns Doveridge, his coach David Beardsmore, and a big shout out to Carl Smith and his team for a great winter series.

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💥 The Belvoir English Skeet Championship Trophy - 14 Nov 2021 đŸ’Ľ

Phenomenal performance from Martin Walmsley who hit the magic 100 straight in the Belvoir English Skeet Championship on 14 November 2021 at Nottingham & District Gun Club.

Leon Gill of Northamptonshire managed the same feat, resulting in a shoot off with Martin taking High Gun after ANOTHER 25 straight. WOW – that is some shooting, Martin 👏

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💥  English Skeet - Staffordshire County Championship – 13 June 2021 💥

Many congratulations to Martin Walmsley who is the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association 2021 Staffordshire English Skeet Champion! 🏆

Martin Walmsley - Staffordshire ESK Senior Champion 2021

Martin and Steve Ward both put in phenomenal scores of 97ex100 with Martin taking the trophy by edging out Steve in a sudden-death shoot-off. Terrific shooting from both of them.

Congratulations also to Staffordshire Ladies winner Sue Cooke and Junior Champion Kian Maher - great shooting from both 👏 👏

Kian Maher - Staffordshire ESK Junior Champion 2021

Some top shooting today from across the regions with a massive 100 straight from Callum Jones of Warwickshire to take High Gun - well done Callum! 👏

Great to see some of the Staffordshire shooters there today and hope everyone had a cracking day!

Big THANK YOU also to Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure for hosting the Championship and to the referees who endured a blisteringly hot day - really top, professional job 👍

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💥  West Midlands Area ESK Championships – 30 May 2021 💥

Massive congratulations to Kian Maher for his PHENOMENAL performance at Doveridge today.

First time 100 straight ☑️

Overall high gun ☑️

Junior high gun ☑️

First in A class ☑️

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! 💥 👏 👏 👏

Martin Walmsley also won the Silver medal for Staffordshire with a terrific 98.

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💥 Staffordshire County & WM Inter County Champs 2018 đŸ’Ľ

Great Shooting from Martin Walmsley who shot 98/100 at the West Midlands Intercounties ESK.  Martin came away as Staffordshire County Champion and helped Staffordshire to a terrific Bronze Medal.

Martin would like to thank David Beardsmore for the expert coaching and advice, and Carl Harlow and the Solware team for the continued support.  

Martin Walmsley and David Beardsmore

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💥 Lara Dale takes Bronze at Mid Wales SG đŸ’Ľ

After two days of qualifying rounds, Lara Dale finished in joint 1st for the Junior ladies title and joint 4th with two others to gain her place in the Senior Ladies Final.

After a sudden death shoot off, Lara won Silver in Juniors, missing out for the top spot by 1 target.

Starting in sixth, Lara shot extremely well in the final and fought hard to move up to 3rd position equalling Elena Allen's score but ultimately was eliminated on bib number to take Bronze behind Olympians, Elena Allen who took Silver and Amber Hill who took the Gold.

Another great result for Lara, up against the country's best and another two well deserved medals.

L to R: Elena Allen, Amber Hill, Lara Dale

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💥 Olympic Skeet England Selection & UK Championships 2018 đŸ’Ľ 

Staffordshire Junior, Lara Dale continued on from her success winning The Ladies English Open Title last month to compete at the Olympic Skeet UK Championships and England selection shoot at South Wales 2000.


 

Shooting 200 targets over the two days, Lara performed really well in testing conditions shooting her PB, with scores of 90/100 & 87/100 finishing 9th overall, taking Lady High Gun and so the Ladies UK Champion Title for 2018.

Great shooting, Lara - Staffordshire is very proud of you!

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💥 Olympic Skeet English Open 2018 đŸ’Ľ 

Staffordshire shotgun shooter Dominic Cooper recently won the English Open Olympic Skeet Junior title.

The event, which was held at Doveridge Clay Sports Ground at Uttoxeter, was keenly contested and held over two days with a hundred clays being shot on each day.

Both days were extremely long and exhausting with the title finally being decided late on Sunday afternoon.

Nineteen-year-old Dominic, who attends Reaseheath College and works as a shooting instructor at Cloudside Shooting Ground, has been shooting since the age of 11.

He has represented Great Britain in Europe during the last four years and most recently at the World Championships in Moscow.  Great shooting Dominic - fantastic achievement!

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Congratulations to Wendy Allen.  Wendy was selected to shoot for England in this year’s Home International ESK in Northern Ireland.

Wendy won England Ladies High Gun & Overall Ladies High Gun with an amazing 146/150.  Great shooting Wendy!

England ladies also won the team event - a brilliant achievement.

Wendy Allen with her coach, Dave Beardsmore

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💥 Staffordshire County Championship 2018 đŸ’Ľ

Some fantastic shooting by Staffordshire ESK shooters at Dovering on 7th May

Toby Bushell: Staffordshire County & Junior Champion with 98ex100 

Wendy Allen: Staffordshire Ladies County Champion with 97ex100

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💥 Olympic Skeet English Open at Doveridge 2015 đŸ’Ľ 


On Saturday 30th August Lara Dale competed at The English Open Olympic Skeet Championships at Doveridge.

She was thrilled to finish Lady High Gun taking The Ladies English Open Champion title, Bronze medal in the Juniors overall and 1st in D class taking the Gold medal.

Thanks again to her coach Joe Neville and her sponsors, Tony Smith of Advanced Flooring Solutions and Cens Digital.

 

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💥 Olympic Skeet Home International at Bisley SG 2015 đŸ’Ľ 

Staffordshire's Dominic Cooper continued his tremendous season by winning the Olympic Skeet Junior High Gun at the Home International at Bisley SG with a fantastic 95/100.

This was Dominic’s first selection for the Olympic Skeet England Team. Winning the Junior title and also coming third overall was a wonderful experience.

Dominic, who has represented Great Britain twice this year, has been selected for the GB Team shooting in the World Championships in Italy this September.

Dominic would like to thank his coach Joe Neville and all his coaches on the GB Pathway as well as his sponsors Fabarm and Lylevale Express.

Well done Dominic, you are a credit to Staffordshire, England and Great Britain.

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Staffordshire Junior, Lara Dale has just returned from her first International Competition at The Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. She finished in the top twenty and loved every minute of the experience and is already excited and working hard for the next.

She is thrilled to have achieved selection for The European Championships in Maribor, Slovenia in July.

Lara would like to thank her coach Joe Neville, Mr Tony Smith of Advanced Flooring Solutions, Staffordshire CPSA and Leek and District Gun Club for their generous support and encouragement.

Also a big thank you to British Shooting Staff for all their support on the trip.

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Staffordshire OSK shooter Dominic Cooper has been extremely busy in June and July.

Firstly, he was selected for his first international shoot representing GB in the Junior World Cup in Suhl Germany. This was a fantastic experience and a great result with him finishing on 116 ex 125, this left him just 3 targets short of the shoot offs.

Over the weekend 4th and 5th July Dominic was again in action at Doveridge competing in the GB selection shoot. Again Dominic shot extremely well 115 ex 125 winning the junior competition and coming joint first in his category.

Dominic would like to thank his coaches Joe Neville, Alan Warren and David Dale who accompanied the team in Germany and his sponsors Fabarm and Lyalvale Express.

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💥 Staffordshire County & WM Area County Champs 2018 đŸ’Ľ

Sunday 10th May 2015 at Doveridge Clay Sports Centre.

Fantastic Results from the West Midlands Area Skeet Championships and the Staffordshire County Championship on Sun 10 May 2015 at Doveridge Clay Sports Centre. 

Firstly, many thanks to the Bramleys and all of the Doveridge Staff for kindly hosting our County Championship – a super ground right on the Staffordshire doorstep, fantastic facilities and always so welcoming.

Thanks are also in order to Steve Ward for delivering the Trophies and to Dave Beardsmore who presented them on behalf of Staffordshire. 

Well done everyone there was some fantastic shooting, Staffordshire Skeet has some great shooters with lots of up and coming talent!

 

Results

Staffordshire County Skeet Champion 2015,  Area Skeet Champion 2015 and Area Skeet Doubles Champion 2015

Joe Kitson on a score of 99

Staffordshire County Championship Runner up:

Carl Fielding on a score of 98

 

Staffordshire Ladies champion 2015, Area Skeet Ladies Champion and Area Skeet Doubles Ladies Champion 2015

Wendy Allen on a score of 94

Staffordshire County Ladies Runner up:

Annabelle Lane on a score of 85

 

Staffordshire Veteran Championship 2015 and Area Veteran Champion

Joe Kitson

Staffordshire County Championship Runner Up:

Criag Macho on a score of 97

 

Staffordshire Junior Champion 2015

Fred Whitehurst on a score of 94

Runner up:
Tony Bushell on a score of 92

 

The Area Skeet Doubles Championship was held at Doveridge on 26/4/15

Joe Kitson won the Championship and Veteran title on a score of 96 after a shoot off with Warwickshire’s Paul Fallon.

Wendy Allen took the Ladies Title on a score of 92, beating Hazel Denney from Cheshire.

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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!

Vicky

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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.