Welcome to the Staffordshire English Sporting (ESP) Page

Description

English Sporting (ESP ) is the most popular discipline in England. In ESP shooters move across a course of stands set across a wide variety of terrain, often set far apart. The terrain can vary from woodland to farmland to rolling hills or cliff faces – whatever is available on the land is fair game. 

Targets at each stand can be anything that is safe. The types of targets thrown are often named according to the type of game they simulate such as ‘rising teal’ or ‘high driven (pheasant)’. There is even a target that is thrown so that it rolls and bounces on the ground, called a ‘rabbit’. 

 

Selection Criteria

In order to qualify to represent Staffordshire at this year’s Inter-County championship, you must:

 Take part in at least 3 of the 8 selection shoots in the series.

 Shoot at least 2 different grounds but these can be any 2 of your choosing.

 Be available to shoot for the county at the Inter County championship at Doveridge on Sunday 22nd September.

 Pay the £2 County levy at each shoot.

 Be CPSA registered.

See full details below.

 

Staffordshire CPSA ESP Team Manager: Martin Butcher

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 English Sporting Selection Shoots 2024 

 A message from your Team Manager, Martin Butcher 

I am delighted to be your Staffs CPSA English Sporting Team manager for the 2024 season.  Following on from the success of last season, I will once more be running selection shoots.

This will be for all categories: Seniors, Veterans, Ladies and Juniors.

As with last season, in order to provide you with as much choice as possible, we will be running the shoots over four separate grounds: Doveridge, Garlands, Kingsley Moor and Mickley Hall.

In order to qualify to represent Staffordshire at this year’s Inter-County championship, you must:

Take part in at least 3 selection shoots in the series.

Shoot at least 2 different grounds but these can be any 2 of your choosing.

Be available to shoot for the county at the Inter County championship at Doveridge on Sunday 22^nd September.

Pay the £2 County levy at each shoot.

Be CPSA registered.

There will be 9 selection shoots in total this year. These will include the English Open (1-5 May at Doveridge), the West Midlands Area Championship (11 August at Garlands) and the  Staffordshire CPSA County Championship (8 September at Garlands), with your best 3 scores to count.

Points will be calculated from Staffordshire’s High Gun at every shoot, including the English Open. Tables will be released throughout the year so everyone can keep track of the process.

Dates and venues are as follows:

Sunday 3 March                      -       Doveridge

Saturday 9 March                    -       Mickley Hall

Sunday 24 March                    -       Kingsley Moor

Weds 1 - Sun 5 May                -       Doveridge (English Open)

Sunday 26 May                       -       Garlands

Sunday 30 June                      -       Doveridge

Saturday 20 July                      -       Mickley Hall

Sunday 11 August                   -       Garlands (WM Area)

Sunday 8 September               -       Garlands (Staffs County)

These shoots will also be set up as “Events” on Facebook to make it easier for you to diarise.

Shooters will also be selected for the Clubman Competition (taking place at Park Farm on 29 September) based on their performance in these selection shoots.

Our sincere thanks to Clive Bramley at Doveridge, Steve Lovett at The Clay Shooting Company, Miles Machin at Kingsley Moor and Lara Dale at Mickley Hall for their help in facilitating these selection dates.  And as always, to our sponsors, Lyalvale Express and Solware.

We encourage ALL shooters and anyone who has not done county shoots before to come along and take part. It’s a great experience and they are open to all!

If anyone has any questions regarding this year’s selection criteria or the teams, please do not hesitate to get in contact with me via the Staffordshire CPSA Facebook page.

SHOOT WELL AND HAVE FUN!

Martin Butcher

English Sporting Team Manager, Staffordshire CPSA

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 ESP at Garlands – 5th November 2023 

Some great shooting on display at Garlands with The Clay Shooting Company on Sunday. Staffordshire's Jack Whitehouse was on fire, taking overall High Gun with a tremendous 96, two ahead of Phil Smith from Hereford & Worcester. Tim Hatton also broke the 90 mark.

Jack Whitehouse

Brothers Jack and Archie Tromans had a great day out. Jack took top spot in A class with 88. Archie was top Junior and joint winner of B class with 78 – great shooting, guys!

You can view all the scores here: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/.../english-sporting.../114157

Steve and the team are running a Supersporting event at Garlands this coming Thursday 9 November.

 You will need to book in advance  - text Steve on 07342 338390 to secure your place!

Practice is also available this Thursday, Friday and Saturday with catering available.

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 WM Area Inter County ESP & Sportrap at Garlands – 1 Oct 2023 

Congratulations to our Staffs squads who were at Garlands for the last Inter County championship of the season. The Senior team of Gary Armitt, Martin Butcher, John Dale, Ed Harris, Gav Heath and Jack Whitehouse all shot well but narrowly missed out on the medals. Congratulations to Warwickshire for taking the Gold, ahead of Derbyshire and Cheshire and of course, to everyone in Team Staffordshire for a great effort.

Our Veterans team of Mark Byng, Keith Hodgkinson and Tim Howell, along with our Ladies team of Vic Gallimore, Olena Hastilow and Lauren Oakes all shot really well but also narrowly missed out on the medals this time.

But delighted to report that our Juniors of Lewis Beardmore, Neil Foxley and Archie Tromans came home with a terrific Bronze medal – well done guys!

Some other notable individual performances came in both the English Sporting and Sportrap.

In the ESP, Jack Whitehouse was our County High Gun with 95, overall joint runner-up and just one off overall HG. Derek Longmore hit an excellent 83 to win B class. Our top Lady was Lauren Oakes with 69. And Archie Tromans had a great day out, hitting 80 to finish joint third in Juniors and B class.

In the Sportrap, Phil Bailey was stop Staffordshire shot with 90, closely followed by Team Manager, Martin Butcher with 87 – great shooting!

Our sincere thanks to all the referees and to Steve Lovett and his team at The Clay Shooting Company for running an excellent competition with a lot of hard work on what turned out to be a bit of a soggy day.

Last but no means least, a BIG thank you to our Team Manager, Martin Butcher for getting the teams organised and running the selection shoots throughout the year. Cracking job.

You can view all the scores on the CPSA website.

ESP: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/.../english-sporting.../114019

Sportrap: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/.../sportrap-garlands.../114020

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary

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💥 ESP Staffordshire County Championship – 17 Sept 2023 💥

The announcement that you will all have been waiting for! For 2023 we have a new overall County Champion, along with 3 new champions in Ladies, Veterans and Juniors:

 2023 County champion 

Gav Heath 91/100

 Ladies Champion 

Lauren Oakes 71/100

 Veterans Champion 

Tim Howell 84/100

 Juniors Champion.

Ben Mason 82/100

Many congratulations to all our winners today, it was a very well attended and well contested competition. I would like to thank everyone for their support and attendance throughout the selection series.

Our sincere thanks go to Steve Lovett of The Cay Shooting Company for facilitating the shoot and previous shoots. More information will follow during the course of this week.

Thanks again everyone!

Martin Butcher, ESP Team Manager

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English Sporting WM Area Championship - 18-19 March 2023 

Held at Doveridge Clay Sports & Leisure, as well as the second ESP selection shoot, the weekend also saw the first England Selection shoot, alongside the West Midlands Area Championship.

Top performer for Staffordshire was Phil Bailey with 90, just 4 off High Gun, earning him WM Area Senior Bronze on what was, understandably, a very testing course. Delighted to report that Lewis Beardmore took a great Silver in the WM Area Juniors with 82 . This also placed him second in B class. Well done Lewis!

Leading Veteran was Tim Howell with 81 and our top Lady on the day was Lauren Oakes with 67. Honourable mention too for Harry Leese who was second in C class with 74.

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Staffordshire CPSA have great pleasure in introducing………..

The English Sporting Selection Series Cartridge Raffle

And what a unique raffle prize we have for you!

1000 Lyalvale Express Power Gold competition cartridges are up for grabs to the winner of the draw which will be held at the Staffordshire ESP County Championship on 17th September. In addition, the lucky winner will also win an exclusive factory tour for two at the Lyalvale Express UK manufacturing facility here in Staffordshire. This is a very rare opportunity, generously donated by Marcus Iddon, UK group sales manager for Lyalvale Express.

Every clay shooter participating in the Staffordshire sporting selection shoots and paying the £2.00 levy will automatically be given a ticket number at no extra cost. 1 ticket number per shooter per shoot (up to 8 in total). The more selection shoots you take part in, the more chances you have to win.

You do not need to be a crack shot to enter - this raffle is open to all. The winning number will be drawn randomly by means of the Google random number generator at the Staffordshire ESP County Championship at Garlands shooting ground on 17th September.

How it works:

You must………..

Be a CPSA member.

Take part in 1 or more selection shoots.

Pay the £2.00 levy on the selection shoots.

Hold a current shotgun certificate (or with your parent/ guardian)

From time to time, an updated table will be posted on the Staffordshire CPSA website with your name, CPSA number and your ticket number for you to view.

Enjoy the shoots and good luck!

Martin Butcher, English Sporting Team Manager – Staffordshire CPSA

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 English Sporting County Championship - 17th September 2023 

    

ESP Senior Trophy                                                               ESP Veterans Trophy

 Date: Sunday 17th September

 Venue: Garlands

 Call 07342 338390 or

 Email info@theclayshootingcompany.com

 https://www.theclayshootingcompany.com/

The CPSA Staffordshire County Championship will take place at Garlands on Sunday 17th September, run by The Clay Shooting Company.

This will be the eighth and final ESP Selection Shoot of the series to qualify to shoot for Staffordshire at the Inter County championship at Garlands on Sunday 1st October.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Martin Butcher, English Sporting Team Manager

    

ESP Ladies Trophy                                                                ESP Junior Trophy

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 English Sporting Selection Shoots 2023 

A message from your new ESP Team Manager, Martin Butcher

I am delighted to be your Staffs CPSA English Sporting Team manager for the 2023 season.  Following on from the great job that Lara Dale did, I will once more be running selection shoots for the 2023 season.

This will be for all categories: Senior, Veterans, Ladies and Junior.

After listening to members, we are running the shoots over four separate grounds to bring greater choice and freedom.

In order to qualify to represent Staffordshire at this year’s Inter-County championship, you must:

 Take part in at least 3 of the 8 selection shoots in the series.

 Shoot at least 2 different grounds but these can be any 2 of your choosing.

 Be available to shoot for the county at the Inter County championship at Garlands on Sunday 1st October.

 Be CPSA registered.

 

For the selection shoots, there will be 8 in total this year, including the Staffs County Championship, with your best 3 scores to count.

Points will be calculated from Staffordshire’s High Gun at every shoot. Tables will be released throughout the year so everyone can keep track of the process.

Dates and venues are as follows:

 

Saturday 25th February           -       Mickley Hall

Sunday 19th March                 -       Garlands

Saturday 1st April                    -       Mickley Hall 

Sunday 30^th April                     -       Doveridge

Sunday 28th May                    -       Kingsley Moor

Sunday 18th June                   -       Garlands

Sunday 23rd July                    -       Kingsley Moor

Sunday 17th September          -       Garlands (Staffordshire County Championship)

 

Our sincere thanks to Lara Dale at Mickley Hall, Steve Lovatt at The Clay Shooting Company, Clive Bramley at Doveridge and Miles Machin at Kingsley Moor for their help in facilitating these selection dates.

We encourage ALL shooters and anyone who has not done county shoots before to come along and take part. It’s a great experience and they are open to all.

If anyone has any questions regarding this year’s selection criteria or the teams, please do not hesitate to get in contact with me via the Staffordshire CPSA Facebook page or by email at staffscpsa@outlook.com

 

Many Thanks – SHOOT WELL AND HAVE FUN!

Martin Butcher, Staffs CPSA - English Sporting Team Manager

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💥 WM Area Inter County ESP & Sportrap at Westfield 💥

– 11^th Sept 2022

L to R: Martin Butcher, James Ward, Sam Ward, Phil Bailey and Jack Whitehouse.

Paul Rowbottom had to leave but will receive his medal in due course.

Congratulations and thank you to all those Staffordshire shooters who made the trip to Westfield today for the last Inter County championship of the season.  The Senior team of Phil Bailey, Martin Butcher, Paul Rowbottom, James Ward, Sam Ward and Jack Whitehouse put in an excellent 447 to take Silver.  Well done team Staffs!  Congratulations to Warwickshire who once more took Gold with Bronze for Hereford & Worcester.

Our Veterans team of Mark Byng, Peter Cantrill and Tony Thompson, along with our Junior Team of Lewis Beardmore and Neil Foxley all put in good performances but we narrowly lost out in the medals in those categories.  Lara Dale was our sole Ladies representative and she shot a fine 82 to finish third overall in Ladies.

New cap, Neil Foxley with the Staffordshire Team badge

Some other notable individual performances came in both the English Sporting and Sportrap.  In the ESP, Martin Butcher’s 95 saw him finish top of AA class, third overall in a field of 270 and High Gun from the WM Region.  In the Sportrap, Jack Whitehouse also hit 95 to finish top of the pile.  Great shooting from both.  Martin narrowly lost out in the 25 target shoot off of the highest scoring team member from each county.  Les Beardmore took a win in C class with an excellent 80 and Ryan Murrell finished joint 4^th in B class, as did Jack Tromans in A class.

Martin Butcher with the Staffordshire High Gun trophy

Big thank you to Team Manager Lara Dale for getting the teams organised and running the selection shoots throughout the year.  And of course, to all the referees and to Steve Lovett and his team at The Clay Shooting Company for running an excellent competition with a lot of hard work.

If I've missed anyone, apologies.  I have no doubt that someone will let me know 😊

You can view all the scores on the CPSA website.

ESP: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/scores/fixture/english-sporting-westfield-shooting-ground-20220911/109761

Sportrap: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/scores/fixture/sportrap-westfield-shooting-ground-20220911/109762

Steve Kilner – Vice-Chair and Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 Staffordshire ESP Team Selection 2022 💥

Firstly, I would just like to thank everyone who has taken the time and effort to take part in the 6 selection shoots I have ran this year and for the support and nice comments I have received from everyone throughout👏🏻

Secondly, to thank everyone who has paid the all-important levy’s which go towards so many different things within the county and it is greatly appreciated.

And finally, I am happy to announce the Staffs 2022 ESP Team! Congratulations to you all… Shooting for your county is a great honour and something to be very proud of.

Unfortunately, we are missing 1 Junior and 2 Ladies in these teams. As stated below we did not have enough entries at 3/6 selection shoots (at both grounds) to field a complete team. Hopefully, next year we will see a few more! 

The WM Area Inter Counties is to be held at Westfields on Sunday 11th September, hosted by The Clay Shooting Company. This shoot is an open shoot also, so if anybody looking at trying out for the team wants to go to Westfields and see how it runs etc…please do.

If anyone had any questions regarding the selection, please do not hesitate to contact me: laradale@icloud.com

I hope everyone will join me in congratulating our team and wishing them the best of luck!

Lara Dale - ESP Team Manager, Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 ESP Staffordshire County Championship - 28th August 2022 💥

The Staffs County Championship and 6th and final selection shoot for the Inter Counties squads took place today at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground.

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

Senior: Jack Whitehouse

ESP Team Manager, Lara Dale presents Jack Whitehouse with the County Champion Trophy and Badge

Ladies: Lara Dale

2021 ESP Ladies Champion, Valerie-Anne Barrow presenting Lara Dale with the Trophy for Ladies Champion 2022

Veterans: Tony Thompson

ESP Team Manager, Lara Dale presents Tony Thompson with the Veterans County Champion Trophy and Badge

Juniors: Archie Tromans and Neil Foxley

We'll get the trophies to Archie and Neil and will get some photos up as soon as we can!

Massive congratulations to our brilliant County Champions.  They all shot superbly.

It was also great to see so many friends and fellow Staffs shooters out there today - made for a really nice, supportive atmosphere.

A big thank you to Kingsley Moor for hosting and to Team Manager, Lara Dale for putting on a cracking championship 💥❤️

Steve Kilner - Vice-Chair & Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 ESP Staffordshire County Championship and 6th Selection Shoot 💥
💥 SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST - KINGSLEY MOOR SG 💥

A reminder that our sixth and final English Sporting selection shoot takes place at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground on Sunday 28th August.

💥 This shoot will also be the Staffordshire County Championship 💥
 

Contact Kinglsey Moor SG to book your place https://www.kingsleymoorsg.com/contact-us-map

A reminder that to be considered for selection for the Inter County championship on 11th September you will need to have taken take part in 3 shoots in total with at least one being from each ground (Garlands and Kingsley Moor). If you do not wish to pay the £2 levy on the day, that score will not go forward to team selection. The league table will be posted on our Staffordshire CPSA Facebook and website following each shoot.

If anyone has any questions regarding the selection procedure or the league table, please do not hesitate to contact the ESP Team Manager, Lara Dale at laradale@icloud.com.

Good luck everyone!

Steve Kilner - Vice-Chair & Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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💥 ESP Selection Shoots: LEAGUE TABLE at 20th June 2022 💥

Please find attached the league tables for the Staffordshire CPSA English Sporting Selection Shoots. Points are calculated from Staffs High Gun.

Congratulations to Phil Bailey who was High Gun for the County on the day with a terrific 90ex100.

You can see a full list of all the scores here https://www.cpsa.co.uk/scores/fixture/english-sporting-garlands-shooting-ground-20220619/108827

Our thanks to Steve Lovatt and The Clay Shooting Company for putting on an excellent course.

The sixth and final selection shoot will also be the Staffordshire County Championship and will be held at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground on Sunday 28th August.

If anyone has any questions regarding the selection procedure or the league tables, please do not hesitate to contact the ESP Team Manager, Lara Dale at laradale@icloud.com.

A polite reminder: to those who do not wish to pay the £2 levy on the day, that score will not go forward to team selection.

Look forward to seeing you on the 28th and GOOD LUCK!

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💥 ESP - "The Classic" at Orston Shooting Ground - 26-29 May 2022 💥

"The Classic" is a great competition for English Sporting shooters over at Orston Shooting Ground from 26th to 29th May.

Casting an eye over the scores on those who qualified for the Finals, it looks like it was a good day for Phil Bailey who was 4th and Jack Whitehouse 5th overall in AA class. Mark Byng was 5th in B class and Ben Mason 7th overall in Juniors. Martin Butcher also had a great day yesterday hitting 134/150 to qualify for the finals.

Apologies if I've missed anyone out!

If anyone else has any weekend successes they'd like to shout about, we'd love to hear about it!

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💥 ESP Registered Comp at Garlands - 29 May 2022 💥

Another good day for Staffordshire's England Sporting shots in the The Clay Shooting Company registered shoot at Garlands today.

High Gun was Josh Bennion with 95/100 closely followed by Tim Simmons who tied for second on 93/100. Sam Ward also hit the nineties. And Lara Dale was second in Ladies.

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💥 ESP Selection Shoots: LEAGUE TABLE at 8th May 2022 💥

Please find attached, the current league table for the Staffs ESP Selection Shoots. Points are calculated from Staffs High Gun. Congratulations to Sam Ward who was High Gun with an excellent 95.

Thanks again to everyone who attended and supported the shoot. The next one will be at Garlands on Sunday 19th June.

If anyone has any questions regarding the selection procedure or the league table, please do not hesitate to contact me.

A polite reminder: to those who do not wish to pay the £2 levy on the day, that score will not go forward to team selection.

Thank you

Lara Dale - Sporting Team Manager

laradale@icloud.com

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 English Sporting  

 WM Area & England Selection Shoot - 9 & 10 April 2022 

Another fine day of shooting at Westfield last weekend in the CPSA West Midlands Area Championship and England Selection Shoot with a great set up from Steve Lovatt and The Clay Shooting Company.

Always good to see some success for Staffordshire shooters.......

The Area Champion was a tie between Chris Biddlecombe and Nicholas Portlock (both of Gloucestershire CPSA) and our own Phil Bailey of Staffordshire who all hit 92ex100. Great shooting, guys.

And Lewis Sones had a cracking day, taking the WM Area Junior Gold as well as a win in C class, matching his previous PB with a terrific 75.

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to all of the winners.

You can view all the scores on the CPSA website from Saturday here and from Sunday here.

Lewis Sones - ESP WM Area Junior Champion 2022

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ESP Selection Shoots: LEAGUE TABLE at 3rd April 2022

Please find attached the current league table for the Staffs ESP Selection Shoots. Points are calculated from Staffs High Gun. Congrats to Jack Whitehouse and Martin Butcher with an impressive 91 on a brilliant course.

Thanks again to everyone who attended and supported the 3rd selection shoot, the next one will be at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground on Sunday 8th May.

We plan to run the 5th shoot at Garlands again - date TBC.

Thank you to Steve Lovatt and his team The Clay Shooting Company for allowing us to run the shoot and making it an enjoyable course.

If anyone has any questions regarding the selection procedure or the league table, please do not hesitate to contact me.

A polite reminder: to those who do not wish to pay the £2 levy on the day, that score will not go forward to team selection.

Thank you

Lara Dale - English Sporting Team Manager

laradale@icloud.com

               

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ESP Selection Shoots: LEAGUE TABLE at 7th March 2022

Printed below are the current league table for the Staffs ESP Selection Shoots.

Points are calculated from the Staffs High Gun. Congratulations again to Sam Ward and Tim Howell with an impressive 90 on a brilliant course.

Thanks again to everyone who attended and supported the first selection shoot, the next one will be at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground this Sunday (13th March).

We plan to run the 3rd selection shoot at Garlands - date to be confirmed. The 4th shoot date has been set as 8th May at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground.

If anyone has any questions regarding the selection procedure or the league table, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you

Lara Dale - English Sporting Team Manager

laradale@icloud.com

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UPDATE - Staffordshire English Sporting Selection Shoots

After the weather put paid to the first planned selection shoot, this will now take place at Garlands next Sunday:

Sunday 6th March 2022

Garlands Shooting Ground

01827 383300

info@theclayshootingcompany.com

https://www.theclayshootingcompany.com/

The second selection shoot will take place at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground on Sunday 13th March.

Following the closure of the Red Hall ground, the remaining four shoots will be split between Garlands and Kingsley - dates will be announced in due course.

A reminder that to qualify for the Staffordshire teams (Seniors, Ladies, Veterans and Juniors) at the Inter-County championship on 11th September, you must:

- Take part in at least 3 of the 6 selection shoots.

- Be available to shoot for the county on the date of the Intercounties championship. We will advise the date as soon as this has been scheduled.

- Be Clay Pigeon Shooting Association registered. If you are not registered follow the link to join: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/membership/category/full/1

Points will be calculated from Staffordshire’s High Gun at every shoot. Tables will be released throughout the year so everyone can keep track of the process.

Good luck!

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English Sporting Selection Shoots 

Please note that the first ESP selection shoot will now be taking place on:

 Sunday 13th March at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground 

A reminder that in order to qualify to represent Staffordshire at this year’s Inter-County championship on 11th September, you must:

- Take part in at least 3 of the 6 selection shoots.

- Be available to shoot for the county on the date of the Intercounties championship. We will advise the date as soon as this has been scheduled.

- Be Clay Pigeon Shooting Association registered. If you are not registered follow the link to join: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/membership/category/full/1

Points will be calculated from Staffordshire’s High Gun at every shoot. Tables will be released throughout the year so everyone can keep track of the process.

Good luck!

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 A message from your English Sporing Team Manager, Lara Dale 

Hello everyone. I’m delighted to have taken on the role of Staffs CPSA English Sporting Team manager for the 2022 season and will be reinstating selection shoots. This will be for all categories: Senior, Veterans, Ladies and Junior.

In order to qualify to represent Staffordshire at this year’s Inter-County championship, you must:

- Take part in at least 3 of the 6 selection shoots.

- Be available to shoot for the county on the date of the Intercounties championship. We will advise the date as soon as this has been scheduled.

- Be Clay Pigeon Shooting Association registered. If you are not registered follow the link to join: https://www.cpsa.co.uk/membership/category/full/1

For the selection shoots, there will be 6 in total (dates and venue to be confirmed) with your best 3 scores to count.

Points will be calculated from Staffordshire’s High Gun at every shoot. Tables will be released throughout the year so everyone can keep track of the process.

First date for your diary:

Shoot 1 @ Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground – Sunday 13th March

The other 5 dates are TBC and will be released ASAP.

We encourage ALL shooters and anyone who has not done county shoots before to come along and take part. It’s a great experience and they are open to all!

If anyone has any questions regarding this year’s selection criteria or the teams, please do not hesitate to get in contact with me via the Staffordshire CPSA Facebook page or email me directly at laradale@icloud.com

Many Thanks

Lara Dale, Staffs CPSA - English Sporting Team Manager

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English Sporting & Sportrap 

WM Area Inter Counties Championship - 10 Oct 2021 

Terrific day yesterday for the Inter Counties Championship at Westfield Shooting Ground.

Consensus was that there were some tough but fair ESP targets on what was a cracking course to shoot. Big thank you to Steve Lovatt of The Clay Shooting Company, and all of his team for putting on an excellent competition on what would have been a very long day for them. And of course, a special THANK YOU to all of the referees

  

Kate Poyser, Valerie-Anne Barrow & Carole Holmdes                 Steve Kilner, Martun Butcher & Kate Poyser

It was a pleasure to walk round the ESP course and shoot with the Staffordshire CPSA Ladies team; Kate Poyser, Carole Holmes and Valerie-Anne Barrow and an honour to present them with their County badges. They really did earn them out there. Thank you, Kate, Carole and Valerie - you were brilliant. Great also to have Martin Butcher with us. Must have done him good! He put in a fantastic score of 90.

It was also terrific to field a Staffordshire Juniors Team: well done to Lucy Christie, Ben Mason and Lewis Sones for taking on a tough course and putting in an excellent combined score - we are massively proud of your efforts

Big thank you to Staffs Team Manager Steve Ward for pulling this together. Steve did a cracking job as did the team as Josh Bennion, Gav Heath, Tim A Simmons, James Ward, Sam Ward and Jack Whitehouse put in a magnificent score of 451 meaning Staffs took the Senior Silver

Josh Bennion presented with the Staffs High Gun Trophy

by ESP Manager, Steve Ward

Josh Bennion took the Staffs IC High Gun trophy with an outstanding 94, just 4 off overall High Gun which was shared between Fred Whitehurst and Michael Cyffin-Jones.

Congratulations also to David Whieldon who was top of B class with 87 - great shooting David!

In the Sportrap, a tremendous score of 95 from Brett Hand saw him tie for High Gun with Timothy Webster and Chris Biddlecombe. Brilliant effort, Brett

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 Staffordshire ESP County Championship - 22 Aug 2021 

Held at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground.

As expected for a County Championship, this was a technically challenging shoot with some testing but fair targets.

It took a great performance from Paul Rowbottom to take the Staffordshire Senior title with 90ex100, narrowly edging out runners-up Steve Ward and Martin Butcher.

Well shot, Paul!

Many congratulations to our new ESP County Ladies Champion, Valerie-Anne Barrow

Valerie-Anne Barrow, ESP Ladies Champion 2021

And another fine performance from Tony Thompson who took the Veterans title

Elsewhere, Greg Simms was top of B class and Michael Buckless runner-up in C class – great shooting guys!

Well done everyone and a big thank you Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground for hosting.

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 CPSA English Open Sporting – 23 May 2021 

Always enjoy celebrating success for our Staffordshire shooters.

Here is Chris Daniels picking up the trophy for his AA Class win at the CPSA English Open English Sporting 2021 at Barbury Shooting School.

You can read a full write up of the competition and a breakdown of all the winners on the CPSA website here.

Well done to Richard Faulds who takes the trophy once more in the ESP English Open, winning the 6 man shoot-off in some pretty testing conditions, which is fitting as that's been the story most of the week! Congratulations, Richard and to everyone who made the Final, including Staffordshire's Chris Daniels, of course.

There have been some truly terrific performances from our Staffs shots, across all classes over the last few days. This really is a testing competition, as it should be.

Chris Daniels led the way for the County with his final-qualifying 109. Sam Upton and Brett Hand both broke the 100 mark  That's some serious scoring.

Josh Bennion, Kevin Sherratt, Sam Ward, Tim Simmons, James Hand, Stephen Williams, Timothy Hatton, Steve Ward, Jack Whitehouse, and Martin Butcher all hit scores in the 90s. Again, that is some going given the standard of the targets and the challenge of the conditions.

Massively proud of you......as we are of all our Staffordshire shooters who took part.

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 Selection for the England English Sporting Team – 13 May 2021 

The selection procedure has been announced for the England English Sporting Team to compete at the 2022 National Sporting Clays Association/CPSA World English Sporting Championships at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas from 20-24 April 2022.

The team is based on the NSCA categories and will consist of five Open, three Ladies, three Juniors (under the age of 21 on the 01/01/22), three Veterans (55 years of age or over on 01/01/22) and three Super Veterans (65 years of age or over on 01/01/22).

Applicants must submit the best three scores from the following 2021 shoots:

1. English Open English Sporting at Barbury Shooting School, 19-23 May

2. North Selection Shoot at Bywell Shooting Ground, 29-30 May

3. South East Selection Shoot at Southdown Gun Club, 19-20 June

4. British Open English Sporting at E.J. Churchill Swinton Estate, 1-5 September.

Full details, including funding information, can be found here.   

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 Staffordshire ESP County Championshp - 13 Aug 2017 

Held at Kingsley Moor Shooting Ground.

Delighted to report that Gavin Heath is this year's Staffordshire County Champion with a Brilliant Score of 95. 

Lady's Champion is Chelsea Weston with a score of 66.

The Veterans title goes to Keith Hodgkinson with 88

Junior County Champion was won by Bradley Pointon with a score of 76.

Well done to all 55 Staffordshire shooters who took part and congratulations to the winners.  Thank you to Kingsley Moor for supporting Staffordshire CPSA with this event.

 

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 WM Area ESP Championshp 2015 

Held at Garlands SG on Sunday 24th May 2015.

Gold Medal: Arnie Palmer - 93
Silver Medal: Scott Barnett - 93 (not available to take part in a shoot-off)
Bronze Medal: Adam Cork - 90

Veteran Gold: Keith Roe - 86
Veteran Silver: Adrian Johnson - 85
Veteran Silver: M. Snelling - 76

Lady Gold: Julie Burton - 73
Lady Silver: K. Oakley - 54
Lady Bronze: no entrant

Junior Gold: Brodie Woollard - 79
Junior Silver: Sam Ward - 75
Junior Bronze: Charlie Lovatt - 62

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Two Staffordshire sporting shooters were on form at the CPSA English Open Sporting Championship,

Chris Daniels came in third place overall after taking part in an exciting 6 man Super Final.

Also, Sam Ward followed on from his Essex Masters triumph in April to take second place in C class with a score of 101 ex 120.

Huge congratulations to both!

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Special congratulations go to young Staffordshire shooter Sam Ward who won C class by 3 clear targets at the Essex Masters to bag himself a Fabarm worth £1200.

A huge achievement when you consider he has been shooting less than 6 months and for less than 2 months with his new gun.