Welcome to the Staffordshire CPSA Universal Trench (UTR) Page

Universal Trench (UTR) is sometimes known as "Five Trap". Five traps are installed in a trench in front of the shooting stands. When the shooter calls 'Pull!' one of the traps, selected at random, throws a clay.

Elevations and flight angles of the targets vary, and are set to one of 10 official schemes that are selected at random before any competition.

Staffordshire CPSA Team Managers: Ian Hull and Darren Wood

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💥 Universal Trench – Staffordshire County, WM Area & Inter Counties 💥

💥 6th July 2024 💥

Another great performance from our Staffordshire UT boys with Rugby and District hosting the CPSA Staffordshire County, West Midlands Area and Inter County UT championships last weekend.

In the WM Area, two Staffordshire shots battled it out for Gold and overall High Gun. Adam Gutteridge and Luke Hambleton put on a terrific display, both hitting 94ex100.  This led to a shoot-off but Adam and Luke matching each other again with a pair of 23s.  Dreaded sudden death was the only way to separate them with Adam Gutteridge coming through and taking both West Midlands Gold and the title of Staffordshire County Champion.

Adam Gutteridge - WM Area and Staffordshire UT County Champion

Congratulations to Adam and of course to Luke too – both in brilliant form.   Third place in the Seniors category was Gareth Stanford-Iddon with 88.  Our new Veterans Champion is Marcus Iddon who put in a fine 90 to take the title.  It also gave him Silver in the West Midlands with Cheshire’s Mark Wright pipping him by one.  Congratulations to both.

Delighted to report that in the team event, Team Staffordshire successfully defended their title, finishing with 443ex500 to  claim a well-deserved Gold.

Many congratulations to Team Manager Ian Hull and his team mates, Adam Gutteridge (Captain), Richard Lees-Styler, Martin Osbourne, Gareth Stanford-Iddon and Mark Wright.

Our sincere thanks to everyone at Rugby and District for putting on a great shoot.

Steve Kilner – Chairman

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 UT County Championship - 7th July 2024 

 Date: Sunday 7th July

 Venue: Rugby & District Trap Club

To register to compete in the Staffs UT County Championship:

 07770 551491 - text only, please
 john@ngales.com or webmaster7@ntlworld.com

Please text Rugby & District directly, with your CPSA number, to book your place.

Those wishing to shoot for Staffordshire in our UT squad should contact the Team Manager, Ian Hull, to register their interest.

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

Ian Hull, UT Team Manager

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Universal Trench – Staffordshire County, WM Area & Inter Counties 

 30th April 2023

Another terrific day for Staffordshire's shooters, this time down in the trenches…..the Universal Trenches to be precise . Fauxdegla hosted the CPSA Staffordshire County, West Midlands Area and Inter County UT championships.

In the WM Area, a brilliant performance from Adam Gutteridge saw him once more take Gold and overall High Gun with 95ex100. This was backed up by Ian Hull and Ray Sutton sharing the Bronze with Craig Miles (Hereford & Worcester). This also gave Ian Hull an excellent Gold in the Veterans. Great shooting guys!

UT County Champion - Adam Gutteridge

No surprise that this put Team Staffordshire in pole position to take the Inter Counties. Delighted to say that Staffordshire defended their title, finishing on on 447ex500 to take Gold.

Many congratulations to Team Manager Ian Hull and his team mates, Adam Gutteridge, Richard Lees-Styler, Martin Osbourne, Ray Sutton and Darren Wood.

Staffs County Champion was Adam Gutteridge, Veteran Champion was Ian Hull with Gill Grealey taking the Ladies title.

Last but no means least, our thanks to Mike and Debbie Faux and all of the team at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground for putting on a great shoot.

Steve Kilner - Vice-Chair & Secretary

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 UT County Championship - 30th April 2023 

 Date: Sunday 30th April

 Venue: Fauxdegla International Clay Shooting Ground

To register to compete in the Staffs UT County Championship:

 01978 790198
 info@fauxdegla.co.uk
 https://www.fauxdegla.co.uk/

Please contact Fauxdegla directly to book your place.

Those wishing to shoot for Staffordshire in our UT squad should contact the Team Manager, Ian Hull, to register their interest.

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

Ian Hull, UT Team Manager

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Universal Trench - Staffs County Championship - 24 July 2022 

Thank you to everyone who came along and took part in the Universal Trench Staffordshire County Championship at Rugby & District Trap Club today.

A cracking competition with worthy winners in the following categories:

Senior: Adam Gutteridge

Ladies: Gill Grealey

Veterans: Martin Osborne

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who shot. A big thank you to Rugby & District Trap Club for hosting the competition and to our Chairman, Ian Hull for organising and getting some great pictures too!

We'd love to see some Juniors taking part too, so if you're a Staffs Junior and interested in taking part in future, just get in touch with us here and we'll help you to get involved with having a go and then hopefully, taking part in next year's Championship. You've got to be in it to win it!

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Universal Trench - Staffs County Championship - 24 July 2022 

The UT Staffs Championship is is taking place on Sunday 24 July at Rugby & District Trap Club

Sunday 24th July

Rugby & District Trap Club

07770 551491

rctc.booking@gmail.com

john1@ngales.com

Contact Rugby and District directly to book your place.

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

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Leah makes GB UT Ladies team

Delighted and very proud to report that Leah Southall has qualified for the GB Ladies Team at the upcoming European Championship of Universal Trench. The Ladies team includes Kath Bright, Sue Bate and Mary Rowley (reserve).

The event will be taking place at Maribor, Slovenia from 24th to 26th June.

Staffordshire wish you all the very best, Leah - we'll all be cheering you on from here!

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Universal Trench Inter-Counties & WM Area Championship - 24 April 2022

Back Row: Darren Wood, Adam Gutteridge, Mark Wright

Bottom Row: Richard Lees-Styler, Andy Statham, Ian Hull

MORE SUCCESS FOR TEAM STAFFORDSHIRE!

A cracking day for Staffordshire's shooters in the UT West Midlands Area and Inter County champs at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground.

Adam Gutteridge

In the WM Area, a terrific performance from Adam Gutteridge saw him take Gold with 96ex100. This was backed up by Silver for Staffordshire's Gareth Stanford-Iddon with Darren Wood sharing the Bronze with John Reilly (Warwickshire). This also gave Darren Wood a share of Gold with John Reilly in the Veterans.

Darren Wood

As you can imagine, this put Team Staffordshire in pole position to take the Inter Counties. Delighted to say that Staffordshire went one better than last year, finishing on on 439ex500 to take Gold, ten clear of Cheshire CPSA with the Silver and Warwickshire CPSA taking the Bronze.

Many congratulations to Team Manager Ian Hull and his team mates, Adam Gutteridge, Richard Lees-Styler, Andrew Statham, Mark Wright and Darren Wood

And of course, our special thanks go to all of the team at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground for putting on a great shoot.

Steve Kilner, Vice-Chairman & Joint Secretary, Staffordshire CPSA

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Universal Trench English Open - 16-17 April 2022

Congratulations to our own Leah Southall who put in another great performance in the UT English Open at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground this weekend.

Leah shot a PB on day 1 of 92/100, backing it up with 91 on day 2 to give her 183/200, a 200 bird PB!

This placed her joint 2nd in Juniors with Jonti Spilman and Finley Bowles. Leah then hit a superb 25 straight in the pressure of a shoot-off to take the 2nd place.

She was also runner-up in Ladies, behind Kath Bright by just one clay.

Terrific shooting Leah. It's great to see your progress and how you've developed into such a consistently top shooter.

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 UT - West Midlands Area & Inter Counties Championship - 11 July 2021 

More medal success for Staffordshire this weekend, both individually and for the team at Rugby & District Trap Club.

In the WM Area Championship, Ian Hull hit a magnificent PB of 96/100 to take a terrific overall Silver medal behind winner Jonti Spilman (Warwickshire). Staffordshire's Ray Sutton took the Bronze with a fine 95, along with John Lewis (Warwickshire).

Ian went one better taking Gold in the Veterans

He then completed an outstanding hat-trick by helping Staffordshire take a Team Silver in the Inter Counties. Congratulations to the squad of Ian Hull, Ray Sutton, Graham Wainwright, Darren Wood, Richard Wright and Greg Sinclair.

Well shot everyone and especially to you Ian on a cracking day.

Pictured: Ian Hull with his medal haul

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 Universal Trench English Open - 4 July 2021 

Terrific result and fantastic achievement to qualify for the GB team - well done Leah Southall    

Leah writes:

"I have had an amazing weekend down Brook Bank Shooting Ground shooting the English Open UT. It was wet and windy for the majority of the weekend and the lighting was quite poor too. Yesterday I shot an 89/100 (23, 22, 22, 22) which is a new PB, beating my previous one by 6 clays. Today I shot an 86/100 (21, 21, 25, 19), shooting my first ever UT 25 straight.

I was a bit disappointed with the 19, but whilst shooting that round, the wind really picked up as I was shooting in the middle of a thunderstorm (it was not fun I tell you). This gave me a combined weekend total of 175/200 (a new 2 day PB).

This placed me first in ladies, 3rd in juniors and joint 2nd in D Class. I am also pleased to announce that I have made the GB ladies team so I will be going over to Malaga in August to shoot the UT World Championships as a member of the team, which I am over the moon about!

This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of my sponsors (Laporte/CPC, Eley Hawk, CENS, Ed Lyons, MacWet, Beretta/GMK), the training at Park Farm every Thursday, my coach Rod Gould, and my parents

(I would like to dedicate this win to my mum as she always knew my dream was to make the GB team).

Congratulations to all of the winners this weekend and to everyone who made the team (especially to all of the new caps).

Thank you to Wes and Alison at the ground for a great run shoot.

Not bad considering I’ve only been shooting UT for a few months!

This is for you mom!!!"

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 Universal Trench British Grand Prix - 13 June 2021

Well shot Leah Southall - great performance to win the shoot-off and take the Bronze!!! Massively proud of you, Leah 

Leah writes.......

"Great weekend at Fauxdegla Shooting Ground for the UT British Grand Prix .

I got off to a very poor start on day 1, but managed to pull it back slightly to shoot a 76/100. Going into day 2, I was 4th in ladies by only 3 clays, so I was looking to better my score and finish in a medal position.

Today, I shot an 82/100 (one off my competition personal best), giving me a combined weekend total of 158/200. While I would have liked to have shot better, I am pleased to have improved on day 1’s score.

My score placed me joint 3rd in Ladies with two other ladies. This meant I had to go into a three-way shoot off to determine who would win the bronze medal. I pulled through and shot a 23 which I am over the moon with, especially because this was my first UT shoot off!

Congratulations to Ed Ling for winning high gun and to all of the other winners. Well shot also to Tom Betts who won juniors and to Kath Bright who won the ladies.

Thank you to Mike and Debbie and the rest of the staff for a great run shoot. Thank you also to my sponsors for their continued support."

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UK Universal Trench Championships – 23 May 2021

Congratulations to one of our top Ladies Juniors, Leah Southall who took part in the UK Universal Trench Championships at the National Clay Shooting Centre this weekend.

As we all know, weather conditions were not exactly friendly this weekend(!), so credit to Leah for shooting a UT PB of 83ex100 on day 2, giving her an overall score of 163ex200.

This placed her 4th in Ladies and joint 4th in D class. Terrific effort Leah

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 Universal Trench County Championship 2017 

 

Held at Rugby & District Trap Club.

The Staffordshire UT County Champion for 2017 is Adam Gutteridge with 97/100 - congratulations, Adam!

 

Adams scores by round were 25 - 25 - 23 - 24 = 97/100

 

Staffordshire County Champion 2017 - Adam Gutteridge

 

Veteran County Champion 2017 - Graham Wainwright

 

Ladies County Champion 2017: Gill Grealey

 

Junior County Champion 2017: Harry Sinclair

 

A Class.

1st    Adam Gutteridge 97/100  High Gun

2nd  James Sutton 90/100

B Class.

1st    Paul Bailey 87/100

2nd   Darren Wood 84/100 & Ray Sutton 84/100

4th    Dave Winter 82/100

C Class.

1st     Graham Wainwright 94/100

2nd    Ian Hull 84/100

3rd    Harry Sinclair & Richard Wright 81/100 

D Class.

1st     Gill Grealey 73/100

2nd    Alan Grealey 72/100

3rd    Tom Hull 69/100 

Many thanks to all that took part today - it was great to see you all.