Cambridgeshire UT Championship 2023

The Cambs Universal Trench championship was held at Nuthampstead on 4 June and at last the sun came out!  

Thanks to Nicky, Ed and staff for running the event which went very well. Congratulations go to Chris Cheng (90ex100) who won the championship and to Graham Carter who won the veterans and men’s trophies, one target behind! 

Full results here

Chris Cheng, County Champion

Cambridgeshire Skeet Doubles 2023

7th May 2023

Well we had the Cambridgeshire Skeet Doubles at The Priory today. After all the rain in the last few days it was expected to get a little wet, but surprisingly a really nice day! The sun came out towards the afternoon to make it a near-summer day with some great shooting to follow. Well shot all who attended (including the Norfolk contingent for their own championship as well).

Thanks again go to the scorers and to the team from Priory – always a good day out, thanks.

P Barnard 94 Overall Cambridgeshire champion

Jem Knight 89 Veterans’ champion (in his first registered SKD shoot!)

Ethan Lord 90 Men’s champion

No ladies entered

Full results here

Cambridgeshire Sporting Championship 2023

The English Sporting Championship was held at East of England Shooting Ground on Sunday 23 April and attracted a good turnout. Thank you to Simon, Becky and the rest of the team at the ground for their hard work setting up and running a successful event with some challenging targets.

Congratulations to Glen Spalding on winning the Championship with 85. Glen also wins the AA class trophy. Congratulations also go to the winners of the category trophies: S Whitwell – Men’s and Veterans’; G Chamberlain – Ladies’; H Dickens – Junior; M Allen – Colt; A Russo – A class; T Floyd – B class; B Jordan- C class. 

Full results here

Thank you to all the shooters for their support at these county events. For the disciplines where there is an inter-counties competition later in the year, the teams will be listed on Facebook and this website.

Cambridgeshire FITASC 2023

The Cambs FITASC Championship took place on the Saturday and Monday of the  Easter weekend  at High Lodge. After a sunny day on the Saturday (an additional day because the Monday was full) the weather took a turn for the worse on the Monday with it being very wet and windy. Despite the relentless rain it was an enjoyable shoot with challenging but fair targets. Thanks go to all the team at High Lodge for their work in putting on a successful event. 

Thank you to everyone who turned out to support the shoot. Congratulations to Phil Gray on winning the overall Championship with an excellent 99 – shot on the Saturday! Congratulations also go to winners of the category trophies

Phil Gray – county champion (99)

Peter Simpson – mens and veterans (89)

Georgia Moule – ladies (85)

Benjamin Jorden – juniors (76)

Full results here.

Cambridgeshire All Round, 2nd April 2023

The Cambs Olympic Skeet and All Round have both taken place at Priory and I would like to thank Natasha, Aaron and staff for well run shoots and a warm welcome on what were all rather blustery and chilly days!

Congratulations to the A/R winners:

County Champion – Philip Barnard
Veterans – Tim Jones
Men’s – Steve Kirby
Ladies – Jane Bell
AA – Philip Barnard
A- Tim Jones
B – Chris Hall
C – Callum Luker

Full results here

Cambridgeshire OSK

Well there was a few very silly shooters turned up for the Olympic Skeet at Priory. The targets seemed to disappear into the other field all on their own – partly due to the wind. It was quite cold to boot but we mostly seemed to enjoy being out! It shows you need to do quite a bit more of this style of shooting to be any good at it.

Overall champion R Croft

Veterans champion G Thatcher

No ladies or juniors

Honourable mention: Tim Jones.

Full results, showing how hard it is.

Cambridgeshire Handicap By Distance 2023

Today, 19th March 2023, was the day for the reintroduction of HBD – Handicap by distance. Held at The Priory Clay Target Centre, today saw Cambridgeshire and the East Midlands hold their HBD with a big turnout. Weather was reasonable, no rain, not too windy. When the sun did say hi, although brief, it was like standing in front of a heat lamp!

The Priory did a fantastic job of hosting, well organised and was, as always, a very welcoming ground. We thank them all, including the referees of course, for a well run day. 

Cambridgeshire results:

High Gun: Bruce Cain with 96/280

Seniors: Christopher Morris with 94/276

Vets: Gary Thatcher with 94/274

Ladies: Jane Bell with 94/273

Juniors: Connor Hodson 78/220

Well shot to all who took part, great scores all round today.

Special thank you to Tim Jones for providing the brand new HBD trophies.

Hannah Hall, DTL Manager

Cambridgeshire Shooters on the International Stage

Just a little reminder that we also have a few Cambridgeshire shooters that have a passion for the exotic shooting competitions overseas. Jane Bell went to Cairo for the Helice and had a nice sunny time while we all froze in the snow, but came away with a few great results.

President’s cup – 3rd

Grand Prix – 2nd

Team event – 2nd after a shoot off

Overall standing for the week – 6th

Great to see our shooters doing so well in a overseas event.

Cambridgeshire ABT 2023

Hi all! Well that’s the first of the shoots done for this year – the ABT was held at Nuthampstead SG last Sunday – the 12th of March 2023. The weather was fair for this time of year; a little on the cool side with the wind freshening up as the day went on. Some reasonable scores were coming in from all he squads, just the odd targets getting away from most people. Overall the scores were very close all the way through the day, with most trophy winners being decided on the last round. There were 12 squads for the day as we were twinned with Essex and Herts, which made for a good day all round with good attendance.

Thanks to Ed and the team for some great targets, and to Nicky for helping to arrange the shoots for us and being in charge of the kitchen.

Cambs Champion

Phil Barnard 87

Veterans’ and Mens’ Champion

Gary Thatcher 84

Ladies’ champion

Sarah Christensen 71

No juniors or colts attended. Full results here

It’s time to start the County Championships!

Welcome to 2023. The first county championship is ABT, on the 12th of March (yes, TWO WEEKS) at the lovely Nuthampstead Shooting Ground. It’s a great ground with 4 ABT layouts (and DTL, sporting and skeet if you fancy some additional shooting) and a kitchen offering full meals and snacks. It’s a regular haunt of many of GB’s finest shooters, so you can also play “spot the Olympic medallist” if you’re bored! If you’re not sure where it is (hint, slightly south of Duxford) then click here for directions.

Remember that the county team for ABT is chosen from the results of this shoot, so do turn up if you’d like to earn a county badge and the right to wear the lovely Cambridgeshire Shooting Team clothing. We’re looking for you, Juniors and Ladies, as we’re often under-represented in those categories in the intercounties match. And of course it’s your chance to win the championship.