Clay Target Shooting in Cambridgeshire
Karen Hodson has decided to step down as committee secretary. She has worked tirelessly for many years making sure that the committee runs smoothly and that the Supreme Champion scores have been regularly and accurately calculated – no mean feat. It gets extremely complicated! Many thanks for all your years of hard work, Karen.
The new secretary will be Marcus Webb. I’m sure you will welcome him in his new role as he gets to grip with all that the position entails.
[Thanks to Trevor Harvey RDTC for allowing us to share his report]
Rugby & District Trap Club were very happy to be asked to stage the first East Midlands Helice County & Area Championship on Sunday April 28th
Sun was out giving good visibility but not that warm with a cool breeze greeted the fantastic turnout of 8 squads, it was great to see five of the county teams turn up Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire to fight it out for the massive array of prizes
A magnificent cup sponsored by TM Bark of Norfolk and valued at over £300 was presented to the winning County team Cambridgeshire, also Engraved crystal tankards and a sponsored prize fund of £250 was shared amongst the members of the winning County team: Michele Conway, Jane Bell, Kevin Flitton, Andrew Oaky, Tim Jones & Ashley Smith. Full results attached
A superb engraved trophy was presented to the individual High Gun: Junior shooter Connor Harris with a great score of 23 on his first outing at Helice, sure it won’t be long before he a member of the Helice Junior GB Team, great shooting Connor. Plus, also over £300 in prize money from the individual part of the event for those wanting to shoot “Competition” In addition, to World Cup Express cartridges being presented
Northamptonshire, Norfolk & Bedfordshire members sure you have some good shots that can shoot Helice, let your committees know you don’t want to miss out on this great event and sharing in the goodies next year
I’m sure everybody joins me in giving a big thankyou to Donovan Jenkin for being the driving force behind getting the event off the ground and the East Midlands committees & Team Managers for supporting their members in making this a great event
Not only did Cambridgeshire win the team event; Michele Conway took Supervets’ and Jane Bell tied with Donovan Jenkin (Lincs) for Vets’ (time pressure meant there was no shoot-off so it was agreed that they share). Well done Ladies!!! Fantastic shooting.
Another very testing 100 targets on a very windy day. So windy in fact that I had a job to get the door open on my car, but that didn’t worry the shooters from Herts/ Essex / and Cambridgeshire. At the end of the day our top shot and county Champion was Graham Carter with an 86. That was one better than Paul Ward and Peter Waller both having put in 85’s and awaiting a shoot off to find out who was to be Champ. However, this was not to be after Grahams 85, but they still had a shoot off to decide the Vets title. Peter Waller came out on top by 1 target so takes home the Vets Shield.
Champion Graham Carter
Seniors Champion Ashley Smith who seems to be a trophy magnet this year.
Ladies Champion Sarah Christensen.
Vets Champion Peter Waller
Well done folks and many thanks to Nuthampstead for your hospitality
Cambridgeshire CPSA is now hosted on a new webserver. We hope the only change you will notice is a faster response time, but if you do encounter any problems please contact us
The Cambs UT will be held at Nuthampstead on Saturday 16th March, The Cambs OT will be held at Nuthampstead on Sunday 14th April
OSK now has a date! The Priory, 18th May.
With three shoots now under our belts, we have the latest results for the Supreme Champion for 2018 here
The Cambs ABT date and venue has now been confirmed as Saturday 8th September 2018 at The Priory Gun Club. For the full list of fixtures, please go to the 2018 fixtures page
All but one of the Cambridgeshire Fixtures are now determined – see here for details. The ABT will be held at The Priory, but the date is yet to be determined. There was a *provisional* date of 17th June – this has been cancelled.
The first Cambridgeshire Championship is English Skeet on April 1st – Easter Sunday – although the first East Midlands Championship is this Sunday, 11th March (ABT).
Cambridgeshire CPSA, in conjunction with Cambridge Gun Club, are delighted to announce their new Young Shots Programme. This new programme is designed for youngsters, with a keen interest in shooting (but maybe lacking experience), to gain training and experience across a number of disciplines. The idea is to provide support, mentoring and tuition to increase the number of youngsters entering our sport, and shooting for Cambridgeshire ….. and maybe even go as far as intercounty or national competitions. Who knows maybe we’re already looking at our future Commonwealth Games or Olympic champions!
The first intake for February 2018 are (from L>R) Henry Sperring, Sam Halls, Daniel Wareing, Oscar Jarvis, Alice Wareing, Ethan Lord and Finlay Watson. [Photo provided by Cambridge GC with parental consent]
Good luck to you all and we’re looking forward to hearing about your progress and achievements in the future.