Clay Target Shooting in Cambridgeshire
Those who have been following the results will not be surprised to learn that Phil Barnard has won the Supreme Champion title – something he has achieved every year of the competition since 2019. This year he managed to average a remarkable 92.5 across 6 disciplines! Tim Jones takes the Veterans’ title.
No Seniors (other than Phil), Ladies, Juniors or Colts shot the qualifying six county championships – something to aim for in 2025 perhaps?
Full details here.
Well that’s the last of the Cambridgeshire championships for 2024 done. Well shot to all the winners. Our thanks go to all the grounds that held our championships this year; the committee is looking forward to sorting out the next year’s.
Special thanks go to The Priory for holding the majority of them for us this year.
| Cambridgeshire Champion | Paul Neal | 95 |
| Men’s Champion | Phil Barnard | 85 |
| Veterans’ Champion | Gary Thatcher | 84 |
| Ladies & Juniors | Not contested |
Full results here
Well that was a very busy weekend for us all! There was the inter counties FITASC at Sporting Targets: Cambridgeshire seniors got Runners Up, and Cambridgeshire shooters got both Junior High Gun (Ben Jordan, 88) and overall High Gun (Harry Seal, 92).
We didn’t enter any shooters for the national inter counties competitions held at Bywell for DTL (Sun) and ABT (Sat), but we did have the Cambs OSK and Double Rise somewhat closer to hand at The Priory.
Making the choice to be at any of the events was a bit of a challenge – thanks to all that attended!
Thanks go to the priory for sorting the Olympic Skeet (OSK) and the Double Rise this weekend, 6th October 2024
A gusty wind made all the targets a bit tricky at times, but at least it stayed dry and even occasionally a bit sunny.
Olympic Skeet
| Cambridgeshire Champion | Chris Cheng | 41 ex 50 |
| Mens’ Champion | Phil Barnard | 34 |
| Vets’ Champion | Tim Jones | 21 |
| Ladies, Juniors, Colts | Not contested |
Double Rise
| Cambridgeshire Champion | Phil Barnard | 82 |
| Men’s and Veterans’ (after shoot-off) | Tim Jones | 74 |
| Ladies’ | Georgina Chamberlain | 50 |
| Juniors, Colts | Not contested |
29th September 2024
We were back again to have the handicap by distance at The Priory Clay Target Centre this is a fairly new competition for Cambridgeshire, but has been going for the last 3 years so a fair attendance. The birds were looking great till we all shot them – seems its not as easy as we all think! Scores were very close all over.
Thanks to priory for setting it all up for us and looking after us all again.
| Cambridgeshire Champion | I Larman | 86/253 |
| Veterans’ Champion | Tim Jones | 87/252 |
| Ladies’ Champion | Jane Bell | 82/241 |
Full results here
Thanks to all for attending.
Wow – that was a very wet day for all those who were shooting the EM IC DTL today at Nottingham. So many shooters came out to brave the heavy rains, and wind today. No sun for even a moment.
Cambridgeshire Ladies were on top form today, with combined scores of 549/600 awarding them the winning score for Ladies on the day – massive well done to Georgina, Hazel and Jane for their efforts on such a tough day.
Congratulations to all of the shooters today, fantastic scores, and a thank you of course for waking up this morning, seeing the weather, but still joining us at Notts.
Thank you also goes out to Nottingham & District Gun Club / Nottingham Clay Shooting for hosting such a big event, to your referees and your staff who have also had to persevere.
Thank you to Janet for presenting such beautiful glassware for such a difficult day.
Well done all. Tough day, but many a happy face once all was done.
Hannah,
We started back with the All Round on the Sunday 14th July 2024. Seemed like summer had finally arrived with bright sunshine and almost no wind – just a gentle breeze to help keep your temperature down to a reasonable level. Not the entry we were properly hoping for, but with great targets and a sunny day we all seemed to enjoy the competition.
Thanks to priory for hosting once again and providing us with great targets to test us all.
| Cambridgeshire Champion | Phil Barnard | 92 |
| Vets’ & Mens’ | Gary Thatcher | 90 + countback |
| Ladies’ & Juniors’ | not contested | |
| AA | not contested | |
| A | Phil Barnard | 92 |
| B | Tim Jones | 90 |
| C | not contested |
Full results here
Sporting Targets 19th May 2024
We were at Sporting Targets today for the Cambridgeshire Sportrap. After a short spell of morning fog, the sun came out to give us all a wonderful bright and sunny day – perfect for shooting. Great range of targets were before us, but the combinations made some harder than they looked at first sight. Well done to all the competitors.
Our thanks once again go to the scorers and staff for the organisation and help to make the shoot a success – thanks to you all.
| County Champion | R Allen | 91 |
| Men’s Champion | C Jarvis | 85 |
| Vet’s Champion | T Leonard | 80 |
| Junior Champion | M Allen | 78 |
| Colt’s Champion | B Jorden | 79 |
| Ladies’ Champion | No entrants |
Full results on the CPSA website here.
Sporting Targets, 6th May 2024
To top it all off for the bank holiday weekend we held the Cambridgeshire sporting at Sporting Targets on Monday good sunshine for the most of the day just a slight drizzle at the end of the day to catch the last of the squads.
Thanks to all the staff and refs for making it a successful day.
| County Champion + AA Class + Juniors | H Dickens | 89 |
| Mens | M Stevenson | 85 |
| Veterans | M Bowes | 83 |
| Ladies | L Stevenson | 67 |
| A Class | D Hewitt-Hulin | 82 |
| B Class | C Morris | 76 |
| C Class | J Lewis | 73 |
Full results on the CPSA website here
Priory Clay Target Centre, 4/5th May 2024
The weekend of 4th and the 5th of May was probably the best weekend of the year (so far) and the weather was ideal i.e. sunny, dry, little wind on the Saturday, hardly any on the Sunday, for the Cambridgeshire 2024 English Skeet Championship kindly hosted by the Priory Clay Target Centre at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
Very good scores were recorded on both days by most participants with Albert Taylor achieving the championship title with a fantastic score of 99, well done Albert – also netting him the A Class Trophy
Philip Barnard took both the “AA” Class title along with the Men’s shield with a score of 97.
Peter Cook won the Veteran’s trophy with a 96.
“B” Class winner was Cambridgeshire CPSA Chairman Tim Jones also on 96.
“C” Class was won by Tony Randall with an 88.
Sadly no ladies or juniors entered.
The Lincolnshire Skeet Championship was also held on this weekend and the Bev Waller perpetual trophy was contested by both Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire top shooters Albert Taylor, Tony Woodrow and Doug Moore with Doug emerging victorious after a tense shoot off.
Thanks very much to the Priory Clay Target Centre for an excellent shoot, all of the staff and the referees for a very well-run competition.
Mike Williams.
Full results on the CPSA website here.
