Clay Target Shooting in Cambridgeshire
Congratulations to all to who shot at the East Midlands ABT at Nottingham. There were some good targets and a great success for our Cambridgeshire Ladies team, taking the East Midlands title for 2022! Congratulations to Jane Bell, Sarah Christensen and Hazel Morris!
Thank you to Nottingham for hosting a great event too.
The calculations for the 2022 Cambridgeshire Supreme Champion have been done. Congratulations to Phil Barnard for his four consecutive win! Full details here.
Coincidentally, the same number of Cambridgeshire shooters (168) took part this year as last year in the championships that go towards the title:
Northampton Shooting Ground, 28th August 2022
A small turnout, sadly. Phil Barnard added another county championship to his haul this year, with 78ex100. Gary Thatcher took vets’ with 69ex100 (pipping Tim Jones by a single target).
Full results here
Rugby & District Trap Club, 21st August 2022
The Cambs championship results below.
Overall Cambs Champion – Andrew Oakley 19ex24
Senior/ mens – Darren Stanford 17ex24
Vets – Tim Jones 15ex24
Ladies – Jane Bell 14ex24
Full results here
Eriswell Lodge, 7th August 2022
County Champion: Adam Hallybone 95ex100
Mens Champion: Phil Barnard 94 ex 100
Vets: Richard Croft 93 ex 100
Ladies: Amelia Streeter-Smith 79ex100
Full results here.
Northampton Shooting Ground, 24th July
It was a bright, sunny day with a bit of a hefty wind, which made for some interesting, wind affected targets.
We also some new faces trying the discipline, which was great to see.
The targets were great and the Sporting layout made for some fast, challenging targets.
Thank you to Northampton Shooting Ground for a good competition.
The results are as follows:
Overall Champion: Philip Barnard – 93
Veteran Champion: Jem Knight – 83
Senior Mens Champion: Robert Allen – 82
Colts Mens Champion: Maximus Allen – 65
Ladies Champion: Amelia Streeter-Smith – 71
Full results for the day here
4th July 2022 at East of England Shooting Ground
After a mostly warm day, the Cambridgeshire County Sportrap Championship is now finished. We would like to thank everyone who came and supported the Cambridgeshire CPSA event. We saw some excellent shooting across all classifications, with some big scores being put in throughout the day. A special mention goes out to Darren Stanford, shooting a very impressive 98 ex 100 to win overall high gun for Cambridgeshire and for the day.
Cambridgeshire Sportrap Winners
Overall high gun goes to Darren Stanford with an inspired 98
Top Senior goes to Taylor Hedgecock with a score of 94
Top Colt was won by Max Allen with a score of 72
Top Junior was taken by Connor Hodson with a score of 77
Top Veteran was won by Tony Leonard with a score of 87
There were no Ladies entrants this time.
Congratulations to all!
Thank you to East Of England Shooting Ground for hosting a great event! Full scores here.
The Priory CTC, June 19th
13 Cambs shooters
Overall: Phil Barnard – 95
Senior Mens: Chris Morris – 87
Vets: Stephen Eley – 88
Ladies: Fran Jacobs – 71
Full results here if anyone has any photos, please let us know!
East of England Shooting Ground, 12th June 2022
It was a bright and sunny day with a nice breeze to cool the sun! The competition was fierce with good scores coming in throughout the day, the course was technical and had something for everyone!
There was a total of 176 entries with over 70 being from Cambridgeshire.
| Overall | Michael Fryer | 96 |
| Vets’ and Mens’ | Mark Bowes | 92 |
| Ladies’ | Georgia Moule | 87 |
| Juniors’ | Connor Hudson | 76 |
| Colts | Maximus Allen | 58 |
| AA | Mark Bowes | 92 |
| A | Michael Fryer | 96 |
| B | Clive Norman | 81 |
| C | Richard Ratford | 77 |
Full scores here
Thank you to all who came and especially the team at East of England Shooting Ground for putting on a fantastic shoot!
Our next championship is this Sunday 19th June, Single Barrel at The Priory CTC
Priory Clay Target Centre, 15th May 2022
There were some decent scores on the board, and Philip Barnard drew level with Steve Kirby on a 93 to force a shoot off!
During a tense round Phil dropped two barrels. Steve went on to drop a whole target. Phil barrelled another one, and at the end of the round it was level again!
They then went on to a single barrel shoot off and Steve came out on top with a straight 25 whilst Phil dropped 2 to end on 23.
The final results were as follows.
| Overall Champion | Steve Kirby | 98/293+24/92+25 |
| Mens’ Champion | Phil Barnard | 100/293+25/92+23 |
| Vets’ Champion | Steve Eley | 97/285 |
| Ladies’ Champion | Fran Jacobs | 82/228 |
| AA | Steve Kirby | 98/293 |
| A | Chris Morris | 98/291 |
| B | Gary Thatcher | 93/264 |
| C | Bruce Cain | 95/279 |
[Webmaster] An honourable mention also goes to Richard Morris for 100/289
Well done to all who came and thank you the team at the Priory for putting on a good shoot!
Full results here
