Clay Target Shooting in Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire ABT county shoot was held at Nuthampstead.
On a bright, warm, unsually sunny day, 10 Cambs shooters enjoyed the day.
Congratulations to
| County Champion | Giovanni Russo | 88 |
| Men’s | Phil Barnard | 86 |
| Vets | Andrew Oakley | 79 |
| Ladies | Sarah Christensen | 79 |
| Juniors | Not contested |
Thanks to Nicky & staff for an enjoyable day
Full results on the CPSA website here.
10th March 2024, Nuthampstead Shooting Ground
We were greeted with some foul weather for our second Cambridgeshire Shoot of the season – 100 ABT at Nuthampstead Shooting ground on Sunday – and it didn’t ease up all day.
Despite the weather conditions however, 13 Cambridge shooters took on the challenge and after some fine shooting Philip Barnard once again came away with the ABT Championship Trophy. Scoring 91 ex 100, Jane Bell shot well to win the ladies trophy with a 77 and Gary Thatcher took the Veterans’ and Mens’ title with an 89.
We had no juniors or colts shooting the competition his time, perhaps next year some young shooters will take up the challenge?
Our collective thanks go to the team at Nuthamsptead for looking after us all so well and keeping us dry.
Full results here.
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
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.
Northampton Shooting Ground, 7-8th May 2022
It was a bright, dry and warm day at Northampton Shooting Ground, where we held our ABT championship, in conjunction with Bedfordshire CPSA and Northamptonshire CPSA.
We saw 15 entries from the county shooters with some new faces having a go, which was fantastic to see.
The targets were big and fast and some good shooting was witnessed.
The winners are as follows:
| Overall Champion | Phil Barnard | 91 |
| Ladies’ Champion | Sarah Christensen | 83 |
| Mens’ Champion | Christopher Cheng | 79 |
| Veterans’ Champion | Tim Jones | 77 |
| Colts’ Champion | Maximus Allen | 77 |
Thank you to all who came and to Northampton Shooting Ground for hosting a successful event.
Full results here
Great Result for Team Cambridgeshire at the Inter-Counties ABT Competition at Nottingham Gun Club.
1st Place for the Open Team with a team score of 373 / 400
Richard the Machine Morris with an amazing 97 ( Personal Best )
Chris Morris – 94
Phil Barnard – 93
Matt Sheldrake – 89
Chris Hall – 84
David Christensen – 82
Veterans – 181/200
Tim Jones – 92
Gary Thatcher – 89
Richard Croft – 79
Brian Jacobs – 61
Ladies 150 / 200
Michele Conway – 75
Sarah Christensen – 75
Hazel Whiten – 75
Jane Bell – 74
Many thanks for all those who came and shoot and supported Cambridgeshire.
Look forward to winning more in 2022!
15 shooters turned up to the ABT Championship at Eriswell Lodge on 15th August. Thanks to Eriswell for hosting and Dennis for refereeing.
| County Champion | Phil Barnard | 91 |
| Veterans’ and Men’s Champion | Gary Thatcher | 87 |
| Ladies’ Champion | Michele Conway | 73 |
| NAME | # | HIT | CATEGORY | |
| Philip Barnard | 34389 | 91 | B | Men |
| Gary Thatcher | 136910 | 87 | C | Vet, Men |
| Timothy Jones | 29151 | 78 | B | Vet, Men |
| Graham Carter | 118210 | 77 | B | Men |
| Richard Croft | 103839 | 76 | C | Vet, Men |
| Michele Conway | 1000 | 73 | D | Vet, Ladies |
| Stephen Eley | 125207 | 69 | A | Vet, Men |
| Chris Hall | 133820 | 63 | D | Men |
| Jane Bell | 72235 | 61 | Vet, Ladies |
Full results including non-Cambridgeshire shooters here
Today was the Cambridgeshire ABT at Eriswell, Thank you to the referees and staff today for a very well hosted Cambridgeshire 100 bird ABT Championship. Thank you to all those who supported this event. Please see below for the winners, thanks again for all the support from the shooters that came and hopefully enjoyed the day.
Cambridgeshire County Champion G Russo 92/100
Cambridgeshire Veteran Champion R J Croft 84/100
Cambridgeshire Lady Champion J Bell 60/100
Cambridgeshire Colt Champion E Lord 61/100
Class Results
1st in A Class M Sheldrake 88/100
1st in B Class G Russo 92/100
1st in C Class R J Croft 84/100
1st in D Class R Allen 79/100
Looking forward to the next shoot at the skeet nationals next week at Northampton on Sat and the double rise at The Priory on Sunday still time to book in call Natasha Heading .
The Cambridgeshire ABT held on the 1/10/17 this was held at Cambridge Gun Club, This was a hard fought battle and didn’t sort itself out until the later stages of the day. Only 4 targets separated the top 5 shooters at the end of the day but the top man was Chris Morris with a 93 The runner up on 91 Philip Barnard even shot a 20 to help Chris on his way. Only one 25 straight was recorded and that was by a previous Cambridgeshire Shooter Paul Neal just to show he doesn’t just do DTL.
Well shot Chris again.
| Name | CPSA No. | Targets | Hits | Class | Category |
| Morris CAJ | 103791 | 100 | 93 | C | SNR |
| Barnard PJ | 34389 | 100 | 91 | A | SNR |
| Morris R | 111934 | 100 | 89 | B | SNR |
| Cheng C | 132838 | 100 | 87 | SNR | |
| Whiten H | 111933 | 100 | 85 | D | LDY |
| Collins MD | 111404 | 100 | 81 | C | VET |
| Jones T | 29151 | 100 | 81 | C | VET |
| Russell JD | 11796 | 100 | 79 | C | VET |
| Christensen D | 106106 | 100 | 77 | C | SNR |
| Randall TR | 71003 | 100 | 73 | D | VET |
| Manchett S | 110886 | 100 | 72 | D | SNR |
| Barnard C | 120378 | 100 | 71 | D | SNR |
| Adams M | 126882 | 100 | 71 | SNR | |
| Whitworth M | 134623 | 100 | 69 | VET | |
| Pereira J | 128244 | 100 | 65 | SNR |
Full scores including non-Cambridgeshire shooters are here.