Tag: DTL

On April 27^th, 15 Cambridgeshire registered shooters made the most of some fabulous weather at The Priory Clay Target to put in some excellent scores at the Cambridgeshire DTL Championships.

Richard Morris with his amazing speed and accuracy took High Gun and AA class for the day and the 2025 Cambridgeshire DTL Championship trophy with a superb 100/296.

He was closely followed by the [webmaster: nearly] equally efficient Paul Neal with a score of 99/294 securing the Men’s trophy. Giovanni Russo took the Veterans title with a 99/289. Hazel Morris was on top form to take both the Ladies and B Class awards with a score of 93/275. Andrew Oakley took C Class with an 87/253.

We had no Cambridgeshire juniors entering this year however, a special mention must go to young Joe Wilson who at just 10 years old and under the tuition of Aaron Heading at the Priory, travelled down from Yorkshire with his very supportive family to enter his first 100 registered DTL event. He was never fazed by the occasion or the competition from seasoned internationals and county shooters and scored 82/242.  Joe will be one to look out for in the future. One again we thank Natasha and the team at The Priory CTC for their hospitality and an excellent shoot. 

Full results on the CPSA website here.

21st April

Today Cambs were at the The Priory Clay Target Centre for a joint DTL county shoot alongside Norfolk. Familiar faces, and even the sun, occasionally, were seen out and about.

It was windy, which made targets very challenging, but some great scores were still entered by the end of the day, well done all.

For those who shot today, teams for the Intercounties DTL will be announced later in the year.

Congratulations to:

Phil Barnard Overall Champion and AA class
Gary Thatcher takes Vet’s,
Hazel Morris takes Ladies’, and B class
Richard Morris takes Men’s.
Chris Morris A class
Ian Larman C class

Full results on the CPSA website here

Massive thank you to The Priory for hosting again, as well as our thanks to the referees.

It was a tough day for competitors shooting the Cambridgeshire DTL at The Priory Clay Target Centre on 23 July. 

There was a fantastic turnout and with an added bonus of the ‘miss money pot’ competition. Cloudy with occasional sun, but the wind was having a big influence on the clays.

The Overall champion and A Class winner was Steve Eley with a well earnt 96/284; the Men’s and AA class winner was Phil Barnard with 96/276; Veteran and B Class went to Jem Knight with 95/272 and Ladies and C class winner was Georgina Chamberlain with 93/274. 

Very close scores on a tough day. Congratulations to the winners and well done to all who took part. Full results here.

The Miss Money Pot – shooters pay into a pot with half the money going to the county and half repaid as prize money. 

The number of the first clay each shooter misses goes into a hat and the number drawn out of the hat at the end of the day wins the pot. 

The number drawn out was 1. 

There was a tie as seven shooters had missed their first target.  

Rather than split the money the 7 names were put in a hat and the winner of the pot was Gavin Dunbavin.

As always, the competition was masterfully hosted by the wonderful Priory, and our thanks go to all the clubhouse staff, groundsmen and referees.

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.

[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

The Cambridgeshire DTL championships were held at The Priory CTC on 17th and 18th April 2021.

For full results, check https://www.cpsa.co.uk/scores/fixture/down-the-line-the-priory-clay-target-centre-20210418/103369