The recent dry weather has allowed the land to lose some of its water. The shoot was on, though the traps had been moved onto and off the field by hand. Today was dry, the sky was blue and there was a light breeze. It was cold, though some shooters thought otherwise. A good turn out with 36 cards handed in at the end of the day.
A demanding shoot with nobody managing 40.
Luke B 37
Mark H 37
John F 37
Helena 34
David W 33
Graham H 33
Dennis 33
Melvin 32
Graham C 32
Joe 32
Pete 30
Tod 30
Nick 30
Tye 29
Geoff E 29
Wally 28
Jennifer 28
John W 27
Lewis 27
Mike H 26
Dawn 26
Anthea 24
John A 24
Bill 24
Adrian 24
Jake B 22
Callum 22
Dick 22
Steve 21
Mike C 20
Adam 17
Kelsey 16
Roger 15
Celia 14
Graham N 14
Ben 13
Our first shoot of the year was held on the 1st of January. Despite the recent rain, the weather was relatively benign with the sun making an appearance.
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Pete B 43
Mark H 42
Graham H 40
Paul 39
Callum 38
Wally 38
Mark C 36
Graham C 35
Lewis 35
Jennifer 34
Dennis 34
Geoff E 32
Tye 32
Anthea 32
Dawn 29
Ben 29
Jake 29
Roger 28
Adrian 26
Dick 26
Tony 26
Jim 23
John A 22
Graham N 20
Daniel 16
Maybe we had missed the intense cold from the previous days, it was still a chilly shooting day, the ground hard from the previous frosts, and a strengthening wind. It was scheduled to rain, but thankfully that held off.
The shoot was in memory of Fred Dymock. He always held a boxing day shoot on a piece of land on the crossroads this side of Quainton railway heritage site. The land became a car park for the heritage site, and now it is owned by HS2. We would shoot and stand next to a blaze in a large oil drum keeping warm, while we consumed whisky. Fred would construct some special clays which would distribute confetti when they were hit.
Today we shot 50 clays for the Fred Dymock Trophy. This is a handicapped shoot, based on previous scores through the year. The shoot was over 6 stands. During the tea break we also held a flurry with teams of three people.
After the shoot we went back to Ludgershall village hall for lunch and the prize giving. A lovely lunch was supplied by the club and prepared for us by the ladies.
Flurry winners
Charlotte, Callum and Graham N
High Colt
Lewis H
High Lady
Dawn
High Man
Mark H
Fred Dymock Trophy
Adrian T
Scores
Mark H 41
Adrian 39
Pete B 39
Mark C 38
John W 38
Paul B 37
Wally 37
Tony 36
John A 36
Dawn 36
John E 36
Tod 36
Luke 34
Shirley 33
Dick 33
robin 33
Lewis H 33
Anthea 32
Charlotte 31
Callum H 31
Helena 31
Steve B 28
Jennifer 28
Graham N 27
Dennis 27
Simon 27
Jake 26
Mike H 26
Kelsey 25
Daniel 25
Ian A 25
Geoff E 25
Richard T 24
John F 24
Ceila 22
Ben 22
Geoff W 14
Hi All, Sunday 18th December is the Christmas shoot and Fred Dymock Trophy shoot – as in other years we will be serving food at Ludgershall village hall after, members can invite a guest to join them for the food free of charge – please let me know who’s coming for ordering the food, Thank you.
Well attended shoot, on a chilly day. At least one member was put off from joining because of the inclement weather, or was it the previous night’s village Christmas meal.
David B 47
Luke B 39
Helena 39
Pete B 38
Graham C 37
Mark H 37
Tye 37
John F 36
Geoff E 36
Dennis 35
Tod 34
Jennifer 34
Paul B 33
Graham H 32
Callum 30
Wally 30
Mark C 29
Dawn 29
Dick 28
Shirley 28
Lewis 26
Jake 24
Joanna 24
Daniel 23
Jim 23
Ben 23
John A 20
Graham N 20
Celia 18
Graham KC 17
Mike C 15
Kelsey 14
Lovely bright weather today – and thankyou to Ann for delicious selection of cakes !
Don’t forget the AGM on Wednesday 30th November at 7.30 at Ludgershall village hall.
Paul 41
Pate 40
Wally 40
John 38
Tod 38
Lewis 37
Dick 36
Anthea 36
Geoff E 36
Mark H 36
Jake 35
Graham C 35
Mark C 35
Dawn 35
Graham H 34
Simon 33
Mike H 33
Daniel 32
John A 32
Luke 31
Jennifer 31
Tye 27
Callum 27
Bill 25
Shirley 25
Ben 24
Melvin 24
Celia 22
Kelsey 22
We were lucky to avoid the rain this morning, a good turnout considering the forecast. (I didn’t avoid the rain walking from the car to the pub 🙁 )
Pete B 42
Nick 41
Mark H 39
John F 38
Tod 38
Dawn 37
Helena 36
Wally 36
Graham H 35
Geoff E 35
Paul B 35
Shirley 35
Jennifer 33
Lewis 33
Dick 33
Graham C 32
John A 31
Anthea 28
Graham N 28
Mark C 28
Ben E 27 Guest
Steve 26
Dennis 26
Luke 25
Aaron 25 Guest
Daniel 24
Geoff W 24
Simon 22
Jake 21
Callum 20
Tony H 20
Joanna 20 Guest
Bill 20
Kelsey 19
A different shoot today, set up by Mark. (Dawn and Brian were away). We had 6 stands, shooting eight on each stand, and ten on the driven pair. It has been some time since we have shot a driven pair, and this caught many out. This correspondent welcomed the driven pair, it saved an otherwise disastrous score card.
The weather was excellent and unseasonably warm and still very dry underfoot.
John F 45
Mark H 43
Tony H 37
Tod 37
Lewis 36
Helena 36
Dennis 36
Tye 35
Bill 34
Callum 33
Anthea 33
Graham H 33
Wally 32
Graham C 32
Jake 31
Geoff E 30
Luke 30
Steve B 28
Simon 25
Kelsey 25
Shirley 24
Roger 23
Celia 20
Ben 19
Dick 17/32
A nice dry day with little wind and a good turn up at the shoot.
Graham H 44
Mark 44
Simon 41
Wally 41
Chris 40
Pete 39
John W 38
Tod 38
Luke 37
Steve 36
Joe 36
Tye 36
Graham C 36
Helens 34
Dick 34
Mike 34
Shirley 33
Anthea 32
Geoff W 32
Dawn 31
John F 31
Tony 30
Rosie 30
John A 30
Geoff E 30
Lewis 29
Dennis 27
Celia 27
Daniel 26
Bill 25
Callum 25
Kelsey 24
Ben 24 Guest
Graham N 24 Guest
Jake 23
Roger 22
Richard H 6 Guest
Thank you for all coming today, please see below the scores along with the handicaps that you started with. Well done, Simon.
Name Handicap Todays Score Handicap score
Simon 9 43 52
Shirley 13 37 50
Roger W 19 31 50
John A 12 38 50
Nick c 9 40 49
Celia 19 29 48
Barry Cox 10 38 48
Dennis 11 37 48
Dawn 9 39 48
Dick W 11 37 48
Joe 8 39 47
Callum H 10 37 47
Graham c 5 42 47
Geoff W 15 31 46
Helena 5 41 46
Luke B 7 39 46
Jennifer 8 38 46
Jim G 17 29 46
Pete B 0 45 45
Tye 7 38 45
Lewis H 8 36 44
Tod 0 44 44
Geoff E 8 36 44
Jake B 15 28 43
Mark H 0 43 43
Kelsey 18 23 41
Wally 3 38 41
John F 4 36 40
Bill 12 28 40
Adrian 7 29 36
Dave B 36 36
Elaine 18 18
Kelly 14 14
Richard 27 27
Lovely weather for the shoot, but HS2 have now put-up fencing along the land they intend to work on. Parking was restricted and we had to park on the field.
The results
Tod 48
Pete B 47
Chris W 45
Mark 44
Geoff E 41
Wally 41
John F 40
Graham C 39
Luke 39
Helena 38
Rosie 37
Dennis 37
Dawn 36
Steve B 36
Bill 35
Callum 35
Dick 34
Barry 34
Anthea 34
Lewis 34
Shirley 33
Graham H 32
Kelsey 31
Celia 28
