Wally 44 Pete 43 Nick 40 John F 39 Tye 39 Luke 37 Tod 37 Helena 37 Jennifer 36 Graham C 36 John W 36 Geoff E 35 Joe 33 Dawn 32 Adrian 32 Bill 31 John A 31 Shirley 31 Dick W 30 Dennis 29 Celia 25 Jake 23 Barry C 23 (Guest) Kelsey 22 Roger W 22 Mike C 17
Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 17th July 2022
Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 17th July 2022
The field had been cut and baled, so we are back at Ludgershall for our second shoot of the month. Summer is with us with some very warm weather. The shoot must have been surprisingly hard, with no one achieving forty plus. Who asked Brian to put on crossing birds, we had a sim pair, and I need to practice those more? We manged the shoot and cleared away before it was too hot. I believe it reached 35 Celsius on Sunday.
Pete B 35 Tod 35 Wally 34 Chris W 33 (Guest and potential member) Steve B 33 John F 32 Mike C 31 Graham C 31 Tye 30 Jennifer 30 John A 29 Luke 29 Geoff E 28 Jale 27 Shirley 25 Joe 25 Anthea 24 Bill 22 Mike C 16 Roger 14 Graeme 12
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd July 2022
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd July 2022
Summer is here, lovely warm weather, people wearing shorts and short sleeves.
Mark H 40 Graham H 39 Wally 38 John F 38 Helena 37 Tye 36 Tod 36 Pete B 35 Dawn 34 Geoff E 33 Lewis 32 Callum 31 Simon 31 Jennifer 30 Celia 28 Luke B 28 Dennis 28 Jake B 28 Geoff W 28 Bill 26 Shirley 25 Graham C 25 Joe 23 Steve B 21 Bryn 16 Roger W 14
Practice Shoot at Quainton 19th June 2022
All, nice weather this morning for a good morning’s shooting.
Graham H 41 Mark Hill 39 John F 38 Jennifer 36 Callum 36 Pete B 35 Helena 32 Tod 31 Wally 31 Lewis 29 Paul 29 Tye 27 John A 27 Dennis 27 Bill 27 Luke B 25 Mike H 25 Graham C 25 Anthea 24 Shirley 23 Joe 22 Jim 22 Dawn 21 Kelsey 21 Bryn 21 Jake B 15 Celia 12 Andy 5
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 5th June 2022
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 5th June 2022
Damp ground, after all the rain from the previous night. Thankfully the shoot stopped the rain, and we completed in the dry.
Pete B 41 Tod 40 Joe 37 Wally 37 John E 37 Charlotte 37 Dawn 36 Paul B 35 Mark H 34 Shirley 33 Graham H 33 Lewis 31 Robbie (Guest) 31 Steve (Guest) 30 Luke B 30 John W 29 Callum 29 Adrian 29 Graham C 29 Simon P 28 Geoff E 27 Mike C 26 Bill 26 Steve B 25 Kelsey 24 Roger 21 Jim 20 John F 18
Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th May 2022
Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th May 2022
Our practice shoot was held at Quainton. It coincided with the League shoot, so several competitors were unavailable.
Tod 42 Graham C 42 Pete B 40 Adrian 40 Simon P 40 Mark C 40 Tim 38 John F 38 Paul B 38 Wally 37 John W 36 Joe 35 Steve 34 Dawn 33 Anthea 33 Bill 32 John 31 Jake B 30 Finn 29 Mike H 28 Geoff E 28 Luke B 28 Shirley 28 Kelsey 27 Roger 25 Andy P 23 Lee 23
The Welsh Shoot
On Sunday 8th May, a small group of Kingswood shooters made the trip to St Brides Major to shoot at their local ground. St Brides Major club ground is in a quarry, accessed by a narrow road, thankfully we met no vehicles coming the other way. This shoot has been regularly held for as long as I have been a member of the club. Invariably the weather, despite being in Wales, is invariably good. This year was no exception, and the sun shone brightly. The shoot for us is challenging, we are shooting against a cliff face, or up a steep hill through vegetation. We have rarely won this round of the shoot, and this year was no exception. St Brides Major beat us. We did come away with a consolation prize, Mark H scored the high gun of a bottle of whisky. Tradition was this was drunk on the coach home. No coaches today, so no drinks on the way home.
After the shoot we had Sunday lunch at the Star in Wick. The beer was excellent, I had a pint of all the draft beers. The roast beef lunch was excellent with plenty of gravy, vegetables, and beef.
Looking forward to the return match when Kingswood hosts the match. This is expected to be in July.
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 1st May 2022
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 1st May 2022
Weather a bit chilly but at least the rain held off till we finished.
Mark H 42 Wally 38 Helena 37 Adrian 35 Graham H 35 Paul B 34 Anthea 34 Joe 34 Geoff E 34 Callum 33 Dennis 33 Dawn 33 John F 33 Celia 30 Tod 30 Simon P 30 Tye 30 Steve B 29 Tony H 29 Graham C 29 Bill 28 Andy P 27 Shirley 26 Bryn 23 Lewis 22 John A 20 Kelsey 19
Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th April 2022
Practice Shoot at Quainton 15th April 2022
The shoot was on Friday because of Easter. It was felt many would be having family lunches on Easter Sunday. A pleasant change was we were shooting at the Quainton ground. We have not shot there since 15th August. Shooting had stopped because of the work being performed by HS2. A new hard standing area and access to the HS2 site had been built. The railway had also been removed.
The shoot was our usual five stands. There was a special award for the first straight on each stand, an Easter egg. High Gun – Mark Hill 46, High Lady – Helena 40 and High Junior – Joe 41
Mark H 46 Graham H 45 Tye 45 Pete 44 Mark C 42 Wally 42 Joe 41 Luke 41 Mike H 41 Helena 40 Graham C 40 Paul 40 Steve 39 Dean 39 Tod 38 Jim 38 John F 38 Anthea 37 John A 37 Lewis 36 Callum 35 Geoff E 35 Tim 34 Jennifer 33 Dawn 32 Bill 32 Gemma 31 Fin 30 Shirley 29 Kelsey 26 Dennis 26 Celia 23 Bryn 21
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd April 2022
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 3rd April 2022
Lovely dry day for a shoot, though a cold start for the day.
Mark H 47 Tod 45 Helena 43 John F 42 Graham H 42 Pete B 40 Dawn 38 Paul B 38 Tim 38 Steve 37 Wally 37 Lewis 37 Adrian 35 Graham C 35 Luke B 35 Simon 35 Tye 33 John A 33 John W 32 Bill 31 Geoff E 31 Fin 31 Callum 31 Dennis 30 Jake B 30 Joe 30 Geoff W 30 Shirley 27 Anthea 24 Celia 23 Andy P 23 Kelsey 20 Bryn 14 Roger 13