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
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
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
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
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
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
Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 6th March 2022
A break in the rain allowed the land to dry out and us to shoot. We shot on the Ludgershall land instead of Doddershall. Parking was on the roadside to reduce compaction and damage to the field. I was careful not to put the gun down in some of the puddles on the field.
Mark 43 Tod 40 Graham H 38 Graham C 38 Wally 36 Geoff E 35 Pete B 35 Dawn 34 Tye 34 Lewis 33 Finn 32 Luke B 30 Simon 29 Kelsey 28 Joe 28 Bill 28 Celia 25 Steve 25 Jake B 25 Johnny 24 Callum 24 Shirley 22 Tim 20 Andy P 19
Practice Shoot at Doddershall 6th February 2022
Despite the early morning rain and gales, the clay target shoot went ahead. The clays were decidedly frisky, with many making off in a random direction as the trigger was pulled. Despite the wind and cool weather, Mark still managed to shoot in his T shirt. It was a good decision to proceed with the shoot, the sun did come out. We must thank Brain and his team who set up the shoot. They did this in the cold driving horizontal rain, ready for us as the sun came out.
On non-shoot days, many of us shoot at other grounds. There is a WhatsApp group, administered by Adrian the chairman. On this group we discuss where we might shoot so we can form a group to go around together. If you would like to join the group, please contact Adrian.
Mark H 39 Pete B 39 John 36 Graham H 35 Wally 35 Helena 32 Steve 32 Joe 32 Chris S 31 Tod 29 Paul 28 John A 27 Jennifer 27 Lewis 27 Tim 26 Geoff E 25 Tye 25 Dawn 22 Daniel 22 Geoff W 22 Luke B 21 Shirley 21 Callum H 20 Anthea 20 Finn 20 Mike H 20 Bill 19 Dennis 19 Jake B 18 Jim 17 Adrian 15 Kelsey 13 Roger 4
Practice Shoot at Ludgershall 16th January 2022
Our previous shoot was cancelled because of waterlogged fields. Todays shoot went ahead, there has been very little rain during the last couple of weeks, and the ground could withstand the vehicles. Today started off very foggy, clearing during the shoot and ending with bright sunshine. There appeared to be some high scores this week, has Bryan judged our shooting ability and taken pity on us.
Robin 43 Pete B 42 Steve 41 John F 41 Charlotte 41 Adrian 40 Graham C 40 Mark H 40 Graham 40 Jennifer 40 Wally 40 Mark C 39 John E 38 Anthea 38 Lewis 36 Geoff E 36 Daniel 36 Todd 36 Tim 34 Luke 34 Fin 33 Callum 32 Dawn 32 Jake 32 Bill 30 Jim 30 Rich 30 Geoff W 29 Celia 24 Roger 24 Mike C 24 John A 23 Graeme KC 23 Mike H 22 Kelsey 21
All, hope you all enjoyed the Christmas shoot this morning – we were fortunate the weather kept dry and we were treated to bacon rolls for breakfast – cooked by Helena, sausage rolls made by Dawn and mince pies and sweet goodies provided by Ann.
Wally
Winner of the Fred Dymock Handicap Shield
Tod
High Gun.
Jennifer
High Lady
Callum
High Junior
Winner of the Flurry
Tod, Paul and Geoff W.
Tod 43 - High Gun Wally 42 - Winner of the Fred Dymock Handicap shield. Jennifer 41 - High Lady Mark H 40 Pete B 40 Graham H 39 Paul 38 Charlotte 37 Callum 36 - High Junior Robin 36 (Guest) Helena 36 Joe 35 John E 35 Adrian 34 Dawn 34 Geoff E 33 Tye 33 Jim 31 Lewis 31 Geoff W 30 Andy P 30 Simon 30 Fin 30 Anthea 30 Bill 29 Graham C 29 Kelsey 27 Tim 27 Dennis C 25 Steve 25 Celia 24 Tony H 24 John A 21 Luke B 21 (Guest) Mike C 18