Competition

Ending on a high

Posted on November 19, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Bartlett and Cheryl Hall tackle the last big competitions of the season, the World Compak and British Open First up this month it was the World Compak in Galgamacsa. Hungary have hosted two of the best events of the year,…

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Beretta: built to win medals

Posted on November 14, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

We take a first look at a brand new competition gun with an impeccable pedigree, the 694 from Beretta Shooting journalists from Europe and beyond gathered at the historic Beretta factory in Gardone, Italy, for the unveiling of the latest competition…

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Heading for Tokyo

Posted on November 11, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Aaron grabs the limelight winning a quota place, but every GB shooter deserves credit for their performance at the European Championships. Anita North reports Another month and more competitions have been and gone! For Olympic Trap and Olympic Skeet, September…

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Shoot raises £3,000 for air ambulance

Posted on October 12, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Haimwood Shooting Ground in Llandrinio raised just over £3,000 for the Wales air ambulance, with a clay shoot, pool and raffle on 7 September. The event had been postponed since mid-June due to the heavy rain, but on the day,…

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Limited sight, big vision

Posted on August 15, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Kate Gatacre talks to Ken Newman, founder and owner of Custom Stockz, the company that has revolutionised the look of many a shooter’s gun on the clay circuit. Ken Newman isn’t what you’d expect of an airbrush artist. When he…

Tagged with: clay, Competition, custom stockz, gun, kate gatacre, ken newman, kit, shooter, shooting, Skeet, Trap
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Stay frosty

Posted on August 5, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mitchell Brooker-Smith keeps his head in the game at the British Shooting Shotgun Series shoot at South Wales 2000 The weekend of 8-9 June marked the second round of the British Shooting Shotgun Series, held at South Wales 2000 shooting…

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Mitchell Brooker-Smith is facing down the storm

Posted on July 24, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mitchell Brooker-Smith starts the British Shooting shotgun series with a bang. Round 1 of the British Shooting shotgun series, kindly hosted by the National Clay Shooting Centre, Bisley took place on 27-28 April. This was going to be a different…

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Ben Cartwright is taking the plunge

Posted on July 17, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Ben Cartwright jumps into his first CPSA shoot. Can he give a good account of himself with the pressure on? It was time to get competitive. Surgery in late 2018 had frustratingly kept me away from shooting for three months,…

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Mike Bartlett on targets!

Posted on June 16, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mike Bartlett shoots up and down the country, and tells it like it is about the targets. The first shoot we had this month was the England Fitasc Selection shoot at Eriswell Lodge. Sadly the targets were more Compak than…

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