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Road to the Classic: how and when to make the jump to bigger competitions

Posted on May 17, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Considering when to take the leap from shooting local competitions to dedicating yourself the clay circuit, Nick Truter explores the pros and the cons of entering the big league

Tagged with: competitive shooting, CPSA, how to get better at shooting, registered shooting competitions, Trap shooting
Posted in Features, News

Getting into clay shooting

Posted on March 10, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Clay shooting is loads of fun and a great way to make new friends. So, find yourself a good instructor and make sure that your first go is safe and enjoyable. Why are more and more people, regardless of their age,…

Tagged with: Clay Shooting, clay target, clay targets, CPSA, ground, range, shooting, Skeet, targets, Trap
Posted in Coaching

Qualifying as a clay shooting coach w/ James Simon

Posted on February 24, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Want to make a difference? Give something back? Bask in the warm glow of shared glory? Then qualifying as a clay shooting coach could be an ideal career choice says James Simon Very often our boundless enthusiasm for our sport…

Tagged with: BASC, Clay Shooting, clay shooting coaching, club, coach, coaching, competitive, CPSA, ISSF, james simon, jane hatton, qualifications, shoot, shooting grounds, shots, sport, training, world champion
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British Army Clay Shooting Team – interview

Posted on February 8, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Captain of the British Army Clay Shooting Team, Major Jason Wright, explains the benefits of Clay Shooting in the British Army to Jasper Fellows From the stoic Queen’s Guard to the rough and ready Paras, all British Army personnel share…

Tagged with: army rifle, british army, british army clay shooting team, clay club, clay grounds, Clay Shooting, clay shot, clay target, Clays, competitive, CPSA, firearms, jason wright, jasper fellows, Richard Faulds, rifles, shooting, Shot, shotguns, Sporting
Posted in Features

Atkin Grand & Lang Shooting Ground – a tour with Clay Shooting

Posted on January 27, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Julian Watson gives Jasper Fellows a tour of the workshop, gunroom and Sporting stands of Atkin, Grant & Lang Shooting Ground In 1821 three renowned gunsmiths, Henry Atkin, Stephen Grant and Joseph Lang joined forces to create a new firm,…

Tagged with: atkin grand and lang, cartridges, Clay Shooting, Clays, CPSA, English Open, game shoots, gunroom, guns, promatic claymate, Shooting Ground, Sporting, targets, workshop
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Steel shot for clay shooting – is it the future?

Posted on January 14, 2021 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Steel shot may be the future for game shooters, but does it have a place in clay shooting? James Simon investigates. In 2017 a 91-year-old national treasure showed us images of albatross chicks eating a diet of plastic. A year…

Tagged with: BASC, cartridges, clay, clay shooters, Clay Shooting, Clays, CPSA, EJ Churchill, Eley, game shooters, GWCT, james simon, lead cartridge, NGO, pellet, pheasant, range clays, shoot, shooting, shooting starts, steel shot, target, UK
Posted in Features

Looking ahead to clay shooting in 2021

Posted on January 7, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Jasper Fellows looks ahead to some of the top clay shooting events and competitions of 2021. It’s fair to say 2020 was a bit of a wash out. Despite our best intentions many competitions, from the mighty Olympic games to…

How does a shooting ground get registered?

Posted on January 4, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

The CPSA’s Richard Worthington explains what it takes for a shooting ground to get ‘registered‘. A ground must be rated as ‘CPSA Registered’ to host CPSA Registered shoots, but what does it take for a ground to earn this status,…

Tagged with: clay, clay shooters, clubs, compak sporting, competitions, CPSA, English Sporting, FITASC, shooter, Shooting Ground, shoots, Skeet, Sporting, Sportrap, targets
Posted in Features

CPSA Coach of the Year Lee Wilcoxson interview

Posted on December 26, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

CPSA Coach of the Year and DTL shooter Lee Wilcoxson discusses his career and inspirations with Jasper Fellows While most of us are slowly pushing our scores up at the local Sunday registered, Lee Willcoxson is shooting DTL for England.…

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Posted in Features, Interview

The Open that almost never was…

Posted on December 23, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Outsider Dave Ferriman lifted the coveted British Open trophy at the Championship that almost never happened. James Marchington reports Dave Ferriman, the 25-year-old gunroom manager at the popular Sporting Targets shooting ground in Bedfordshire, is the new British Open English…