Clubman Classic League....Deal & Sandwich Shooting School Fixture

We are delighted to have launched the CPSA Clubman Classic League with the Kent/Sussex League’s first fixture having taken place at Deal & Sandwich Shooting School in the lovely location of Sandwich Bay in Kent on the 29^th July.

The sun was shining as Pete & I arrived at the shooting ground, which is only 500m from the beach, just before 9am to find a queue of cars full of excited shooters ready to take on the first targets in this series of 50 bird Sporting Competitions. The Ground Owner Barry Gibb was on good form sorting out free tea and biscuits for us whilst we waited for his Kitchen Staff to arrive and get the bacon sandwiches on the go…..an all-important requirement before shooting starts in my opinion!

58 shooters turned up for the first fixture including one young lady Faye Wills from Greenfields Shooting Ground who shot an excellent 37 ex 50 and we look forward to seeing her scores throughout the competition. The 58 who came, some of whom having travelled for 2 hours to get there, represented 6 participating Clubs from Kent & Sussex including Southdown Gun Club, Northall Clay Pigeon Club, Greenfields Shooting Ground, Normanhurst Clay Pigeon Shoot, Stumbletts Gun Club and of course the home team from Deal & Sandwich Shooting School.

Windy conditions made for some interesting targets but thankfully only a short spell of rain came along before the sun returned and it certainly didn’t dampen our spirits as everyone got through their 50 targets without getting too soaked.

Congratulations to Normanhurst CPS for their winning team score of 384 ex 500 and to Richard Leonard from Normanhurst who took the High Gun with a superb 45 ex 50. Also many congratulations to the other Class winners on the day, Geoff Jansz who took Teal Class & Jim Baker who took Crow Class both from Greenfields Shooting Ground and Fred Church from Deal & Sandwich Shooting School who took the Rabbit Class.

We look forward to seeing everyone again at the next fixture at Greenfields SG on the 12^th August and for those of you who couldn’t make it to Deal, hopefully we’ll see you there.

                                                                                              

For our Hampshire shooters out there just a reminder that the Hampshire League kicks off on the 2^nd September at Fareham Clay Pigeon Club so if you haven’t already signed up to take part either speak to your Club to see if they are participating or contact Richard at the CPSA on 01483 485400 or via e-mail on richard@cpsa.co.uk for details of Clubs already signed up!

Lastly, I’d like to thank Barry & his team at Deal & Sandwich for putting on the fixture for us. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

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