NEWS / REPORTS APRIL 2006
Dovey Valley - 2006 Welsh Sporting Counties Final - April 30th 2006
A full shoot report and some images of the Welsh 2006 Sporting Counties Final event held at Dovey Valley on April 30th 2006 can be found on the Sporting Counties page - please follow this link.
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Beverley Shooting Ground East Yorkshire - 200 DTL Event - April 29th/30th 2006
Phil Morgan was the only Welshman to make the 4 hour journey North for this event. It was a first visit for Morgan to this ground having not shot there before.
Day One - Paul Chaplow posted an excellent score of 100 x 298 to lead the field on the first day with the likes of junior shooter Andy Waddington on 295, Trevor Peel 294, Rob Hall (the sponsor of the event) 293, Dave Toomer 292 and Stafford, Morgan, Webster and Dore on 291. A number of the big guns fell over on the day with the likes of John Bellamy shooting a 277 and Keith Bond on a 285 along with Ian Mullarkey. Ex world champion Terry Humphreys shooting a 273.
Day Two - Everybody was
hoping to put in a better performance than the previous day. With all
eyes on Paul Chaplow to see if he would slip up. On his first visit he
barrelled two targets and one on his putting him 5 points down at the 150
stage. Morgan barrelling one in his first and clearing the second was
now 10 points down with fifty to shoot. With Chaplow clearing his
third round and Morgan doing the same - it all came down to the last round
with five points still the margin. A crowd had gathered to watch
Chaplow shoot his final round and barrelling a target early on was now down
six points with half the round to go but it finished that way. Morgan
completed his last round clear ending up on a 100 x 299 still 10 points down
with Chaplow only 6 over the two days.
Final Results
High Gun Paul Chaplow 594 x
600
1st AA Phil Morgan 590 x 600
2nd + 3rd Tony Dore + John Stafford 586 x 600
4th Last years winner Dave Toomer 583 x 600
1st A D.Clark 579
2nd S.N.Cole 577
3rd J.Shepherd 573
1st B M.Cumberlidge 545
2nd + 3rd S.Cuthbertson + G.Mcgaan 544
1st C D.M.Woods 530
2nd M.Tideman 493
Ladies High Gun was Emma Wheeldon 556
Junior High Gun was Andy Waddington 588
Veteran High Gun was R.F.Taylor 580.
Well done to all the winners and a special thanks to Rob Hall and the Gun
Room for sponsoring this event which is an annual event.
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British/Home international DTL News - April 24th 2006
Application forms for the temporary shooting permits for Northern Ireland are available from Mid Wales and Llandegla shooting grounds.
Any shooter going to the home international, according to the police, will need one and a European licence.
The permit is also available form the police web site form number 30/15 www.psni.police.uk/firearms and the telephone number for them is 02890 650 222 ext 24296.
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World DTL Page - April 24th 2006
We have published a personal account of the World DTL championships in Australia by Mr Glyn Jenkins one of our Welsh Senior team members along with a few photographs.
Thanks for sharing that Glyn.
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Information from Mike Amodeo SW2000 - April 17th 2006
Mike Amodeo has asked us to post information about the funeral arrangements for John Harris who was a keen shooter and member of the WCTSA:
FUNERAL OF JOHN HARRIS
FRIDAY 21ST APRIL
10:45 ST DAVIDS CHURCH OAKDALE
MID DAY GWENT CREMATORIUM
FOLLOWED BY
CROSSOAKS OAKDALE
NO FLOWERS DONATIONS TO CHARITY
DONATIONS TAKEN BY KEITH JONES (UNDERTAKER)
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Wagga Wagga NSW Australia - World DTL Event - Welsh News - April 17th 2006
April the 4th was the Single Barrel National event and Phil Morgan made it through to the shoot off with 24 other shooters. Getting down to the last 4 was tough going. Missing a target in the 4th round of the shoot off saw Morgan having to shoot for 2nd in AA grade and 3rd overall in another shoot off. Phil disposing of the other competitor took honors in AA grade. Winning $830:00 for 2nd and $1394:00 in the sweeps this all totaled as 988.00 pounds.
Down to the team event which started on the Friday 7th with a strong left to right wind made shooting difficult resulting in the scores being so low. However this didn't stop John Stafford posting a perfect 300 putting pressure on the other shooters for the following two days. Welsh shooters were up against it not shooting to their potential due to the conditions but never the less the male and female shooters gave a good account of themselves the following day shooting better but the damage was all ready done due to the poor scores from the previous day.
Moving to the third day saw Morgan shoot 148 x 150 14 points down over the 250 targets hoping to put him into the top 10 percent for the last 50 targets. Making the 10 percent but to many points down to make any impact on the eventual out come of the final positions. Dropping 5 points in the final 50 finished 19 points down over the 300 targets. Congratulations got to well known shooter John Stafford from England who was crowned World Champion, the full results are available here:
A special thank you to all the Welsh Team members who took part and best of luck for the fourth coming selection shoots and don't forget about places being up for grabs for the European this year in Bywell.
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Mid Wales Shooting Centre - Welsh National Skeet Qualifier - April 9th 2006
Four seasons in one day, the words from a song that suited the conditions faced by the skeet shooters in Mid Wales last Sunday. They were hit by everything from gusting winds to hail and snow.
The targets fluctuated with the wind but were in the air to be hit. High gun position went to Richard Stepney with a very creditable 99/100, a single high 2 on his first round getting away. British Champion Joe Kitson was hard on his heels with a 97 closely followed by our own Chris Potter on 96.
Lady shooter Angie Goodman led the way in the ladies category with a superb 95 with Linda Hewitt on 94.
Juniors went to Nick Parish on 91, Rhys Evans on 90 and one half of the County Pairs Champions Shane Wilson on 87.
Gracious thanks to Arthur and Rita for hosting the event and for making sure that the DTL squads also suffered from the snow.
The next skeet qualifier will be at South Wales 2000 on April 23rd.
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Telpyn Shooting Ground - Welsh Olympic Skeet Qualifier - April 9th 2006
Telpyn hosted the first selection of the year for the Olympic Team and the shooters were greeted with dry but very windy conditions. Windy being an understatement!!
It was somewhat of a culture shock for Commonwealth shooter Tony Grove to
be shooting in 3 layers of clothing instead of shorts and t shirt.
High gun went to Ian McFarlane with a creditable 73 followed closely by Del Davies going for his 26th cap on 72, along with Julian Jeremy, Trevor Rands and Gary Brewer who was trying out his new 30 “ Miroku for the first time. Who said that size doesn’t matter !
Thanks to Rob and Shirley for hosting the event, the next selection shoot will be at SW 2000 on April 16th.
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Appointment News - April 6th 2006
The Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association (WCTSA) are proud to announce that Mr Arthur Williams of Mid Wales shooting centre has been appointed President of the WCTSA.
Congratulations Arthur - we wish you every success in your new appointment.
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(Click on the thumbnails in this report to see the pictures full page)
Not many skeet shooters who arrived at Mid Wales Shooting Centre on the 2nd April for the Welsh Inter Counties National Skeet Final will ever have experienced weather conditions like that before! Gale force winds, driving rain and very cold temperatures for good measure. What a welcome for the new caps!
Six Counties competed without
complaint and it was nice to see West and Mid Glamorgan putting teams
in. It certainly paid off for West Glamorgan as with no room for error
with all shooters scores to count, they finished 2nd on 722, just one point
ahead of Dyfed. But it was Clwyd who stole the show with an excellent
score 767 (pictured in the team thumbnail on the right).
There were a couple of
outstanding scores considering the conditions such as J.Thomas, overall high
gun and winner of the Captains Cup, on a 96 (pictured in the thumbnail on
the left) and A.Jones on a 94. Tremendous
shooting, boys!
Ladies High Gun was won by Dyfed shooter Carol Francis who also went on to win the Ladies team shield with Angie Goodman.
Jordan Clifford from Mid Glamorgan
took the Junior High Gun. Chris Potter will be keeping his
Veteran trophy after winning it for a third consecutive year whist shooting
for Dyfed and also added the winning Veteran team event with Tim Hardaker to
his successes.Veteran champion Chris Potter and Junior champion Jordan Clifford are shown in the thumbnail on the right.
Juniors Ed Poore and Shane
Wilson from Dyfed took the team shield for the Juniors (shown in the
thumbnail on the left).
Congratulations to all the new caps - just remember - it isn't always that windy,
cold and wet!
Final County Positions:
Clwyd 767
West Glamorgan 722 Dyfed 721
Powys 694
Mid Glamorgan 673
Gwynedd 620
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SW2000 Shooting Ground - First Welsh DTL Qualifier - April 2nd 2006
Very hard conditions caused by extremely strong winds set the scene for the first Welsh DTL international team qualifier for 2006.Early selection shoots were often ignored by some shooters thinking that the early scores would be of no use as conditions improved through the spring and summer, but with the count-back rule - it is worth attending every selection shoot. As such, a good turnout appeared for this first qualifier.
Tom Devaney has been shooting consistently well for a long period of time and deservedly was high gun of the day with 97 x 287 - four points clear of David Baugh who took 1st in AA on 97 x 283. Second in AA was L. Jones on 95 x 280.
In A class - P.A. Murphy took 1st place with 97 x 279 and 2nd place went to J.A. Evans with 95 x 277.
In B class - A. Biddulph took 1st place with 96 x 280 and 2nd place went to E. Davies with 97 x 273.
In C class - H. Thomas took 1st place with 93 x 268, R.J. Webb took 2nd place with 90 x 262, D. Lewis took 3rd place with 90 x 261 and 4th place went to C.J. Bolas with 87 x 252.
Congratulations to you all in very testing conditions.
All eyes now look towards the forthcoming DTL world championships and the next qualifier which is at Mid Wales shooting centre on April 23rd.
The updated team positions are available here.
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A Message on behalf of Martin Loughlin owner of Culbann C.P.C
(Who
is holding the 2006 DTL British Open/Home International)
Martin Loughlin would like to let DTL shooters know that entry forms for the 2006 British Open can now be downloaded from the UCPSA Website.
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Keep those reports coming in please !