EUROPEAN DTL PAGE
2006 EUROPEAN SHOOTING REPORT
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The 2006 European DTL championships was held in Bywell Shooting Ground - Northumberland, England on the 26th and 27th August. The format of the European Open is no longer a mix of single barrel, double rise and standard down the line, it has now been set at 200 standard down the line targets shot over 2 days.
The Welsh team consisted of the top 5 seniors, top 3 juniors, top 3 ladies and top 3 veterans from the 2006 Welsh DTL team. The scores used to choose the team were from their 4 best Welsh qualifier scores and their score from the recent home international in Northern Ireland. If a member chose not to go to the event, then the place was offered to the "next best" for each category.
The selected team was as follows:
|
Seniors |
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| Initials | Surname | Status | Peg | |
| P R | MORGAN | 1 | ||
| BJ | OWEN | 2 | ||
| GW | EVANS | 3 | ||
| L | JONES | Snr Capt. | 4 | |
| MJ | Mc' CONVILLE | 5 | ||
| IW | Williams | Reserve | ||
| Ladies | ||||
| Initials | Surname | Status | Peg | |
| SL | EBBRELL | 1 | ||
| C | TREHEARN | Ladies Capt. | 2 | |
| LM | TURPIN | 3 | ||
|
Veterans |
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| Initials | Surname | Status | Peg | |
| JH | JONES | 1 | ||
| JH | THOMAS | 2 | ||
| MH | McCONVILLE | Vet Capt. | 3 | |
| Juniors | ||||
| Initials | Surname | Status | Peg | |
| AE | BIDDULPH | Jnr Capt. | 1 | |
| GW | GRIFFITHS | 2 | ||
| T | COSTIN | 3 | ||
Entries totalled 442 competing for prize money,
shotguns plus of course the all important, gold, silver and bronze medals
and trophies for the International Teams.
The entries comprised
138 – AA, 150 –A, 103 B and 51 C class shooters, 442 in total
including 45 Ladies, 71 Veterans, 21 Juniors and 12 Colts.
The Welsh team were once again fortunate to have their manager John Burton and their president Arthur Williams to travel with them for support.
Day One
After their great team and individual performances in the Home International and British Open - the Welsh Ladies team were hoping to add to their successes. After the first day the scores did not disappoint with Sharon Ebbrell posting an impressive 99/295 matching her British Open Lady Champion score from Northern Ireland. The Welsh ladies were in a great position with only 1 point separating them from the leaders - the English Ladies Team. It was very close at the top of the Ladies table with only 7 points separating the top 4 teams. With scores this close, it would make a thrilling climax to the final day of shooting between the ladies teams.
The Welsh Senior team posted some impressive scores on the first day,
with our very own "Current British Open DTL Champion" - Phil Morgan posting a
100/298. Impressive scoring also came from the other Welsh Seniors
with Mike McConville
100/298, Gareth Evans 99/294 and Senior Captain Lee Jones 99/292
The Veterans looked impressive on the first day with Veterans Captain Mick McConville posting a 100/297 with high hopes of a medal position on the final day.
The Juniors were also there about's for the medal positions - notable scoring coming from Junior Captain Alex Biddulph on 99/293 and Tom Costin on 98/293.
We must also mention the contingent of Welsh shooters that made the journey up to Bywell in the hope of forming a Senior Welsh "B" team - unfortunately on arrival an early decision had been made to not allow ANY B team entries for the international teams and as such the shooters made the most of a bad situation and shot as individual entries instead. Thanks to all these shooters for the support they gave to the main Welsh teams present. Pictured below are a number of those Welsh shooters relaxing between lines.
Day Two
No two days are ever the same and day two arrived with quite different conditions, notably strong and gusting winds with ever changing light conditions. We all know that with conditions like these it is a lottery of how the weather will affect your shooting.
The ladies battled away on the second day and although dropping down one table position to third place, they held this position to beat the French ladies by only 1 point and secured bronze medal position. What an excellent result and a fine finish to the ladies season - congratulations. Pictured below are the ladies team that traveled to Bywell - pictured are Sharon Ebbrell, Caz Trehearn and Lynn Mary Turpin.
Phil Morgan went into the second day with high hopes, but unfortunately
only managed a 100/292 - which didn't leave him in the individual medal
positions. Phil was still to be overall Welsh senior high gun over the two
days for the Welsh Senior team with a score of 590 - unfortunately for the
Welsh Senior team though they were also not to feature in the medal positions.
Although not representing
the senior team at the European DTL championships – the highest scoring
Welsh shooter was Willy Andrews on 591/600.
The Welsh Veterans team excelled again and secured themselves bronze medal position with a score of 1698 and beat the Republic of Ireland Veterans to the medals by only 3 points. Congratulations go to the Welsh Veterans, another fine finish to a season of continued success. The Welsh Veterans who took bronze medal position were Mike McConville, John H. Jones and John H. Thomas.
Finally to the Juniors, they finished in a very respectable 4th place and were only 4 points away from bronze medal position - which was very unlucky, but still a very good performance. A notable individual performance was from Junior Captain "Alex Biddulph" who shot an overall score of 582 - which was sixth overall out of 21 registered juniors, but to add to this success he won "B" class out-right and received a gun and a considerable prize fund - what a result - congratulations !
In the true spirit of
competition clay shooting - competing nations swapped pennants with each
other after the competition finished. Pictured below are some members
of the Welsh and French ladies team (with team managers and officials)
exchanging pennants.
Including the official Welsh Team a total of 30 WCTSA
members competed in the Championship.
Nigel Chapman an English shooter (who was not in the
English Senior Squad) won the
European with an impressive score of 200/598
M. Hebert a French Lady Squad member was the Lady High
Gun with a 196/579.
Nev Bailey an English Veteran (who was not in the
English Veteran Squad) was the Top Veteran with a 198/590.
J. Clarke was the Top Junior (again not in any International
Country Team) with an impressive 200/596. He also took A Class High Gun.
Class Winners
AA
Aaron Smyth (Northern Ireland) - 200/597
A
J. Clarke - 200/596
B
Alex Biddulph (Wales Junior) - 197/582
C
N. Ellis - 197/582
International Squad Scores
Senior Squads
|
Pos'n |
Score |
Targets |
Team Name |
Members |
|
|
|
1 |
2959 |
3000 |
ENG SNRS |
ID
MULLARKEY |
P
CHAPLOW |
JM
BELLAMY |
|
|
|
|
|
DM
NEWTON |
J
STAFFORD |
|
|
2 |
2942 |
3000 |
NI SNRS |
AARON
SMYTH |
S
DALLAS |
D
BELL |
|
|
|
|
|
N
MCKEOWN |
TOM
MURPHY |
|
|
3 |
2941 |
3000 |
IRE SNRS |
T
ALLEN |
A
HOBAN |
D
COTTER |
|
|
|
|
|
S
KELLY |
D
SCULLION |
|
|
4 |
2927 |
3000 |
SCOTLAND SNRS |
M
MILNE |
KEVAN
SMITH |
DJ
GALLOWAY |
|
|
|
|
|
J
GILCHRIST |
E
MCALLISTER |
|
|
5 |
2903 |
3000 |
FRENCH |
M
BONVALET |
M
TARDY |
S
DACOSTA |
|
|
|
|
|
L
LLASERA |
P
LECLERCQ |
|
|
6 |
2903 |
3000 |
WALES SNRS |
PR
MORGAN |
BJ
OWEN |
G
EVANS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ladies Squads
|
Pos'n |
Score |
Targets |
Team Name |
Members |
|
|
|
1 |
1724 |
1800 |
ENG LDYS |
E
WHEELDON |
SJ
SHARPE |
A
DUPREE |
|
2 |
1706 |
1800 |
SCOTLAND LDYS |
C
FRASER |
D
MELROSE |
C
MONTGOMERY |
|
3 |
1695 |
1800 |
WALES LDYS |
S
EBBRELL |
C
TREHEARN |
L
TURPIN |
|
4 |
1694 |
1800 |
FR LDYS |
M
HEBERT |
MC
SERAL |
E
MOURGUES |
|
5 |
1614 |
1800 |
NI LDY |
A
MILLER |
K
BARR |
S
BARR |
|
6 |
1614 |
1800 |
IRE LDYS |
M
WALSH |
M
KEANE |
B
QUINN |
Veterans Squads
|
Pos'n |
Score |
Targets |
Team Name |
Members |
|
|
|
1 |
1763 |
1800 |
ENG VETS |
RF
TAYLOR |
T
PRESCOTT |
WM
LOGAN |
|
2 |
1739 |
1800 |
NI VETS |
N
FERGUSON |
J
STRATTON |
E
LAMONT |
|
3 |
1698 |
1800 |
WALES VETS |
J
JONES |
MH
MCCONVILLE |
JH
THOMAS |
|
4 |
1695 |
1800 |
IRE VETS |
M
COLLINS |
T
MURPHY |
W
HUGHES |
|
5 |
1663 |
1800 |
SCOTLAND VETS |
A
PATON |
B
SNEDDON |
I
BEATH |
|
6 |
1158 |
1200 |
FR VETS |
J-J
LADRA |
M
DESPIERRE |
|
Junior Squads
|
Pos'n |
Score |
Targets |
Team Name |
Members |
|
|
|
1 |
1752 |
1800 |
ENG JNRS |
A
WADDINGTON |
R
JEFFERSON |
WT
MARSHALL |
|
2 |
1712 |
1800 |
NI JNR |
J MILLER |
G MURREY |
N MALLON |
|
3 |
1708 |
1800 |
FR JNRS |
G
PEINTRE |
J
BRUNEL |
S
BUCHS |