Question 2. What type of gun are you using?

Glyn>>  I started shooting again in 2004 with a DT10 but had poor results, then I changed to a Miroku MK38 Trap.  The Miroku is a great gun but I wanted a little more weight to slow me down from jumping the targets, so now I use a Perazzi MX2000 .

Question 3. Is there a specific ammunition you favour or tend to use?

Glyn>>  I like to use Eley first 7’s or 7.5’s .  Great kills at a reasonable price.

Question 4.  What's your background in shooting, when did you start, where did you start?

Glyn>>  I started shooting in 1988 at a little shoot across the road from the Horns of Bonningale.  My first gun being a Baikal with 2 sets of barrels.  In 1990 I qualified for the Shropshire DTL team but then had to stop shooting as I had just moved into a flat.  In 2004 I started shooting again and qualified for the Welsh team.

Question 5.  List of your achievements to date?

Glyn>>  I have shot for the Welsh team for the last 5 years with the honour of being captain in 2008.  In 2006 and 2007 I won the Shropshire DTL titles and shot as captain in 2007.  I gained a sliver medal and trophy at the European championships in 2008 with the Welsh team and at the same event was 5^th overall.  I have been in the top 5 in the Welsh annual averages for the last 5 years and top 10 in the English averages for the last 4.

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Question 6.  Most memorable shoot/performance?

Glyn>>  Shooting for the Welsh team in France at the European championships and also at this years Home International when we came second.

Question 7.  Who are your close shooting friends?

Glyn>>  I tend to shoot with Will Palmer, Gareth Evans and Sally Morrow all good shots and great company.  Big Ifor Williams always makes me laugh !

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Question 8.  Influences, coaches or people who've helped your shooting?

Glyn>>  I have never had any shooting lessons, but have had some good advice from the maestro Phil Morgan. Watching people like England’s Bob Taylor and Phil have helped with sound techniques, they are great exponents of the art of DTL shooting .

Question 11.  What are "your personal ambitions and goals" within shooting for the foreseeable future ?

Glyn>>   I will be trying to get into the Welsh team again in 2010, but have had to reduce my shooting on economic grounds.  One of my other ambitions is to beat Mr Phil Morgan at a major event, one which is proving to be difficult !!!

Many thanks Glyn for another very interesting shooter profile. 

All the best for the forthcoming season and good luck with your goals and ambitions from all here at the WCTSA.

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Message from the Welsh DTL Team Manager

The Welsh team DTL qualifiers are approaching fast and I'm sure a lot of you have already started your training for these.  For those of you that are actually trying for the DTL team this year, please remember there are places available to shoot for Wales in the European DTL championships at Southern Counties (England) in August this year (places subject to scores of course).   

Those new or well worn shooters who are not quite happy with their shooting, don't worry - there is still time to sort things out before this years team qualifiers. Our top Welsh trap shooter Phil Morgan and twice British Open DTL champion will be coaching at Mid Wales Shooting Centre again on March 13th, these are very informative days and well worth a visit.  The added bonus of these sessions are the relatively small groups and being able to gain some "one to one" coaching with one of the best trap shooters around.

If anyone would like more information or any other matters concerning the DTL team please email me at wctsadtl@googlemail.com

Good luck to everyone trying for the Welsh DTL team this year - see you April 11th !!!

WCTSA DTL Team Manager:  Will Palmer
 

2nd Gwynedd Skeet and Sporting Qualifiers - Dovey Valley - 28 February 2010

Skeet Qualifier Report:

We arrived at Dovey Valley in glorious sunshine, with no sign of the promised heavy rain.  After a hearty breakfast the first squad headed down to the skeet range, whilst the other two squads shot the sporting layout.

For those of you who have shot the Skeet at Dovey Valley, you will know that it is probably one of the most challenging layouts in the country with a background that makes it extremely difficult to pick up and follow the line of the bird.  This reflected in the scores with most people shooting far below their usual average.

The exception to this were Gwyn Richards and Keith Hill, who shot a 46 and 45 respectively, and the 46 was enough for Gwyn to win the Captaincy this year following his high gun score at the first qualifier.  Well done Gwyn, now you owe us all a pint (shandy for me of course).

Skeet top ten Scores were as follows:

Gwyn Richards 46

Keith Hill 45

Bob Carter 44

Elgan Pugh 43

Glyn Jones 42

Gerallt Jones 42

Ken Griffiths 41

Dennis Evans 41

Sion Evans 40

Anthony Lowe 40

Top 10 positions after the first 2 qualifiers are:

1. Gwyn Richards (0)

2. Keith Hill (+4)

3. Elgan Pugh (+5)

4. Ken Griffiths (+6)

5.Glyn Jones (+7)

Sporting Qualifier Report:

The Sporting layout was well though out, with a good mixture of targets to test even the best shot.  50 birds over 7 stands using all the fantastic landscape that Dovey is renowned for.

At the end, the scores reflected the testing targets with many shooters going home disappointed.

Sporting top ten scores were as follows:

Ken Griffiths 43

Keith Hill 40

Gwyn Richards 40

Glyn Jones 39

Sion Evans 35 (Colt)

Anthony Lowe 35

Elgan Pugh 30

Dewi Griffiths 30

Bob Carter 30

Joint 10th - Rhys Davies 29 (Junior) & Gerallt W Jones 29

Top 10 positions after first 2 qualifiers are:

1. Ken Griffiths (0) High Gun Both Shoots !

2. Keith Hill (+4)

3. Gwyn Richards (+9)

4. Elgan Pugh (+13)

5. Glyn Jones (+15)

6. Sion Evans (+17)

7. Dennis Evans (+22)

8. Dewi Griffiths (+26)

9. Christine Carter (+28)

10. Bob Carter (+29)

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Report By:  Ken Griffiths
 

Webmaster:  Thanks for the report Ken "Top-Gun" Griffiths.  We would like to see more of our county qualifier reports on here to give a bit more exposure to our county qualifier events, so feel free to email them in on the usual address found in the contacts section.

Commonwealth Shooting Championships – India - Richard Stepney's inside report
 

CSF Championships Delhi February 2010.

Team Wales have recently returned from Delhi, India with an impressive medal haul, with 3 gold and 2 Bronze medals coming from the clay target section.

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Elena Allen and Cerys Evans began the medal haul with a bronze position in the Ladies Skeet pairs match, narrowly losing Gold by some 5 clays from England. This was a credible performance as Cerys lost 6 clays due to her gun malfunctioning on the second round.

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This only seemed to fire Cerys up as she came out all guns blazing (no pun intended) for the individual competition the following day, finishing the qualification rounds with a 66 ex 75 and going into the final in 3rd place, tied with Lauryn Mark from Australia.  Elena meanwhile was having another good day at the office, having secured a Gold medal in the previous days Badge match she continued the individual comp with a 68 ex 75 leading the field into the flash final, with Sian Bruce from Scotland in second place.

After a thrilling final it was Elena who emerged victorious securing her second Gold in so many days, Sian taking Silver and Cerys pulling away from Lauryn to gain the Bronze.  Believe me it was a real tear jerker to see two Welsh flags being hoisted up the flagpoles at the same time.

 
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Meanwhile, Malcolm Allen and Julian Jeremy narrowly missed out on the Bronze pairs medal, Julian having spent the previous 3 days quarantined in his hotel room by Doctor Ron due to a viral infection, so a performance not to be sniffed at.

In the individual comp Malcolm finished off with a 50 straight to enter the flash final in 2nd place behind Khan of India with a score of 119 ex 125. It should have been secured in the final but the referee did not see the chip so into a sudden death shoot off where Mal came out victorious, obviously not to be outone by his wife. The last person to win a Gold for Wales at this level of competition was, I believe Des Davies in 1998.

 
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The girls also set a new record as this is the first time that medals have been won in this category by Wales.

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In the trap competitions, Cheryl Gizzi and Jackie Lewis fought well to finish 4th in the pairs competition as did Ian Parry Belcher and young Scott Morgan.

Scott shooting his way into the single barrel final in joint 5th place with 2 other shooters after the individual comp with a score of 119 ex 125 where after being 3rd for a short while eventually took 6th place after a sudden death shoot off.  What makes this a tremendous achievement on Scott's part is that the winner only dropped 1 target during his qualification round shooting an amazing 124 ex 125.

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The Virgin Atlantic staff at Delhi Airport must have been suitably impressed with Scotties performance because they were all upgraded to business class for the return flight last Thursday!!!!

In finishing, I would like to give my sincere thank you's to both of the shotgun Teams for their performances in Delhi, it was a pleasure to work with all concerned.

 

Richard Stepney
Section Coach
Delhi 2010 Team Wales

Commonwealth Shooting Championships – India - February 17th - 27th 2010
 

A major shooting championship took place in India on February 17th – 27th 2010 - The Commonwealth Shooting Championships.  As well as being a top class event, it was also a good preparation for the up and coming Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi - India,  later this year.

The games covered all elements of shooting (not just clay shooting) with Team Wales doing extremely well in the overall standings.

The following picture shows the medals Wales won from "all" shooting disciplines:

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From a clay shooting perspective, the results were amazing, but we won't spoil the surprise as a full report has been published from our eye in the sky - Richard Stepney who was a section coach out in India for this championship.

The results achieved by these Welsh clay shooters against such strong international competition is incredible and the WCTSA would like to congratulate all those who took part and thank them for their hard work and dedication in the build up to this event.  We would also like to thank all team managers, coaches, sponsors and family members who give the continued support to each and every one of these shooters.

Our congratulations also go out to the rest of Team Wales who were shooting the non clay shooting disciplines - well done everybody - a brilliant team effort !

Lets hope this success continues later in the year for the 2010 Commonwealth games - good luck to everybody and we hope the rest of your training goes well.

Gwent County Skeet Qualifier – SW2000 - Sunday 28th February 2010

A busy day at SW2000 with the invasion by the French on Saturday, Phil Ash and his army of sporting shooters on Sunday meant that almost two hundred shooters were to pass through the turn styles.

Margaret and Mike had anticipated the demand on resources with the hard working Sian, Steve, Arron and temporary staff, everything ran like clockwork.

The weather was to be bitterly cold and not helped by substantial wind, high scores were going to be difficult to achieve.  This became apparent after the first squad finished with no 25 straights and no 24’s.

The only straight of the day was to come from the consistent Alan Parkin, only 3 people were to shoot 24’s John, Lyndsey and Kevin. John was to show his consistency by shooting another 24, Lyndsey was determined and put in a solid performance matching John’s performance with again two 24’s.  Under the circumstances this was exceptional shooting !

Top 10 scores were:

Lynsdey Williams 48
John Thomas 48
Alan Parkin 47
Kevin Phillips 47
Chris Ingram 46
Gary Ingram 46
Geoff Seaborne 42
Angie Oliver 41
Adrian Osment 41
George Seaborne 38

Report By: Kevin Phillips (Gwent Skeet Co-ordinator)

West Glamorgan Skeet / Sporting County Qualifiers
 

A grand total of nineteen shooters made the journey to Crynant shooting ground to shoot this year’s first county qualifier.  Both national skeet and sporting were held on the same day, with many shooting both the skeet and sporting.  The storms that threatened to spoil the day did not appear thankfully and the day went without any technical problems.  A big thank you to Leon, running the ground with his Father Chris, who provided some very testing sporting targets.  Also thank you Michelle who marks, buttons, scores, fills in the paper work, provides the biscuits and any thing else that needs to be done on the day to make it happen.

The national skeet saw Lloyd Handley, with his 687EELL and super fast style dominate the scoring, dropping only one target to post the top score of 49.  Keith Davies, Kevin Rollinson and Mark Davies posted scores of 47 for joint second positions.  One score of note Rob Ace who shot a 46 must be the most improved shooter of the year.  He confided in me that last year, he didn’t shoot many more in the final, and that was over 100 targets! Well done Rob.

Crynant was made for shooting sporting clays, with its gently sloping landscape and abundance of trees and bushes, high houses and hidden traps a sporting shooters delight.  The sporting shoot of 50 clays over five stands was difficult most agreed, and the scores reflected this.  High gun went most deservedly to Andrew Davey who shot a superb 40.  Five clays behind was Hywel Gape with 35, and everyone else was in the 20s and lower.  For most this was not their finest hour!  But everyone enjoyed themselves.

It’s very satisfying for me to see so many shooters turn up to participate with the county qualifiers. Three years ago when I took over as the county co-ordinator we couldn’t find enough shooters to field a senior team, things have definitely changed now, and the competition is good for our sport.

 
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Report By:  Mark Davies
 

Dyfed County Sporting News

Results from the second Dyfed Sporting County Qualifier are available to view at the following location:

Dyfeds Sporting Results

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