NEWS / REPORTS MAY 2009
May
2009 Shooter Profile - Welsh Colt - Sion Evans (Gwynedd)
Welcome to our first
WCTSA shooter profile section and what a start we have for you - straight off
the back of winning the new colt individual high gun title at the recent Welsh
Counties Sporting final we would like to present a rising young talent in Welsh
clay shooting - Sion Evans from Gwynedd.
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We have presented a number of questions to Sion to find about out more about this talented young shot and to see what his influences have been:
Question 1. What disciplines do you shoot?
Sion>> The disciplines that I regularly shoot are-Sporting, Skeet and DTL.
Question 2. What type of gun do you use?
Sion>> The gun that I use is a 12g Nikko 5000 mkII Over and Under.
Question 3. Is there a specific ammunition you favour or tend to use?
Sion>> I tend to shoot whatever shells my dad has in his shooting bag, but usually they are Hull Pro One 28g.
Question 4. What's your background in shooting, when did you start, where did you start?
Sion>> I started by shooting vermin on my dad's farm when I was 12 years old. My first experience of shooting clays was shooting skeet at Llandegla shooting ground in North Wales also at the age of 12.Question 5. What are your achievements to date?
Sion>> I qualified for for the Gwynedd county Sporting, DTL and All-Round teams when I was 13 yrs old in 2008. In 2009 I have qualified and shot in the county Sporting and Skeet team finals for Gwynedd and hope to try and qualify for the county DTL and All-Round teams.
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Sion>> My most memorable shoot/performance was winning the Welsh Colts Sporting High Gun at Mid-Wales Shooting Centre this year.Question 7. Who are your close shooting friends?
Sion>> My close shooting friends are my Dad, his friends and all the Gwynedd team shooters.Question 8. Influences, coaches or people who've helped your shooting?
Sion>> My main influence is my Dad and his shooting friends.Question 9. Top tip for your chosen discipline?
Sion>> My top tip is to have a go at all the disciplines - to become a good all-round shooter.Question 10. What are your hopes for the future of the sport?
Sion>> My hopes for the future of the sport is to see clay shooting receiving a higher profile in the media.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer the questions Sion, I'm sure our readers will enjoy reading this article.
Sion was only 14 at the time of winning the counties sporting Colts High Gun title this year and it remarkable to think of what the future can hold for such a talented young man.
The skills, determination and the image Sion projects of a modern day young shooter make him a true role model for fellow young Welsh shooters.
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Keep your eyes out for this name in the future, I'm sure it won't be long before he's wearing a Welsh team vest and collecting even more silverware.
Sion - we all wish you every success as you continue to master your chosen shooting disciplines over the coming years.
Former DTL international - Dennis Evans (Sion's dad) has commented how he thinks the county qualifiers/finals are an excellent starting block for a keen young shooter.
It would be nice to see some more Colts and Juniors entering
these county competitions, so maybe some
more Mums and Dads could encourage their boys or girls to come along and try
the qualifiers - young people are after-all the future of our sport !
South Wales 2000 - Fourth DTL Welsh Qualifier - Sunday 17th May 2009
73 shooters turned out (with a few cancelling on the day due to a few road accidents and bad weather that prevented people making the journey).
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Down to the shooting......
The early starters were led by none other than Phil Morgan scoring 50 x 148 on his home ground, followed closely by Dai Ricketts who was also 50 straight but a few more barrels than Morgan. There were also a few more with only a handful of points away at this stage but with the weather not giving up it made the shooting more difficult as the day progressed, with heavy downpours of rain and gusting winds.
So after the the first wave of competitors had finished, it was Morgan out in front at this early stage finishing on a 100 x 296. What was incredible was that the next closest shooter was Baz Owen on a 288 some "8 points behind him" - surely this would ruin the count-back hopes for everybody else in this bad weather ?
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With the afternoon shooters still to go a 296 seemed to be unbeatable but there were still some good shooters to shoot. Phil waited and as news filtered round the club house that so many shooters had dropped points on there first and second rounds felt confident that he could be crowded High Gun again.
At the end it was Phil Morgan who took High Gun and 0 points on count-back again to make it 3 wins out of his 4 for the South Wales man. One more win could surely see him take number one spot in the team for the fourth coming International and if he shoots another winning score he will break the record books and be the first shooter to have zero count-back on "all his qualifying scores" since count-back began - they would be impressive stats to say the least.
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Other notebable scores were Lyn Turpin and Gail Morgan who were on the same score of 269 and were the top scoring ladies shooters for the day and Aarron Jones a junior shooter scoring a 273 to become a joint 1st winner in B class.
Well done and thanks to all that attended, even though Magic Morgan's incredible scoring might mean some scores will not be useful for the final team on count-back.
Four shoots in now and this is where things get interesting as people try to improve on previous shoots and post higher scores as we get a feel for who will be our 2009 DTL Welsh Internationals.......watch this space.
Congratulations to Welsh FITASC Shooter - Janine Preece
Congratulations go out to Welsh FITASC shooter - Janine Preece (WCTSA member w1638), who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming FITASC Sporting European Championships in France. Janine is currently equal first in the BICTSF ladies rankings for the FITASC discipline.We
wish you every success in the European Championships and for the future.
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South Wales 2000 - May 10th - DTL Training Day
Our twice times British Open DTL Champion Phil Morgan would like to thank all those who turned up at his recent DTL training/fault finding day at South Wales 2000 - of which there were over 20 people.
It's good to see somebody who has had such success in our sport giving back his time and experience back for free, to aid the development of other Welsh shooters.
Keep an eye out for similar events in the future, where you can learn
essential tips from our Welsh champion.
SW2000 - Gwyn Rodgers Memorial Shoot Report & Welsh ABT Selection - 3rd May 2009
"THE MIGHTY GWYN"
A fantastic turnout for what was the first memorial anniversary shoot for Gwyn “the mighty Gwyn” Rogers, who sadly passed away a year ago. As many of us are aware Gwyn was a well known and regular shooter, instructor, and dear friend as well as a referee in the trap disciplines at SW 2000. His remembrance shall continue each year with this memorial competition. The competition will raise funds through raffles and donations with the proceeds donated to charity and as requested by Gwyn’s family that charity shall be Prostate Cancer Charity. This year’s amount raised was £371. The entrants were determined to be the first winner of the memorial cup and some stiff competition surely turned up. There were categories for seniors, Veterans, Ladies and juniors; sadly the latter was unsupported as most were competing abroad. However a further shoot for the juniors is to be held on the 19th of July.
The ABT Welsh selection and memorial shoot was combined and won by Phil Morgan.
Later in the clubhouse the raffle was drawn, followed by a auction for a nice shirt. Auctioneer come ground owner Mike Amodeo and rival bidder John Henry locked horns in a battle to become the proud owner of a very pricey Browning men’s shirt kindly donated by Mr & Mrs Mattravers. John finally won the battle for the shirt at a handsome £66, all for charity of course and we thank Mr John Henry for his bidding and just hope the shirt fits !
All the prizes of cartridges, medals and the memorial cup were donated by Mike & Margaret Amodeo. Mike & Margaret would like to thank all those who donated the money and raffle prizes for the Prostate Cancer Charity and came to the shoot, and of course those who could not attend but donated none the less.
See you all next year !
Results are as follows:
High Gun P. Morgan – 95
2nd Place M. Tozer – 93
3rd Place C. Belcher – 90
4th Place M. Nicholls – 90
5th Place H. Williams – 90
Ladies
1st Place J.A. Lewis – 80
2nd Place M. Amodeo – 73
3rd Place S. Mattravers – 60
Veterans
1st Place C. Belcher – 90
2nd Place G. Seaborne – 81
3rd Place T. Mucklow - 79
Counties Coordinators
Two Welsh Counties finals have already passed and various other counties qualifiers will be taking place for the last three remaining county finals for 2009. All of these events and qualifiers are dependant on the commitment and effort of your local county coordinators.
Being a county Co-ordinator is a thankless task, but without each and every one of them we would have no County Finals at all ! We also have to appreciate that many new internationals originally start through these county events, so the county coordinators are helping to nurture our future shooting stars of the future. With this in mind - we must try to appreciate all the work they put and not try to criticise them - they are the ones who have to collate the scores at the end of the shoots and send the levies and paperwork off. They are usually the last ones to leave the grounds because of this responsibility, and some of them don't even make the team at the end of the day - but their effort is unsurpassed.
So next time you shoot a county final such as this, spare a thought for your co-ordinator - tell them what a good job they do and how much you appreciate their voluntary effort.....a few simple words go a long way.
County Co-ordinators are not easy to find, so a special thank you from all our counties shooters to each and every one of you !
2009 Welsh Counties Sporting Final
The 2009 Welsh Counties Sporting Final report is now available to view here......
Shooter Profiles
We are pleased to announce that over the next few months we will be introducing a new feature to the monthly news - "Shooter Profiles". Our intention is to approach members of the WCTSA - present them with some shooting related questions and publish the results in our news section along with a few photographs. Hopefully over the months it will allow us to show more of the Welsh members some of the characters and stars in our sport.
These articles will not be purely dependant on achievements alone, so if you know of an up and coming shooter, a local character who has been shooting for many years or a shooter at the top of their game and you would like to see them featured - please forward us their contact details and we will get on the case.
A big thanks to Angie Goodman for helping to get this project off the ground which has been in the pipeline for some years.
Keep your eyes peeled this month for our first feature.
1st WORLD ICTSF SKEET CHAMPIONSHIPS - WELSH TEAM
The 1st World ICTSF Skeet Championships to be held at Doveridge Clay Sports Centre, Eaton Hall Farm, Upwoods Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5LN.
Welsh Team selection was best three from the first 5 selection shoots ( team selection excludes some shooters who qualified to shoot but indicated they wished not to be selected for this event)
| Name | Points |
| Seniors | |
| LLoyd Morris | 1 |
| Nigel Hodson | 1 |
| John Thomas | 4 |
| Mark Davies | 5 |
| Huw Evans | 5 |
| Ladies | |
| Deena Griffiths | 17 |
| Joan Hayes | 42 |
| Angie Oliver | 58 |
| Veterans | |
| Tom Hayes | 8 |
| A Parkin | 16 |
| Del Davies | 17 |
| Juniors | |
| Nat Davies | 13 |
| Jac Williams | 15 |
| Rhys Price | 24 |
Information about the event can be found here, including application forms. http://www.cpsa.co.uk/userfiles/file/Invitation.pdf
Team Wales will be shooting Thursday 6th August 11:00am – 3:00 pm and Saturday 8th August, 10:00am - 2:00pm, 75 targets each day. The top 30% then shoot 50 targets on the Sunday. There will also be practice competitions at Doveridge on the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday....with cash prizes. Could every one forward a completed application form and cheque made out to the CPSA Ltd to Mark Davies (details below), and I will send them all off in one large envelope.
The cut off for the
application forms to reach the CPSA, for a country entry is 28th May. My
telephone number is 07768 895465 please telephone me ASAP if you have a
problem, or for what ever reason can not attend the event. The next highest
ranked shooter will then be offered the place.
Please send your completed application form and cheque
to reach me no latter than 15th May to:-
Mark Davies
8 Julians Way,
Broadlands,
North Cornelly
Near Bridgend
Wales
CF33 4ET
Regards
Mark Davies - WCTSA National Skeet Executive.
Mid Wales Shooting Centre - British Open Information
The entry form for the 2009 Down The Line British Open and Sponsored Event which is to be held at Mid Wales Shooting Centre on the 18th/19th July 2009 is now available to download:
2009 British Open and Sponsored Event Entry Form - PDF
2009 British Open and Sponsored Event Entry Form - Word Format
Down The Line - 2009 European Information
The entry form for the 2009 Down The Line European Event is now available to download, there is also an accompanying document giving information on travelling and hotels:
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Keep those shooting reports coming in please !
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