NEWS / REPORTS SEPTEMBER 2009
September 2009 Shooter Profile - Welsh Sporting Junior Shooter -
Luke Llewellin
Welcome to our fifth WCTSA shooter profile - doesn't time fly, it will soon
be Christmas !
We have another Welsh junior for you in the spotlight again this month and for September it's Luke Llewellin who is a keen Fitasc and Sporting shooter. More recently you may have seen Luke in the news because he won the 2009 Welsh Sporting County Final Junior High Gun - you can read the full report here (Link to sporting report).
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Another young star we have here in Wales and Luke has provided us with another interesting article this month:
Question 1. What disciplines do you shoot?
Luke>>
Currently shooting Sporting & FITASC, but have also shot skeet, DTL &
ABT.
Question 2. What type of gun are you using?
Luke>> Previously I shot with a Beretta 686E and I am now shooting
with a Krieghoff K80 super sport.
Question 3. Is there a specific ammunition you favour or tend to use?
Luke>> I use Eley FITASC shells, I get on really well with them
and I am sponsored by Eley too.
Question 4. What's your background in shooting, when did you
start, where did you start?
Luke>> I started game
shooting on the home farm with my grandfather at the age of 8. I then
progressed to my local shooting club the Corner Piece which is situated on
my great uncles farm next door to us, so I was able to go across the
fields on the quad bike every Sunday.
Question 5. List of your achievements to date?
Luke>> I have shot for the County five times and also shot
for Wales twice in 2008.
Question 6. Most memorable shoot/performance?
Luke>> My most memorable shoot so far was the 2008 FITASC
Home International were I was top Welsh junior after a shoot off at High
Lodge.
Question 7. Who are your close shooting friends?
Luke>> Martin Myers & Co.
Question 8. Influences, coaches or people who've helped your shooting?
Luke>> The Corner Piece shooting club, Martin & Ruth Myers
Question 9. Top tip for your chosen discipline?
Luke>> "Practise makes perfect !"
Question 10. What are your hopes for the future of the sport?
Luke>> I would like to see the sport of clay shooting become more
widely recognised and supported.
Question 11. What are your personal ambitions for the
future?
Luke>> To become one of the top Wales & Great Britain shots.
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Thanks Luke for your submission, its always interesting to read about our up and coming young shooters. Your top tip is something I think we should all take on board !
Good luck for the future from everyone here at the WCTSA and looking at your current successes, I'm sure you will have no problem in achieving your future ambitions.
Phil Morgan "Trap Shooting Fault Finding Day" - Mid Wales Shooting
Centre - Sat 26th September 2009
A big thanks go out to Phil Morgan for giving up his time to run this
fault finding session for the benefit of the Mid and North Wales Trap
shooters.
For those who have not been on one of these excellent days - its an ideal chance for well worn shooters (and newcomers) to iron out any problems on a one to one basis with one of the best shots in the country. Phil puts that much time and effort into shooting he is an example to us all and I felt privileged to be able to attend this small group session.
Thanks again Phil on behalf of all of us.
Will Palmer
DTL County Qualifiers - Clwyd News
Peter Jones - Clwyd County Coordinator is proud to announce his team for
2009 as follows:
Name Status Class WJ SPENCE CAPTAIN SENIOR PB JONES SENIOR AG JONES SENIOR RC LEWIS SENIOR AL HOWATSON SENIOR W PALMER SENIOR D JONES SENIOR A DAVIES SENIOR DR LEA SENIOR J DOLBEN SENIOR EL DAVIES VETERAN TH DEVANEY VETERAN DE LEA LADY K COWELL LADY
Please note - due to a couple of statistical calculation mistakes, some of the seniors scores at the tail end of the team were incorrect. As a result of this GD Roberts has been replaced by DR Lea and J Dolben remains as before as his score still exceeds that of GD Roberts. Therefore any final Clwyd team lists that may have been posted in Llandegla shooting ground are not up to date and incorrect.
Congratulations to everyone who made the team and thanks to all those who didn't succeed, but still supported the qualifiers.
A special congratulations to Jim Spence who qualified as the highest scoring competitor this year and is 2009 Clwyd Senior Captain.
Here are a few pictures from the last Clwyd Qualifier:
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Finally - remember that the final is on Sunday 4th October at Mid Wales Shooting Centre.
Shoot Report - "The Chris Potter Memorial Shoot"
The Chris Potter Memorial Shoot was held at Telpyn Shooting Ground on the
20th September . The weather was good and the event was well supported with
shooters from all over Wales attending.
It was a good competition with Paul Haywood retaining the overall High Gun with an Excellent 100 straight. Deena Griffiths won the Ladies , Geoff Seabourne the veterans and Dan Evans the junior.
Mrs Potter would like to thank everyone for supporting the event, to Mr&Mrs Rob Phillips and family for holding the charity shoot and also to all those who donated money, raffle prizes and help. £470 was raised on the day for The Multiple sclerosis Society - Thank You All.
Shoot Information - Skeet Challenge
Skeet Challenge!!
100 Bird Reg Skeet - Gloucester V Wales!!
At Gloucester Skeet Club on the 25th October 2009.
Telephone John Thomas on 07966009954 for further details.
All Round Discipline - Rules Reminder
Just a reminder from your National County Coordinator Angie Goodman - if anybody
attends either an All Round County Qualifier or the All Round Final - to
note that the DTL part is a single barrel competition only and as such the rules
are that only one cartridge may be loaded in the gun at any time !
Angie Goodman - National Counties Coordinator
ABT Home International - "Picture Storyboard by Paul Todd"
Thanks to Paul Todd from the West Lothian Scotland who took some
excellent shots of the ABT International over the two days. He has
kindly let us publish the Welsh selection on our WCTSA web site - so thanks
so much for that Paul.
Paul has also kindly said that if anybody wants any of the images for printing or personal keeping, then to liaise with me (the webmaster) and he will send through the "print quality" files. If anybody would like to do this, then send an email over to dave@drlea.co.uk and I will in turn contact Paul on your behalf.
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Credits
Photographs - Paul Todd - West Lothian.
Crynant Shooting Ground - Information
A message to all fans of Crynant shooting ground - they now have their
own website as follows:
This information has also been added to the WCTSA clubs page (as has Chris Hughes mobile number).
ABT Home International - "The Weekend - In Pictures"
Many thanks to Ann Snelgrove for sending in a fantastic selection of photo's of the
Welsh team from the recent ABT home international weekend. A picture
paints a thousand words and I think you will agree this makes a very good
pictorial report.
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Credits
Photographs - Ann Snelgrove
ABT Home International - "A Great Weekend - A Managers View"
Travelling away with the welsh ABT team always makes for a fun time as it always has a few special characters in it. This year was to be no exception, 18 special people with the added bonuses of Bill Tozer (quiz master extraordinaire) and Ian (jock) Costin - team mascot, chauffer and joker. The team headquarters were to be the Menzies hotel lobby, where each night we would assemble for one of Billto's quizzes and a few shandy's !!!.
As for the shoot, the venue was North Ayrshire shooting ground - Dalry. Owned and run by Tom Young, the shoot ran for 2 days without a single breakdown. So many thanks to Tom, his staff and the SCTSA for putting on a memorable event.
End of day one saw the welsh seniors leading by 1 target over England, 2 over Ireland, 18 in front of Scotland and 37 ahead of Northen Ireland. Not to be outshone by the seniors was new veteran cap Gareth (Gary) Roberts who led his nearest rival by 1 target, for a new cap nerves did not get the better of him.
Day 2 dawned and all started well but things were starting to get tense. Could we keep up the hard work ? As the last few shots were fired and scores were collated, Ireland had overhauled us by 13 targets - finishing on 1860 ex 2000, Wales 1847, England 1832, Scotland 1812 and Northern Ireland on 1776 - nearly but not quite.
Congratulations to Graham Evans on winning Welsh senior High Gun, Tom Costin on Welsh Junior High Gun, Gareth Roberts on Welsh Veteran High Gun and Helen Jones on Welsh Ladies High Gun.
Congratulations to the new caps:
Seniors - Graham Evans, Nigel Clarke
Vets - Gareth Roberts, Roger Griffiths
Lady - Helen Jones
Junior - Jamie Rush
A big thank you goes out to Phil "Magic" Morgan for being captain. Phil's experience and willingness to help shone through on practice day as shooters struggled to come to terms with nerves. As they encountered a different ground and different targets - Phil was on hand to offer advice and knowledge as only he can.
Special thank's goes out to Ann Snelgrove and Gaynor Campbell as both were like personal secretaries all weekend.
A big thank you to team sponsors (Tony Price) of J and G fencing for all of our fleeces and (Graham Evans) for sorting out Macwet gloves for the whole team.
A personal thanks goes out to Ian (Jock) Costin. For many years Ian has been the ABT rep and without him selection shoots would not be organized, scores would not be collated - his energy and affection for the sport is truly admirable.
Some pictures from the weekend:
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DTL County Qualifiers - Gwynedd News
Here are a few pictures from the final Gwynedd DTL county team qualifier held
at Llandegla shooting ground on Sunday 6th September 2009.
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[Full Report to follow soon]
ABT Home International - "A Great Three Days"
My name is Graham Evans and I would like
to say a great big thank you to all the Welsh ABT team for welcoming me into
the team and making my three days with them so memorable. I have shot
before for Wales at DTL, but never stayed away with the team. These
Welsh boys and girls are a joy to be out and about with and know how to have
a good time, just a word of warning though - if you are thinking of drinking
with Robert Parry then don't, as he has hollow legs, HA HA HA ! only joking
Rob !
Bill Tozer kept us all entertained especially with the quiz that was held in the hotel on the night of the banquet, this was good fun and we were all falling about at some of the answers that were given to him.
Wales can be proud of its ABT team members as they performed to a very high standard and became the runners up by only a very short margin, the manager kept everyone informed of how we were doing throughout the tournament so that we knew just what we had to do to be at or near the top position.
The team was captained by Phil Morgan and his experience as a captain in any discipline shone through as he rallied his team over the two days of competition, if you had a bad round he was one of the first to try and lift your spirits so that you would go into your next twenty five targets with a positive attitude.
Phil's address to the competing countries at the banquet on the Saturday night was I felt straight from the heart, and I feel that he did a sterling job as captain, he did not score to his usual high standard but that did not distract him from the job in hand, he was and is a credit to the country of Wales.
Wales ABT team - Runners up at the Home International 2009, a great result, a win next year ? - maybe ! - watch this space !
Graham Evans
ABT Home International - "A Captains Thank You"
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
A.B.T. Team for a job well done at this years Home International in
Scotland. We as a team excelled on the first day leading by just a
single clay and shooting at some extraordinary targets.
The second day would be an even bigger challenge in the respect of whether we could keep our lead and hold it until the end to become winners. With Ireland shooting extremely well it was going down to the final round to decide who would be runners up. With the scores filtering in slowly and being placed on the score board the atmosphere was tense. Our score had already been calculated by team Manager Jason Shannon which was 1847. Then came news from the England camp that they had scored 1832 and with the Irish manager outside we duly gave him a hand to calculate their score which turned out to be 1860 and put them in pole position with Wales 2nd hooray.
As for individual honours - Graham Evans took Welsh Senior H/G on 191. Welsh Veteran H/G went to new cap Gareth Roberts 179, Welsh Ladies H/G went to another new cap Helen Jones 151 and Welsh Junior H/G Tom Costin 180 - well done to you all.
As Captain I was proud of the whole team - you guys made the trip well worth while thank you all !
Also a big thank to Jason Shannon our team manager who not only did a sterling job, but also got the whole team fleece's which were sponsored by J&G FENCING and another big thank you to Graham Evans and Macwet for sponsoring the team with shooting gloves.
Anyway, once again a big thank you to you all and please give yourselves a big pat on the back for a job well done.
P.S. good luck to those team members who are off to the Isle of Man in a few days time Go Wales !!!!!
BEST WISHES Phil Morgan
New Welsh Club Information
Thanks to Angie Goodman for giving us the heads up on a new clay target
club called Brawdy Clay Target Club, for more details check it out here:
DTL County Qualifiers - Clwyd News
The second of the Clwyd DTL County qualifiers took place at Llandegla on
6th September. Once again - this 50 bird county qualifier had been combined with the
existing 100 bird DTL competition that was scheduled.
Conditions were favourable and dry, so scores should have matched that.
The scores are as follows (Veterans, Ladies and Juniors are bundled in with seniors at this point):
Name Score 1 Score 2 Combined WJ SPENCE 25 x 75 25 x 74 50 x 149 EL DAVIES 25 x 73 25 x 75 50 x 148 AL HOWATSON 24 x 72 25 x 75 49 x 147 W PALMER 25 x 73 25 x 73 50 x 146 J DOLBEN 25 x 73 24 x 72 49 x 145 PB JONES 25 x 73 24 x 72 49 x 145 D JONES 24 x 71 25 x 72 49 x 143 AG JONES 23 x 68 25 x 75 48 x 143 PE JESSON 24 x 70 25 x 72 49 x 142 CF MORRIS 24 x 69 25 x 72 49 x 141 A DAVIES 22 x 66 25 x 74 47 x 140 DR LEA 24 x 71 24 x 68 48 x 139 TH DEVANEY 24 x 70 22 x 64 46 x 134 AM WYNNE 23 x 68 22 x 63 45 x 131 GD ROBERTS 24 x 64 23 x 66 47 x 130 AJ WILLIAMS 24 x 68 21 x 60 45 x 128 KATIE 18 X 54 17 X 51 35 x 105
Well done to Jim Spence who shot the highest Clwyd score of the year so far and also came third overall in the main 100 bird shoot with a 99 x 291.
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ABT Home International - Breaking News
Well done to the Welsh Senior ABT team
who are currently leading the Home International two day event after the
first day. Their lead is one clay in front after scoring 933, with
England in second on 932 and Ireland on 928. Its good to see the boys on
top and fingers crossed and wishes of good luck to the whole Welsh team
(ladies, vets and juniors too) for
the final day.
National Skeet Home International -
August 2009
The Welsh National Skeet
Team really blossomed this year (sorry about that), but what is this all about ???
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Answers on a postcard :)
Charity Clay Shoot Information - 4th October 2009 - Griffin Lloyd
Clay Shoot
(60 Sporting Targets over 10 stands/10 DTL
Targets/"Have a Go Stand")
Fun Day & Auction of
Promises
BBQ, Refreshments and Fun Games for all ages !
October 4th 2009 10am - 4 pm
at Griffin Lloyd Shooting Ground,
Llangunlo, Knighton, Powys LD7 1SL
(By Kind Permission of John & Joyce Lewis)
For Further Information - contact Brian Proctor on 01568 611480
National Skeet - Home International Report - Mulroy - August 2009
This years national skeet home international was successfully hosted by
John Diva and his team at Mulroy shooting ground Southern Ireland. The
weather was the best that could be expected, it appeared to rain at least
every ten minutes or so, then brightened up with a glimpse of sunshine and
was over cast in between, then more rain! Apparently this was a
typical Irish summer !!!
The shooting on the day went without a hitch, and as far as I seen
without any trap break downs, all credit to John Diver and his team who
worked extremely hard to lay on this international.
Wales seniors finished third, nine clays away from the winning English team
and only three clays from the runner up team, Scotland. Wales were
helped along the way by the magic that is Nigel Hodson shooting a 99 to take
Welsh high gun. Well shot to Nick Parish and John Thomas both with a
respectable 97 kills. Other shooters of note were our veteran team who
finished second, well shot Del Davies and Rob Hodson.
Welsh team members had a ‘can do attitude’ this year and credit must go to
our captain Huw Evans. I’m sure everyone agrees Huw, as captain, was a
huge success and by fostering a positive attitude has planted the seeds of
success, hopefully for next years international at Telpyn. Joan Hayes
also deserves a mention for the help and support she gave the team as this
years team manager, thank you Joan.
Congratulations to the winning English team, but look out for Telpyn next
year!
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Report/Pictures By: Mark Davies - WCTSA National Skeet Executive.
Mid Wales Shooting Centre - Saturday September 26th - Trap Shooting
Fault Finding Day
Just a reminder - Twice British Open DTL Champion and winner of various other trap
accolades - Wales own Phil Morgan will be doing another fault finding/training day
for DTL Shooters - this time at Mid Wales Shooting Centre on Saturday
September 26th 2009 from 10:00 am to 4:00
pm. As some of you may know, Phil Morgan did a similar event in South Wales
2000 some time back - so is holding this event hopefully to the appeal of
Mid Wales and North Wales shooters.
The day is aimed at beginners and experts alike. Phil is pleased to give up his time for anyone who would like to participate - his services are free - you simply pay for the clays that you use - please come along and support this event.
For more details email Phil on the following address:
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