10th January - 7th March
The Gundog Club is starting an eight-week training course for spaniels, retrievers and HPRs in Telford, Shropshire, on 10 January.
The course includes 8 weekly sessions (7 training and 1 test), and the Grade One test, it costs £158 (plus VAT).
There are a maximum of six places available, and all dogs attending must be registered with The Gundog Club, which can be done on the website.
At the trainers discretion, those making sufficient progress may if they wish, take the Grade Two test in place of Grade One.
Call 01428 717529 to book a place.
Location: Telford
Price: £158 (plus VAT)
Telephone: 01428 717529
Website: http://www.thegundogclub.co.uk
18th March - 13th May
The Gundog Club will be starting an eight-week grade four training course for retrievers in Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire on 18 March.
The course includes 8 weekly sessions (7 training and 1 test), and the Grade Four test. The sessions are held every Thursday at 4.45pm.
You can pay in full at a cost of £168.
Before attending this course, dogs must have passed Grade Three, or have reached the equivalent standard. Maximum of six places available.
Grade Four courses are also being held in East Sussex and Kent, for more details visit www.thegundogclub.co.uk
Or tel, 01428 717529
13th March - 14th March
The West Country Game Fair is held by the National Gamekeepers Organisation on the 12 and 13 March.
Now in its 14th year the game fair offers countryside pursuits, rural crafts to the delights of countryside cuisine.
Activities in the two action-packed arenas (one indoors and one outdoors) including a variety of demonstrations from falconry to fly casting and gundog training to ferrets.
There are Have-a-go activities including: Clay Shooting; Air Rifles; Fly Casting; Archery; Gundog Scurries; Archery; Lurcher Racing and much more.
Cookery theatre that will host experts who will tempt you with a selection of tasty treats to re-create at home!
Smallholders area, bringing together people who have an interest in rural activities or would like to learn more.
Over 200 trade stands with a wide selection of countryside shopping, local produce and crafts, and the NGO will have the usual stand where members can enjoy tea and coffee as well as meet members of the local commitee.
It will be open 9am to 5pm, both Saturday and Sunday.
13th March - 18th April
Qualifying rounds of BASC National Clay Shoot will take place at locations across the UK in March.
13 March - Mid Wales Shooting Centre, Caersws, Powys, Wales (10am-2pm)
17 March - West Kent Shooting School, Paddock Wood, Kent, South East (10am-1pm)
18 March - Edgehill Shooting Ground, Warmington, Warwickshire, Midlands (930am-6pm)
19 March - Coniston Shooting Ground, Skipton, N Yorks, Northern (930am-130pm)
20 March - Podimore Shooting Ground, Yeovil, Somerset, South West (1030pm-2pm)
28 March - Yeaveley Estate, Nr Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Midlands (10am-1230pm)
The final of the BASC Gamekeepers National Clay Shoot Qualifiers will take place at BASC Gamekeeper’s Fair at Catton Park on April 18th 2010.
For more details visit www.basc.org.uk
24th February - 12th May
A Level 2 certificate in the Principles of Live Quarry Shooting that is designed for the novice, held at Plumpton College.
This is a 32-hour course and those wishing to join the course must be at the minimum age of 16.
It will be held on Wednesday mornings from 24 February, 9am to 1130am for 12 weeks.
This qualification is aimed at candidates who wish to develop a basic understanding of traditional country shooting, game and wildlife identification and the use of gun dogs. It is suitable for people who may have no previous experience of shooting, or maybe be required to have an understanding of shooting as part of their employment.
Tuition fee: Full fee £345
For more information contact the college on 01273 892 052
Or visit their site http://www.plumpton.ac.uk/ and download an application pack.
20th March - 20th March
The National Wildfowling Conference provides an important opportunity to explore some of the key issues which have to be addressed by both BASC and wildfowlers.
There will be a review of how in the UK goose abundance and distribution has changed in the last 60 years.
In the afternoon there will be a lively presentation by wildfowler, ecologist and contributor to Sporting Gun Magazine, Tom Cameron, looking at that age old question-is big always better?
BASCs Paul Williamson will also give a presentation about the work he is doing to help wildfowling clubs buy land.
It will be held at Ramada Hotel & Resort Birmingham. To attend the conference the price is £10. To stay in a single room at the hotel overnight, it will be £100, which includes dinner, bed & breakfast, the conference, lunch, tea and coffee and for a double room £60pp for the same package.
To book your place visit the BASC website www.basc.org.uk and fill in the forms which have to be in by 19 February.
6th March - 7th March
Scotland’s first ever indoor Game and Angling show!
The Scottish Game & Angling Show will be held at the Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh.
Showcasing all the latest country sports equipment, clothing, advice and supplies at the very outset of the new spring season.
The event, which is being run by the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA), aims to give keepers, land managers and general country sports enthusiasts a chance to view and stock-up on essential equipment before either fishing or game seasons get under way in earnest.
The doors will be open 10am – 5pm on both days, with free parking.
27th March - 28th March
Kent Showground,
Detling,
Maidstone.
And there's a whole host of activities, demonstrations and shopping opportunities to enjoy.
There's an on-site clay shoot with Purbeck the Shooting School and air rifle coaching, BASC gundog scurries, terrier and lurcher shows, falconry, racing ferrets and the Game Cookery Theatre, hosted by expert chefs.
There's also a countryside shopping village with guns, clothing, paintings, prints, gifts, fishing equipment and much more.
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