<strong>Win for young gamekeeper</strong>
Would you like to appear on our site? We offer sponsored articles and advertising to put you in front of our readers. Find out more.Ben Pocklington, an 18-year-old gamekeeping student from Authorpe in Lincolnshire, has become the first-ever winner of the Frank Jenkins Trophy for the best gamekeeping student or apprentice. Ben, who was nominated by his tutor at Bishop Burton College, Norman Dalleywater, received the trophy and an engraved glass tankard from NGO chairman Lindsay Waddell at The CLA Game Fair.
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