Gleneagles Shooting School The name of Gleneagles is celebrated. Based on 850 acres of Perthshire countryside, Gleneagles is a world-renowned five-star estate and hotel. The estate is a dream destination for the countrysports enthusiast, offering fieldsports including falconry, fishing, gundog training and clayshooting (which is run by the Gleneagles Shooting…
Clayshooting
Young Shot wins first car at The Schools Challenge
On Saturday 12th December, The Schools Challenge, the nation’s largest young shots organisation, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a clayshooting contest at The Oxford Gun Company. The overall winner Tom Scott, aged just 16, is now the proud owner of his first car, courtesy of Stratstone. Runners up were for…
10 places to go clay pigeon shooting in Cheshire
1. Mickley Hall Shooting School, Nantwich This is a Cheshire clay pigeon shooting school where you can leave your wellies at home – because neat stone pathways between covered stands mean that you’re very unlikely to get wet and muddy. The shoot has been carefully designed to appeal to experienced clayshooters,…
Olympic win for England trap team
In Ireland Rod Gould was the trap team star, shooting 142 ex 150 to gain overall High Gun, but all shooters impressed at Cortlough Shooting Ground, as England won the Senior and the combined Ladies, Juniors, Veterans and Super-Veterans team trophies. Caroline Povey and Anita North both shot well to…
A chat with The Shotgun and Chelsea Bun Club founder Victoria Knowles Lacks
Shooting UK: So Victoria, what gave you the idea of setting up the Shotgun & Chelsea Bun Club in the first place? Victoria Knowles-Lacks: “I was finding it quite hard to find girl-friendly advice about gameshooting, so I set up a website in 2011 called Ladies-Shooting. I’d been shooting for a…
Sporting Gun journalists win City Shots Challenge at CLA Game Fair
Keenly contested, this corporate clay shooting competition takes place on the Saturday morning of the CLA Game Fair and gives competitively spirited British companies the chance to participate in one of the most well-attended shooting events in the country sports calendar. Beating off competition Each team of four tackled two flushes…
Five Things You Mustn’t Miss At the CLA Game Fair
Come and see us Don’t leave the Game Fair without saying hello to us (stand T1505). We would love to meet you. Pick up a terrific offer of three months’ subscription to Shooting Times for £19.50 with a direct debit. Each new subscriber will receive a bottle of Naked Grouse whisky…
How you can improve your clayshooting at the CLA Game Fair 2015
Do you want to learn, compete, watch famous international Shots, have your gun checked or shop for new equipment? This year the Clay Line at the CLA Game Fair has been renamed the Shooting Line and it’s where you can enjoy demonstrations and try your hand at several competitions. Fancy…
Stuart Rudling wins sponsorship from Isuzu Salisbury
Stuart first caught the eye of the dealership after he won the British FITASC Grand Prix Championship last year and the CPSA English Open Sporting Championship. “I met the sales team on a charity clay shoot and there seemed to be a great synergy between what the dealership was trying…
Hartpury College wins Gamekeeping College Clay Shoot
Hartpury College was awarded the Gamekeeping College Challenge Shield, beating off strong compeititon from runners-up Newton Rigg. Hartpury College also walked away with the high gun prize thanks to the individual brilliance of student Jack Lilwall. Each of the 23 teams, drawn from 11 colleges across the UK, shot at…
Why is it important to practise clay shooting in summer?
Edward Watson: Once the driven game shooting season closes, it’s very easy for even the most passionate of sportsmen or women to clean their shotgun and then place it carefully in the cabinet until just before their first day of the following season. I think everyone reading this will know…
Mark Winser wins the Ultimate One!
In a thrilling final at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School’s Ultimate One Challenge, shooter Mark Winser this morning shot an astonishing 25/25, beating the 18 other finalists and taking home the keys to a £148,000 Range Rover LWB from sponsors Stratstone – the biggest prize in UK clayshooting history. Mark,…
Simulated game day at Rutland Simulated Game
Rutland Simulated Game's day is as close to real game shooting as Richard Faulks has ever seen
Clay pigeon golf shoot
Some of the world’s best golfers got together during the 2010 European Tour to try clay pigeon shooting with a difference. The video shows Tongchai Jaidee, David Horsey, Johan Edfors and Simon Kahn try to smash clays with their golf balls.
Clay shooting world record smashed
Drennan Kenderdine shoots 25 clays in 31.9 seconds, beating the world record of 37.1 seconds
Should I used softer shot for decoying and close range clays?
I normally use cartridges for clays and woodpigeons that have a six per cent antimony content
How clays will improve your game shooting
Shooting coach Mark Russell explains why a couple of hours on the clay ground will pay dividends on the peg
Support for head teacher who introduced clay pigeon shooting to state school pupils
‘Fantastic' head teacher praised after organising extra curricular day with activities including clay pigeon shooting, fly fishing, bird watching and working with gun dogs
Are clay shooting lessons any good for game shooting?
Clay shooting: Are clay shooting lessons good practice for the game shooting season, when driven quarry accelerates towards the gun, whereas clays thrown from a high tower run out of steam as they approach?