The organisers of the Northern Shooting Show have announced that the show planned in May 2021 has had to be cancelled. The organisers explained: “We know that you, like us, will be hugely disappointed, but it was just not possible to deliver the show with the current government restrictions. “Any…
The Game Fair
Game Fair future ‘financially stable’ following sale to Dubai-based owners
Public events may have taken a battering due to Covid but the Game Fair has an assured future thanks to the financial backing of its new owners, World Media Group (WMG), which, amongst other events, has run the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX). Last week, the Game…
What’s on at the Game Fair 2019?
People have all sorts of reasons to go to the Game Fair. Perhaps it’s where you catch up with old friends over a pint or where you try out before buying some new kit you’ve read about. Maybe you make a beeline for the clay line to satisfy your competitive…
Sixty years of The Game Fair – so how did it all start?
How the CLA Game Fair became the biggest event of its kind, complete with photos dating back to the 1950s and memories of some of the CLA Game Fair's biggest characters
20 reasons to visit The Game Fair 2018
The Game Fair 2018 – like every year, it’s an annual fixture in the diary of fieldsports lovers. And there are plenty of reasons to go along. This year marks the 60th anniversary of The Game Fair which will be marked in an official opening with a 60 gun salute.…
Come and see us in 2018 at country shows and game fairs
We always welcome the opportunity to meet our readers and hear about your experiences of fieldsports, shooting and what you’ve enjoyed in our magazines. Where you can meet our fieldsports staff Our fieldsports titles (including Shooting Times, Sporting Gun, Shooting Gazette and The Field) are currently planning on attending a…
Were you at the Game Fair this year?
This year, the Game Fair was once again a great success with more than 116,000 people appearing at last month’s event at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire. This was an 8% increase from 2016 and featured 800 stallholders which spanned the site’s total 396 acres. A post shared by Shooting UK…
CPSA Live! In Association with Sporting Gun – the full schedule
One of the many reasons to visit The Game Fair at Hatfield House this weekend is to stop by the CPSA field classroom for CPSA Live! in association with Sporting Gun. We have gathered industry leaders, Olympians and the NGO to name for a full weekend of talks and debates…
Special ticket offers for The Game Fair
Readers heading to The Game Fair at Hatfield House on 28-30 July can claim an excellent ticket offer. How to claim the ticket offer for The Game Fair Quote code SHOOTINGUK when booking tickets online (click here to visit The Game Fair ticket site) or over the phone and you…
This is why you’ll want to visit the Game Fair 2017
As the largest outdoor countryside-themed event in the world, the Game Fair 2017 is set to attract around 120,000 visitors and 1,000 exhibitors to its brand new venue – Hatfield House in Hertfordshire from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 July 2017. Reaching the new venue could not be simpler, a…
Here’s why you need to be at The Game Fair 2017
If you are a fan of country sports, then attending The Game Fair 2017 is a must. It is the largest outdoor countryside-themed event in the world and set to attract 1,000 exhibitors and 120,000 visitors. You will find it a welcome place to meet up with long-lost friends, watch gundogs…
This year’s Field & Country Fair
The CLA Game Fair may be no more, but Time Inc (UK), publisher of leading country magazines Shooting Times, Shooting Gazette, Sporting Gun, The Field, Country Life and Horse & Hound, is launching the Field & Country Fair at Cornbury Park, in Oxfordshire, over three days this year from 10 to…
Field & Country Fair offers alternative to CLA Game Fair in 2016
The Field & Country Fair is set to be a popular annual fixture in the country sports community, replacing many of the events previously held by the now-defunct CLA Game Fair. Organised by Time Inc UK, the publishing company behind such well-respected, established and popular titles as Country Life, The Field,…
Buy your tickets for the 2016 Field & Country Fair
Buy your tickets in advance and get fast-track entry. And there are no booking fees! Advance ticket prices – book here now! Adult: £18 Student: (12 to 18) £10 Senior: £16 The new Field & Country Fair – Friday 10th June until Sunday 12th June 2016 – will feature world-renowned gunmakers, the…
Agricultural shows report a record season, despite demise of CLA Game Fair
According to the Association of Shows and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO), which represents many of British’s food farming and countryside events, both big multiple-day shows and smaller events are reporting a successful season. The Cheshire County Show has had a steady increase in attendance figures recently and this year’s were spectacular,…
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…
Thoughts and photos from the CLA Game Fair 2015
The sun shone and then the heavens opened. Repeat. A typical August weekend in England then. Our thoughts on the weekend, in brief: Harewood House made a magical backdrop … excellent coverage on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with Jim Naughtie well attended … conversation with Rory Stewart MP…
Landowners and wildlife. Friends or foes?
Even before the panel took their seats, there was a keen atmosphere in the theatre with a packed audience arriving early to be sure of a seat and a ringside view. The debate didn’t disappointment, with questions from the floor, following introduction and comments from the panel members, ably chaired…
Reporting live from the CLA Game Fair
8am – Press briefing – much needed coffee, a welcome by Henry Robinson the CLA President. 10am – a conversation between Henry Robinson the CLA President and Rory Stewart MP, Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the Game Fair Theatre. 11am – off to the Pugs and Drummers…
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…