Berkshire English Sporting Championships

23rd March 2008

Sunday morning saw the team at Four Counties battling the elements to lay on the kind of shoot that has now become expected from Brian and the gang. Everyone arrived at the ground to a very Christmassy scene of snowy trees - not quite what was expected at Easter.

The snow was coming from the north-east, with staff and shooters alike, wrapped up and looking like snowmen, however, the snow eventually stopped and the sun made a very short, but welcome appearance. 

The day went very well, with 174 entries, and not one single trap breakdown, although over 24 pints of milk were used by the catering staff, which got a bit hairy towards the end of the day as supplies were running low!

The overall Berkshire Men's Champion was Chris Childerhouse with a score of 88 + 8 after a shoot off with Pete Abel from A class who scored 88 + 4.   The Berkshire Ladies Champion was Pet Easton with a score of 67, with the Veterans Champion being C Dandridge with a score of 74.  The Junior Champion was taken by Matt Smith with a score of 82 and the Colt Champion was James Brownell with 37.

Other results were AA Class Robert Bailey 87 on 'count back' against Mark Marshall, A Class Pete Abel 88, B Class   Paul Abbot 77 and C Class Les Tuckett 71.

The overall shoot winners were, for the High Gun, C J Broomfield from Oxfordshire with a score of 93, Ladies High Gun was taken by Pet Easton with 67, with the Veterans High Gun winner being Brian Pitts from Oxfordshire with a score of 82.  The Juniors High Gun winner was Matt Smith with his score of 82 and the Colts High Gun was D Christian from Sussex with a score of 76.

The day ended on a high note with everyone pleased with the way everything went, although it could have been warmer!  There was one piece of lost property found after the shoot - if anyone would like the return of their bag of frozen Cauliflower, which has unfortunately now defrosted, please contact the ground!