Author: andy.willett

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

The Surrey CPSA Side by Side championship was run concurrently with our October shoot and we had a record entry of 70 shooters including 54 members. This kept Andy and Matt busy with multiple trap refills and trips back to our store for more clays. Well done for keeping everything moving.

Alan Johnson scored 51 to take another win in AA Class but top score of the day was an impressive 54 from Jason Stredwick. Gary Evans and Nigel Foreman were closest with 50 and Matt Neville was just behind them with 49.

In B Class and winning the Frank Saich Memorial Trophy was Simon Spencelayh with a score of 48. Rob Beere was a close second with 47 and Jim Hackett was third on 46. Gary Edwards won his first Guildford Club Trophy topping C Class with 42. Paul Urquhart was second on 40 and Stuart Hulme, Charles Palmer and Jon Watson were in equal third with 39.

In the Surrey Side by Side event, Scott Marshall hit 49 to beat Chip Smith by one target. James Faulkner was third on 41.

There was also a Trophy for the best Non-Surrey CPSA score and that was won by Charles Duncan on 30, just ahead of Ian Hargreaves on 29. Des Saich attended for the 50th presentation of the Frank Saich Trophy and came third with a borrowed Side by Side.

We are gradually collecting ‘missing’ trophies. Thanks to those who have brought some back and please continue to look and notify us if you think you may have one of our original trophies by sending a photo to petersaich@hotmail.com or drop it off ‘anonymously’ with Alex when you sign in. Thanks to Matt Neville for making a good job of collating and polishing them!

Thanks as usual to the Saturday Set up Team including Andy, Ian and Glen, and thank you to those who helped clear up afterwards. A rainbow (and rain) appeared at 2.30 just as we finished putting everything away so great timing.

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AA	Johnson, A	51
	Park, D	43
	Scarlett, K	42
	Faulkner, J	41
	Wells, C	41
	Saich, Peter	39
A	Stredwick, J	54	Wimbledon
			Cup
	Evans, G	50
	Foreman, N	50
	Neville, M	49
	Horrod, J	47
	Willett, A	47
	Oldland, M	46
	Davis, A	45
	Clark, C	44
	Warrington, R	43
	Potter, G	42
	Smith, G	39
	Hamilton, G	35
	Hargreaves, I	29
B	Spencelayh, S	48	Frank
			Saich
			Memorial
	Beere, R	47
	Hackett, J	46
	Flanders, C	44
	Taylor, B	42
	Turner, R	42
	Baker, A	39
	Oakford, O (J)	39
	Oakford, J	38
	Parish, I	38
	Sollick, J	38
	Blackwell, A	37
	Collins, M	37
	Martin, J	32
	Smith, A	29
C	Edwards, G	42	Colin
			Gray
			Memorial
	Urquhart, P	40
	Hulme, S	39
	Palmer, C	39
	Watson, J	39
	Cutchey, P	37
	Searle, M	33
	Thackery, M	31
	Duncan, C	30
	Smith, M	30
	Collister, A	29
	Webb, J	27
	Harrison, N	26
	Bailey, A	25
	Neill, A	25
	Grist, C	23
	Newman, D	20

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Shoot Report – Andy Willett

Another good turnout today with over 50 entries again, including 46 members. Competition in all classes was quite close with some very good scores in all classes. Some of the targets did require more concentration and were not as straightforward as they appeared. Quite a few of you seemed to like the simultaneous driven pair of Standard and Midi – handy for the game season.

Alan Johnson scored 49 in AA, whilst A class was won by Antony Robinson with a very good 52. Close behind were Nigel Hebburn on 50, with Dom Walker and Andy Willett scoring 49. B class trophy winner this month was Gavin Smith with 45 followed by Ron Turner, Simon Spencelayh and Mike Collins who all scored 42. C class winner this month was Otis Oakford (Junior) with a fine 42, beating his dad by 3. Mike Thackery and Mick Smith were C class runners up on 39. Well done all.

Many thanks to everyone who helped with the setting up on the Saturday and Sunday, and for the extra helpers packing away after the shoot. A special request to Matt Oldland who was absent due to illness – please get better soon mate.

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At our October shoot we are again hosting the Surrey CPSA side-by-side competition (and Webley & Scott trophy for non-Surrey CPSA members).
Please let Alex know if you are entering either category when signing in.
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Ongoing request: We are trying to get our trophy presentations back on track and need to find some that are missing. We have historically given trophies for A B and C Classes at every shoot but some of them have not been seen for several years. Please could you all check on your shelves, in cupboards, garages etc. to see if you have any of the original trophies. All of our original trophies have a label with Guildford and District Gun Club and the Class and Month. If you have one, please could you send a photo to petersaich@hotmail.com or bring it to the next shoot so we can identify it and tick it off the list.

AA	Johnson, A	49
	Wells, C	39
A	Robinson, A	52	Fred
			Taylor
			Memorial
	Hebburn, N	50
	Walker, D	49
	Willett, A	49
	Warrington, R	46
	Davis, A	45
	Foreman, N	45
	Hamilton, G	45
	Neville, M	45
	McCabe, T	44
	Potter, G	44
	Wells, A	44
	Clark, C	41
	Horrod, J	41
	Hargreaves, I	40
B	Smith, G	45	Penny
			Trophy
	Collins, M	42
	Spencelayh, S	42
	Turner, R	42
	Blackwell, A	41
	Martin, J	41
	Hackett, J	39
	Oakford, J	39
	Parish, I	39
	Smith, A	39
	White, P	34
C	Oakford, O (J)	42	Hoopwick
			Plate
	Smith, M	39
	Thackery, M	39
	Duncan, C	38
	Hulme, S	38
	Robinson, P	38
	Ragless, M	37
	Edwards, G	33
	Searle, M	32
	Urquhart, P	32
	Bailey, A	31
	Neill, A	31
	Webb, J	28
	Warsop, L (L)	27
	Hughes, J	26
	Newman, D	19

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August 2026 trophy winners

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

There were a few drops of rain on my windscreen on the way to Clandon but we still had another dry day for shooting and packing away. Andy and the Team did their usual great job with yet more new targets – Thank goodness for green clays against the dark backgrounds on stands 3 and 4.

There were over 50 entries again today including 45 members, with some good scores in all classes.

Alan Johnson scored 52 in AA Class.

Peter Saich also scored 52 to win A Class, one ahead of Nigel Foreman in second place. Matt Neville, Andy Willett and Aaron Wiggins all hit 47.

Also shooting 47 on his first visit of the year was Adrian Joy who wins B Class. Michael Collins was second with 46 and Gavin Smith scored 44.

Ron Turner won C Class with 39 and John Hughes was second on 37, abandoning using his semi-auto on the first stand and reverting to an Over and Under – I should stick with that in future John! Joint third on 36 were one of our longest serving members, Charles Duncan and one of our newest members, Peter Robinson. Well done Charles and welcome Peter.

If anyone missed any rabbits, the Club have a few to sell at £1 each to help boost your scorecard – Please see photo below!

Shameless ‘Cut and Paste’ from last month – Still no trophies returned.

We are trying to get our trophy presentations back on track and need to find some that are missing. We have historically given trophies for A B and C Classes at every shoot but some of them have not been seen for several years. Please could you all check on your shelves, in cupboards, garages etc. to see if you have any of the original trophies. All of our original trophies have a label with Guildford and District Gun Club and the Class and Month as per the sample below. If you have one, please could you send a photo to petersaich@hotmail.com or bring it to the next shoot so we can identify it and tick it off the list.

Thanks again to all involved in ordering and distributing the bulk cartridge order – Excuse 32 below.

AA	Johnson, A	52
	Park, D	43
	Faulkner, J	42
	Scarlett, K	42
A	Saich, Peter	52	Reg Rice
			Chalice
	Foreman, N	51
	Neville, M	47
	Wiggins, A	47
	Willett, A	47
	Evans, G	46
	Oldland, M	46
	Robinson, A	46
	Potter, G	45
	Walker, D	45
	Clark, C	43
	Warrington, R	41
	Hebburn, N	40
	McCabe, T	40
	Hargreaves, I	39
B	Joy, A	47	Vice
			Presidents
			Cup
	Collins, M	46
	Smith, G	44
	Flanders, C	41
	Smith, A	38
	Parish, I	36
	Blackwell, A	34
	Sollick, J	34
	Baker, A	31
	White, P	30
C	Turner, R	39	Hazelgrove
			Shield
	Hughes, J	37
	Duncan, C	36
	Robinson, P	36
	Cutchey, P	35
	Hulme, S	35
	Neill, A	35
	Searle, M	35
	Collister, A	29
	Watson, J	28
	Warsop, L (L)	27
	Ragless, M	26
	Thackery, M	25
	Grist, C	24

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July 2026 trophy winners

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

We had another great new layout today thanks to the efforts of Andy, James and Stuart. Matt was not available to help set up or shoot but did come and help clear up. Many thanks to all of you for many hours of work this weekend and overcoming multiple trap problems while setting up.

Stand two had a sneaky downhill rabbit and Teal combination and nobody hit all 8. There was another ‘tricky’ green target on stand 4 and a stratospheric Crow on stand 6.

We had just over 50 entries today and despite the testing targets there were some great scores in the classes.

Top score was 53 from Alan Johnson in AA Class. Des Park won A Class with 52. Matt Neville, Chris Clark and Peter Saich were in joint second with 49.

B Class was won by Nigel Hebburn on 48. Nigel was tied with Gavin Smith but won on countback with three straights. Chris Flanders was just behind on 47.

In C Class, there was a remarkable score of 50 from Paul White. Commiserations to Stuart Hulme who had his best score of 47 to come second in C Class, while Jon Watson also had a season best with 45 to take third place.

We unfortunately had some complaints about vehicles speeding and frightening the horses being walked along the track. Please can everyone drive slowly everywhere on the Estate as complaints to our landlord could have dire consequences for the shoot.

We are trying to get our trophy presentations back on track and need to find some that are missing. We have historically given trophies for A B and C Classes at every shoot but some of them have not been seen for several years. Please could you all check on your shelves, in cupboards, garages etc. to see if you have any of the original trophies. All of our original trophies have a label with Guildford and District Gun Club and the Class and Month as per the sample below. If you have one, please could you send a photo to petersaich@hotmail.com or bring it to the next shoot so we can identify it and tick it off the list.

Our Skeet evenings will continue at NCSC Bisley every Wednesday between 5 pm and 7pm. Congratulations to Matt Neville who shot his first 25 straight this month.

	AA	Johnson, A	53
		Faulkner, J	46
		Wells, C	39
	A	Park, D	52	Ron Small
				Cup
		Clark, C	49
		Neville, M	49
		Saich, Peter	49
		Warrington, R	46
		Walker, D	45
		Horrod, J	44
		Potter, G	43
		McCabe, T	40
		Hargreaves, I	36
	B	Hebburn, N	48	Ron Small
				Cup
		Smith, G	48
		Flanders, C	47
		Beere, R	46
		Oakford, J	45
		Spencelayh, S	45
		Collins, M	40
		Blackwell, A	39
		Sollick, J	37
		Smith, A	35
	C	White, P	50	Roy Stock
				Trophy
		Hulme, S	47
		Watson, J	45
		Cutchey, P	42
		Turner, R	42
		Edwards, G	40
		Hughes, J	40
		Neill, A	39
		Garland, P	38
		Duncan, C	37
		Grist, C	35
		Ragless, M	33
		Warsop, L (L)	32
		Spooner, P	29
		Oakford, O (J)	28
		Searle, M	28
		Webb, J	28

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Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Another great turnout with over 60 entries on Father’s day. Weather was really hot with sunny conditions all morning but thanks to Andy’s careful planning and stand layout there were no targets in line with the sun. This of course meant that we had a few new shooting positions and novel target presentation to make you concentrate – Well done Andy, another great new layout.

There seems to be a theme emerging – if you see a green target it is likely to be tricky! If you didn’t get on to the ‘deceptively fast’ fast crossing target on stand 7 quickly, it dropped away slightly which was not obvious with the slope of the field – good target and well done if you hit them all! Unfortunately the other trap on that stand was overcome by the heat. Andy and the Team took parts from another trap, then replaced it completely but the replacement also failed so we carried on with just the ‘green meanie’ but at least it meant that we could carry on and all shoot the same number of targets. Well done Team.

Top AA score was 54 from Glen Boxall. Chris Wells hit 52 to win A Class, one ahead of Peter Saich and Geoff Potter.

Another excellent score in B Class with Dom Walker hitting 51. Dom has had great success this season, winning the January Pairs, then winning C Class in February and now B. Can he make a clean sweep by the end of the year and win A class too? Well done Dom.

Second in B on 49 was Simon Spencelayh who is also having a good season so far, and Rob Beere was third with 47.

Ian Parish was the clear winner in C Class with 46, but in second place on 38 was Junior Otis Oakford. Well done all.

Many thanks to those who stayed to help clear up and put things away, including the Beere Family who stayed to re-arrange the trailer and storage facilities to enable easier loading in future.

Our Skeet evenings will continue at NCSC Bisley every Wednesday between 5 pm and 7 pm. Just turn up and join in. Guidance and ‘helpful hints’ will be provided if required.

AA	Boxall,G	54
	Scarlett, K	51
	Faulkner, J	46
	Johnson, A	46
A	Wells, C	52	Warsop
			Trophy
	Potter, G	51
	Saich, Peter	51
	Neville, M	49
	Stredwick, J	49
	Foreman, N	48
	Willett, A	48
	Clark, C	46
	McCabe, T	44
	Oldland, M	43
	Hargreaves, I	40
	Horrod, J	40
	Wells, A	NC
B	Walker, D	51	Woodham
			Motors Cup
	Spencelayh, S	49
	Beere, R	47
	Oakford, J	44
	Blackwell, A	43
	Hebburn, N	42
	Hackett, L (L)	37
	Hackett, J	34
	Jordan, S (J)	31
C	Parish, I	46	Tailby
			Trophy
	Oakford, O (J)	38
	Cutchey, P	36
	Watson, J	35
	Hughes, J	34
	Duncan, C	33
	Garland, P	32
	Edwards, G	31
	Searle, M	30
	Spooner, P	30
	White, P	29
	Hulme, S	28
	Neill, A	28
	Warsop, L (L)	28
	Newman, D	25
	Webb, J	20

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Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Another great layout with a good variety of targets. The weather was kind with a mixture of sun and cloud but no rain, although the occasional gust of wind made a couple of the targets especially tricky, including the low green going away on stand four which become very low when the wind blew, and the decoy on seven which stopped just as you shot ahead of it!

There were still some good scores including a 56 from Glen Boxall who many people blamed for the fast midi on four and the different speeds of simultaneous crossers on three, but in truth these were all devised by Andy with assistance from Matt. Andy claims that he slowed the driven on Stand two right down but the excuse printed below seemed quite apt for some.

A Class was won by Alan Johnson (one of our newer members) with 52 – well done Alan and welcome to the Club. Runner-up was Andy Willett with 50 and Nigel Foreman and Peter Saich joint third with 49.

Top of B Class was very close with Alan Davies scoring 47, just ahead of Michael Collins on 46, Chris Flanders 45 and Dom Walker 44. Andy Willett’s Class allocation algorithm is working perfectly. Andy is also currently repairing our Hisun Chinese quad bike – is there anything he can’t do?

In C Class, Adrian Smith was a clear winner with 40, but second and third were close with Ron Turner scoring 37 and Ian Parish on 36.

Our Skeet evenings will continue at NCSC Bisley every Wednesday between 5 pm and 7 pm. Just turn up and join in. Guidance and ‘helpful hints’ will be provided if required.

Thank you from the Committee to all those who stayed at the end to help, even twenty minutes rolling up the safety rope, tidying empty cartridges etc. makes a big difference and is very much appreciated.

AA	Boxall,G	56
	Faulkner, J	46
	Scarlett, K	38
A	Johnson, A	52	Valdar
			Gates
			Cup
	Willett, A	50
	Foreman, N	49
	Saich, Peter	49
	Horrod, J	48
	Warrington, R	47
	Potter, G	46
	Hargreaves, I	45
	Clark, C	43
	Oldland, M	43
	Wallace, A	43
	Wiggins, A	43
	McCabe, T	42
	Neville, M	40
	Park, D	39
B	Davis, A	47	Reg
			Rice
			Cup
	Collins, M	46
	Flanders, C	45
	Walker, D	44
	Beere, R	42
	Hebburn, N	38
	Oakford, J	36
	Spencelayh, S	36
	Sollick, J	33
	Blackwell, A	32
	Jordan, S (J)	32
	Martin, J	32
C	Smith, A	40	John
			Spooner
			Trophy
	Turner, R	37
	Parish, I	36
	Cutchey, P	35
	Watson, J	35
	White, P	35
	Oakford, O (J)	32
	Wallace, J (L)	29
	Webb, J	29
	Grist, C	28
	Warsop, L (L)	28
	Ragless, M	26
	Hulme, S	25
	Neill, A	24
	Hughes, J	22
	Edwards, G	21
	Newman, D	21

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Shoot Report – Peter Saich

A great shoot today in lovely sunshine which helped to boost our entry with 60 people shooting including 50 members and everything ran very smoothly.  Andy travelled from his new home in Devon to set up another excellent layout, including some that needed a bit more concentration (Code for Oh, I didn’t realise it was that fast/low/dropping etc).  He also stayed right to the end putting things away as usual.  Many thanks to the other helpers this weekend including all those who stayed at the end to help – any assistance at the end is very much appreciated.

James Faulkner won AA Class with 51.  

Glen Boxall won A Class with the top member’s score of 55.  Joint runners-up were Chris Wells and Nigel Foreman on 52.

Alex Wells won B Class on 47, narrowly ahead of James Oakford on 46 and Michael Collins on 45.

There were some great scores in C Class with Simon Spencelayh winning with 46 and Stuart Hulme second on 44.   Adrian Smith completed the placings with 42.

Our Juniors have had a good month with Spencer Jordan winning the March C Class Trophy and Otis Oakford winning the Colts Sporting County Title.

Our Evening Skeet sessions at the National Clay Shooting Centre, Bisley start this Wednesday.  Come and join in anytime between 5pm and 7pm on any Wednesday through the summer.  Collect a card from reception and come and join us on the range.

And finally, I had a new book of shooting excuses for my birthday and have reproduced one below.

	AA	Faulkner, J	51
		Scarlett, K	45
	A	Boxall,G	55	Club
				Cup
		Foreman, N	52
		Wells, C	52
		Neville, M	51
		Willett, A	47
		Saich, Peter	45
		Stredwick, J	44
		Wallace, A	43
		Potter, G	42
		Warrington, R	40
		Oldland, M	39
		Evans, G	38
		Clark, C	37
	B	Wells, A	47	Ron Maynard
				Cup
		Oakford, J	46
		Collins, M	45
		Hebburn, N	42
		Gummer, C	40
		Oakford, O (J)	40
		Parish, I	40
		Cutchey, P	39
		Davis, A	38
		Martin, J	38
		Blackwell, A	37
		Garland, P	37
		Walker, D	37
		Duncan, C	35
		Sollick, J	35
		Wallace, J (L)	33
		Jordan, S (J)	32
		Grist, C	31
	C	Spencelayh, S	46	Committee
				Trophy
		Hulme, S	44
		Smith, A	42
		Turner, R	37
		Tailby, C	36
		Thackery, M	35
		Watson, J	35
		Searle, M	34
		Warsop, L (L)	32
		Collister, A	31
		Spooner, P	31
		White, P	29
		Newman, D	27
		Neill, A	26
		Edwards, G	21

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Shoot Report – Peter Saich

It was a busy Mother’s Day morning with 51 scorecards returned including 47 members shooting.

We all complained about the rain last month but the scores were generally much higher than today! This was not all down to Glen and Matt’s set up. They were forced to change some of the stands this morning to accommodate the changing wind conditions but the gusty wind made some stands variable while the sun frequently breaking through the clouds made some other stands difficult to see.

Among those who did shoot well was Kevin Scarlett winning A Class with 52, comfortably ahead of Glen Boxall in second place with 48. Nigel foreman was third with 45.

In B Class, Ian Hargreaves hit 46 for a clear win ahead of Jim Hackett on 42 with Rob Beere and James Oakford in equal third with 40.

It was much closer in C Class with Spencer Jordan top scoring from 22 class entries with a personal best 33. Jan Wallace and Otis Oakford were a very close second with 32 and Chris Grist was next with 31.

I am pleased to report that we had a good level of help to clear up and pack everything away so thank you to all those who helped – It really is the best way to thank those who give up their time to plan and set up the shoot.

AA	Faulkner, J	36
A	Scarlett, K	52	Clandon
			Cup
	Boxall,G	48
	Foreman, N	45
	Oldland, M	44
	Horrod, J	43
	Stredwick, J	43
	Wells, C	42
	Neville, M	41
	Wallace, A	41
	Saich, Peter	40
	Warrington, R	40
	Clark, C	30
	McCabe, T	28
B	Hargreaves, I	46	Treasurers
			Cup
	Hackett, J	42
	Beere, R	40
	Oakford, J	40
	Wells, A	39
	Smith, G	36
	Walker, D	35
	Blackwell, A	29
	Baker, A	25
	Collins, M	24
C	Jordan, S (J)	33	Cheeseman
			Cup
	Oakford, O (J)	32
	Wallace, J (L)	32
	Grist, C	31
	White, P	30
	Edwards, G	29
	Smith, A	29
	Neill, A	28
	Tailby, C	28
	Cutchey, P	27
	Duncan, C	26
	Garland, P	25
	Hulme, S	25
	Thackery, M	25
	Turner, R	24
	Parish, I	21
	Spencelayh, S	19
	Webb, J	19
	Warsop, L (L)	18
	Hughes, J	17
	Ragless, M	15
	Newman, D	14

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2025 trophies presented at the 2026 AGM

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Well, what a morning! Andy is busy with a house move so the set up was courtesy of Matt Oldland with assistance from Stuart – Thanks chaps, great effort. We think it was a good layout but couldn’t really see the targets through the rain! The weather also had a negative effect on the scorecards. Some were returned very wet and stuck together with mud, some were re-written on fresh cards with just a total and some were ‘postal’ entries by text or email.

We had a surprising 42 entries and there seemed to be some good scores in all classes with provisional winners as follows:

A Class James Faulkner 53.

Joint runners up Peter Saich, Andy Wallace and Matt Neville with 50.

B Class Aaron Wiggins 48.

C Class Dom Walker 45. Runner up Ian Parish 40.

I am still missing around ten scores so if yours has dried out and is readable please send me your score – especially if you think you have a claim to the classes above.

A massive thank you to those who stayed to clear up and get the traps and other equipment back into storage.

Here’s hoping for better ground and weather conditions next month.

The results of the 2025-2026 Winter Series will be published shortly…

A	Faulkner, J	53	Jeffery
			Cup
	Neville, M	50
	Saich, Peter	50
	Wallace, A	50
	Clark, C	47
	Oldland, M	46
	Warrington, R	42
	Potter, G	41
	Horrod, J	NO CARD
	Wells, C	NO CARD
B	Wiggins, A	48	Eberspacher
			Cup
	Hackett, J	44
	Beere, R	43
	Oakford, J	40
	Blackwell, A	37
	Hargreaves, I	NO CARD
	Wells, A	NO CARD
C	Walker, D	45	Eagle
			Cup
	Parish, I	40
	Edwards, G	39
	Cutchey, P	38
	Hulme, S	37
	Spencelayh, S	37
	Duncan, C	35
	Garland, P	35
	Oakford, O (J)	29
	Webb, J	23
	Jordan, S (J)	22
	Collister, A	20
	Newman, D	19
	Neill, A	18
	Hughes, J	NO CARD
	Smith, A	NO CARD
	Wallace, J (L)	NO CARD