Author: andy.willett

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…