September 2025

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Thanks to Andy and Matt and other helpers for the set up and also thank you to those who stayed to help clear up and get the equipment safely stored away. Any additional help at the end of a long morning is greatly appreciated.

There was a great turnout today with 48 people shooting including 35 members. We only had 44 cards returned so please remind your guests that we would like their cards returned in case they wish to join in the future.

The average score today was 36 compared to 42 last month. Yet more new and interesting targets including a stratospheric driven Midi – Who let Andy buy a new spring? The unexpected sun was a bit of a handicap on some stands – serves us right for listening to the weather forecast which predicted cloudy conditions….

Glen Boxall had the top score in AA Class with 50. Trevor McCabe won his first A Class Trophy with the Club with a good score of 46, one ahead of Peter Saich who was shooting with his side by side.

There was a great score of 47 from Nigel Hebburn to win B Class, and Adrian Smith won C Class with 33, just ahead of Stuart Hulme on 31 and Otis Oakford (J) on 30.

In the Surrey CPSA Side by Side event run concurrently with our monthly shoot, Chip Smith shot a superb 52 to retain the Trophy. Peter Saich was second with 45 and Scott Marshall was third with 44.

In the non Surrey CPSA members class, Matt Oldland triumphed over Andy Willett to take the Webley and Scott Trophy.

AABoxall,G50
Foreman, N45
Scarlett, K45
Horrod, J43
Oldland, M43
Willett, A40
AMcCabe, T46Fred
Taylor
Memorial
Saich, Peter45
Martin, J43
Smith, G43
Blackwell, A41
Clark, C40
Hackett, J40
BHebburn, N47Penny
Trophy
Garland, P42
Oakford, J39
Watson, J39
Evans, G38
Sollick, J38
Collins, M35
Turner, R35
Cutchey, P34
Palmer, C23
Warsop, L (L)23
CSmith, A33Hoopwick
Plate
Hulme, S31
Oakford, O (J)30
Grist, C29
Walker, D28
Hodgkiss, D25
Webb, J24
Hughes, J22
Jordan, S (J)21

Photo: Lorina Warsop receiving the August C Class Trophy.

Photo: Jon Watson with the July C Class Trophy.

Photo: Chip Smith receiving the Surrey Side by Side Championship Trophy.

August 2025

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Thanks as usual to the set-up team, especially Andy who managed to spread the traps in and around the wood meaning less walking for the shooters as we were able to stick to the newly cleared circular route.

Thanks also to the small working party who stayed to the end to help clear everything out of the woods and get it safely away. Any future help would be much appreciated – a few people staying to help with the little jobs – tidying up cartridges, emptying traps, taking down stands etc enables the core team to concentrate on getting all those traps on the trailers in the correct order so that they all fit in and then get home a little earlier.

There were 35 members and 7 guest cards returned. The average score was 42, the highest this year although this doesn’t mean that the layout was easy, just well thought out, sensible targets as usual and again some stands making you think which target to take first.

Equal top scores of 54 in AA were Kevin Scarlett and Andy Willett. Also scoring 54 to win A Class was Nigel Foreman, with Peter Saich one behind on 53.

It was also close in B class with Gavin Smith beating Alex Wells on countback on number of straights after both finished on 49.

In C Class, Lorina Warsop was the clear winner scoring 39. John Hughes was second with 36 and Chris Grist was third with 35.

Our next shoot combines the Surrey CPSA Side by Side Championship so you have the option of dusting off the pair of Purdeys or bringing out grandad’s old pigeon gun. There is a trophy for the highest Surrey CPSA Member, and also the Webley and Scott Trophy for anyone else using a Side by Side. Andy usually does his best to provide ‘sympathetic’ targets so expect Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse or Rabbit targets.

Photo: Side by Side Trophies

AAWillett, A54
(countback)
Scarlett, K54
Horrod, J51
Stredwick, J49
Oldland, M44
AForeman, N54Reg Rice
Chalice
Saich, Peter53
Park, D51
Clark, C51
Faulkner, J49
Warrington, R48
Blackwell, A48
Wells, C45
Hargreaves, I45
Flanders, C39
McCabe, T37
BSmith, G49Vice
(countback) Presidents
Cup
Wells, A49
Turner, R47
Sollick, J46
Collins, M44
Evans, G44
Hebburn, N41
Cutchey, P39
Gummer, C39
Parish, I33
Garland, P32
CWarsop, L (L)39Hazelgrove
Shield
Hughes, J36
Grist, C35
Hulme, S34
Thackery, M33
Webb, J32
Jordan, S (J)26
Hodgkiss, D21

July 2025

sunlight with white clouds

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Firstly, thank you to the working party of Glen, Stuart and Andy who went to Clandon on Friday afternoon to clear some undergrowth and improve paths and access in the shooting area. The professional equipment that Glen brought along made light work of large areas very quickly.

Thank you also to James and Rob for taking delivery of 48,000 cartridges this week, then loading some of them onto Rob’s pick-up for distribution today.

Some of our 48,000 cartridges

There was a smaller entry than the last couple of months with people either on holiday or avoiding the forecast rain. In the end there wasn’t much rain and the 38 members were treated to another great and varied layout today, some designed by Andy and others by Matt. There were two stands of simultaneous pairs where you had to make up your mind which one to shoot first (and then probably change part way through) and a sometimes seemingly indestructible rabbit!

Best to cope with these well thought out targets was Glen Boxall, winning AA Class with 54.
Jason Stredwick was top of A Class on 50, ahead of Peter Saich and Des Park in joint second on 48, but the performance of the day was Chris Wells hitting a magnificent 53 to win B Class. He was 9 targets clear of Gary Evans in second place on 44. Keeping it in the family, Alex Wells was third with 43. In fourth place with 42 was our newest member Chris Gummer. Welcome Chris.
In C Class, Jon Watson did one better than his second place last month to win with 42. John Hughes was second this time with 36 and Stuart Hulme was third with 35.

A big thank you to those few who braved the late rain to stay to the end and help get everything safely away.

AABoxall,G54
Oldland, M49
Willett, A47
Horrod, J44
Scarlett, K43
AStredwick, J50Ron Small
Cup
Park, D48
Saich, Peter48
Blackwell, A45
Beere, R43
Faulkner, J43
McCabe, T43
Warrington, R43
Hargreaves, I41
Clark, C39
BWells, C53Ron Small
Cup
Evans, G44
Wells, A43
Gummer, C42
Parish, I39
Smith, G39
Turner, R39
Collins, M37
Flanders, C37
Palmer, C36
Cutchey, P35
Tailby, C32
Garland, P29
CWatson, J42Roy Stock
Trophy
Hughes, J36
Hulme, S35
Smith, A32
Thackery, M30
Webb, J29
Hodgkiss, D25
Jordan, S (J)23
Warsop, L (L)17

June 2025

cloudy sky

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Another great shoot on Father’s Day with 52 cards returned. Andy had worked particularly hard this week as he planned a layout utilising the wood, but at the request of the Gamekeeper to avoid that area, he planned layout ‘B’. Andy then went to Clandon to do a recce to check positions of livestock, electric fences etc. and found that his layout needed to be altered yet again to avoid trampling the hay which is due for cutting. Example layout

There were 45 members shooting including Spencer Jordan who has just joined as a Junior. He is Peter Saich’s grandson and is the fourth generation of the Saich Family to have been members of the Club.



Welcome Spencer.

Despite the distraction of having to carry out trap repairs including running adjustments to the troublesome rabbit stand and fetching more clays for the ‘self-emptying’ Battue trap, Andy shot brilliantly and scored 54 to win A Class including 5 straights. Second was Peter Saich on 52 and Rob Beere hit 51. Rob deserves a special mention as he drove up from his home in Devon in the morning, drove around picking up the traps and stayed to the end putting everything safely away, then left at 2.30 to drive home to Devon. Rob says he does it because he likes our Club! Thanks Rob and well shot.

Things were not so clear cut in B Class with a three-way tie on 45 between Des Park, Jerry Sollick and newly promoted Ron Turner. Using our count-back system of the number of straights, one away etc, Des won, Jerry was second and Ron was third. Well done to all.

In C Class, Charles Palmer won with an impressive 46.

Thanks to all those who helped set up, especially Stuart and Matt, and to everyone who stayed to help clear up.

Skeet evenings continue at NCSC Bisley on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Just turn up, no need to book. There is also an opportunity to shoot on their Sportrap layout if you want some Sporting Practice (just like Charles Palmer did). Let Peter or Andy know in advance and we should be able to arrange it.

AAScarlett, K51
Oldland, M45
AWillett, A54Warsop
Trophy
Saich, Peter52
Beere, R51
Faulkner, J50
Stredwick, J49
Clark, C48
McCabe, T48
Foreman, N47
Wallace, A47
Warrington, R47
Martin, J43
Blackwell, A42
Hargreaves, I41
Samuel, C39
Flanders, C38
BPark, D45Woodham
(countback)Motors Cup
Sollick, J45
Turner, R45
Davis, A41
Oakford, J41
Wiggins, A39
Smith, G38
Parish, I36
Wells, A36
Spencelayh, S35
Wells, C34
Hebburn, N33
Collins, M32
Garland, P32
Cutchey, P27
CPalmer, C46Tailby
Trophy
Watson, J41
Hughes, J40
Smith, A38
Grist, C30
Searle, M29
Hulme, S28
Spooner, P28
Webb, J28
Duncan, C24
Jordan, S (J)24
Warsop, L (L)24
Hodgkiss, D21

May 2025

Blue sky with sunlight

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Good weather and another great turnout for the May shoot with 44 members plus 8 guests cards handed in. There was another great layout thanks to Andy and Matt. The sequence was fun and caught a few people out, including Andy who was looking for the wrong pair and none of his squad reminded him.

Kevin Scarlett won A Class with 54. Jason Stredwick was second with 52 and Andy was third with 50 despite not shooting at one of the sequence pairs. Chip Smith comes and supports us when he is not on England or GB duty because he likes Andy’s targets. Chip completely mis-read the quartering targets on stand 2 and missed all four, but he then only missed one other target all morning. Great shooting Chip and just goes to show how clever Andy’s targets are. You have to think about all of them which keeps it interesting and keeps some of us coming back time after time.

In B Class, there was a tie for first place between Chris Flanders and Gavin Smith who both scored 47, but Chris takes the win on countback with two straights to Gavin’s one.

Ron Turner scored an excellent personal best 48 to win C Class. John Hughes also shot very well in C Class but had to settle for second with his score of 45.

Thank you to all of the set up and break down helpers, and to everyone who came to shoot and support our club.

AAOldland, M43
Horrod, J41
AScarlett, K54Valdar
Gates
Cup
Stredwick, J52
Willett, A50
Foreman, N46
Saich, Peter46
Hackett, J45
Warrington, R45
Faulkner, J44
Beere, R43
Joy, A42
Blackwell, A41
McCabe, T41
Clark, C40
Hargreaves, I39
Martin, J35
BFlanders, C47Reg
(countback)Rice
Cup
Smith, G47
Parish, I45
Collins, M44
Evans, G44
Hebburn, N42
Davis, A41
Garland, P39
Cutchey, P38
Park, D38
Spencelayh, S34
Tailby, C24
CTurner, R48John
Spooner
Trophy
Hughes, J45
Taylor, B41
Smith, A37
Thackery, M37
Duncan, C36
Grist, C32
Hulme, S32
Winter, G31
Warsop, L (L)27
Webb, J27

April 2025

cloudy sky

Shoot Report – Peter Saich
The April shoot fell on Easter Sunday so we were expecting a reduced turnout, but it was the highest attendance so far this year with 60 people shooting – Thank you all for your support.
Andy, Matt and the team were all set to start until they noticed how many people were booked in. They realised that there would not be enough clays for the double Battue stand so quickly set up another trap to turn it into a sequence which turned out to be good fun.
There were some other interesting combinations including a very fast driven and of course a pair of Easter Bunnies which looked deceptively easy and ruined a few scorecards.
Top score of the morning and winning A Class was Glen Boxall with 54, but he was only just ahead of Jason Stredwick and one of our newer members – Trevor McCabe who both hit 53. Chris Clark also had a very consistent round and shot 52. Well done to all of you.
There was a clear winner in B Class. John Martin scored 47 to move up to A Class next month. Alan Davis joined us for the first time this year and tied for second place on 44 with Gavin Smith.
In C Class, Nigel Hebburn claimed the Trophy with 40. Jon Watson was second (again) with 38 and Stuart Hulme was third on 36.

Skeet Evenings
We have booked a Skeet range at NCSC Bisley for our exclusive use on Wednesday evenings between 5 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. You are welcome to come and join in and even if you have never shot skeet before, we will talk you through it and provide guidance. Cost is £10.50 per round of 25 targets. We usually have time for two rounds each.
If there is sufficient support, we may consider having a monthly competition.

AAHorrod, J47
Oldland, M44
ABoxall,G54Club
Cup
McCabe, T53
Stredwick, J53
Clark, C52
Willett, A50
Hargreaves, I49
Warrington, R47
Saich, Peter45
Faulkner, J44
Hackett, J44
Samuel, C43
Blackwell, A37
BMartin, J47Ron Maynard
Cup
Davis, A44
Smith, G44
Sollick, J42
Wells, C42
Oakford, J39
Wiggins, A39
Parish, I38
Evans, G37
Wells, A33
Spencelayh, S31
CHebburn, N40Committee
Trophy
Watson, J38
Hulme, S36
Oakford, O (J)34
Thackery, M34
Turner, R34
Hughes, J33
Palmer, C31
Smith, A30
Spooner, P28
Grist, C27
Warsop, L (L)25
Winter, G25
Collister, A21
Webb, J19

Glen Boxall
Club Member of the Year 2024

March 2025

sunlight with white clouds

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

The March shoot saw a bright morning with a chilly breeze. Thank you to everyone who helped to set up and especially to the team who stayed to help with clearing up and putting everything away.
Matt Oldland took charge of setting up and course planning this month and the general consensus was ‘great job Matt but bring back Andy!’ Seriously though, it was a great layout with some stands further out than we have been used to which is good for experience and improving your scores long term. As a comparison, last month’s average was 35.92 and todays average was 28.32, including five A class scores of 29, so well done to anyone who maintained their average including John Webb in C Class, who was the only person to improve his average today.
We had our best attendance for some time with 44 members and 6 guest cards handed in, including two new members, welcome Jim and Peter.
The longer targets obviously suited Matt as he won A Class with 40. Peter Saich was second on 39 with Rick Warrington and Chris Clark tied for third on 36.
The B Class result was very close with Rob Beere hitting 34 to take the trophy, just ahead of Gary Evans on 33 and Alex Wells on 32. Rob had travelled up from Devon early on Sunday morning and was still there at the end collecting cartridges for disposal – Thanks Rob and well done!
In C Class, James Oakford won with 34, John Hughes was second on 32 and Charlie Palmer and Ron Turner tied for third on 26.

2025 AGM
We are planning to hold the 2025 AGM at Bisley on Thursday 3 rd April – Please see the invitation emailed to members and come and support us. There will be a buffet provided and a bar will be available.

AAHorrod, J38
AOldland, M40Clandon
Cup
Saich, Peter39
Clark, C36
Warrington, R36
McCabe, T35
Faulkner, J33
Blackwell, A32
Scarlett, K32
Foreman, N29
Hackett, J29
Hargreaves, I29
Joy, A29
Willett, A29
BBeere, R34Treasurers
Cup
Evans, G33
Wells, A32
Parish, I31
Wells, C30
Sollick, J29
Flanders, C26
Garland, P26
Park, D26
Smith, G25
Spencelayh, S25
Tailby, C23
COakford, J34Cheeseman
Cup
Hughes, J32
Palmer, C26
Turner, R26
Webb, J25
Thackery, M23
Smith, A21
Hebburn, N20
Hulme, S20
Winter, G19
Spooner, P18
Oakford, O (J)12
Duncan, C10

February 2025

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

Thank you to everyone who helped to set up and put away on what turned out to be a very chilly February morning.

41 members and a good selection of guests turned out to appreciate yet more new combinations of Andy’s targets including a ‘Bullet proof’ Teal (at least mine were!)

Winning A Class with 52, James Horrod is first to be promoted to AA this season – Well done James. Runners up with 51 were Peter Saich, Andy Willett and Rick Warrington.

Gary Evans, flush from his success at winning the Pairs event with Charlie Palmer last month again shot well and scored 45 to tie for first place in B Class, but Matt Oldland escaped from B Class at his first attempt on countback with two straights to Gary’s one.

In C Class, Peter Garland took the Trophy with 43, marginally ahead of James Oakford on 42.

Winter Series results
February was the final round of the Winter Series with the best three results from four to count.

In A Class, Jason Stredwick was leading after the January shoot. His score of 48 in February did not improve his total but he still won with 158 – an average of 52.66. Glen Boxall did not shoot in the final round but had done enough to take joint second spot with Andy Willett, whose 51 improved his total to 157. Well done to all three of you for consistent shooting in the colder months.

Clear winner in B Class, despite not shooting in the final round was Ian Parish with a total of 135. Matt Oldland and Michael Collins both improved to take second and third places with 129 and 127 respectively.

In C Class, the top three all improved with James Oakford winning on 129, while Peter Garland was second on 123 and Jon Watson was third with 122.

Full results of the 2024-2025 Winter Series can be found here.

2025 AGM
We are planning to hold the 2025 AGM at Bisley on Thursday 3 rd April. Please put this in your calendars – Formal confirmation and notifications will follow.

AHorrod, J52Jeffery
Cup
Saich, Peter51
Warrington, R51
Willett, A51
Faulkner, J50
Scarlett, K50
Joy, A48
Stredwick, J48
Hargreaves, I41
McCabe, T41
Clark, C39
BOldland, M45Eberspacher
countbackCup
Evans, G45
Smith, G42
Collins, M38
Beere, R37
Spencelayh, S36
Martin, J32
CGarland, P43Eagle
Cup
Oakford, J42
Watson, J39
Hebburn, N38
Smith, A33
Turner, R33
Winter, G33
Thackery, M32
Hughes, J31
Searle, M30
Hulme, S27
Warsop, L (L)25
Collister, A24
Webb, J23
Grist, C21

January 2025

Shoot Report – Peter Saich

There was a good turnout of members for the annual Handicapped pairs competition over seven stands despite the low temperatures all morning. Andy and Glen had produced another well thought out layout with a good variety of targets.

There were some for everyone to hit and a couple that caught out even the top shots, especially stand 1 where 2’s and 4’s were common A Class scores. Andy had cleverly made stand one 5 pairs as he thought that we would need a couple of pairs to get tuned in and hit them and he was not wrong!

Top score of the day was 51 from Jason Stredwick and even he missed six targets on stand one!

Second were Nigel Foreman and Gary Evans on 50. Particularly remarkable as Gary has somehow got himself into B Class – Handicap committee have been notified…..

In the Handicapped event, the cards were selected at random to give a total pairs score. Sixteen members (around half of those shooting) achieved their average or higher to give them a total of 60+ so the handicaps seemed to be exactly right.

There are no class or individual prizes for the January shoot, but bragging rights for the highest combined score and handicap go to Junior Otis Oakford with a total of 67.73 after a personal best round of 35.

After all the calculations and checking of dodgy addition on the scorecards, the top pair were Charlie Palmer and Gary Evans with a combined total of 133.29. In second place were Matt Oldland and Otis Oakford on 130.46.

The full results of the pairs competition can be viewed here.

Thanks as usual to those who helped set up and break down and turned out on a cold grey day to support us.

AStredwick, J51
Boxall,G50
Foreman, N50
Saich, Peter49
Scarlett, K47
Blackwell, A46
Clark, C45
Horrod, J45
Warrington, R45
Faulkner, J42
Hargreaves, I42
Willett, A42
BEvans, G50
Smith, G49
Collins, M45
Oldland, M44
Parish, I42
Wiggins, A41
Beere, R39
Sollick, J39
Martin, J37
COakford, J44
Palmer, C41
Watson, J41
Turner, R38
Hulme, S37
Oakford, O (J)35
Garland, P34
Hughes, J32
Smith, A28
Thackery, M28
Hebburn, N26
Webb, J25
Hodgkiss, D24
Collister, A22

December 2024

December Shoot Report – Peter Saich

We had our usual good turnout for the Christmas Handicap shoot and it was great to see some members returning after an absence including Andy and Jan Wallace, and Alex Spooner all attending for the first time this year. Thanks to Andy Willett, there was another great layout over 7 stands – Did you spot the named stands theme – Congratulations to Alex Blackwell who was the first to notice that they were all named after tracks off the Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd. There were stands including Breathe, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Us and Them and Any Colour you like. Alex was disappointed that Money had been missed out so I have taken the liberty of adopting that for the raffle which raised £125 profit. Thank you all for your generosity in donating prizes and purchasing tickets.
Could we incorporate a ‘Name the Album’ competition into future layouts?

The final class winners of the season were:
AA Jason Stredwick 52, just ahead of Andy Willett and Glen Boxall with 51.
A Class Alex Blackwell with an excellent 49 – Obviously inspired by the music.
B Class Ian Parish on 48 – another great class score and C Class Albie Collister with 36.

In the Handicap competition, Alex Blackwell triumphed again and won the Warsop Memorial Trophy with 69.55.
Runner-up with 68.75 was Ian Parish and third was Graham Winter on 68.38. Well done to anyone who scored 60 plus, signifying that you shot over your average.
Click here for the full handicap results and the end of season standings can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who helped make today a success, including the Committee who organised the Handicaps, Raffle prizes, ordered Pizzas, made trips to dispose of cartridges etc. and thank you to everybody who helped set up, put away, collected Pizzas, folded raffle tickets etc.

Thank you again to everyone involved with helping this year and we look forward to seeing you all next season.


AAStredwick, J52
Boxall,G51
Willett, A51
Warrington, R47
Saich, Peter46
Clark, C41
Faulkner, J40
ABlackwell, A49Tom Phillips
Trophy
A Class
Beere, R47
Flanders, C45
Wells, A42
Park, D40
Wells, C39
Wallace, A38
Oldland, M36
Collins, M27
BParish, I48Tom Phillips
Trophy
B Class
Oakford, J41
Winter, G41
Watson, J37
Palmer, C36
Turner, R36
Hebburn, N35
Hughes, J26
CCollister, A36Tom Phillips
Trophy
C Class
Hulme, S32
Wallace, J (L)30
Hodgkiss, D29
Cooke, J28
Grist, C27
Oakford, O (J)27
Searle, M25
Webb, J25
Spooner, P22
Warsop, L (L)21
Nettle, J15