andy.willett, Author at Guildford & District Gun Club

February 20, 2022March 20, 2022

February 2022

Turnout this month for the last round of the 2021-2022 Winter Series was on the low side, with just 29 members and 7 guests in attendance. Most likely this was due to the current weather and the strong and gusting wind did make the targets more challenging.
Top score today was 47, achieved by both Glen Boxall and Peter Saich. On countback with 2 straights to 1, Glen topped A Class and is promoted to AA.
B Class was won by Des Park on 43 and with 37, Jerry Sollick top scored in C Class.

The conclusion to the Winter Series saw a very close finish in all three classes. The top 3 positions in each class are as follows:

A Class
Peter Saich 136
Matt Oldland 134
Andy Willett 132

B Class
Chris Clark 120
Adrian Joy 118
Alex Blackwell 116
Aaron Wiggins 116

C Class
Jerry Sollick 102
Ron Turner 100
Phil Saich 99

The full Winter Series results are here and all of this month’s class scores are below.

Well done to all of our winners and many thanks to everyone involved in preparing, running and packing away this weekend.

A	Boxall,G	47 (Countback)	Jeffery Cup
	Saich,Peter	47
	Willett,A	45
	Scarlett,K	44
	Evans,G	42
	Oldland,M	38
	Horrod,J	37
	Collins,M	31
B	Park,D	43	Eberspacher Cup
	Clark,C	38
	Tailby,C	38
	Thackery,M	37
	Wiggins, A	36
	Flanders,C	35
	Wallace, A	34
	Alexander,S	33
	Blackwell,A	33
C	Sollick,J	37	Eagle Cup
	Saich,Phil	33
	Turner,R	33
	Collins,R	29
	Garland,P	28
	Nettle,J	27
	Hulme,S	26
	Wallace, J (L)	26
	Duncan,C	25
	Hughes,J	24
	Palmer,C	24
	Webb,J	23

January 17, 2022February 21, 2022

January 2022

32 members and 16 guests attended the January shoot on a day of changeable weather, with periods of alternating fog and sunshine coming and going.
Firstly a huge thank you to everyone involved in preparing, setting up, running and packing away afterwards.
The layout was an unintentionally tricky one this month with perhaps a few too many technical/difficult to read targets.
Worthy recipients of the John Tarryer Cups for winning the randomly drawn handicapped Pairs Competition this year were Stuart Hulme & Gary Evans with a combined score of 118.82. In second place were Phil Saich & Matt Oldland on 114.09 and third place was taken by Charlie Palmer & Paul Trusler with 112.63.
The full results of the Pairs Competition are here, an update after Round 3 of the Winter Series is here, whilst unadjusted class scores for January are below.

A	Oldland,M	46
	Scarlett,K	46
	Boxall,G	44
	Evans,G	43
	O'Toole,D	42
	Saich,Peter	41
	Willett,A	38
	Foreman,N	37
	Collins,M	34
	Horrod,J	30
B	Joy,A	42
	Alexander,S	39
	Hargreaves,I	39
	Wiggins, A	34
	Thackery,M	30
	Blackwell,A	29
	Dove,P	29
	Clark,C	28
C	Collins,R	34
	Hulme,S	34
	Garland,P	33
	Trusler,P	32
	Saich,Phil	30
	Webb,J	30
	Grist,C	27
	Hughes,J	25
	Duncan,C	23
	Palmer,C	23
	Smith,A	21
	Spooner,P	19
	Warsop,L (L)	19
	Ragless,M	16

December 19, 2021January 17, 2022

December 2021

On a very foggy December day our Christmas shoot was well attended by 42 members and 16 guests. The reduced visibility made a few of the targets a little tricky but everything was hittable.

Several Middlesex Woodpigeon Club members joined us this month for one of their Winter Series shoots; they were Dave Cole (48), Graham Hibberd (46), Steve Cole (43), Ian Young (38), Peter Davey (33) and Nigel Light (26).

For our members, alongside the monthly class-based trophy competitions we ran the traditional handicapped Christmas competition with prizes; the top 10 scores choosing a bottle of spirit with everyone else taking a bottle of wine.

Congratulations to one of our newer members, Janice Wallace (38), who triumphed in the handicap competition and won C Class this month. B Class was won by Aaron Wiggins (46) with A Class and High Gun taken by Matt Oldland with a fantastic 50.

Well done to all of the winners and a big thank you goes to everyone involved in organising and operating the shoot.

The full list of handicapped scores can be viewed here and the monthly competition scores are below.

AA	Willett,A	47
	Saich,Peter	45
	Foreman,N	41
	O'Toole,D	39
	Baker,A	38
A	Oldland,M	50	Tom Phillips Trophy [A Class]
	Hargreaves,I	44
	Faulkner,J	42
	Clark,C	41
	Evans,G	41
	McCarthy,M	41
	Smith,G	41
	Horrod,J	39
	Blackwell,A	38
	Collins,M	38
	Dove,P	37
	Wells,C	35
	Flanders,C	31
	Wallace, A	29
B	Wiggins, A	46	Tom Phillips Trophy [B Class]
	Park,D	43
	Wells,A	43
	Joy,A	41
	Thackery,M	40
	Young,I	38
	Saich,Phil	36
	Turner,R	34
	Sollick,J	28
	Smith,A	26
	Hulme,S	23
C	Wallace, J (L)	38	Tom Phillips Trophy [C Class]
	Spooner,A	37
	Palmer,C	33
	Collins,R	29
	Warsop,L (L)	28
	Hughes,J	27
	Ragless,M	27
	Grist,C	26
	Spooner,P	25
	Trusler,P	22
	Nettle,J	21
	Webb,J	20

November 22, 2021December 19, 2021

November 2021

39 members and 16 guests attended this month’s shoot which saw the welcome return of Paul with his burger van.
Huge thanks as always go to everyone who helped set up and pack away.
The layout, over 7 stands, was unintentionally tougher than lately and even more challenging for the side-by-side shooters who competed in the Surrey CPSA and Webley & Scott competitions. The results also comprise the first round of the 2020-2021 Winter Series.
Given the tricky targets a big well done to all of the class winners who were: Daren O’Toole (AA), Andy Baker (A), Alex Blackwell (B) and Peter Garland (C).
Side-by-side winners were Steve Cole (CPSA) on countback and Phil Saich (non-Surrey, Webley & Scott).
Full results are below…

AA	O'Toole,D	50
	Foreman,N	48
	Saich,Peter	44
	Woods,W	44
	Samuel,C	42
	Willett,A	40
A	Baker,A	48	Jack Page Memorial Cup
	Collins,M	47
	Horrod,J	45
	Clark,C	41
	Smith,G	41
	Alexander,S	40
	Faulkner,J	40
	Evans,G	37
	McCarthy,M	35
	Hargreaves,I	32
B	Blackwell,A	45	Shelton Cup
	Davis,A	43
	Tidy,P	42
	Sollick,J	37
	Joy,A	35
	Turner,R	33
	Huxley, B	32
	Saich,Phil	29
	Young,I	26
	Smith,A	24
C	Garland,P	37	Last Chance Cup
	Palmer,C	34
	Nettle,J	33
	Collins,R	30
	Salmon,G	28
	Hughes,J	27
	Trusler,P	27
	Ragless,M	26
	Baker,J (J)	22
	Spooner,P	22
	Webb,J	22
	Stiff,C	21
	Warsop,L (L)	14

Side by Side competition
Surrey CPSA	Steve Cole	44
	Peter Saich	44
	James Faulkner	40
	Andy Smith	34
	Clive Monk	28
	Nigel Light	27
	John Hughes	27
Non Surrey - Webley & Scott	Phil Saich	29
	Ian Young	26

October 17, 2021November 22, 2021

October 2021

Numbers were down this month; 32 members and 3 guests returned scorecards at the end of the October shoot.

A big thank you to everyone who helped with setting up and packing away at the end of the shoot, it made a huge difference to the time the regulars were able to get away in the afternoon.
The usual 7 stands and mixture of targets challenged all abilities.
Well done to our class trophy winners this month: Daren O’Toole returned to shooting with us after a long absence to take A Class and High Gun with 54. James Faulkner topped B Class with 51 and C Class went to Chris Tailby on 47.

AA	Willett, A	52
	Saich, Peter	46
	Samuel, C	46
	Scarlett, K	46
A	O'Toole, D	54	Wimbledon Cup
	Boxall, G	53
	Smith, G	49
	McCarthy, M	48
	Horrod, J	47
	Evans, G	46
	Baker, A	45
	Oldland, M	44
	Dove, P	41
	Wells, C	38
	Clark, C	37
	Hargreaves, I	36
B	Faulkner, J	51	Frank Saich Memorial
	Park, D	46
	Thackery, M	41
	Sollick, J	39
	Saich, Phil	39
	Young, I	33
	Hulme, S	31
C	Tailby, C	47	Colin Gray Memorial
	Baker, J (J)	39
	Garland, P	39
	Trusler, P	33
	Grist, C	32
	Palmer, C	31
	Spooner, P	29
	Hughes, J	28
	Webb, J	28

September 19, 2021October 17, 2021

September 2021

*** Updated 21/9/2021 19:30 ***
The missing scorecard has been found at home by the shooter and the scores and classifications have been updated accordingly.

34 members and 10 guests signed in to shoot this month. Unfortunately, we suffered several stoppages caused by trap and radio breakdowns, battery replacements and heavy rain arrived to make things even worse. A couple of members didn’t complete the layout but handed their cards in anyway, a couple more didn’t submit theirs. The last piece of bad news: one squad only shot 4 pairs on Stand 6 which was a 5 pair stand and clearly marked as such.
Now for the positives: C Class was won by Ian Young with a fantastic 45, only bettered by 4 other shooters across all classes and guests; well done Ian!
B Class winner was Andrew Baker on 40 whilst Chris Samuel triumphed in A Class with a superb 48, which was joint 2nd highest overall score. High gun and AA top score was Bill Woods with 49.
Thanks to everyone who helped with the setting up and packing away afterwards.

AA	Woods, W	49
	Foreman, N	48
	Willett, A	46
	Scarlett, K	43
A	Samuel, C	48	Fred Taylor Memorial
	Wallace, A	45
	Smith, G	42
	Oldland, M	42
	Horrod, J	40
	Evans, G	40
	Dove, P	39
	Clark, C	36
	McCarthy, M	29
B	Baker, A	40	Penny Trophy
	Blackwell, A	39
	Turner, R	38
	Park, D	37
	Sollick, J	37
	Tidy, P	33
	Wiggins, A	33
	Hulme, S	30
	Saich, Phil	29
	Huxley, B	29
C	Young, I	45	Hoopwick Plate
	Baker, J (J)	39
	Tailby, C	34
	Trusler, P	34
	Garland, P	31
	Nettle, J	31
	Palmer, C	30
	Webb, J	26
	Wallace, J (L)	25

August 15, 2021September 19, 2021

August 2021

43 members and 11 guests attended our shoot this month, a decent turnout in good weather apart from the short spell of unexpected misty drizzle that hopefully didn’t dampen the mood too much.
There were a wide range of scores in most classes, with a few targets being favoured by some shooters and others not so much.
High Gun and winner of A class was Peter Saich, with an excellent 56.
Ian Hargreaves topped B class with a very good 49.
In C class, a score of 49 would normally have triumphed but this month Chris Tailby (49) was beaten into second place by Jerry Sollick (50) on his first appearance with us this year. Well done Jerry and commiserations to Chris.

Thanks to all involved with the setting up on Saturday & Sunday and packing away again after the shoot.

AA	Scarlett, K	52
	Foreman, N	51
	Willett, A	51
	Woods, W	46
A	Saich, Peter	56	Reg Rice Chalice
	Oldland, M	53
	Brabon, M	49
	Wells, C	47
	Smith, G	47
	Alexander, S	46
	Evans, G	45
	Collins, M	45
	Clark, C	45
	McCarthy, M	44
	Horrod, J	43
	Hoad, W	41
	Dove, P	41
	Wallace, A	38
B	Hargreaves, I	49	Vice Presidents Cup
	Wells, A	46
	Joy, A	44
	Huxley, B	43
	Wiggins, A	40
	Tidy, P	37
	Hulme, S	35
	Blackwell, A	33
	Saich, Phil	32
	Smith, A	31
C	Sollick, J	50	Hazelgrove Shield
	Tailby, C	49
	Hughes, J	41
	Duncan, C	39
	Garland, P	37
	Trusler, P	35
	Salmon, G	35
	Grist, C	34
	Stiff, C	34
	Wallace, J (L)	33
	Young, I	31
	Spooner, P	31
	Palmer, C	30
	Webb, J	29
	Warsop, L (L)	24

July 19, 2021September 3, 2021

July 2021

On a very hot day (too hot?) 40 members and 11 guests attended this month’s shoot.

7 stands were laid out providing a variety of targets for all abilities.

As for the results, promoted to B with a C class win was Stuart Hulme with a great 43. There were two members who scored 45 in B class; Gavin Smith and Aaron Wiggins. On countback – 1 straight to nil – Gavin gains promotion to A.
Kevin Scarlett took High Gun, an A class win and promotion to AA with a superb 56. Well done Kevin!
Andy Willett (54) pipped Bill Woods (53) to take the AA honours this month.

Thanks go to everyone who helped set up and pack away this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday, quite a challenge in the high temperatures.

AA	Willett, A	54
	Woods, W	53
	Foreman, N	47
A	Scarlett, K	56	Ron Small Cup
	Boxall, G	51
	Oldland, M	50
	Evans, G	49
	Saich, Peter	48
	Samuel, C	46
	Wells, C	46
	Dove, P	44
	Flanders, C	43
	Hoad, W	43
	Horrod, J	43
	Wallace, A	43
	Clark, C	42
B	Smith, G	45 (Countback)	Ron Small Cup
	Wiggins, A	45
	Faulkner, J	42
	Park, D	40
	Turner, R	36
	Baker, A	33
	Tidy, P	33
	Smith, A	32
	Saich, Phil	29
C	Hulme, S	43	Roy Stock Trophy
	Tailby, C	40
	Garland, P	39
	Spooner, P	34
	Trusler, P	33
	Grist, C	31
	Palmer, C	31
	Young, I	29
	Bell, M	28
	Hughes, J	26
	Nettle, J	21
	Webb, J	20
	Elwick, C	19
	Warsop, L (L)	15

June 21, 2021September 3, 2021

June 2021

33 members and 9 guests attended this month.
The weather turned out fine in the end after some gloomier forecasts from earlier in the week.
The varied layout of 7 stands was set up to include previously unused and hopefully interesting terrain.
As to the scores, first mention must go to James Faulkner who triumphed in C class with a stellar 51 and earned deserved promotion to B. Well done James!
B class, very keenly contested this month, was won by Peter Dove with an excellent 46 who now moves up into A.
In A class 3 shooters scored 51 – Matt Oldland, Gary Evans and Andy Willett. The winner was decided on countback of number of straights with 1, 2 and 3 respectively, resulting in Andy Willett taking the honours and moving to AA.
Nigel Foreman (54 and high gun) pipped Bill Woods (53) in AA. Excellent shooting by both.

Finally and as always, many thanks to everyone who helped set up this particularly ambitious layout on both Saturday and Sunday and pack away after the shoot.

AA	Foreman, N	54
	Woods, W	53
A	Willett, A	51 (Countback)	Warsop Trophy
	Evans, G	51
	Oldland, M	51
	Clark, C	50
	McCarthy, M	49
	Brabon, M	44
	Smith, G	44
	Hoad, W	43
	Horrod, J	43
B	Dove, P	46	Woodham Motors Cup
	Baker, A	44
	Turner, R	43
	Blackwell, A	42
	Davis, A	42
	Hargreaves, I	42
	Smith, A	22
C	Faulkner, J	51	Tailby Trophy
	Spooner, A	45
	Garland, P	38
	Hulme, S	38
	Nettle, J	38
	Spooner, P	38
	Hughes, J	35
	Trusler, P	34
	Young, I	33
	Grist, C	32
	Bell, M	30
	Palmer, C	29
	Webb, J	24
	Warsop, L (L)	21

May 16, 2021September 3, 2021

May 2021

35 members and 5 guests attended this month.

Well done to our class winners who were:
Bill Woods (53) in A class, promoted to AA
Will Hoad (48) in B class, promoted to A
Andy Smith (42) in C class, promoted to B

Thanks to all who turned up on a thoroughly wet and miserable day, with special thanks to everyone involved with the setting up and clearing away.

AA	Foreman, N	52
A	Woods, W	53	Valdar Gates Cup
	Horrod, J	50
	McCarthy, M	49
	Scarlett, K	49
	Saich, Peter	48
	Clark, C	47
	Flanders, C	47
	Collins, M	43
	Wells, C	42
	Oldland, M	41
	Evans, G	40
B	Hoad, W	48	Reg Rice Cup
	Dove, P	46
	Park, D	46
	Smith, G	45
	Tidy, P	43
	Turner, R	43
	Baker, A	42
	Hargreaves, I	41
	Wiggins, A	40
	Saich, Phil	37
C	Smith, A	42	John Spooner Trophy
	Spooner, P	41
	Hughes, J	37
	Collins, R	36
	Duncan, C	35
	Elwick, C	33
	Hulme, S	33
	Trusler, P	33
	Grist, C	32
	Nettle, J	32
	Webb, J	25
	Warsop, L (L)	23
	Allen, G	18