Welcome to the Automatic Ball Trap Team page.  Everything you need to know about representing England in this discipline can be found here.

In Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) there is one trap set in the centre of the layout that throws targets faster and at more variable heights and angles. For more please click here

Shooting for England

To be eligible to represent any England Clay Target Shooting Team please see England Team Handbook. 

England Team Handbook

Please note that if a shooter has already represented another Country/Team in any discipline:

He/she must have been officially resident in the country he/she wishes to represent for a minimum continual period of one year.

A minimum period of two calendar years would have to elapse in which the member has not shot for any country.

Please read the England Team Handbook for England Team full eligibility rules, link above.

The ICTSC Home International

The 50th ICTSC Automatic Ball Trap Home Countries International Tournament will be held on Thursday 4th September & Friday 5th September 2025 At;

Omagh CPC
Adj. 14 Farburn Road
Omagh
Co Tyrone
BT79 7UD

 

Cartridges and gun storage available at the venue through Urbalshinny Sporting Lodge, contact Simon Monteith contact number 028 8075 8395.

Travel to Northern Ireland:

Stena Line have offered CPSA members a 15% discount for those wishing to travel by car, motor home or motorcycle on their Irish Sea Routes in 2025.  If you wish to use this discount for travel to the Home International please go to //stenaline.co.uk/event/club-login and enter your

First Name: 

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Event Number: N4MA2S

Home International Team Selection Process

Below is the process used to decide selection for the England ABT Team for Home International Team matches only (under the jurisdiction of the ICTSC).    

• There are 4 selection shoots that run between April and July this year. Where these shoots are held is determined by a rota. We also include the English Open ABT as one of the selection shoots.
• Scores are submitted after the last shoot but the best 3 from 4 scores may only be required to count. 
• Points from high gun of each event are calculated. 
• Shooters with the lowest points go through to represent England.
• In the event of a tie for a place in the England Team, the highest score from the English Open will be used to decide the place.  If the tie still exists a count back from a Selection Shoot attended by all parties concerned will be used to decide the place.

The deadline for submitting your scores is Midnight 4th August 2025.   

Please enter your scores HERE 

2025 Selection Shoots

			Book Through	Results
1st England Selection Shoot	12-13 April 2025	Nuthampstead	CPSA	Click Here
2nd England Selection Shoot	17-18 May 2025	Bywell	CPSA
EO ABT (200 targets over 2 days)	21-22 June 2025	NCSC	CPSA
3rd England Selection Shoot	26-27 July 2025	NCSC	CPSA
ABT Home International	4-5 Sept 2025	Northern Ireland
ABT British Open	6 Sept 2025	Northern Ireland

Bookings for ABT Selection Shoot entries open on 3rd February 2025

Closing date for ABT Selection Shoot entries: 

Selection Shoot 1 Midday 7th April 2025
Selection Shoot 2 Midday 9th May 2025 
English Open ABT Midday 17th June 2025
Selection Shoot 3 21st July 2025

 

Home International Team Size:

• 12 Seniors
• 3 Ladies
• 3 Juniors
• 3 Veterans
• 3 Super VeteranS

Category Ages for ICTSC Events

Junior:                       A Junior is under the age of 21 on the 1st January in the year of competition

Veteran:                   A Veteran is 55 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition

Super Veteran:       A Super Veteran is 65 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition

 

England Team Captaincy

• The Team Captain will be the member with most number of appearances (cpsa) in the specific event’s team, irrespective of category.  If any team member has already been Captain at any time in the past, their appearances will be counted from the year following their last captaincy.

• In the event of two or more members having the same number of caps, the member with the earliest first team appearance will become Captain.  If there is still a tie, the lowest ORIGINAL CPSA number will determine the captaincy for that year.

 

Please Note:  The CPSA reserve the right to change this selection process as necessary due to government restrictions or exceptional circumstances.

 

Team Manager Information

Dr Rebecca Lloyd (Beccy) contactable via email - beccywock1@icloud.com 

            

Dr Rebecca Lloyd took on the role of ABT England Team Manager from 1st January 2023.  Beccy has been a member of the CPSA since 2019 and got into shooting in 2018 when she met and fell in love 😍 and in 2023  married her shooting teacher, 2022 Top Shot Lister, David Lloyd.  Beccy regularly attends and competes in trap competitions across the country and her goal is to shoot for the ABT England Team (no pressure on her shooting teacher then 😊) but in the meantime she will continue to support the England ABT Team in her capacity as Manager.  Beccy is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant Doctor working for the NHS for 17 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Previous Years - Teams and Scores

2024 England ABT Team

2024 England ABT Team can be viewed  HERE

2024 ABT HCIT Scores can be viewed   HERE

2024 ABT BO Scores can be viewed   HERE

 

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2023 Enland ABT Team

2023 England ABT Team can be viewed HERE

2024 ABT HCIT Scores can be viewed HERE