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British Open Sporting & Sportrap (Day 4)
Today was the final qualifying day of the CPSA British Open Sporting, before Saturday’s invitational Final, and the final day of the British Open Sportrap. We were fortunate to have calm, clear conditions which warmed up considerably through the day into a sunny afternoon as shooters tackled the two courses for the final time here at E.J. Churchill Swinton.
Congratulations to today's prize draw winners, Martin Easterman, Susan Marshall & Lee Fisher! A big thank you to our sponsors for their generous contributions to the prize pool: Swatcom, Eley, Browning, Teague Precision Chokes, Schöffel & Le Chameau!
Today we saw the conclusion of the British Open Sportrap, after a tense shoot-off between Nick Hendrick & Billy Baughan, with Nick securing the title of British Open Sportrap Champion 2024 after beating Billy in a close, sudden-death shoot-off. Many congratulations Nick and all who placed in class and category!
We saw some great scores coming in today for the Sporting, with a high score of 112ex120 from Henry Collins, closely followed by John Porter, Billy Baughan, and Stuart Emms on 111ex120. Well done gentlemen, the standard of shooting tomorrow for Finals Day is going to be tremendous.
The top five from each class (AAA - C) and top three from the following categories of Senior, Super Veterans, Veterans, Ladies, Juniors & Colts per day are invited back for the 75 target final on Saturday. With the Disabled Category, it is the top standing score and top sitting score plus the next best score regardless of standing or sitting per day to qualify. Please check below to see if you need to return!
Our thanks to our fantastic sponsors: Browning, Eley, SWATCOM, Le Chameau, Schoffel, and Teague Precision Chokes, along with the support of Laporte.
The following table shows all who have qualified each day, and are invited back to shoot on Saturday for the 75 Sporting Final:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Times | |
| Squad 1 | Lucas Beardmore | Kian Galley | Connor Davies | Oliver Clayton | Benjamin Rivers | Fern Lancaster | 09:00 |
| Squad 2 | Harry Briggs-Price | Brae Taylor | Aaron Christie | Benjamin Jordan | Aimee Addison | Oliver Thomas | 09:09 |
| Squad 3 | Joshua Poyser | Anthony Clark | William Page | Taylor Alderton | Tristan Hockey | Ben Cumming | 09:18 |
| Squad 4 | Connor Hodson | Matthew Armett | Kallum Burrell | Alasdair Turnbull | Archie Alexander | Seth Peters | 09:27 |
| Squad 5 | David Gooding | Phil Rowbottom | Alan Bullock | Paul Foster | Paul Lovick | Andy Moon | 09:36 |
| Squad 6 | Steve Whitelock | Peter Humphreys | Nick Portlock | Stuart Clarke | Matt Hance | Phil Smith | 09:45 |
| Squad 7 | Chelsea King | Sharon Niven | Ceyla Ismet | Lily-May Horn | Catherine Smalley | Charlotte Kerwood | 09:54 |
| Squad 8 | Rebecca Mckenzie | Jennie Cartwright | Amy Easeman | Emma Stacey | Georgia Moule | Lara Dale | 10:03 |
| Squad 9 | Steven Whitwell | Keith Hodgkinson | Les Sperling | Stephen Williams | Peter Jarvis | Patrick Dickman | 10:12 |
| Squad 10 | Tony Leonard | Richard Watkins | Alexander Gair | Robert Palmer | David Drewery | Thomas Carmichael | 10:21 |
| Squad 11 | Stuart Donaldson | Harry Seal | Jamie Brightman | James Bradley-Day | Jake Moore | Chris Childerhouse | 10:30 |
| Squad 12 | Joshua Bennion | Thomas Weston | Paul Wilkinson | Daniel hampson | Dorian Evans | Richard Faulds | 10:39 |
| Squad 13 | Ian Lobb | John Harrison | Lee Clements | Damien King | Mark Delf | Tony Cox | 10:48 |
| Squad 14 | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | 10:57 |
| Squad 15 | Paul Briggs | Derek Ward | Luke Daniels | Shaun Aitken | Alison Sprowell | Daniel Parker | 11:06 |
| Squad 16 | Louis Richmond | William Uppington | Eric Hillary | William Rand | Jimmy Leese | Thomas Lund | 11:15 |
| Squad 17 | Callum Jones | Nigel Boyd | John Shipley | Eric Hartland | Grant Maguire | Ged Lineham | 11:24 |
| Squad 18 | Megan Gamble | David Drane | David Wincott | Liam Hayton | Stewart Mackay | Jonathan Hull | 11:33 |
| Squad 19 | Peter Davies | David Platts | Stewart Chester | Adam Bavistock | Philip Oaten | Mark Noble | 11:42 |
| Squad 20 | Joseph Watson | Guy Watson | Colin Noble | Thomas Croucher | Conor Scullion | Sarah Franklin | 11:51 |
| Squad 21 | Martin Peters | Rory O'Connor | James Finnie | Lee Gundry | Billy Cook | Alisdair Lightbody | 12:00 |
| Squad 22 | Ed Robinson | David Mennie | Lesley Rushworth | John Rollinson | John Garside | Harry Jude | 12:09 |
| Squad 23 | Lucy Earl | Stewart Owen | Chris Price | Sharad Singhal | Robert Bell | Hannah Gibson | 12:18 |
| Squad 24 | Joshua Talbot | John Bidwell | James Mather | Andrew Short | Tom Archer | Harry Dickens | 12:27 |
| Squad 25 | Stephen Amies | Doug Thompson | Sam Winterburn | Ashley Shuckford | Matt Bodfish | Martin Doughty | 12:36 |
| Squad 26 | Glen Hunt | Thomas Heath | Andy Jude | Stewart Cumming | Robert Gray | Oliver Gooderham | 12:45 |
| Squad 27 | Mark Fisher | Henry Lungley | Colin Will | Michael Nairn | Mark Delf | Joshua Keeble | 12:54 |
| Squad 28 | Anthony Dean | Todd Hitch | Ricky Draper | Brett Winstanley | Sam Usher | George Digweed | 13:03 |
| Squad 29 | Martin Myers | Lee Jackson | Mark Marshall | Phil Gray | John Lee | James Attwood | 13:12 |
| Squad 30 | Tom Young | Nick Hendrick | Kevin Jobling | Mark Winser | Billy Greenwood | 13:21 | |
| Squad 31 | William Baughan | Timothy Webster | Stuart Emms | John Porter | Henry Collins | 13:30 |