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Olympic Skeet British Grand Prix
On the 14th & 15th September, the BICTSF hosted the British Grand Prix at Doveridge Clay Shooting Ground. For this event we were also fund raising for Mummy's Star charity in memory of OSK shooter Sarah Louise Wright. To many of us she is still fondly referred to as Sarah Gray, and the new Ladies trophy is named after her. Mummy’s Star supports women who receive a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy and up to twelve months after the birth of their baby. They supported Sarah and her family.
Over the weekend, raffle tickets were sold to raise funds for the charity and there was an auction at the end of the shoot. Through donations and fundraising I am delighted to say that the Olympic skeet community raised £2,134.85.
Thank you to our very generous sponsors for donating prizes for the raffle and auction:
Chris Potter Country Sports
The Flower Man
Raisthorpe Manor Fine Foods
TEAGUE Precision Chokes
Jarvis Jewellery
Gloucester Clay Shooting Club
C Humphreys & Sons
Barry Essex
Gary Boyd
Rob Vincent
Simon Cox
Andrew Hitchmough
Joanna Hockly-Andrews
Anne-Marie Brooker
Carrying on from the UK Championships, for this event the BICTSF OSK board was able to subsidise the entry fee for colts to just £10. Four colts took up this offer; Jedson Herman, Katy Essex, Oli Cox and Jess Hambrook
Congratulations to Mitchell Brooker-Smith overall winner on a great score of 120. Dominic Cooper took runner up on a 119 and rounding out a close 1,2,3 was Luke Young in third on 118.
Emily Hibbs took the Ladies title taking home for the second year running, the Sarah Louise Wright Trophy on a score of 111, Maddy Boyd took the Sliver medal with Katy Essex in third, after a shoot off with Jess Hambrook.
In Juniors, Mitchell Brooker-Smith’s score of 120 secured this title. An impressive 114 from Charles Worrall took Junior runner up, the Bronze medal went to Ben Cookson.
Des Davies won the Veterans trophy with a score of 109. Veteran runner up went to Phill Musson and third place tom Lee Bowditch.
This year a Junior Ladies category was added in line with international competitions. The inaugural trophy sponsored by Stuart Young “The Young Trophy” was won by Katy Essex, after a tense shoot off with Jess Hambrook who took the runner up spot, and Sophie Langton in third.
All Class winners received a trophy, Gold medal, and 250 cartridges each very kindly donated by Barry Essex who continues to support the Olympic skeet shoots. These went to: A Class; Mitchell Brooker-Smith, B Class; Toby Etheridge, C Class; Charles Worrall, and D Class; Mathew Huxtable.
Special thanks to The Humphrey family from C Humphreys & Sons Butchers BBQ, who travelled up to Doveridge from Essex with top quality meat for the barbecue at the ground on Saturday after the shooting.
Thank you to those that supported the event and donated prizes, time and money for the charity. Your support helped make this a friendly atmosphere over the weekend.
We would like to thank the Bramley family and the Doveridge team for the support to the skeet community for over 25 years, and for allowing us to host shoots in recent times.
Report by Andrew Lea