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Matt's very kindly allowed me to post this here - thanks again Matt.
Here are the main details for this year's 'War of the Roses' charity shoot at Hazel Bank SG, at Knaresborough.
Whilst ostensibly the event began life as a cod-Plantagenet game of oneupmanship over a pint (Lancashire vs Yorkshire), it's now open to all-comers.
Which side do I pick and for whom do I shoot?
What we do it draw a line down the spine of the country, and depending on which side you fall, you shoot for the appropriate county; so if you fall on the left hand side of the line (as you look at map of Great Britain), you shoot for Lancs, if the right, then it's Yorks.
And yes, we do allow those who now live else where to shoot for their county of origin - e.g. one of our shooters now lives Wales but is from Yorks, and he insists in shooting for them, so that is easily accommodated.
This year, and as a nice tie-in with one of our nominated charities (Help for Heroes), we've got at least one squad from 9 Army Air Corp (from Dishforth) putting in an appearance, and very probably more than one.
We managed to raise about £800.00 last year (the inaugural year we did it), split between our two charities, and we're hoping to better that this year.
There'll also be a pool shoot for a local charity (details below on the poster) for those who want to shoo it.
The aim is for all squads to do 50 ESP in the morning (it's a 09.00 hrs start), and then, after lunch and the traps changed, another 50 ESP in the afternoon.
Squads will be a minimum and maximum of 5 shooters-per-squad - all the better if you can get up a squad of you and your mates.
There will be hot and cold catering on-site in the cafe, and a full hog roast, and plenty of car parking space.
Like last year, there should be a Tombola (so please bring a bottle/prize if you'd be so kind).
There will be medals and trophies for High Gun, 2nd and 3rd place highest individual scores, medals for highest scoring squad, Top Lady Gun and other spot prizes - e.g. bottles of decent wine, and Orston SG have been very kind and donated a raft of Jack Pyke and Zoli clothing for some lucky winners. Other gun shops and grounds are also donating prizes.
We are aware that this date, Saturday, 24th May, manages to clash with one day of the English Sporting Open at Southdown, but hey, you can't please all the people all the time. We tried to move it 31st May, but then it clashed with Pigeon Watch's charity shoot so, in order not to deplete the funds of both charity shoots, we opted to keep our to the 24th May so both shoots could maximise their charities' donation funds.
Hope some of you can turn up - I'm aware that a number of you already have put your names down, and you'll all be very welcome, I think we currently have over 45 shooters already on the list, which is growing daily.
Any questions, please just post below or send me a PM and I'll get back to you soonest.
All the best and thanks in advance,
Bren.
Here are the main details for this year's 'War of the Roses' charity shoot at Hazel Bank SG, at Knaresborough.
Whilst ostensibly the event began life as a cod-Plantagenet game of oneupmanship over a pint (Lancashire vs Yorkshire), it's now open to all-comers.
Which side do I pick and for whom do I shoot?
What we do it draw a line down the spine of the country, and depending on which side you fall, you shoot for the appropriate county; so if you fall on the left hand side of the line (as you look at map of Great Britain), you shoot for Lancs, if the right, then it's Yorks.
And yes, we do allow those who now live else where to shoot for their county of origin - e.g. one of our shooters now lives Wales but is from Yorks, and he insists in shooting for them, so that is easily accommodated.
This year, and as a nice tie-in with one of our nominated charities (Help for Heroes), we've got at least one squad from 9 Army Air Corp (from Dishforth) putting in an appearance, and very probably more than one.
We managed to raise about £800.00 last year (the inaugural year we did it), split between our two charities, and we're hoping to better that this year.
There'll also be a pool shoot for a local charity (details below on the poster) for those who want to shoo it.
The aim is for all squads to do 50 ESP in the morning (it's a 09.00 hrs start), and then, after lunch and the traps changed, another 50 ESP in the afternoon.
Squads will be a minimum and maximum of 5 shooters-per-squad - all the better if you can get up a squad of you and your mates.
There will be hot and cold catering on-site in the cafe, and a full hog roast, and plenty of car parking space.
Like last year, there should be a Tombola (so please bring a bottle/prize if you'd be so kind).
There will be medals and trophies for High Gun, 2nd and 3rd place highest individual scores, medals for highest scoring squad, Top Lady Gun and other spot prizes - e.g. bottles of decent wine, and Orston SG have been very kind and donated a raft of Jack Pyke and Zoli clothing for some lucky winners. Other gun shops and grounds are also donating prizes.
We are aware that this date, Saturday, 24th May, manages to clash with one day of the English Sporting Open at Southdown, but hey, you can't please all the people all the time. We tried to move it 31st May, but then it clashed with Pigeon Watch's charity shoot so, in order not to deplete the funds of both charity shoots, we opted to keep our to the 24th May so both shoots could maximise their charities' donation funds.
Hope some of you can turn up - I'm aware that a number of you already have put your names down, and you'll all be very welcome, I think we currently have over 45 shooters already on the list, which is growing daily.
Any questions, please just post below or send me a PM and I'll get back to you soonest.
All the best and thanks in advance,
Bren.