Cold, bright weather greeted a record breaking turnout for the Sportrap competition held at Country Pursuits on 9 th November. This was the Geoff Barton Memorial Sportrap commemorating the life of Geoff Barton. A keen Sportrap shooter and Country Pursuits Member, sadly Geoff passed away last year. Members, friends and family have clubbed together to fund a fabulous silver cup for this ongoing annual event.

Tonya, Zoey and Zara Barton presenting Peter Simpson with the Geoff Barton Sportrap Cup.

Name	Score	Class
SIMPSON PC	86	A
HARDING J	85	AA
GRAY PJ	82	AA
GIFFORD RJ	82	A
DUNBAVIN BJ	82	AAA
MASTROENI P	82	AA
CHRISTENSEN D	80	B
STRONGE AJ	79	A
BEDFORD M	77	A
BONE J	75	B
TYTE AP	71	C
STRICKLAND MJ	71	A
BONE M	71	B
CLEMENCE P	70	A
CRESSEY J	70	C
DAVISON RA	69	A
CLIFFORD T	69	A
POULTER RM	69	A
CARTER GJ	67	B
HARRIS J	66	C
STEARMAN T	66	C
HAYDEN J	63	C
WAN JWW	62	C
WONG WK	61	B
MOORE P	61	C
HODSON P	60	B
SHARPE N	59	C
PEARSON J	59	C
VERRINDER RTS	58	C
GORDON ER	58	C
LOVERIDGE JJA	56	C
POULTER R	56	C
D'ANGELO M	55	B
GRAY P	54	B
MCINTOSH F	54	B
CARTER GR	52	C
PITT RWC	51	C
SAFFIN AF	51	C
JENKINS GP	50	C
WAN JWS	49	C
COX S	43	C
HEWSON R	41	C
BRANTON JJE	38	C
HODSON K	38	C
GORDON GE	36	C
MOULE A	34	C
MOULE G	11	C

An interesting set of targets greeted shooters on Sunday. There were a few fairly easy targets so that newcomers to the discipline could have a fair crack of the whip. A lot of work had been put in to provide some very deceptive birds using unusual angles and non-standard sized clays. These proved a challenge especially as the weather became somewhat gusty later in the day.

Congratulations to B McClements and, M Strickland for winning AA and A class respectively. B class was shared three ways between G Carter, P Hodson and N Templeman. Finally P Moore and J Pearson won C class with an outstanding 72. Well Done!

Anytime within the next few months will see Alan hospitalised, so please let us know if you can help on Saturdays to set up the shoots. All help welcome, even if you've had no experience before.

We need people to design layouts (or parts of them), set up traps, cut grass, make tea, tidy the ground up, and load clays. All help gratefully received. Call Greg on 0208 2935440, or Alan on 07774 616169 or 01353 669300 or email info@countrypursuitscambridge.co.uk

The raw scores for the Cambridgeshire County sportrap are on the right with Cambridgeshire shooters shown in bold. It was an open competition so shooters from other counties were most welcome.

Brian Dunbavin retained his Championship with 86 (although outshot by one on the day by Paul Simpson of Suffolk), four ahead of Junior Champion Phil Gray on 82. Rod Gifford won the Veterans' title with 77, and newcomer Kay Hodson took the Ladies' with 37. Josh Pearson put in an impressive 75 to take the Colts' title. Also worthy of a mention was 9 year-old Taylor Hedgecock's 58.

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Pleasant warm weather was the order of the day with enough cloud cover to help with the high birds if lucky. Layout one included a rabbit for a refreshing change, and added an interesting element on the simultaneous pairs. Layout two, as usual, teased everyone with the right to left crosser out in the field. Layout three looked simple enough, if only one could take the targets one at a time. Again the simultaneous pairs made the difference with ability. Layout four was tweaked to give it an air of freshness that stifled the "same old, same old" critics. In fact so much so a 9 was recorded. No names, no pack drill eh? Congratulations to Pietro Mastroeni on winning with 88.

Overall the targets were well received and only the most heartless could criticise Alan's superb effort in putting the show together, all the more impressive in view of the impending hip operation.

Anytime within the next three months will see Alan hospitalised, so please let us know if you can help on Saturdays to set up the shoots. All help welcome, even if you've had no experience before. We need people to design layouts (or parts of them), set up traps, cut grass, make tea, tidy the ground up, and load clays. All help gratefully received. Call Greg on 0208 2935440, or Alan on 07774 616169 or 01353 669300 or email info@countrypursuitscambridge.co.uk