Martin Barker has been busy this month (May 2008) installing a skeet range which came from the late Keith Underwood's shooting ground at Gransden, Cambridgeshire.

Once the skeet range is finished, Nuthampstead Shooting Ground will be able to show all the Olympic Disciplines - Olympic Trap, Double Trap and Skeet.

Whilst the opening day for skeet has not been set, it is hoped that god willing, the skeet range will be open by the middle of June 2008.  Please contact us for further details.

As Nuthampstead is one of the official Pre-2012 Training Camps listed in the Olympic e-brochure, it is hoped that visiting teams for 2012 will use this facility for all the clay shooting disciplines.  LOCOG  have announced there is a financial  allowance for all visiting overseas teams using the official Pre-2012 Training Camps.

Nuthampstead Shooting Ground provides a perfect setting for entertaining clients, staff, family and friends.  Your group will get 1:1 instruction with qualified coaches.  Martin, the Shooting Ground proprietor is instructing the Olympic Development squad and is presently at the Commonwealth Games in Australia with Tim Neale of the Isle of Man.

Situated in North East Hertfordshire, on the border with Cambridgeshire and Essex, Nuthampstead Shooting Ground was founded in 1987. Since 1992, when planning permission was granted, the ground has developed to enable it to hold major championships in four international shooting disciplines.

Initially it was built to enable British teams to practice and compete on similar equipment found elsewhere in the world, the Ground has now developed facilities for all comers from complete beginners, to Olympic Champions. And we are proud to have been involved in the selection of British teams for the last 14 years, for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Individual and group tuition is available in English Sporting, Down-the-Line, Double Trap, Universal Trench, Olympic Trap. Professional coaching can be arranged, including days by Messrs Kevin Gill, Peter Croft and Ian Coley, all of whom have had experience up to Olympic qualifying standard. Double Trap coaching at all levels by Martin Barker.