The English Open Olympic Trap competition was held over the weekend of 7th and 8th June at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground.  63 competitors fielded 11 squads - dissapointing, but considering a lot of people were competing in Portugal and Germany the same weekend the entry was not too bad.  The weather conditions were good on the whole and on Sunday we were treated to some glorious sunshine and ice cream weather.

The flash final was shot with single barrel: Ian Belcher, J. Reid, K Gill, I R Peel, J Sole, G Morrison 

High Gun:  Ian Belcher 189 + 20   Runner Up:  Jonathon Reid 185 + 22+ 1  Third: Ian Peel 184 + 23 + 0

Class and Category Prizes:  Badges and trophies were presented to the following people

A Class Ian Belcher, B Class - Jonathon Reid, C Class - Roger Abbott, D Class - Colin Clapton.                                                 

Veteran - Roger Abbott 173, Junior Brett Winstanley180, Colt - C. McMillan 167, Ladies C Gizzi 171

200 BIRD COMPETITION PRIZES

A CLASS  1ST Kevin Gill 185,  2ND Ian Peel 184

B CLASS  1ST Jonathon Reid 185, 2ND G Morrison 182, 3RD Mike Wensley 179, 4TH M. Morrison 176

C CLASS  1ST Roger Abbott 173, 2ND J McCready 173, 3RD C Gizzi 171, 4TH= Peter Lunn & D Connell 170, 5TH D.S. McConnell 169

D CLASS  1ST Colin Clapton 169, 2ND C McMillan 167, 3RD Clare Weston 160, 4th N J Sally 158

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 has been listed as an official Pre-Games Training Camp Site for the 2012 Olympic Games.

 LOCOG is developing an on-line facility in partnersip with VisitBritain, the national tourism agency.  This is a first for any Olympic or Paralympic Organising Committee.  The Guide will allow NOC's (National Olympic Committees)  and NPC's (National Paralympic Committees)  to search for training camps on a sporting and geographical  basis and will be presented to NOC's and NPC's at a series of invitational events during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year.

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