Annual Tour, May 2017, Pinewood Shooting Ground, Lincolnshire

Annual Shooting Tour - May 2017 - Pinewood, Lincolnshire

1 st Steve Carr 214 Fri 60/90 + 42/60 102 Sat 49/65 + 63/85 112

2 nd Tim Pretty 199 Fri 51/90 + 45/60 96 Sat 47/65 + 56/85 103

3 rd Darrell Etherington 186 Fri 56/90 + 33/60 89 Sat 47/65 + 50/85 97

4 th Jack Pretty 184 Fri 49/90 + 38/60 87 Sat 41/65 + 56/85 97

5 th Andy Catton 171 Fri 47/90 + 33/60 80 Sat 46/65 + 45/85 91

6 th Bill Anderton 164 Fri 43/90 + 34/60 77 Sat 45/65 + 42/85 87

7 th Bob Brown 161 Fri 45/90 + 30/60 75 Sat 41/65 + 45/85 86

8 th Brendan O’Reilly 151 Fri 39/90 + 27/60 66 Sat 40/65 + 45/85 85

9 th Roy Grogan 140 Fri 36/90 + 33/60 69 Sat 39/65 + 32/85 71

10 th Kevin Strudley 128 Fri 29/90 + 27/60 56 Sat 37/65 + 35/85 72

11 th Mike Evans 124 Fri 24/90 + 26/60 50 Sat 39/65 + 35/85 74

1 st Mike Evans 300.000 Score 124 -36 on average of 160

2 nd Gareth Cooper 299.997 Score 111 -39 on average of 150

3 rd Peter Plugis 299.963 Score 93 -47 on average of 140

4 th Pete Mazza 299.778 Score 78 -72 on average of 150

5 th Roy Grogan 299.736 Score 140 -55 on average of 195

6 th Geoff Pelling 299.561 Score 96 -84 on average of 180

7 th Jack Pretty 299.483 Score 184 -51 on average of 235

8 th Bill Anderton 299.453 Score 164 -61 on average of 225

9 th Tim Pretty 299.255 Score 199 -51 on average of 250

10 th Steve Carr 299.133 Score 214 -46 on average of 260

11 th Andy Catton 298.706 Score 171 -79 on average of 250

The 2017 F&F Annual Tour was at the Pinewood Shooting Ground in Blyton, Lincolnshire. A big thank you from all of us for making us very welcome and looking after us on Friday & Saturday. A great trip all round with some very challenging shooting. The weather not quite as good as last year but nevertheless it didn’t spoil a great weekend away. As always, a very special ‘Thank You’ from the whole club to our resident Travel Agent, Brendan, for doing a fantastic job of arranging everything and getting a bunch of awkward buggers all in the right place at the right time - not an easy task by any means when it comes to F&F!! A mention must go out to Huckleberrys restaurant in Lincoln for some fantastic Steaks, Ribs and Cocktails. Compliments to all the staff for a fantastic experience and a special thanks to the waitress for putting up with us!!

The Trophies

This year we have Trophies for ‘High Gun’, 2 nd and 3 rd place in straight shooting, plus a ‘Wooden Spoon’ for the worst overall straight score. In the handicap shooting we have Trophies for 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place, plus a ‘Wooden Spoon’ for the worst overall handicap score. In addition we have the ‘Founders Trophy’ which was introduced at the 30 th Anniversary Tour in 2015 by the original founding members of the club. This Trophy is in recognition of contribution to the F&F Gun Club during the year and the current holder chooses who this will be passed to at each Annual Tour.

Straight Shooting Results

Below is the breakdown of the final scores for Straight Shooting. Friday was split into a morning session of 90 clays and an afternoon session of 60 clays. Saturday was split into a morning session of 65 clays and an afternoon session of 85 clays including 2 lots of 25 on the Compact Layout.

Handicap Shooting Results

1 st Place Mike Evans with a Handicap score of 300.000

2 nd Place Gareth Cooper with a Handicap score of 299.997

3 rd Place Peter Plugis with a Handicap score of 299.963

‘Wooden Spoon’ Kevin Strudley with a Handicap score of 297.494

The Browning Safety Cup Awarded to Gareth Cooper for keeping up excellent safety standards while shooting with a Browning

The Birdseye Award Won by Gareth Cooper for his perfect impersonation of Captain Birdseye

The Dodgy Geyser Award We’re not sure who won it but the tall guy was clearly looking at ways to get into the Cathedral without paying his £8

The Blob Trophy Won by Blob Brown for the 2 nd year in a row shown above explaining exactly how it happened (again)

1 st Steve Carr 102

2 nd Tim Pretty 96

3 rd Darrell Etherington 89

1 st Steve Carr 112

2 nd Tim Pretty 103

3 rd Darrell Etherington 97

Friday 19 th May 2017

Saturday 20 th May 2017

And to finish ... a few other awards ...

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Below is the final scores for Handicap Shooting. The total straight score out of 300 is shown to the right of the Handicap Score together with how well you shot above or below your average, Green if you shot above average and Red if you shot below.

‘High Gun’ Steve Carr with a score of 214

2 nd Place Tim Pretty with a score of 199

3 rd Place Darrell Etherington with a score of 186

‘Wooden Spoon’ Pete Mazza with a score of 78

The Founders Trophy was awarded to Ruth & Tony for their outstanding contributions to the Club. Ruth & Tony are both very dedicated members of the F&F Club and have been providing us with Ruthie’s Café every shoot - something we will miss when they move to Cornwall …. Truly dedicated committee members and a well deserved reward. Ruth & Tony were not at the Lincolnshire trip so the award will be presented at the next shoot in June. Thanks from the whole club for all your support and dedication.

The Founders Trophy