Annual Tour, May 2019, Ian Coley Shooting School, Gloucestershire

Annual Shooting Tour - May 2019 - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

1 st Steve Carr 222 Fri 90 + 17 107 Sat 115 115

2 nd Darrell Etherington 202 Fri 82 + 15 97 Sat 105 105

3 rd Darren Garrett 188 Fri 75 + 15 90 Sat 98 98

4 th Kevin Strudley 180 Fri 69 + 17 86 Sat 94 94

5 th Bill Anderton 179 Fri 70 + 14 84 Sat 95 95

6 th Andy Catton 158 Fri 60 + 11 71 Sat 87 87

7 th Brendan O’Reilly 157 Fri 63 + 9 72 Sat 85 85

8 th Geoff Pelling 132 Fri 65 + 7 72 Sat 60 60

9 th Paul Mathews 129 Fri 55 + 7 62 Sat 67 67

10 th Mike Evans 124 Fri 50 + 8 58 Sat 66 66

10 th Bob Brown 124 Fri 53 + 13 66 Sat 58 58

1 st Geoff Pelling 300.000 Score 132 -33 on average of 165

2 nd Paul Mathews 299.878 Score 129 -46 on average of 175

3 rd Bill Anderton 299.637 Score 179 -46 on average of 225

4 th Kevin Strudley 299.538 Score 180 -50 on average of 230

5 th Roy Grogan 299.519 Score 101 -84 on average of 185

6 th Steve Carr 299.316 Score 222 -38 on average of 260

7 th Darren Garret 299.225 Score 188 -57 on average of 245

8 th Darrell Etherington 299.090 Score 202 -53 on average of 255

9 th Andy Catton 298.898 Score 158 -82 on average of 240

10 th Brendan O’Reilly 298.882 Score 157 -83 on average of 240

11 th Bob Brown 298.750 Score 124 -106 on average of 230

The 2019 F&F Annual Tour was at Ian Coley Shooting Ground in Andoversford near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. A big thank you to the team there for making us very welcome and looking after us on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A special thanks to Matt Panter from the Gun Room for looking after our guns during our stay. A fantastic shooting ground with some amazing traps and a very professional set up. No doubt one we will visit again soon. A great trip all round with some challenging shooting and reasonable weather. A special ‘Thank You’ from everyone that attended to our travel agent Brendan for doing a fantastic job of arranging everything and getting everyone in the right place at the right time - A considerable challenge indeed for the F&F gang, much like herding cats !!! A mention must go out to The Grill 49 for some amazing steaks on Saturday, a great choice with fantastic food, service and a lot of red wine!! And, not forgetting the 288 Bar & Wok on Wednesday and Friday (so good we went twice!), a great Chinese with friendly staff and great food.

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 and a new Trophy for 2019, the best DTL (Down The Line) score. In addition we have the ‘Founders Trophy’ which was introduced at the 30 th Anniversary Tour in 2015 by 3 of the original founding members of the club, Brian, Roy & George. 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 and rankings for Straight Shooting. This year Friday was made up from both Sporting and DTL (Down The Line). Saturday was just Sporting giving a total possible score of 300.

Handicap Shooting Results

1 st Place Geoff Pelling with a Handicap score of 300.000

2 nd Place Paul Mathews with a Handicap score of 299.878

3 rd Place Bill Anderton with a Handicap score of 299.637

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 222

2 nd Place Darrell Etherington with a score of 202

3 rd Place Darren Garrett with a score of 188

‘Wooden Spoon’ Roy Grogan with a score of 101

The Founders Trophy was awarded to Andy Catton for his outstanding contributions to the Club. Andy lives a long way from the shoot and has an early start to get there in time but always gets stuck in to help out with setting up, organising and packing away. A truly dedicated member of the club and a well deserved reward. Thanks from the whole club for all your support and dedication.

The Founders Trophy

12 th Roy Grogan 101 Fri 36 + 12 48 Sat 53 53

12 th Mike Evans 298.341 Score 124 -116 on average of 240

The Handicap Team Scores

Winners Geoff Pelling Darren Garrett, Kevin Strudley, Brendan O’Reilly Roy Grogan, Paul Matthews 1797.041

Losers Bob Brown Darrell Etherington, Andy Catton, Mike Evans Bill Anderton, Steve Carr 1794.033

Best Photo Bomb This year awarded to Bob for his disruption during the Founders Trophy presentation

Sleeping On The Job #1 Won by Bill for a quick 40 winks after his steak

Sleeping On The Job #2 Close 2 nd to Bill, a quick snooze from our very own Geoff

Best Public Display Won by Andy & Geoff for showing their undying love for each other in public

Waitress Of The Week Bob’s just spotted the Chinese waitress who clearly deserves an award

Best Tall Man Toilet Obviously designed for our very own Bob

Billy No Mates Award Mike’s wondering if he really should have had the extra beans - where is everyone?

Belly Button Of The Week Won by Brendan after a beer or three at the Bierkeller

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