Annual Tour, May 2023, Ilfracombe, Devon

Annual Shooting Tour - May 2023 - Ilfracombe, Devon

1 st George Mendham 232 Fri 83 + 37 120 Sat 75 + 37 112

2 nd Steve Carr 230 Fri 81 + 38 119 Sat 68 + 43 111

3 rd Terry Trevatt 221 Fri 65 + 38 103 Sat 75 + 43 118

4 th Johan Widlund 218 Fri 76 + 35 111 Sat 64 + 43 107

5 th Andy Catton 217 Fri 71 + 43 114 Sat 65 + 38 103

6 th Graham Jackson 209 Fri 74 + 38 112 Sat 55 + 42 97

7 th Brendan O’Reilly 205 Fri 67 + 37 104 Sat 58 + 43 101

8 th Pete Mendham 198 Fri 61 + 38 99 Sat 71 + 28 99

9 th Geoff Pelling 197 Fri 65 + 36 101 Sat 60 + 36 96

10 th Bill Anderton 196 Fri 65 + 33 98 Sat 66 + 32 98

11 th Dave McGuire 194 Fri 53 + 37 90 Sat 67 + 37 104

1 st Pete Mack 300.000 Score 221 +65 on average of 80

2 nd Graham Jackson 299.913 Score 209 +24 on average of 185

3 rd Johan Widlund 299.884 Score 218 +18 on average of 200

4 th Terry Trevatt 299.718 Score 221 +1 on average of 220

5 th Roy Grogan 299.670 Score 155 -5 on average of 160

6 th Pete Mendham 299.633 Score 198 -7 on average of 205

7 th Andy Catton 299.601 Score 217 -8 on average of 225

8 th Geoff Pelling 299.563 Score 197 -13 on average of 210

9 th Dave McGuire 299.462 Score 194 -21 on average of 215

10 th Bill Anderton 299.324 Score 196 -29 on average of 225

11 th George Mendham 299.206 Score 232 -23 on average of 255

The 2023 F&F Annual Tour was back to one of our all time favourite locations, the fantastic North Devon Shooting Ground in Ilfracombe. A big thank you to Jackie, Clive and the rest of the team for making us very welcome and keeping us under control. A special ‘thank you’ to Jackie for the fabulous food. We hope to be back again soon, watch this space …. A fantastic location, great weather and a very friendly shooting ground. There were some very tricky stands - a very professional set up, highly recommended by everyone from F&F Gun Club. A great trip with good weather, nice hotel and some lovely food. A big ‘thank you’ from everyone to our resident travel agent Brendan (A.K.A. Jive Bunny) for doing the challenging job of arranging everything and getting everyone in the right place at the right time - A considerable feat with the number of people attending this year - excellent job, well done. Thanks again, to our favourite Seventy One restaurant run by Peter and Jane Fuller for some lovely food and drink on Thursday. And, again for a 2 nd year running, Wards Bistro & Bar for a great evening on Saturday.

The Trophies

This year we have Trophies for ‘High Gun’, 2 nd and 3 rd place in straight shooting, plus a ‘Saturday old farts Club’ for the members only shooting Saturday. In the handicap shooting we have Trophies for 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place. No Wonkey Donkey this year but we did have the welcome return of the infamous Wooden Spoon!!

Straight Shooting Results

Below is the breakdown of the final scores and rankings for Straight Shooting. This year, both Friday and Saturday, we shot 150 made up from a morning and afternoon session giving a maximum score of 300 - The scores were very close with only 15 points between the top 5.

Handicap Shooting Results

1 st Place Pete Mack with a Handicap score of 300.000

2 nd Place Graham Jackson with a Handicap score of 299.913

3 rd Place Johan Widlund with a Handicap score of 299.884

And to finish …. a few of the rather special 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’ George Mendham with a score of 232

2 nd Place Steve Carr with a score of 230

3 rd Place Terry Trevatt with a score of 221

12 th Kevin Strudley 189 Fri 55 + 39 94 Sat 69 + 26 95

12 th Kevin Strudley 299.128 Score 189 -41 on average of 230

The Handicap Team Scores

Winners Dave McGuire Roy Grogan, Pete Mendham, Terry Trevatt Andy Catton, Kevin Strudley, Jim Catford Brendan O’Reilly & George Mendham 2694.328

Losers Pete Mack Johan Widlund, Geoff Pelling, Bill Anderton Mike Evans & Steve Carr (adjusted due to team size) 2692.375

Best Gurning Face 2023 This year awarded to Andy Catton who has been practising for the World Championships

The Best Friday Night Shirt Despite some stiff competition, Darrell’s Hawaiian Special was best in class

Best Hat of the Tour This year won by our young ‘Puppy Dog’ George for a fantastic effort

The Best ‘Elvis’ Look Alike Very clearly won by Kevin Strudley this year (he is the one on the left in case your not sure)

The Levitator Award Great to see Roy Grogan back and clearly mastered the art of Levitation

The 2023 Side Burns Award What more can we say, outright winner Ruthie Tatman

The Best Half Monty Yep, it’s ‘Jive Bunny’ O’Reilly who promised Ruthie next year will be the Full Monty !!

The Car Wash Conga Excellent display of their Conga skills by Ruthie and Jive Bunny - by the look on Ruthie’s face, Jive Bunny’s just popped one out!!

13 th Jim Catford 186 Fri 52 + 40 92 Sat 64 + 30 94

13 th Jim Catford 299.086 Score 186 -44 on average of 230

1 st Ruth Tatman 48 Sat 37 + 11 48

2 nd Tony Tatman 38 Sat 20 + 18 38

The Saturday ‘Old Farts Club’

Below is the breakdown of the final scores for The Saturday ‘Old Farts Club’. The scores were out of 150, made up from a morning and afternoon session on Saturday. This year the club was a very family affair with attendance from only the Tatman’s.