Inter-Livery Clay Shoot 2015

Despite fielding seven teams this year for the annual Inter-Livery Clay Shoot, the Gunmakers were unable to retain the top Livery trophy which went to the Grocers’ Company. However, we did not come away empty handed.  Our Hammer Gun team, comprised of Liverymen Nigel Brown, Jason Abbott, Paul Roberts and Derek Stimpson won the Side by Side team prize of £500, which they donated equally between the Company’s Charitable Trust and the Gun & Allied Trades Benevolent Trust. Liveryman Mark O’Dowd won the Individual Livery Side by Side trophy,  The John Howard Cup, for the third year in succession and donated his prize money to Trinity Hospice in Clapham.  Congratulations to them all.

Organised most ably by Chris Parr of the Environmental Cleaners’ Company, the event attracted some 400 entrants who enjoyed the excellent facilities that Holland & Holland’s shooting grounds provide at Northwood.

The results were as follows:

• The Alan Ritson Cup for top Livery Team was won by Grocers ‘A’ with a score of 326
• The Gunmakers’ Prize for Top Livery Gun went again to Ross Straker of the Grocers’ Company with a score of 78
• The John Howard Cup for top Individual Livery Side by Side went to our Liveryman Mark O’Dowd with a score of 72
• Top Livery Team Side by Side was won by Gunmakers ‘A’ – our ‘Hammer Gun Team’ with a score of  295. The team comprised Liverymen Nigel Brown, Jason Abbott, Paul Roberts, and Derek Stimpson (Captain)
• The Livery Team Highest Flush Prize was won by Farmers ‘B’ with a score of 71.

The overall rankings of the Gunmakers’ teams were:-

• ‘A’ – 7th with 295
• ‘B’ – 11th with 284
• ‘F’ – 12th with 281
• ‘E’ – 15th= with 276
• ‘D’ – 16th= with 273
• ‘Court’ – 22nd= with 255
• ‘G’ – 30th= with 237

Next year’s shoot will take place on Wednesday 19 May 2016

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