The Inter-Livery Clay Shoot, 15/16 May 2024

Team 3 of Patrick Turner, James Davies, Edward King and Robin Curtis looking for inspiration.

Well, football didn’t come home this summer, but The Horners’ Trophy most certainly did – and is now engraved and proudly displayed in our Court Room.  Yes, yet again, our Court Team triumphed.  In fact, our five teams did very well ably captained for yet another year by Carl Langton.

The Court Team, shooting on the first day, won with 315 points; Team 3 shared the Alan Ritson Cup with The Watermen & Lightermen, tying on 334 points, and Mark O’Dowd again won the John Howard Memorial Cup for Top Individual Liveryman Side-by-Side shoot on 66.  Mark just pipped Fred Gascoigne of the Mercers’ Company in their almost annual joust for this honour.  In the thirteen years of this trophy Mark has won eight times!

The shoot, now in its 30 th year, is a two-day event and was held for the second year at The West London Shooting School by kind permission of Past Master Roddy Richmond-Watson.  Our thanks to Roddy, Chris Parr and Richard Farrand for their skill and patience in organising such a hugely successful event.  Its popularity warrants early advertisement and so next year the dates are 14/15 May 2025.

Can we field a Ladies’ Team next year?  Surely, we can rise to the challenge.

New Court Steward Colin Burrows, the Hot Shot of Day 1.

The London Proof House looking ready for the Christmas celebration.

Christmas Greetings 2025

December 21, 2025
A brief message from the Master of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers to all Liverymen at Christmas.
Coat of arms with weapons, flags, and Latin inscription:

The Achievement of Arms

October 5, 2025
Our identity as the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers certainly transcends the words themselves. In fact, our particular style of Livery is a unique combination of our heritage, the work of the Proof House and the Clerk’s office, and the day-to-day contributions […] The post The Achievement of Arms appeared first on Worshipful Company of Gunmakers.

Gunmakers Master Made Fellow

October 2, 2025
Richard Hefford-Hobbs Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering  Richard Hefford-Hobbs FREng has been awarded the esteemed Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a prestigious honour recognising his exceptional contributions to the field of engineering.   The announcement was made on the 24th of September 2025, highlighting Richard as one of a select few […] The post Gunmakers Master Made Fellow appeared first on Worshipful Company of Gunmakers.
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