Corps Clay Pigeon Shooting

Fast rolling rabbits target shoot

High flying overhead driven targets shoot Cfn Horton awarded High Gun trophy by Colonel Simpson

8 Bn REME winning team, Sgt Hill, Sgt Porter and Cpl Ward

REME Clay Target Championships 2021

First Corps Clay Target event after lockdown; On 22 Sep 21, the REME Championships were held at the home of REME Clay Shooting, Bramley. The weather couldn’t have been better to get back out with the gun and dust off the cobwebs. In all, over 100 people came to the event, which was shared with the RLC Championships. This made for a fantastic atmosphere and friendly rivalry/ banter.

Maj Douglas being awarded the Female High Gun trophy WO1 (ASM) Field being presented Corps Colours

The course itself consisted of 100 targets over 12 stands. The course setters, Maj Barbieri and WO2 (AQMS) Meager had set the targets to test all the shooters. They certainly ensured the targets were varied in both size and complexity; ranging from fast rolling rabbits along the ground to high flying overhead driven targets, to slow and technical. If that wasn’t enough; to try and challenge shooters even further, some of these stands were then shot as simulated pairs, where both targets are released at the same time.

All the competitors thoroughly enjoyed the day and were thankful to be back out again, particularly after such a long break from sport. One shooter who did particularly well on the day and whose form is replicated across to Army Competitions, was Cfn Horton. He took the title of Corps High Gun with an outstanding score of 88 on this challenging course.

Thank you and well done to all who attended and took part, especially the winners of some fantastic prizes. Well done to Cfn Horton, Corps High Gun (88 scored), and the team entry from 8 Trg Bn REME (Cpl Ward, Sgt Hill, Sgt Porter), who won the Unit Championship for the third year in a row. The event also saw 3 individuals presented with Corps colours for shooting, WO1 (ASM) Field, Cpl Milner and Cfn Horton.

If anyone is interested in taking up the sport, or joining the ATSC, please get in touch with the Team Captain: WO2 (AQMS) Pete Meager. Full results are shown below:

REME Championships

Unit Winners 8 Trg Bn REME Corps Overall HG Cfn Horton Corps runner up Cpl Ward U23 High gun Cfn Mawhinney U23 Runner up (RUP) Lt Fielder-Shaw Female HG Maj Douglas Reserve HG Col Simpson Guest Cpl MCCalla A Class winner Sgt Hunt A Class RUP Cpl Jones B Class winner Cpl Moore B Class RUP Cfn Brookfield C Class winner Lt Walter C Class RUP 2Lt Mayne

LCpl Milner being presented Corps Colours Cfn Horton being presented Corps Colours