Journalists are invited to join chefs from Cornwall, staff from Country Sports South West (CSSW) and Cornwall Food & Drink for a chefs? clay shooting challenge on the 19th March at Colquite House, Washaway, near Bodmin.
BASC is calling on everyone involved in shooting and land management to respond to a European Commission survey on the management of invasive alien species.
Two shoot development days designed to help small shoots make the most of their shooting ground will take place on 31st March in Wiltshire and 21st April in Devon.
On Saturday 24th March 2012 the Larchfield Estate, Annahilt in County Down will host the 2012 BASC NI annual gundog test.
As part of the Taste of Game campaign the BASC Midlands team and the School of Artisan Food have joined forces to promote game meat as a healthy alternative. Based in the heart of Sherwood Forest on the Welbeck Estate in north Nottinghamshire, the shcool has newly refurbished training rooms especially equipped to teach breadmaking, cheesemaking, brewing, butchery, charcutierie and preserving.
The Midland team had a busy two days on the new extended BASC village at the British Shooting Show, Newark Showground in February. Saturday was particularly packed and our team of volunteers hardly had any time to look around the show themselves! This show is becoming very popular; totally under cover in huge heated halls, it is protected from the vagaries of the weather.
Voting has now opened for the 2012 BASC Council election. BASC members can vote by post or online.
Ralph Skripek, Derbyshire restauranteur, game shot and fisherman has published a new book of seasonal game recipes called Wild Chef.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has launched its search for a new Chief Executive to replace John Swift who retires in June 2013.
