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Deer stalkers raise £5,000 for charity at ‘biggest ever’ gathering
More than £5,000 was raised for charity at what is thought to have been the biggest ever gathering of deer stalkers in England and Wales.
More than £5,000 was raised for charity at what is thought to have been the biggest ever gathering of deer stalkers in England and Wales.
A team made up of a member of BASC staff, a BASC council member and two BASC members took gold in an international shooting competition on Jersey.
Peter Glenser was elected as chairman of BASC at a council meeting following the association’s Annual General Meeting in Chester on Saturday 18th June.
The value of shooting to the Welsh economy was highlighted to Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts during her visit to BASC’s Rossett headquarters.
Following the resignation of Alan Jarrett as Chairman of BASC, Council unanimously elected Peter Glenser as Chairman.
BASC’s smartphone app has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its launch last year.
Next year’s Countryside Clay Shoot will be held on 13th May 2017, at the Six Mile Bottom Estate in Cambridgeshire.
BASC will run the first of a series of ‘Coaching Clinics’ at Chalk Farm Clay Ground, near Swaffham, on Tuesday 24th May from 2pm until dusk. The BASC ‘Coaching Clinics’ will be held once a month until September.
This year’s Countryside Clay Shoot has been hailed as fantastic by the organisers.