The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will host two new attractions at its Gamekeepers? Fair 2010. Visitors to the event at Catton Park in South Derbyshire on 17th and 18th April will be able to visit Stalking 2010 ? a dedicated deer stalking and management village. There will also be a new food hall which will showcase local and national producers and suppliers of high quality food and drink.
Game and wildlife management students from across England and Wales competed at the first clay shoot challenge for students of gamekeeping organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Eighty eight students from nine colleges tackled a difficult 100 bird sporting layout at the BASC Gamekeeping College Challenge at Doveridge Clay Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, on 16th March.
This week more than 40 gamekeepers and employers have completed the new Scottish snaring accreditation. The series of courses was run by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), in association with the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA). Others will be run throughout Scotland in the coming months. This is part of an industry-led initiative to professionalise the use of snares for necessary pest control in Scotland. The courses cover the law, forthcoming legislation,
Everyone involved in shooting sports is being urged to take part in a groundbreaking online election campaign being run by the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
A gamekeeper and his dog from Wellington in Somerset have taken the top honours in the gamekeepers? classes at Crufts 2010. Melvyn Hobbs and his English Springer Spaniel Whitebrook Lord of the Rings, also known as Moley, won the Northesk memorial trophy.
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A young dog handler from a village near Oswestry, Shropshire, has proved he is top dog after winning at Crufts for the second year running. Twelve-year-old Michael Broadbent, from Llangedwyn, won the Best Young Handler under 14-years-old in the gamekeepers’ and working gundog classes run at Crufts 2010 by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
After lobbying by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the Forest Service in Northern Ireland has reduced its ambitions to gain sweeping powers over sporting rights, land entry and deer management. The Forest Service has now abandoned plans to obtain compulsory purchase of sporting rights under the proposed Forestry Bill which is before the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Dog lovers will be able to see working dogs in action at this year?s Crufts competition.
