BASC North

Three shoots in Cheshire, who are members of BASC’s Green Shoots project, have received a

We have a sensational line up of events specifically for our younger members this summer.

We are receiving an alarming number of reports of thefts at kennels, not only professional establishments but ordinary shooters who appear to be targets for rural criminals out to exploit the high value of trained dogs.

Following the huge success of the first event in 2008, BASC will be supporting the Yorkshire Game Fair at Harewood House again this May. BASC will be running gundog events, offering shotgun coaching and providing an excellent line up on its main stand including Sir Johnny Scott of ‘Clarissa & the Countryman’ fame, ferreting expert Simon Whitehead, Thorne & District Wildfowlers, Brocklebank Gundogs, wildlife and animal portrait artist John Clarke and Chris Green, ?The Cornish Countryman?.

The 5th National Masonic Clay Shooting Competition will be held for Freemasons and their guests at the Dolphin Shooting Ground, Marsh Lane, Longton near Preston on Saturday 27 June. For more information contact Mike Casey on 01253 403731 or email gwmikecasey@gmail.com. BASC will benefit from this event.

Conservationists in Cheshire have been working with a local landowner to build a new home for endangered otters alongside the River Weaver.