We are lucky enough to have a number of fantastic ladies on BASC council who are amazing advocates for the shooting sport. We recently caught up with shooter and hunter Cara Richardson in the lead up to International Women’s Day to hear about her shooting journey. Cara says: ”I first Read more…
International Women’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate all the fantastic women we have within the shooting sport. We caught up with one of them, shooting champ and top coach Anita North to chat all things ladies shooting. Anita says, Shooting means so very much to me. It has Read more…
To celebrate International Women’s Day BASC Ladies caught up with the unstoppable force that is Victoria Knowles-Lacks, founder of The Shotgun and Chelsea Bun Club and Ladies Shooting champion. Victoria says, “Shooting totally changed my life. It’s given me the absolute best of friends, the most amazing adventures, and a Read more…
In the run up to International Women’s Day BASC Ladies caught up with co-founder of Femmes Fatales and Ladies Shooting champion Lydia Abdelaoui to find out a little more about the clubs shooting journey. Lydia says, “Femmes Fatales was created simply as a network to bring together women who shoot, Read more…
A beautiful October morning dawned for the first Lyford Ladies Day in Oxfordshire, bright sunshine and not a cloud in sight. The event was organised in aid of Cancer Research UK, a charity very dear to me and my friend Jaqui, as we both lost close relatives this year to Read more…
In December 2016, whilst on a shooting weekend here in the Isle of Man, Duncan Thomas (Northern Director for BASC) suggested to us that we pull together a team to take part in the BASC/MGPS (Manx Game Preservation Society) competition at Blue Point, held annually in August. We thought about Read more…
Being a 61-year-old woman it’s probably one of the last things you would think about me doing on a winters day, but here I am having a great day out at Adam Morton’s Rectory Farm Shoot in Carmarthenshire. Armed with my beating stick, enthusiasm and waterproof clothing, off I go. Read more…
‘As any hunter knows too well, we become a part of nature when hunting and thus at natures mercy with our opportunities for a catch!’
