Nine-year-old Declan Leslie, a BASC member since May 2016, at his very first season of shooting, beating and picking up at various estates in Yorkshire. He was very proud of shooting first cock pheasant with an antique 1880s Belgian .410.
Marta Jacyna is BASC’s communications officer. She is passionate about the countryside and enjoys deer stalking and foraging for food.
Sparsholt’s history stretches back 125 years. Fifty years ago, the college pioneered the country’s first dedicated gamekeeping course.
The wind, rain and mud did nothing to dampen the spirits of a group of youngsters who attended a BASC Young Shots game day in East Sussex in January.
More than 550 school children attended a three-day educational event at the Ledston Estate last week hosted by Countryside Learning and BASC.
