Blast! It turned out fine once again
The RICS benevolent fund, LionHeart, joined forces with the Property Gun and Punt Club to hold the 24th PGPC clay pigeon shoot last month. The event took place at the Holland & Holland Shoot Ground in Northwood, Middlesex.
Some 25 teams, each of four guns, took part in the event, raising £5,000 for LionHeart. And for the 10th year in a row the weather was fine and sunny, without a drop of rain. Someone has connections in high places!
Holland & Holland laid on a challenging event which produced some exciting shooting and high scores, with BBB&R and Elmer and the Fudds claiming top prizes.
The main sponsor of the shoot was Stanley Hicks, while contributions also came from HDDA, the Chartered Surveyors Company, Emmerson Barnett, E3Consulting, Brian Lamden Associates, Ian Hughes, Trilogie, TFT Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and Adventis Group, as well as Estates Gazette.
Mike Greensmith, chairman of LionHeart, Roger Tuck, chairman of the PGPC, and Richard Greenaway of Stanley Hicks, presented the prizes and thanked everyone who helped make the annual shoot a successful and enjoyable event once again.
Top guns
PGPC shoot prizes:
PGPC Trophy (overall team champions) BBB&R – Mike Bates, Andrew Black, Paul Britton, John Rand
Chesterton Cup (overall runners-up) Castle Properties – Andrew Lally, Shaun Miller, Greg Swan, Jake Curtin
Speyhawk Flurry Cup (top flurry score) The Pheasant Pluckers – Greg Nicholson, Roger Tuck, Digby Flower, David Tye
Hillier Parker Duck (sporting champions) BBB&R – Mike Bates, Andrew Black, Paul Britton, John Rand
Small Back Room Wine Chiller (top PGPC score) Robert Evans.
LionHeart shoot trophies:
Stanley Hicks Trophy (overall team champions) Elmer and the Fudds – Roy Emmerson, John Boyle, Richard Pope, Ian Elliot
LionHeart Trophy (overall runners-up) Simmons Smashers – Thomas Dunn, Fergus Hodge, Robert Fuller, Ian Parkin
LionHeart Flurry Trophy (flurry champions) Bin Lamden’s Bandits – Brian Lamden, David Tuffin, Craig Lamden, Rupert Dodson
HDDA Trophy (top LionHeart gun) Stephen Wright
Most Likely to Improve trophy (lowest individual score) Graham Rushworth.
Individual and overall trophies:
Palmer Capital Trophy (top side-by-side user) Ian Parkin
Madford Trophy (top 20-bore user) Paul Britton
Club Tankard (top chartered surveyor) Digby Flower
PGPC Rose Bowl (top lady gun) Jane Leedham
Ron Steward Middle Gun (Mr Average) Mark Sherwood
Duck-up Trophy (worst mistake) Mike Tompkins
Punt Paddle (lowest team score) Press Gang – Toby Wilson, William Cochrane, Jason Stone, David Allen
Pool Stand (highest score) Paul Fosh
H&H Cup (top two-man charity flush) Shared by Graham Darby, Hamish Everett, Martin Middleton and Richard Greenaway, all from the Demolition Darby team.
The RICS benevolent fund, LionHeart, joined forces with the Property Gun and Punt Club to hold the 24th PGPC clay pigeon shoot last month. The event took place at the Holland & Holland Shoot Ground in Northwood, Middlesex.
Some 25 teams, each of four guns, took part in the event, raising £5,000 for LionHeart. And for the 10th year in a row the weather was fine and sunny, without a drop of rain. Someone has connections in high places!
Holland & Holland laid on a challenging event which produced some exciting shooting and high scores, with BBB&R and Elmer and the Fudds claiming top prizes.
The main sponsor of the shoot was Stanley Hicks, while contributions also came from HDDA, the Chartered Surveyors Company, Emmerson Barnett, E3Consulting, Brian Lamden Associates, Ian Hughes, Trilogie, TFT Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and Adventis Group, as well as Estates Gazette.
Mike Greensmith, chairman of LionHeart, Roger Tuck, chairman of the PGPC, and Richard Greenaway of Stanley Hicks, presented the prizes and thanked everyone who helped make the annual shoot a successful and enjoyable event once again.
Top guns
PGPC shoot prizes:
PGPC Trophy (overall team champions) BBB&R – Mike Bates, Andrew Black, Paul Britton, John Rand
Chesterton Cup (overall runners-up) Castle Properties – Andrew Lally, Shaun Miller, Greg Swan, Jake Curtin
Speyhawk Flurry Cup (top flurry score) The Pheasant Pluckers – Greg Nicholson, Roger Tuck, Digby Flower, David Tye
Hillier Parker Duck (sporting champions) BBB&R – Mike Bates, Andrew Black, Paul Britton, John Rand
Small Back Room Wine Chiller (top PGPC score) Robert Evans.
LionHeart shoot trophies:
Stanley Hicks Trophy (overall team champions) Elmer and the Fudds – Roy Emmerson, John Boyle, Richard Pope, Ian Elliot
LionHeart Trophy (overall runners-up) Simmons Smashers – Thomas Dunn, Fergus Hodge, Robert Fuller, Ian Parkin
LionHeart Flurry Trophy (flurry champions) Bin Lamden’s Bandits – Brian Lamden, David Tuffin, Craig Lamden, Rupert Dodson
HDDA Trophy (top LionHeart gun) Stephen Wright
Most Likely to Improve trophy (lowest individual score) Graham Rushworth.
Individual and overall trophies:
Palmer Capital Trophy (top side-by-side user) Ian Parkin
Madford Trophy (top 20-bore user) Paul Britton
Club Tankard (top chartered surveyor) Digby Flower
PGPC Rose Bowl (top lady gun) Jane Leedham
Ron Steward Middle Gun (Mr Average) Mark Sherwood
Duck-up Trophy (worst mistake) Mike Tompkins
Punt Paddle (lowest team score) Press Gang – Toby Wilson, William Cochrane, Jason Stone, David Allen
Pool Stand (highest score) Paul Fosh
H&H Cup (top two-man charity flush) Shared by Graham Darby, Hamish Everett, Martin Middleton and Richard Greenaway, all from the Demolition Darby team.
