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Saturday's 25 shooters found the going tough with the wind swirling round the top range making the targets unpredictable, but one man showing his form was Stan Cross hitting 24/25 he lead from John Tate after the first round by one target.  The bottom range was different altogether and the shelter from the bank helped.  Dave Corlett put himself into a good position with a second round 24 putting him one target ahead of Rachael Bowen-Matthews and Dan Shacklock.  Stan then put in a 25 straight to lead on 49/50.Scores did start to improve as the field began to get used to the unpredictability of the targets and with Stan shooting a third round 23 the door was opened slightly.  Dan was getting ever closer missing on station7 for his 25 straight but only 3 targets behind Stan with David and Rachael tied in 3^rd place on 68/75.

This is Stan’s kind on competition and he sealed his victory on day one in fine style with a final round of 25/25 giving him 97/100 overall.  Rachael’s 25 on the final round gave her the ladies prize with David and Dan taking joint 3^rd and 1^st & 2^nd in class A.  There was a fine battle going on in the veterans’ class which was finally taken by Peter Fabrizio.  Team prize for Saturday went to Martin Jones and Tony Cuffe.

On Sunday the conditions were totally different and many of the competitors breathed a sigh of relief as scores coming into the club house began to reflect their true form. Dave Corlett, Rachael and Kevin Oates all shot a 25 straight in their first round followed by 24’s from Stan and David Morgan.  This set the pattern for the day with only 1 or 2 clays separating the top 9 shooters.Rachael then showed that women are equal in this sport by putting in  back to back straights and topped the leader board on 50/50.  But the pack were hunting her down with Kevin only 1 target behind and David Morgan kicking himself on 48 after missing his optional target on both of his first 2 rounds. 

Round three and the big guns were smoking and the pressure was on Stan and Jeff both hit 25/25 were being watched closely by Kevin who had produced his worst round of the day.  All 3 were now tying for high gun, the 2 Dave’s were still in the hunt in second place with Rachael heading the ladies event in overall 3^rd position with Martin Jones.  The veteran’s prize was also a close run affair and only one target separated Peter from George going into the final round. David Morgan finally beat his boggy stand and ended the competition with a 25 straight this only matched in this round by Dave Corlett and left them both tied on 94/100 and into the overall final for the 200 bird prize money and Crowe Morgan cup. 

Stan’s 23 in the final round left him one target behind Kevin and Jeff who tied on the day with 96/100 and a shoot off to decide the high gun prize money.  George Costain also pulled level with Peter to force a shoot off in the veterans’ class. Hitting target for target the scoring in the shoot off was of the highest order in line with the days competition and up to station 4 Jeff and Kevin were straight, but Kevin was the first to crack and although missing on station 6 Jeff kept his nerve to take the high gun prize.  In the vets Peter was the first to miss and George won the shoot-off reversing the positions from day one. 

In the final the top 4 men Stan, Dave, David and Jeff competed with the top 2 lady shooters Rachael and Madeline.  Once again the scoring was of the highest standard, but there was only going to be one winner as Stan proved he had nerves of steel to finish the competition off on 25/25 with all the other finalists shooting 23/25. 

The David Morgan team cup for the winning team on the Sunday only was taken by Les Killey and Rachael.