PILLARS OF COUNTRY SPORTS TRY FOR YOURSELF!


IAN COLEY SPORTING is hosting its next major Open Day on Saturday 9th September. These hugely popular days feature fun shooting challenges with cash and sponsored prizes, plus a chance to see most major gun manufacturers and try new demo models. iancoley.co.uk


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Fly-fi shing allows you to enjoy some of the UK’s fi nest scenery


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as a gamekeeper, competed for Great Britain in 1971, then became world-renowned for coaching the GB team six times in the Olympics, with his ultimate accolade arriving in 2012 when, after coaching Peter Wilson to the gold medal in double trap at the London Olympics, he was awarded an MBE. Ian Coley Sporting provides novice and experienced shots with the complete shooting package, including lodge, gun shop and sporting agency off erings. The combination of expertise and laid-back West Country charm makes this shooting ground well worth a visit.


For those that like a challenge and are keen


to experience the real thing, ‘simulated game days’ are formal game shooting-style days that replace live birds with clay targets. Enjoy the traditional elements of a British driven day with all the trimmings - a series of drives, elevenses, champagne and a shoot lunch to fi nish. The Bob Valentine Shooting School


(theshootingschool.com) is located in north Wales and off ers the full (simulated) game shooting experience: guests gather in the morning to draw pegs before heading off to shoot clay versions of driven grouse (from proper butts), partridge,


pheasant and duck. It’s a great way to get a feel for this most exciting of sports. If you are up north then why not take a look


at Raisthorpe Flyers (raisthorpefl yers.com), located in the Yorkshire Wolds. The shooting day can be located anywhere within the grounds of this amazing shooting estate, so there is a great variety of targets available for all abilities. Simulated game shooting is available until the end of October for groups of eight to sixteen.


FISHING There is no sport as totally absorbing, calming and exciting, as fi shing. If you think that sounds like a contradiction in terms – that’s because you have not yet tried it! The deep sense of enjoyment


and rich pleasure one experiences when spending time by a river is immeasurable – especially if preceded by a long stint of work in the city. What’s more, it needn’t leave you out of pocket and there are a range of ways to become acquainted with the sport. For anyone wishing to dip their toe in the water, Orvis UK (orvis.


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you. Lincoln Shotguns are particularly proud of their 20G and smaller calibres. They are renowned for being some of the best-handling smaller calibres available, as well as being perfect introductory guns to shooting. For those looking for something a little extra, the Lincoln Prestige range features attractive case- hardened side plates to the action and specialist select walnut wood. The Lincoln Prestige will attract attention on the shoot for all the right reasons, and even more so when you consider this model starts at just under the £2,000 mark. Every Lincoln Shotgun is covered by a no-


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