FORTHCOMING EVENTS - GET INVOLVED | All counties Summer clay days
Hamilton. To book contact Mike Goode
mikegoode.gssltd@
googlemail.com and look out for the online auction with some excellent lots on offer.
here are some fabulous clay shoots taking place this summer. Raisthorpe clay shoot on Friday 23 June will offer superb shooting for teams of four guns and four loaders, shooting six stands including a gnat drive. A champagne reception will be followed by lunch, including a raffle and auction with some spectacular
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lots on offer. Team entry is £2,000 with proceeds donated to the GWCT and Yorkshire Cancer Research. For further details please see
www.gwct.
org.uk/raisthorpeshoot. The ever popular
Gloucestershire clay shoot will be held at North Farm, Shipton on Wednesday 7 June by kind permission of Charles Ballie-
Foxcote House is the fabulous venue for the Warwickshire clay shoot consisting of five x100 bird flushes for teams of four. The day will include brunch and dinner after the event with a very special auction. Please contact Max Kendry
mkendry@gwct.org.uk. Rob Evans is kindly hosting the SE Wales clay shoot at the spectacular location of Cefn Tilla on Friday 29 September. This promises to be an exciting day, so please contact Roger Thomas
roger.thomas@
coark.com. Please check the diary (p54) for all the clay shoots taking place this summer.
Shoot walks E London Macnab Ball in Mayfair
e are delighted to announce that this year we will be holding our fantastic and popular Macnab Ball in the luxurious ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair on Wednesday 22 November. Last year the evening was a spectacular success with guests enjoying an array of entertainment, fine food and tantalising gin cocktails, courtesy of Martin Miller’s Gin, followed by a live auction which raised a fantastic £180,000. For more information
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about this year’s ball please contact Josephine Langer
jlanger@gwct.org.uk or alternatively on 0207 290 0110.
www.gwct.org.uk/events
veryone enjoys the unique GWCT shoot walks and this year there will be plenty to choose from. The North Yorkshire committee is hosting shoot walks, sponsored by Strutt & Parker, at Urra on 1 June and the Bolton Castle Estate on 27 June. For full details please contact Sophie Dingwall
sdingwall@gwct.org.uk or 07925 597676. Oxfordshire is holding a walk at the Great Tew Estate on 22 June – contact Alice Huxley
alice.huxley@
struttandparker.com. Gloucestershire
is combining its walk with the grey partridge award at Great Lemhill on the 19 June. Please contact Lynda Ferguson
lferguson@gwct.org.uk. The SE Wales committee will be visiting Port Casseg, St Arvans on the 13 June – contact Philip Yapp
pyapp@hmy.co.uk. Worcestershire’s shoot walk is at DLF Seeds, Winchcombe on the 21 September – please contact Martin McAleese
mjmcaleese@btinternet.com for more details. For walks in other counties please see page 54.
Lancashire
Lancashire’s sporting dinner
ancashire is holding its very enjoyable annual sporting dinner and auction at the stunning Inn at Whitewell, Forest of Bowland on Thursday 12 October. This five star hotel is a former 18th Century coaching inn with all the food locally sourced. For more information please contact Nick Mason
lancashire@gwct.org.uk.
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JOIN US FOR the fabulous chance to enjoy a flycasting masterclass in Green Park in front of Buckingham Palace, followed by dinner at the Flyfishers’ Club, Brook Street, on the 12 July. This unique evening starts with a champagne reception at Orvis and costs £130 per rod. Please contact Ben Glazier
ben@glazierdesign.com.
Lancashire/Cumbria
FOLLOWING ON FROM the popular Underley team challenge, Lancashire and Cumbria are pleased to be running the Levens Team Challenge at Levens Park, Kendal by kind invitation of Richard and Naomi Bagot on Sunday 28 May. Teams will compete in various sporting activities including gundog scurry, clay shooting, digger driving and more. To book please contact Nick Mason
lancashire@gwct.org.uk.
Summer drinks
WORCESTERSHIRE IS HOLDING its drinks party and auction at Churchfield Farm, Salwarpe by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Will Kerton. As well as drinks and canapés, there will be the added delight of sampling the many luxury ice creams Churchfield Farm has on offer. To book your place please contact Martin McAleese
mjmcaleese@btinternet.com. Blenheim Palace is the beautiful venue on the 6 September for the Oxfordshire drinks party and auction. The event will be held in the Orangery so contact Simon Scott- White on 07813 718813 to book.
Wiltshire
THE WILTSHIRE COMMITTEE is offering you the chance to become the next racing sensation with a day at Thruxton kart circuit by kind permission of Henry Pelham on 21 July. The day will include breakfast and lunch. Please contact Jamie Daniell on
jdaniell1949@gmail.com to book.
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