Banbridge Clay Pigeon Club DTL

Our annual club shoot marked a very special milestone today, our most youthful looking member turns 90 years young this coming week!!

At almost 90, he is still is able to show us how it’s done with his best line only dropping a point!

Happy Birthday Derek!! 🎉🥳🎂

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the Home International, British Open and European Championships - 14th - 17th July 2027

We will be sharing more details the closer we get to the competitions next year and will post a full list of events at Banbridge for 26/27 in the coming months.

If anyone has any questions, please drop a PM through the page.

Thank you one and all for the support you have shown us all year including today. Although the weather was against us, we had 67 competitors including 8 juniors brave the wind! Jordan McLoughlin took High Gun after a close shoot off with Darren Armstrong, both tied on 297. Well shot both!

Our class and category prize winners are:

Overall High Gun: Jordan McLoughlin

Senior High Gun: Darren Armstrong
Ladies High Gun: Bernadette Quinn
Junior High Gun: Craig McKeown
Vet High Gun: Nigel Donnell
S.Vet High Gun: Neville Ferguson

AA Class: Darren Armstrong
A Class: Aaron McDowell
B Class: Trevor Foot
C Class: Mark Gordon

From everyone at the club, we wish all those competing at the European Championships, Home International and British Open in Wales the very best of luck!

Stay tuned for our big announcement for 2027!

The head chef has enjoyed her first week of retirement out of the kitchen by cooking up a storm at home.

Just a sneak peak at what’s in store in case anyone was still on the fence. 😁

See you all tomorrow!!

Plenty of prizes up for grabs this weekend!

Shoot is open to everyone, do not have to be part of the team with first squads going out at 9.30am.

All junior entries are free and there will be complimentary food in the afternoon for all in attendance.

Thanks to Gransha Engraving Banbridge Rathfriland for the prizes on offer.

I am very pleased to have been selected as Captain of the Northern Ireland Shooting Team for this years International in Wales.

It is a great privilege to be this years Captain and it is my pleasure to invite you all to our club on Saturday 4th July for Captains Day. Everyone is welcome with prizes up for all classes and categories.

The head chef (Audrey) has told me that all stops have been pulled out and a great selection of food will be available in the afternoon for everyone in attendance.

First squads are scheduled to go out at 9.30am with Team squads going out at 12.30pm. If all Team members can be on the ground for 11.30am.

I look forward to seeing you all there on Saturday!

Aaron

It was a windy day at Banbridge as we saw 68 competitors brave the conditions for the Inter Club Championships and Kendall Cup.

Jordan Mclaughlin set the pace in the first wave with an impressive 100/297 and only Julie-Darren Bell 296 and Joe Donnelly 294 came close to troubling him with Jordan holding on to take High Gun and the Kendall Cup! Great shooting!

The Ulster Open Junior champion Harley Gardiner kept up his good form to take the Junior High Gun from a field of 7 juniors. Well shot Harley

And finally, our Inter Club Championship saw 10 teams battle it out in the windy conditions with Moyola taking the victory over Acres by just 5 points.

Thank you to all who have supported us over the past season, it is greatly appreciated by all the membership here at Banbridge CPC. We will be back on 4th July for Captains day and will provide more details closer to the event.

Pavlova, Pies and Buns freshly prepared for tomorrow….there’s also a shoot on!

Everyone welcome this Saturday for the Kendall cup and inter club championship.

Those wishing to put a team in for the club championship, you don’t have to shoot together, but your squad needs to be nominated before you start. Any question, let me know!

Look forward to see you all Saturday!

💥🟠 Inter Club Championship🟠💥

Banbridge will host the UCPSA Inter Club competition on Saturday 13th June. The competition will be run under the following rules:

Each club must nominate 5 shooters before starting shooting, clubs can enter multiple teams.

The following handicap will be applied for shooters in the classes below:

AA - 0 points
A - 3 points
B - 6 points
C - 9 points

Each team will be scored by counting all 5 scores with the handicap applied.

This is a 100 targeted registered event, everyone welcome and we look forward to seeing you there!