Ettiford Farm

Nr Ilfracombe

Devon EX34 9RG

Email: info@southwestshooting.co.uk

Telephone: 01271 864784

The South West Shooting School is situated in an idyllic wooded valley in the heart of the glorious Devon countryside a few miles from Ilfracombe, reached by roads running along the ridge of North Devon with stunning views, north across the Bristol Channel to Wales and south to Dartmoor. The stands are ideally positioned facing down sun; also whilst the guns are cosily out of the wind in the valley the clays are flying in the wind! The Shooting School must be without equal in the country for the variety of targets that can be presented.

What does the South West Shooting School provide?

Competitive and Sporting Clays. The School, the venue of numerous Devon Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (CPSA) shooting championships, runs high level CPSA 100 Clay competitions, laying on up to 40 different varieties of competition to suit all levels. Thus a group can gain confidence in a medium level competition in the morning and in the afternoon can return to be brought rapidly down to earth with a most testing alternative! At the top it can provide outstanding and demanding conditions for Sporting and FITASC practice; at the lower level it has excellent facilities for coaching those new to competitive shooting.

Game Shooting . How often do you arrive for your first day's shooting and not perform at your best? Do you sometimes have a mid-season hiccup? The School provides perfect clays replicating high pheasants (very high!), driven pheasant and partridge crossing at all angles, rising teal, dropping duck, bolting rabbits etc. The list and variety are endless. The experienced shot can have his technique fine-tuned whilst the newcomer will be able to develop the required skills for safe and accurate shooting.

Coaching. There would be little point in any of these fantastic facilities unless they were fully supported by human expertise. Ian Cawthorne, known to many for his personal shooting prowess and his inspiring instruction, not only runs the School but also coaches when required. His extensive knowledge and years of experience make him one of the best coaches, if not the best, in the country. Whether you are expert or beginner matters not to him; both will gain in their different ways and will much enjoy discussing the finer elements of shooting or the basic techniques.

What else?

Technical. All the teaching expertise you need is there; gun fitting advice, try guns, pattern plate and loan guns.

Administration. There is a club house where drinks are available, and food can be brought in from a choice of the excellent providers in the area. There is a really outstanding range of practical shooting accessories

New For Autumn 2009

THE IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE

Making use of the uniquely large and flexible range of facilities at the South West Shooting School Ian has designed a special package to improve and then test groups of keen clay shooters.  The day will be run on as follows:

1030 hrs          Meet at the Shoot Reception and have coffee. This is the time to discuss the day’s activities, that is to say the standard of the groups, the types of clays to be flown including specific problem targets, and the eventual standard to be achieved. Finalise the programme

1100 hrs          Start shooting, gradually building up the difficulty of the clays produced as the morning progresses.  Ian will be present throughout and will personally take charge of all coaching; every member of the group will thus receive individual instruction.

1230 hrs          Discussion back at Reception on the morning’s activities and progress.  Ian will highlight the group and individual lessons learnt

1300 hrs          Lunch.  There is a wide variety of choices which will have been agreed in advance

1400 hrs          A fun and competitive afternoon, on a 100 target course, designed to fully test and confirm the lessons of the morning

1530 hrs          A good Devon tea.  There will be final discussions on how the afternoon went and of course a prize giving ceremony!

This has been designed as a fun and learning day for all, which will be very competitively priced.  The day will be tailored to suit all types of clay shooting.  Those interested should email or ring Ian at the South West Shooting School to discuss further details

Who should come to the South West Shooting School?

The clear answer is everyone who enjoys this great sport. It does not matter whether you are one of the country's top shots, someone who needs to be sharpened up at the beginning or in the middle of the shooting season, a serious competitive shooting group, a bunch of friends or a newcomer to the sport. The staff will lay on exactly what you require and you will gain immeasurably from a visit the the South West Shooting School; almost as importantly your time with us will be fun and really enjoyable.