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
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.
Recent Victories
George Parsons won the March Registered Shoot with 90 clays
Kevin Anns won the South West Shooting School Winter Series by 1 clay from Nick Cawthorne.
Dates for 2007
CPSA 100 Bird Sporting Registered Shoots
Saturday 7 April
Saturday 5 May
Saturday 2 June
Saturday 7 July
Saturday 11 August
Saturday 1 September
Saturday 6 October
Saturday 3 November
Saturday 1 December
Entries 10.30am - 2.30 pm
A further entry for your diary for Saturday 30 June is the Country Fair and Clay Pigeon Shoot at Hatherleigh in aid of the Exeter Leukaemia Fund; needless to say the winners last year were Ian Cawthorne and his merry band who had all trained at the South West Shooting School
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