Our Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist,Kirsty(Hegarty)Barr,.

Handing over the proceeds of our Richard Marshall Memorial Charity shoot.

Massive Congratulations to our Club Member,Kirsty Barr Hegarty,on her Silver Medal win in Olympic Trap at the Commonwealth Games in Australia..Excellent Shooting.

There was a surprising turnout of 39 competitors,in awful conditions,for our March Club Shoot. The decision was taken to just open the top DTL layout,as it wasn't the sort of day to be standing outside,shooting Skeet,or to be trying to shoot OT in poor light,and,a biting wind blowing in your face. A total of 24 lines of DTL were shot,with only 2 straights from Ian Fleming and Ian Corbett,in the resulting shoot off,Fleming took the honours.. In the club members competition,four shooters had finished with 44x45,Dermot McQuillan,John Magill,James Martin O'Boyle and Willie Donnelly,. Dermot and John had left,so James and Willie shot off,with Willie taking the win.. Thank you to all who took part,sure it was a bit of craic.. Our next shoot is the final round of the Floodlight League,on Friday coming 9th of March..Everybody Welcome..

The March club shoot is tomorrow,roads and all clear,but it is going to be very cold..

There was a good turnout of shooters for our 25 Olympic Trap re-entry yesterday in very cold conditions.. The event was being run on handicap,and the winner was Darren Evans,25 (22+3),very closely followed by Cody Brady 24 (21+3),great shooting considering the weather.. Thanks to all who took part..

This Saturday 24th February,25 Olympic Trap re-entry,start 11am..

There was a good turnout of competitors,Raffle ticket buyers and Auction bidders for our Richard Marshall Memorial Charity Shoot on Friday night past.. The 63 competitors shot 36 lines,with 12 straights from,Des Gray,Ivan Montgomery,Paddy McNulty,Jude Millar,Ricky Stone,Gabriel Rogers,Nigel Graham,Willie Donnelly,Adrian Marshall,Ger Duffin,Steven Boyd,and Hubert Gilmore.In the single barrel shoot off it was Ricky Stone who took the honours with the only 15x15,excellent shooting. There were loads of Auction lots and Raffle prizes up for grabs,and our club house was packed to capacity.. The chosen charity this year was the Children's Kidney Fund,based at The Royal Victoria Hospital,Belfast,and the amount raised for them so far,is in excess of £ 2700. A Big Thank You,to everyone who made this event such a success,your efforts are very much appreciated..

This coming Friday night 16th February,is the Thatch Clay Target Clubs annual Richard Marshall Memorial Charity Shoot,Auction and Raffle.. The selected charity this year is Children's Kidney Fund NI,based at the Royal Victoria Hospital,Belfast.. This is the fifteenth year that we have held this event,and it has raised thousands of pounds for local charities,through the generosity of the people who support us,from the shooters who take part,the businesses and individuals who give auction and raffle items,to the friends and family that come and buy raffle tickets and bid in the auction,making this a very successful annual event.. Everybody Welcome..

There was a good turnout of shooters,at both disciplines, yesterday for the Olympic Trap and Olympic Skeet,25 Target,re-entry shoot.. In the OT, David Henning took the win with 24,closely followed by Kirsty Hegarty on 23..Darren Evans took the 'unclassified' honours with 21.. The Olympic Skeet winner was Gareth McAuley with a fine 23,excellent shooting at this testing discipline,with Bill Reynolds taking the 'unclassified' with 18.. A big ''thank you''to all for your support,..

This Saturday 10th February, 25 Olympic Trap and 25 Olympic Skeet re-entry,start 10am..Everybody Welcome..

There was a large turnout of shooters for our first shoot of 2018,on a rather cold and breezy,but bright sunny day.. 52 competitors shot 23 lines of DTL,with 8 straights from,Raymond Clyde,Nigel Hunter,Sandra Barr,John Church,Paddy McNulty,Ivan Montgomery,Sean Martin and David McAllister(with a new gun)..In the first round of the single barrel shoot off,Clyde and Barr both had 14's,so had to shoot again,with Clyde taking the win with another 14.. The Skeet layout saw 49 entrants shoot the 25 practice with 4 shooters breaking 25's,Alister Stewart x2,,Ryan McCrellis x2,,Tommy Hall and Carson Lindsay.. We as a club,will have to look at maybe running a Skeet competition at the Club shoots,as it is proving very popular. The OlympicTrap layout ran continuously all day,and the entrants here included Team NI Athletes Kirsty Hegarty and David Henning,who are heading to Australia to compete in the Commonwealth Games in April.. "Thanks Everyone" for your support,..