Girls & Guns

Phew! Apologises for the radio silence, but i’ve been a tad busier than expected!

So after stepping down from The S&CBC and launching my own events as ‘Girls & Guns’ , its been non stop!

Already had out first sell out day, which was at Sporting Targets and saw 29 ladies attend, in 2 weeks we will be at Kibworth shooting ground with 26 ladies and then in Sept i have a sold out ladies game day, with 51 ladies a few weeks later for my competition memorial shoot. Not bad going for someone who is a ‘nobody’ in the main stream shooting world. Hopefully this proves you don’t need to be a ‘big brand’ or to have expensive sponsers backing you; just sheer grit and the passion to get ladies into the sport for an affordable cost, and not just on the clay grounds.

October sees me back out in the beating line, which i cant wait for, i just need to order myself a new pink flag, as the other one just about made it to the end of the season! and i again hope to be able to take ladies out with me, at no cost to them.

In between running clay events, game days, and being in the beating line, i need to get some articles in to The Countrymans Weekly, luckily the next few months will provide me with topics to write about.

There was also a photoshoot for a certain charity calender that i appeared in for 2021, and seems i will feature in for 2023…

I did make a brief appearance at The Game Fair to collect my BASC Ladies Star of Shooting Award, and in doing so, forget to collect the trophies for the memorial shoot!

I have 2 clay events booked in, where i’ll be shooting & enjoying someone elses hospitality and organising, whiuch makes a nice change! one is a charity shoot with BASC and the other is an invite only afternoon at Sporting Targets, which im sharing with my ‘shooting wifey’ and G&G co-host, Meg.

At some point i need to get back out and practice my rifle shooting, the shoot is keen for me to partake in my share of pest control. but i’m not ready for that yet, so few more hours on targets and building confidence is needed. This is also something i am keen to offer to any other ladies who may be interested in giving it a go.