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Well, here we are, 2yrs later and my ladies group/events have made it to their 2nd birthday! We shall be celebrating on Saturday, with our first ever (and sold out) sim day & a bottle of Shots & Company sloe gin. If you are only just discovering us; welcome! I’m Laura & I created GirlsContinue reading “Happy 2nd birthday Girls & Guns!”

Saturday 30th September, saw the return of my Shani Boswell memorial ladies competition shoot, and the last Girls & Guns clay event! The ladies did me proud; they dug deep on the raffle and raised an amazing £2,570.00, which will be donated to the Kettering Dialysis Unit in my mums memory. The previous Saturday, weContinue reading “Girls & Guns; a fond farewell (for now?)”

*Disclaimer- thoughts/musings are my own- and this blog post will rattle some cages * So here we are, 7 (nearly 8 ) months into 2023 and Girls & Guns is still going strong; I have ran 6 very successful events , with 3 more to go, had 126 ladies attend so far and introduced 3Continue reading “Girls & Guns- 7mths into 2023”

On Sunday 09th July, it was Girls & Guns, the ladies shooting group i created and run, 1st birthday! I honestly did not think i would still be running events a year later, and the ladies still keep coming; events are still selling out and this year has seen rifle shooting experiences added to whatContinue reading “Happy 1st birthday Girls & Guns”

I’ve been rather quiet blog post wise lately, as busy either hosting/running/planning events, or being out supporting my ladies on competition shoots, but figured I had best do a quick celebratory post; as its 2 years today that me hosting an event, kicked off this new chapter in my shooting journey. So 2years ago today,Continue reading “Happy 2 year anniversary”

On the 01 April, I will be hosting my first Girls & Guns event of 2023, the date is quite appropriate seeing as last year I said I would not do anymore of these days! On 16th April, it will be 2yrs since my mum, Shani, passed away, with Myeloma; Blood Cancer. She was 61.Continue reading “The loss that led me to hosting ladies shooting events.”

Whew! so, end of last year i said i would not be bringing my ladies events back this year; 5 events, the charity shoot and a game day later…..think its safe to say we are back! Our events will start at Kibworth Shooting ground in April, and then will alternate between there and Sporting TargetsContinue reading “The girls are back for 2023 & the story behind our logo”