Countryside Alliance Ireland - love the countryside

June 2005

In This News Letter

1. Important Notice to Members

2. Results of CAI Board Elections

3. Armagh Lions Club Charity Clay Shoot

4. 2005/2005 Shooting Badges

5. Curraghmore Clay Shoot - Winniing Team from Birr

1.   Important Notice to Members

Members are advised that failure to renew your subscription on time means that your Insurance Cover is lapsed and that you will not be covered under our members benefits scheme.

 2. CAI Board Elections

We are pleased to announce that following our recent board elections, the following personnel have been voted on to the board of Countyside Alliance Ireland.They are Harry Boyle, Robert Hutchinson and Ken Taylor.

At Countyside Alliance Ireland's Board meeting held at the Conyngham Arms Slane on the 8th June 2005. The Chairman welcomed the new members and paid tribute to the outgoing members - John Agnew, Jimmy Coburn and Pat Devlin. 

3. Armagh Lions Club Charity Clay Shoot. 

Armagh Lions Club recently held their first Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot, to help raise funds for their efforts to purchase a mini-bus for Station Road Resource Centre.
 
Over sixty enthusiastic shooters took part at Tom and Joy Wilson's range, 'Lock, Stock & Barrel' in Milford. There were several disciplines including Down The Line, Sporting and Pool Trap.
 
Spot prizes were presented for shooting random coloured clays, the awards of which were kindly provided by sponsors including, T Bullock Feeds; Ballinakeagh Grains; Fane Valley Co-Op Society; Andrews McCulla Financial Planning Consultants; Jenkins Builders, Keady; Stonebridge Restaurant; LA Fitness; O'Kanes Supermarket; John Briggs; Landscape Centre, Donegore; Fayre Trade Antiques; The Hole in the Wall Pub; T Atkinson Stainless Steel Fabrications; McGraham, Monaghan; Venture Sports Equipment, Monaghan; Vincent Loughran and Belfast O-Zone Centre.
 
Winner of the Pool Trap and competition runner-up  was Ashley Donnan, of Killylea. The Armagh Lions Trophy for Best Overall Shooter of the Tournament was Nicky McKenna from Magherafelt, who was presented with his award by Armagh's own Hendi Hume, World Champion Clay Shooter and current NI Sports Personality of the Year.
 
Armagh Lions Club wish to thank all sponsors and competitors, as well as Tom and Joy Wilson of Lock, Stock and Barrel, for hosting the event.

4. Support our 2005/2006 Shooting Campaign

Help support the work of CAI on shooting issues.
 
Our 2005/2006 shooting campaign aims to Promote and Protect all shooting sports and by forging relationships with other shooting organisations, presenting a unified position within field sports.  This is increasingly important at a time when animal rights extremists are more and more focusing their efforts on shooting.
 
Wearing the CAI Shooting badge will:
 
• Help fight the political battles
• Protect the future of shooting
• Promote shooting & conservation
 
We are keen to support the shooting community as much as possible & widen our distribution network. Please help us by promoting these popular badges at your shoot or club this year. Two different badges are available and are colour coded and dated for each season (purple this year).

• Season Badge 05/06 for a donation of £50/€75.
  
• Supporter Badge 05/06 for a donation of £10/€15. 
  

These 2005/2006 campaign badges will be available from our stand at all major Game and Country Fairs this summer.
 
For more information or to get your badge contact RoI Tel: 01 6903610 or NI Tel: 028 9263 9911 or by email   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
Assist our fight by promoting our badges as widely as possible. Thank you for your support in this important matter.
 
5. Results of Curraghmore Clay Shoot
 
Countryside Alliance Ireland (CAI) is pleased to announce that the Curraghmore 50 bird driven pheasant flush held on the Sunday May 22^nd 2005 has been won for the second time by a four man team from Birr Co Offaly.

The members of the Birr team were Michael and Brian Dickson, Brian Smith and Seamus Glennon and with their final score of 49 could not be beaten on the day. This victory was only achieved following two shoot off's between them and the team from Co Limerick who won last year's NARGC national shoot at Ardee Co Louth.

The members of the Birr team were Michael and Brian Dickson, Brian Smith and Seamus Glennon and with their final score of 49 could not be beaten on the day. This victory was only achieved following two shoot off's between them and the team from Co Limerick who won last year's NARGC national shoot at Ardee Co Louth.

The members of the Birr team were Michael and Brian Dickson, Brian Smith and Seamus Glennon and with their final score of 49 could not be beaten on the day. This victory was only achieved following two shoot off's between them and the team from Co Limerick who won last year's NARGC national shoot at Ardee Co Louth.The Birr team won the main prize of the day "A Day's Rough Shooting on the Lough Cutra Shoot near Gort, County Galway". This prize was generously donated by Donald Walshe of Dromoland Sports.

Despite some heavy showers the event was well supported with many other sporting traps in constant use throughout the day. Shooting skills and the ability to work as a team were the key to success in the 30 bird partridge flush with the highest score of the day being 25.

Countryside Alliance Ireland would like to thank the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford for generously donating the use of their magnificent estate at Curraghmore, near Waterford, for the second Countryside Alliance Ireland annual clay pigeon shoot.

We also wish to thank Gene Murphy (Shooting & Fishin in Waterford) and his team of helpers for an impressive display of trap management on the day. David Moore of DMA Field Sports for generously sponsoring the clays for the competition, and all the volunteers who assisted Countryside Alliance Ireland over the weekend.