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22.07.10 CLA Show Offer
22.07.10 HELP FIND MISSING COPPER
09.07.10 Young Shots Offer
31.05.10 TSC May 2010 Newsletter
13.05.10 Bredon Fete on Fieldsports Channel
10.05.10 Country Clothing Assistant Required.
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A selection of Starter Guns at The Oxford Gun Company... Click for full list |
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| Bettinsoli - Delux Side Plate | £799 | info... |
| Bettinsoli - Diamond Grade | NEW | info... |
| Bettinsoli - Silver Point | NEW | info... |
| Bettinsoli - Diamond | - | info... |
| Bettinsoli - Diamond Sporter | NEW | info... |
The Ultimate Game Shooting Experience!
Sorry if you missed the Schools Challenge Game Day - it was a great success!The day was over-subscribed this year, so do get in early for 2010 – vouchers are available now!
Contact us for further details.
12 year old wins Browning 525!
Dan Tarrant (below) won the Browning Rabbit Mania at the 2009 Oxford Schools Challenge on 11th March!
Here he is with his prize, a Browning 525, generously donated by Browning!
Never tried shooting before?
On the first Saturday of every month you can come and "have a go" at The Oxford Gun Company
for only £20 all-inclusive - this includes a professional instructor, use of a shotgun, 25 cartridges & clays, all safety equipment - and we'll ensure you hit some clays!
It's great fun - why not come and give it a go with us?
Thank you!
We'd like to say a big THANK YOU to our main sponsors, David Stapley of Browning, Mike Hurney of Webley & Scott and Martin Thorley of Stratstone Land Rover Cheltenham for their support for The Schools Challenge.
What a recent new Young Shot said...
One of our recent new young shots sent us the following, which captures what we're all about:-
"My first shooting experience began in August 2008 at Jericho Farm where we were given the opportunity to try Archery, Riffle shooting and Shotgun shooting. On this course I found that I enjoyed Shotgun the most and was amazed that my parents allowed me to take shooting lessons a week after.
I was slightly excited and slightly scared of shooting a gun for the first time, because I don’t believe that a person holding the gun for you is classed as shooting really! I never thought the shotgun would be as heavy as it is, but I'm shooting a 12 bore over-and-under, which when I gave to my mother to hold she nearly dropped because it was too heavy!
I've been shooting for 6 months now and David Florent (my shooting instructor) has said I'm now an “ok shot” - he and his family have been a great help to me on my way to liking and having the benefit of going shooting, and I'll be forever grateful to them.
This has been both the most exciting and challenging experience of my life and I am so grateful I have been able to do it and enjoy it! Thanks to everyone at The Schools Challenge and The Oxford Gun Company!"
January 2009.
The 2010 Schools Challenge competition
"Champion of Champions" -
Nathan Batchelor 
We're pleased to have the support of our three main sponsors:-
Their support, along with our other sponsors, ensures we can continue to
provide country activities for today's youngsters!
The History of The Schools Challenge
It has always been the policy of Doug and Shirley Florent to encourage newcomers to clay shooting.
They started Have-A-Go Days at The Oxford Gun Company once a month, with in excess of 17,000 people having now taken the opportunity to try the sport.
Also offering the Day Course, One-to-One Lessons and Young Shots' Days, more and more youngsters have been encouraged to take up clay shooting.
Their son David has followed in their footsteps - at the age of 15, at Bredon School, Tewkesbury, he started building a shooting ground for the pupils and staff.
From this he took a team of youngsters to the British Public Schools Championships (Nationals) which is entered by hundreds of children from prep. school age to senior school age, with Bredon's team coming a very pleasing 9th out of an amazing 345 entries!
David then encouraged the school to arrange competitions between Bredon and other local schools. It soon become apparent to David that a lot of schools (particularly schools for younger pupils) would benefit from the chance to shoot in a competition in the run-up to the Nationals.
The Schools Challenge was born! Within 2 years it grew far beyond expectations, with schools coming from all over the country.
We believe that this success has been because of David’s imaginative format and the generous support and sponsorship from both the gun trade and local business.