Colin Butler

East Midlands Region Director

As a keen sportsman for many years I was left at a dead end when an accident forced me to give up my playing days as a keen footballer and cricketer, but a close friend and a former County Chairman of Northants Glen Sentance introduced me to clay pigeon shooting, I joined the CPSA a few months later and now I am in my tenth year of membership – so the new boy to many.

 
I soon realised this was what I was going to throw myself into, Glen persuaded me to go onto the Northants committee and I have not stood still since. The following year I was elected to Vice Chairman and two years after Chairman a position I still hold to date, in that time I also undertook the role of Pull Magazine reporter and launched the first ever Northants website. Around then I started to attend Regional meetings as a county rep and was invited to take over the Regional website and write the Pull reports. Last year I was elected to the post of Regional Secretary again this is a post I still hold today.

 
Early last year I decided to put myself forward for the position of East Midlands Regional Director and was successful, I was invited to Board meetings by the Chairman Terry Bobbett prior to my term of office commencing and already I have gained invaluable knowledge and an insight into just how complex running an organisation such as ours is. But I relish the challenge of helping to make the CPSA a beneficial Association for all members whatever their status, whatever their chosen discipline.

 
I attend as many County and Regional shoots as possible so as to get out amongst the members as I think it is vitally important to be seen and to be listening to what members expect from their organisation.
I have shot all bar one of the disciplines the CPSA has to offer and I have represented my County on many occasions, the only exception being ZZ Helice but I mean to put that right this year at the East Midlands Championships, my favoured disciplines are English Skeet and English Sporting.

What is clay shooting?

Clay pigeon shooting is the art of shooting at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets, with a shotgun.

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