Automatic Ball Trap (ABT)

Welcome to the Automatic Ball Trap Team page.  Everything you need to know about representing England in this discipline can be found here.

In Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) there is one trap set in the centre of the layout that throws targets faster and at more variable heights and angles. For more please click here

Shooting for England

To be eligible to represent any England Clay Target Shooting Team please see England Team Handbook.  England Team Handbook

Please note that if a shooter has already represented another Country/Team in any discipline:

He/she must have been officially resident in the country he/she wishes to represent for a minimum continual period of one year.

A minimum period of two calendar years would have to elapse in which the member has not shot for any country.

Please read the England Team Handbook for England Team full eligibility rules, link above.

Team Selection Process

Below is the process used to decide selection for the England ABT Team for Home International Team matches only (under the jurisdiction of the ICTSC).    

• There are 4 selection shoots that run between April and July this year. Where these shoots are held is determined by a rota. We also include the English Open ABT as one of the selection shoots.
• Scores are submitted after the last shoot but the best 3 from 4 scores may only be required to count. 
• Points from high gun of each event are calculated. 
• Shooters with the lowest points go through to represent England.
• The deadline for submitting these scores is Midnight TBA 2024

ABT Team Size:

• 12 Seniors
• 3 Ladies
• 3 Juniors
• 3 Veterans
• 3 Super VeteranS

Category Ages

Home International Events (ICTSC)

Junior:                       A Junior is under the age of 21 on the 1st January in the year of competition

Veteran:                   A Veteran is 55 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition

Super Veteran:       A Super Veteran is 65 or over on the 1st January in the year of competition

 

England Team Captaincy

• The Team Captain will be the member with most number of appearances (cpsa) in the specific event’s team, irrespective of category.  If any team member has already been Captain at any time in the past, their appearances will be counted from the year following their last captaincy.

• In the event of two or more members having the same number of caps, the member with the earliest first team appearance will become Captain.  If there is still a tie, the lowest ORIGINAL CPSA number will determine the captaincy for that year. 

 

2024 ABT Selection Shoot Dates

			Book Through	Results	Points
1st England Selection Shoot	6-7 April 2024	NCSC	CPSA	Click Here	Click Here
2nd England Selection Shoot	18-19 May 2024	Nuthampstead	CPSA	Click Here	Click Here
3rd England Selection Shoot	15-16 June 2024	EYSG	CPSA	Click Here	Click Here
English Open ABT (200 targets over 2 days)	20-21 July 2024	Nuthampstead	CPSA	Click Here	Click Here
Home International (Hosted by Wales)	TBA	TBA

 

Team Manager Information

Dr Rebecca Wockenforth (Beccy) contactable via email - beccywock1@icloud.com 

            

Dr Rebecca Wockenforth took on the role of ABT England Team Manager from 1st January 2023.  Beccy has been a member of the CPSA since 2019 and got into shooting in 2018 when she met and fell in love 😍 and in 2023  married her shooting teacher, 2022 Top Shot Lister, David Lloyd.  Beccy regularly attends and competes in trap competitions across the country and her goal is to shoot for the ABT England Team (no pressure on her shooting teacher then 😊) but in the meantime she will continue to support the England ABT Team in her capacity as Manager.  Beccy is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant Doctor working for the NHS for 17 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2023 ABT ENGLAND TEAM can be viewed here.

2023 ABT Home International Trophy List can be viewed here

2023 ABT Overall Results can be viewed here

2023 ABT Teams Results can be viewed here

 

			Book Through	Results
1st England Selection Shoot	8 - 9 April 2023	Nuthampstead	Ground	Click here
2nd England Selection Shoot	27-28 May 2023	East Yorkshire CSG	Ground	Click here
3rd England Selection Shoot	22-23 July 2023	Bywell	Ground	Click here
English Open ABT (200 targets over 2 days)	24-26 June 2023	NCSC Bisley	CPSA	Click here
Home International (Hosted by Scotland)	8-9 September 2023	Bywell Shooting Ground

Please submit your scores here

The post-tournament banquet will be held on Saturday 9th September 2023 at:  

Doxford Hall Hotel, Chathill, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE67 5DN.   T: 01665 589700.   E: info@doxfordhall.com 

 

 

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2022 ABT England Team Home International Results

Congratulations to ABT England Team awarded Overall Winning Team, Winning Ladies Team, Winning Veterans Team, Winning Super Veterans Team, Ladies High Gun, Veteran High Gun, Super Veteran High Gun. 

 

 

 

 

Please Note:                                                                                                                                                                   

The CPSA reserve the right to change this selection process as necessary due to government restrictions or exceptional circumstances.