Down The Line
Welcome to the Down The Line (DTL) Team page. Everything you need to know about representing England in this discipline can be found here.
Down-the-Line Trap (DTL) is the most popular version of trap in the UK. One trap is set in the centre of the layout, with five stands, or pegs, in a line behind it. For more information please click here
Shooting for England
To be eligible to represent any England Clay Target Shooting Team please see 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.
The ICTSC Home International
The 2025 DTL Home International Tournament will be held on Friday 18th July 2025 at:
Glenmoriston Estate Shooting Ground,
Bhlaraidh,
Glenmoriston,
Scotland,
IV63 7YH.
Cartridges are available to order for collection at the ground and orders must be placed no later than 2nd July. Contact at ground: Gordon Shankland, E-mail: dorlin618@hotmail.co.uk
Trophies to be delivered to the ground by Thursday 17th July, please note any trophies delivered on the Friday may not be awarded at the prize giving.
Squad Selection will take place at 2pm on Thursday 17th July at the ground.
Practice is available at the ground on Thursday 17th July from 11am - 3pm.
The DTL British Open will be held on Saturday 19th July 2025 at Glenmoriston Estate Shooting Ground, Bhlaraidh, Glenmoriston, IV63 7YH.
Home International Team Selection Process
Below is the process used to decide selection for the England DTL Team for Home International Team matches only (under the jurisdiction of the ICTSC).
Selection Shoot Invites
To attend a DTL selection the shooter must be invited to do so. In order to get an invite, each shooter must submit 5 best scores (ex 100) from 3 different grounds for the period 1st July 2024 – 19th February 2025
Please note: In line with our current rules, if you shoot the same ground on the same day, we can only accept your first score for England Team Selection.
1.14 r) Two registered DTL or ESK shoots can be held on the same day using the same layouts. The second shoot cannot be used for Regional Championships or County Championships. Each shoot will be run as a separate event and fixture, and will have its own set of scores and winners etc. Both scores to count towards classification, but a shooter can only use one score (the first score shot) to count towards England Team selection.
From these scores, the top 60 Seniors, 15 Ladies, 15 Juniors, 15 Veterans and 15 Super-veterans are invited to attend the selection shoots.
Please submit your scores via this link Submission of Scores for Invitation
The deadline for submitting these scores is Midday on Thursday 20th February 2025
England Selection Shoots
If successful you will be invited to attend the England Team selection shoots. In 2025 there will be 2 selection shoots, these will be held in March and May. These are 200 target events, 100 targets each day and you must shoot both days of a selection shoot. For 2025, scores submitted from the Dougal Memorial (6th June 2025) and DTL English Open (7th June 2025) will be included to decide selection for 2025 HCIT.
From these selection shoots it will be the best 4 x 100 scores from 6 to count on a points from High Gun basis on each individual day. Those shooters with the lowest points from High Gun over their best 4 shoots will go through to the Team. In the event of a tie for a place in the England Team, the place will be decided by a shoot off.
The category in which you are invited to attend these Selection Shoots may not necessarily be the category in which you are selected for the Team. The England Team is decided upon to produce the strongest team.
2025 Selection Shoots
| Book Through | Squad | Results | ||||
| England Team Selection Shoot 1 | 22nd - 23rd March 2025 | Nottingham & District | CPSA | Click Here | Results | |
| England Team Selection Shoot 2 | 3rd - 4th May 2025 | Two Counties Gun Club | CPSA | Click Here | ||
| The Dougal Memorial* | 6th June 2025 | Bywell | CPSA | |||
| The DTL English Open* | 7th June 2025 | Bywell | CPSA | |||
| *Please note The Dougal Memorial and The DTL EO are compulsory | ||||||
Selection Shoot 2 at Two Counties Gun Club - Practice will be available 10am - 4pm on Friday 2nd May 2025
Closing date for DTL Selection Shoot entries:
Selection Shoot 1 Midday Monday 17th March 2025
Selection Shoot 2 Midday 28th April 2025
Home International Team Size
- 20 Seniors
- 5 Ladies
- 5 Juniors
- 5 Veterans
- 5 Super Veteran
Category Ages for ICTSC Events
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
For DTL there is a Captain per Category - Open/Seniors, Ladies, Juniors, Veterans, Super Veterans. The overall DTL Team Captain will be the Open/Senior Team Captain.
- 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.
Team Manager Information
The Team Manager for DTL is: David Amos, contactable via email amosdavid@btconnect.com or telephone 07484 514650
Other England Shooting Opportunities -
2025 European DTL Championships
The 2025 European DTL Championship will be held in France from 14th - 17th August 2025.
The shooting ground will be:
BTC CZAubon Barbotan
Route Mont de Marsan
32150 Cazaubon
France
In order to be eligible to shoot at this event you must be selected for the 2025/2026 England DTL Team.
Closing date for expression of interest to shoot at this event is 23rd June 2025.
DTL European Team Size:
- 5 Seniors
- 3 Ladies
- 3 Juniors
- 3 Veterans
- 3 Super Veteran
DTL European Age Categories:
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
2026 DTL World Championship
The ICTSF 2026 DTL World Championships will be held in New Zealand from 15-17 March 2026
The Shooting ground will be:
CANTERBURY CLAY TARGET CLUB
Christchurch,
NEW ZEALAND
DTL World Team Size:
- 5 Seniors
- 3 Ladies
- 3 Juniors
- 3 Veterans
- 3 Super Veteran
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2024 DTL ENGLAND TEAMS
2024 England DTL Team (HCIT) can be viewed Here
2024 England DTL Team (Europeans) can be viewed Here European Results
2024 England DTL Team (Worlds) can be viewed Here
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2023 DTL ENGLAND TEAMS
2023 England DTL Team can be viewed Here
2023 England DTL Team (Europeans) European results
2024 England DTL Team (Worlds) can be viewed Here Results Day 1 and Results Day 2
2023 British Open Results can be viewed here Results Day 1 and Results Day 2
England Team Manager's Report can be viewed here