English Sporting

 

Welcome to the English Sporting Team page.  Everything you need to know about representing England in this discipline can be found 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
2025 Team

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

There are 6 selection shoots that run between March and August each year. One is held in each CPSA Region.

We also include the English Open Sporting as one of the selection shoots.

Scores are submitted after the last shoot but the best 4 from 6 scores may only be needed to count. 

Points are calculated from High Gun of each day and shooters with the lowest points go through to represent England.

Please note High Gun will be taken from each day.  

In the event of a tie for a place in the England Team, the highest score from the English Open will be used to decide the place.  If the tie still exists a count back from a Selection Shoot attended by all parties concerned will be used to decide the place.

 

2026 Team Onward

The England team for both the World Championships and Home International will be selected using shoots from the previous year.

There are 7 selection shoots that run between March and September each year (one is held in each CPSA Region) this also include the English Open Sporting and British Open Sporting as part of the selection.

 

Scores are submitted after the last shoot but the best 5 from 7 scores may only be needed to count. 

Please note High Gun will be overall from each event.

In the event of a tie for a place in the England Team, the highest score from the British Open will be used to decide the place.  If the tie still exists a count back from a Selection Shoot attended by all parties concerned will be used to decide the place.

 

2025/2026 Team Selection Shoots

 

      Count Towards                  
      WESP 25 ICTSF Worlds 25 HCIT25 WESP & HCIT 26   Ground     Book via Results
SE Selection Shoot 15 - 16 March 2025   X X X X   Southdown     Ground Results
                         
SW  Selection Shoot 4 - 5 April 2025   X X X X   Barbury     Ground Results
                         
English Open ESP 14 - 18 May 2025   X X X X   High Lodge     CPSA Results
                         
EM Selection Shoot 30 - 31 May 2025       X X   East of England     Ground Results
                         
WM Selection Shoot 28 - 29 June 2025       X X   Eaton Hall     Ground Results
                         
N Selection Shoot 2 - 3 August 2025          X X   Oak Lodge     Ground Results
                         
British Open ESP 26 -30 August 2025         X   Eaton Hall     CPSA

 

The Home International Team

  • 15 Seniors
  • 3 Ladies
  • 3 Juniors
  • 3 Veterans
  • 3 Super Veterans

World Sporting Team 

  • 5 Seniors
  • 3 Ladies
  • 3 Juniors
  • 3 Veterans
  • 3 Super Veterans

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

  • 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.

 

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

 

Team Manager Information

We are delighted to announce that Colin Burrows has accepted the role of England Team Manager for the English Sporting Team.

                                                             

Colin started shooting seriously nearly 20 years ago whilst running a large TV production company which he sold in 2022.  He remains as a consultant to some of the Hollywood studios but his focus is now firmly on shooting.

He is a CPSA Level 2 ESP Coach and instructs at Bisley Shooting Ground as well as being the Senior Coach for Oxford University working with their student teams.

A Board Member of the CPSA as an Independent Director since 2023, Colin also has extensive experience in the US where he was the England Delegate to the NSCA for a decade whilst owning Gulf Coast Clays in Florida, a 65-acre ground in the Everglades with Trap, Skeet and Sporting layouts.  He continues to shoot major competitions in the US every year whilst squeezing in as many UK shoots as he can.

Colin is contactable via e-mail colin@cpsa.co.uk or phone 07802 605940

 

HCIT ESP England Team Manager Report 2025

 

 

Events -

The ICTSC Home International 2026

- Northern Ireland -  Date and Ground TBC

World English Sporting Clays Championship 2026

- 22nd to 26th April 2026
 - National Shooting Complex, San Antonio, TX

2026 World English Sporting - England Team

 

 

 

 

 

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ICTSF Home International 2025 

HCIT ESP England Team 2025

World English Sporting Clays Championship 2025 

2025 World English Sporting - England Team