British Open Sporting & Sportrap 2023 (Day 1)

The first day of the CPSA British Open English Sporting and Sportrap had a rainy start with a light breeze, but then cleared up with the sun making an appearance later in the day and the shooters came off the course quite happy.

The prize draw started the morning, with a live random number generator picking Paula Sutherill as the lucky winner of a fantastic set of Teague chokes generously supplied by Teague Precision Chokes,  Nigel Lane a Swatcom cartridge bag, James Robinson Eley cartridges and David Nester a Browning goody bag!

Feedback on the sporting was that it was a very enjoyable shoot and the ground looked superb, thanks to all of the hard work by Steve Lovatt from The Clay Shooting Company. 

For most of the first qualifying day our top scorer was World Champion Sam Green, with a fantastic 110x120, but a last-minute entry from Tom Young put him at the top of the leaderboard in our Day 1 roundup with 111x120. Toby Reed and Phil Gray are tied for third, both with 108x120.

In the British Open Sportrap, Richard Faulds held his position at the top of the leaderboard for most of the day with 90x100, until Richard Bunning pulled ahead with a great 91x100. Well done to all who shot today.

To view the live scores during the competition cpsa.co.uk/boespscores and cpsa.co.uk/bostrscores. If you are going to the British Open this week, you can also view the leaderboard scores on the tv screens within the white marquee in the trade village!

Our thanks to our fantastic sponsors: Browning, Eley, SWATCOM, Le Chameau, Schoffel, and Teague Precision Chokes, along with the support of Promatic. 

Thanks to the generosity of Steve Lovatt and The Clay Shooting Company, we've also got a fantastic bonus prize for everyone shooting the the 120 ESP qualifying rounds. All shooters who straight a particular (secret) stand, will be entered into a prizedraw to win free entry into CPSA registered sporting shoots at Garlands SG or Westfield SG for one year!

Also, special thanks to John Bidwell and George Digweed MBE for their generous sponsorship of the Colts and Juniors respectively with the top combined scores in their category from the English Open ESP and British Open ESP 2023.

The top five from each class (AAA - C) and top three from the following categories of Senior, Super Veterans, Veterans, Ladies, Juniors & Colts per day will be invited back for the 75 target final on Sunday. With the Disabled Category, it is the top standing score and top sitting score plus the next best score regardless of standing or sitting per day to qualify.

BO ESP Scores

BO ESP Class & Category

BO STR Scores

BO STR Class & Category

The following table shows all who have qualified each day, and are invited back to shoot on Sunday for the 75 Sporting Final