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British Open Day 4
The fourth day of the British Open Sporting & Sportrap Championships at Eaton Hall Shooting Ground brought overcast skies and intermittent showers, creating more challenging conditions on the course. Despite the weather, spirits remained high at one of the biggest fixtures in the CPSA calendar.
Eaton Hall has transformed in just nine months, drawing high praise from competitors at this year’s championship. With its smart layout, striking presentation, and meticulous detail, the ground sets the perfect stage for Sporting and Sportrap at the highest level.
In the Sporting, today’s high score came from Joshua Keeble with an impressive 105ex120, Mark Bowes also shot an impressive 104ex120, but nothing has topped Nick Hendrick's Day 1 high score of 110. Over on the Sportrap, James Bradley-Day set the high gun with 92ex100. Even so, Billy Baughan’s superb 98ex100 still leads overall, with the competition decided on a first-past-the-post basis, meaning his score remains the target to beat as the week continues.
A reminder of the format for this competition:
For the British Open Sporting we have 5 qualifying days Monday – Friday. From each qualifying day, the top 4 scorers from each class AAA – C, the top 2 scorers from the categories - Seniors, Ladies, Veterans, Super Veterans, Juniors and Colts and the top 2 disabled shooters (1 sitting and 1 standing) will be invited to shoot the finals day on the Saturday. Shooters are pulled through in class first then category and if any ties appear they countback is used.
On the Saturday, a new 75 target course will be shot by everyone invited back to shoot the finals day with the top 6 shooters from the day going through to the Super Final. Shoot offs will determine any spaces for the Super Finals as well as any positions for class or category.
We’d like to thank our sponsors for their invaluable support of this championship: Browning, Zoli, Eley Cartridges, Swatcom, Schöffel, Le Chameau, Teague Precision Chokes, Shots & Co, Fine Shooting Accessories & Laporte. Their contributions, from prizes to additional support, help make this event such a success.
Please be aware - winners of sponsored prizes must be present at the prize giving, otherwise they will be forfeited. We wish you all the best of luck with shooting the competition and if you have any queries, call our Events Line at 01483 485 411 or contact us at championships@cpsa.co.uk
Stay tuned for live updates and scores throughout the week as the British Open Sporting & Sportrap unfolds .
For the British Open English Sporting day four results click here, for class and category scores click here
For the British Open Sportrap day four results click here, for class and category scores click here
If you see your name in the table below you have qualified for Saturday's ESP Finals Day:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Times | |
| Squad 1 | Euan Pope | Finley Jacques | Max Baxter | Benjamin Jordan | Tom Birkett-Evans | 09:00 | |
| Squad 2 | Thomas Croucher | Colt | Colt | Colt | Colt | 09:09 | |
| Squad 3 | Harry Jude | Charlie Cashell | Tristan Hockey | Charlie Faulds | Seth Peters | 09:18 | |
| Squad 4 | William Page | Henry Lungley | Harry Dickens | Junior | Junior | 09:27 | |
| Squad 5 | Eric Weston | Phil Smith | Paul Cooper | George Digweed | Mickey Rouse | 09:36 | |
| Squad 6 | Matt Hance | Paul Foster | Phil Easeman | Vets | Vets | 09:45 | |
| Squad 7 | Ceyla Ismet | Johanne Field | Toni Dixon | Megan Gamble | Lucy Earl | 09:54 | |
| Squad 8 | Emma Stacy | Amy Easeman | Hannah Gibson | Ladies | Ladies | 10:03 | |
| Squad 9 | Peter Simpson | Nigel Hart | Glenn Hunt | Martin Reynolds | Patrick Dickman | 10:12 | |
| Squad 10 | Stephen Williams | Mike Harding | Adrian Balham | Super Vets | Super Vets | 10:21 | |
| Squad 11 | Tom Oldham | Ricky Draper | Owen Jones | Thomas Heath | Robert Allen | 10:30 | |
| Squad 12 | John Lee | Brett Winstanley | Dan Bishop | Senior | Senior | 10:39 | |
| Squad 13 | Daniel Parker | Ian Lobb | Damien King | Lee Clemence | Mark Delf | 10:48 | |
| Squad 14 | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | Ghost | 10:57 |
| Squad 15 | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | 11:06 | |
| Squad 16 | Stuart Feasey | David Duval | Tom Wykes | Richard Goldstein | Edward Carey | Michael Hartland | 11:15 |
| Squad 17 | Lucas Beardmore | Martin Crocker | Bryan Faragher | Philip Harper | Robert Corlett | Pete Kettell | 11:24 |
| Squad 18 | Richard Pinch | Konstantin Sirotko | Keith Walker | Samuel Newbury | C Class | C Class | 11:33 |
| Squad 19 | C Class | C Class | Sean Maloney | Archie Gale | Wayne Fairweather | Adam Fern | 11:42 |
| Squad 20 | Tom Wittick | Paul Bailey | Chris Smith | Nigel Moffat | Danny Duffield | Philip Blakeborough | 11:51 |
| Squad 21 | Stephen Blanchard | Paul Moore | John Mitchell | Declan Ryan-Careless | Edward Armett | Grant Maguire | 12:00 |
| Squad 22 | B Class | B Class | B Class | B Class | Craig Ferrie | Adam Gutteridge | 12:09 |
| Squad 23 | Andre Miller | Charlie Cardon | Gary Tromans | Matthew Harris | Bray Taylor | Annaliese Evans | 12:18 |
| Squad 24 | Lara Dale | Rob Johnson | Justin Clayton | Josh Lee | John Garside | Dan Frost | 12:27 |
| Squad 25 | Ben Cumming | Robert Kitchingman | A Class | A Class | A Class | A Class | 12:36 |
| Squad 26 | Cheryl Hall | Tim Sleigh | John Newman | Argun Ismet | Ed Robinson | Billy Cook | 12:45 |
| Squad 27 | Taylor Hedgecock | Jack Tromans | Marcus Rigby | Anthony Dean | Aaron Christie | Joe Norman-Hinchliffe | 12:54 |
| Squad 28 | Stewart Cumming | Sean Ponting | Paul Thomas | Garry Meikle | AA Class | AA Class | 13:03 |
| Squad 29 | AA Class | AA Class | Jacob O'Loughlin | Adrian Parkin-Coates | Chris Biddlecome | Nick Hendrick | 13:12 |
| Squad 30 | Sean Gamblen | Dorian Evans | Billy Baughan | Martin Myers | Lewis Steed | Joe Smith | 13:21 |
| Squad 31 | Guy Franklin | Brett Hand | Max Tarr | Daniel Hampson | Mark Bowes | 13:30 | |
| Squad 32 | Joshua Keeble | AAA Class | AAA Class | AAA Class | AAA Class | 13:39 | |