Following on from last year’s victories at the competition, this year’s event again saw multiple successes for our county, testament to the skill and enthusiasm of our cadets and the dedicated leadership of our adult volunteers. These successes included Cambs ACF coming first in the Sporting Targets shoot, and second place in the competition overall.
Taking place at Cambridge Gun Club on 10-11th June 2023, the competition included cadets of all abilities (mostly from 3 Coy), and for the majority this was only their second time shooting. It proved to be a very hot weekend, consisting of a mix of different disciplines, Sporting Targets (various targets from different positions and heights, Flush (75 clays from in front coming towards, and over, the head), DTL (Down the Line, 5 stands with the targets flying away from you in different angles) and the Inter Services Final: the Skeet Shoot.
For the first time, both shooters for the inter services Skeet final were from Cambs ACF (picked from the top two scorers from the ACF Sporting results) S/C Sgt Maj J Harris and Cdt LCpl S Greenwood (both of Soham Det, 3 Coy). An amazing achievement for Cambridgeshire!!!
We also have the pleasure of announcing yet another cadet, Cdt Burgin, Burwell Det, 3 Coy has been selected to join the British Shooting development team for the DTL discipline.
County Shooting Officer Captain Molloy said: ‘I’m very proud of how well the cadets competed given their experience and practice time. We now have the foundation for Cambridgeshire cadets to compete for the foreseeable future.’
Cambridgeshire ACF achievements –
National Cadets Sporting Team winners – Cambs ACF
Individual overall sporting competition – High Gun (1st place) S/C Sgt Maj J Harris
ACF Individual Sporting 1st Place – S/C Sgt Maj J Harris
ACF Individual Sporting 2nd place – L/Cpl S Greenwood
ACF overall Sporting team – 1st place Cambs ACF
Flush – 2nd place Cambs ACF
National final (Skeet) – 3rd place S/C J Harris and L/Cpl S Greenwood.
(All disciplines scores added together)
Individual overall high gun – 3rd place S/C Sgt Maj J Harris
Over all team award – 2nd Place Cambs ACF
Role of Honour –
Capt Molloy – Team Capt and Coy Shooting Officer
SMI L Harris – Team Capt
SSI A Bowen – Team Capt
S/C Sgt Maj J Harris
L/Cpl Allen
L/Cpl S Greenwood
L/Cpl B Harris
L/Cpl Tripathi
Cdt Burgin
Cdt Fairchild
Cdt Huebler
Cdt Huggins
Cdt Neale
Cdt Pavitt
Cdt Scott
Text by SMI Lee Harris with SI Doug Stuart.