County Clay Team Qualifiers 2022 Round 2

GGHA County Shoot 2022

Venue – Esker Shooting Grounds  – Sunday, 08^th May 2022

The GGHA Annual County Shoot is taking place on Sunday, 08th May, In Esker Shooting Grounds. If your club wishes to take part, please return the enclosed entry from to me by Friday, May 01^st 2022.

               Michael Lally Ph: 086-8788365

Glenaviel Ph: 093-43455

Abbeyknockmoy

Tuam

Co. Galway

Pre Qualifiers Dates:       Saturday 16^th April in Esker    3 – 5.30pm

                                             Saturday 23^rd April in Esker   3 – 5.30pm

Post Qualifiers Dates:      Saturday 21^st May Esker          3 – 5.30pm

                                           Saturday 28^th May Esker      3 – 5.30pm

NOTE:

• The Shoot will be a 50 bird sporting layout.

There will be a GGHA High Gun Cup presented to the best shooter on the day.

There will be a GGHA Shield presented to the best gun club team on the day.

10 bird 5 man (club) down the line competition

NOTE:

The Shoot will be a 50 bird sporting layout.

There will be a GGHA High Gun Cup presented to the best shooter on the day.

There will be a GGHA Shield presented to the best gun club team on the day.

A team shall consist of up to 6 club members insured with that club and the five best scores will be counted. Entry forms must be returned to me by 01^st May 2022 so that participants can be verified with the County Fund Officer prior to shoot.

(In the event of a shoot off the 6^th persons score will count).

The Shoot timetable will be distributed to club secretaries on Wednesday 04^th of May 2022.

It is essential to state in the application form and on the day of the County Shoot whether any team members are Veterans (60 – 69)  ,Super veterans ( 70 and over) U 21, Trainee or using side by side shotguns. Please provide phone number after name.

Persons must be under the age on the day of the NARGC national shoot (09 July, 2022)

Format, Rules and Regulations

– The shoot will consist of a 50 bird sporting format

– All squads will start on allocated trap and move forward (Not Back on traps A, B, C, D, E, F)

– One show pair per Team

– First pair is optional (During qualifiers you are straight in)

– Broken clays are pair again ( On optional pair only)

– All squad scores will be noted and signed at each trap by a GGHA executive member

– All discrepancies are to be voiced in an appropriate manner before any squad moves on from a trap

– The executive’s decision is final

– Teams must be available to shoot at set times

– Eye/Ear protection must be worn at all times.

– No traps will be adjusted by anyone except the shoot manager after shoot starts.

– Guns must be broken (and automatics breech open) at all times and guns not to be loaded only in stand.

-The shooter can only close his gun (or the breech of his gun) when it is his turn to shoot.

In the event that a cartridge has not gone off or in the case of another malfunction of the gun or the cartridge, the shooter must remain at his stand, with the gun facing the shooting range, without opening it or touching the safety catch until the referee has checked the gun. The shooter must not turn round on the shooting stand before he has opened his gun and taken out all the cartridges from the chambers, whether they have been fired or not.

– There will be a 5 Person jury committee to resolve any discrepancies.

NARGC National Shoot Qualification

The following will go to the NARGC National Shoot in July 2022

➢ Individual County Team participants*

*Individuals wishing to compete for the GGHA County Team (12 persons) must participate in an additional 2 of the 4 selection shoots.

Note: The GGHA County Shoot score is compulsory, plus two best scores of the 4 selection shoots, 2 of which will before the county shoot and 2 after in 2 in Esker. The optional pair only applies for the GGHA County Shoot.

➢ Top 5 Under 21 participants*

* Individuals must be Under 21 before the day of the NARGC national shoot (09th July  2022). ➢ Top Side by Side Participants*

➢ Top 5 Veteran (Over 60) and Super Veteran (Over 70) participants*

➢ Top 5 ladies participants*

➢ Top 5 Trainee licence participants

➢ Best Club team*

* Club team to represent will be the best team of county shoot.

Individual GGHA score cards will be issued and used on the day. These must be filled out very carefully on the day of the County Shoot, i.e. listing whether the individual is U21, S/S shooter, Veteran, super Veteran, Compensation Fund Number, phone number, etc.

The Team Captain

The team captain is the person with the best score over all Qualifiers

(county shoot and 1 score from each ground).

The Team manager will be picked after the qualifiers.

Please note that information on clay target shoots being held in the county are available in the calendar section.

 August Clay Shoots

Woodford Gun Club is holding a clay shoot at Porters Field on Monday 5th August and there is a shoot in aid of the Offaly Hospice at Esker SG on Sunday 18th August next.

                  County Shoot Sunday 19^th May 2019

                                                         Results

 Results of the county shoot 2019

County Shoot 2019 Results

                                                  Time Allocations

County shoot time table for 19th May 2019 web page

2019 Galway Team

Final Results after round 4 and county shoot of the qualifiers Are Galway-Team-2019 Final results

Tynagh and District Gun Club Annual Clay Shoot

50 Bird Sporting and 15 DTL with perpetual cup and cash prizes per discipline on Sunday 12th May 2019 at Poolboy Shooting Grounds, Ballinasloe.  Further details from 087 7566232.

2019 Galway Team

The updated selection procedures for this years County Team which will represent Galway at the NARGC National Championships is now available.

2019 GGHA County Shoot

This years County Shoot will take place on Sunday 19th May at Ballinasloe Shooting Grounds.  Entry forms have been sent to Club Secretaries, and the closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 9th May 2019.

Shoot Cancelled

The Dunmore  Charity Shoot Scheduled for 14th October 2018 has been cancelled

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2018 NARGC All Ireland Championships

Galway Team-All Ireland Division 2 Runners-Up

Galway Club and Veteran Representatives

Galway Junior Shooters

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10th June 2018 – Final qualifying Scores

Final standing here

4th June 2018 – Latest qualifying scores 

Overall Standings here

29th May 2018 – Round 3 Results (County Shoot)

Standings after this weekends county shoot are here

Full county Scores (inc. teams) here updated

County Shoot Timetable – 24th May 2018

The timetable for this weekends shoot can be found here

Round 2 Results – 19th May 2018

Please find results for the County Shoot second round of qualifying held in Ballinasole on Saturday 19th here

Round 1 Results – 16th May 2018

Please find results for the County Shoot first round in Esker held on Saturday 12th here

GGHA County Shoot – May 27th 2018

Please find updated details on County Shoot and Quailifiers here

NARGC National Shoot July 2017 

Congratulations to all who represented Galway at the NARGC National Sunday on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th of July.

Sean Hoban Overall Vets Winners (46/50)  |Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest

Lisa Hoban Overall Ladies winner (46/50) | Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest

Cian and Darren after shooting two great scores of 38 & 33 in the u21 and trainee

GGHA County Team Qualifiers

Update 11th June 2017

The final results from  this weekend team qualifiers are available  here

Update 6th June 2017

The latest qualifiers results from Ballinasole this weekend are available here

Update 1st June 2017

Update for the Qualifying of the County Team, the national registration deadline is the 16th June. This means that only the first 2 shoots for Saturday 3rd of June in Ballinasloe and Saturday 10th of June in Esker will go towards team qualification.

Your score from the County shoot and one score from either of the qualifying shoot will decide this years GGHA County Team