Panaz News Article

FTBA GETS SHOT IN THE ARM FROM BIG SHOTS

The Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association is another £10,000 better off thanks to a cracking good day at Big Shots Holland and Holland grounds at Northwood Middlesex.

The FTBA’s annual clay pigeon shooting competition attracted some 30 teams to the Holland & Holland grounds at Northwood Middlesex last Thursday (June 11), proving an especially good day for hot shot regulars Luke and Tracey Riddington and their team, The Lost Samurai.
Tracey took Top Female Gun, Luke Top Male and with their team mates Nick Cancea and Thosh Kellett, the foursome scooped both the Top Team prize and Top Flurry.
“The team always does well but this year they pretty well wiped the board,” said organiser David Langford. “It was a great day, a great opportunity for people right across the industry to mix and network and a successful fundraiser for the FTBA to boot. This was the 15th year that the competition has been held and brings the total raised for the charity over that time to well over £380,000.”
As well as monies raised through entry fees, the charity’s coffers were swelled by a £10K sponsorship from The Clare Foundation plus support from Willis & Gambier, Morris Furniture, Millbrook Beds, Furniture Village, Panaz, Gainsborough, ViSpring, Mark Webster Designs, Kyoto Futons and Dovetail Wood. The auctions, raffle, practice stands etc raised £3,399.00
Said David: “We even received donations from private individuals and the Riddingtons paid for a new trophy for our Top Female Gun award. The original was lost a few years ago.”
Full results of the competition were:-
Top Gun (male): Luke Riddington , The Lost Samurai (74/80)
Top Gun (female): Tracey Riddington, The Lost Samurai (77/80)
Top Team: The Lost Samurai (Luke Riddington, Tracey Riddington, Nick Cancea, Thosh Kellett with 344/400)
Runners’ Up: Dovetail Woodcocks (Wayne Simpson, Glen Buckley, Robert Whitehouse, Kevin Graham, 327/400)
Top Flurry Team: The Lost Samurai (77/80)
The MacKenzie Cup: (awarded to the highest scoring team who have never won anything at Big Shots before): Team TMW (Michael Martin, Paul Chappel, Phil Ellison, Ian Miller, 312 /400)
The Millbrook Trophy: Turville Court Green Team (Alan White, Mark Weiner, Tom Clare, Ed Clare, 196/400)
The Chris Buttigieg Trophy: (awarded to the highest scoring new-comer) John Coles, Haskins Hotshots (67/80)
Pool Shoot: Luke Riddington, The Lost Samurai (9/10)
Bottom Man: Chris Rose, Team Prima (22/80)
Bottom Lady: Oonagh Colligan, Team Interiors (16/80)