Annual Tour, May 2025, Sporting Targets, Bedford

40th Anniversary Shooting Tour - May 2025 - Sporting Targets, Bedford

1 st Steve Carr 225 Fri 74 + 68 142 Sat 83

2 nd Darrell Etherington 221 Fri 80 + 64 144 Sat 77

3 rd Graham Jackson 202 Fri 69 + 58 127 Sat 75

4 th Gary Fowles 196 Fri 68 + 52 120 Sat 76

4 th Steve Scrivens 196 Fri 64 + 57 119 Sat 75

6 th Johan Widlund 195 Fri 70 + 50 120 Sat 75

7 th Darren Garrett 193 Fri 71 + 48 119 Sat 74

8 th Steve Harman 187 Fri 63 + 49 112 Sat 75

9 th Terry Trevatt 181 Fri 56 + 55 111 Sat 70

10 th Brendan O’Reilly 180 Fri 66 + 46 112 Sat 68

11 th Andy Catton 179 Fri 67 + 39 106 Sat 73

1 st Steve Scrivens 300.000 Score 196 +6 on average of 190

2 nd Brendan O’Reilly 299.804 Score 180 -15 on average of 195

3 rd Gary Fowles 299.792 Score 196 -14 on average of 210

4 th Steve Carr 299.700 Score 225 -15 on average of 240

5 th Darren Garrett 299.690 Score 193 -22 on average of 215

6 th Pete Wyatt 299.687 Score 155 -30 on average of 185

7 th Roy Grogan 299.684 Score 123 -37 on average of 160

8 th Andy Catton 299.605 Score 179 -31 on average of 210

9 th Johan Widlund 299.551 Score 195 -30 on average of 225

10 th Pete Mendham 299.446 Score 127 -58 on average of 185

10 th Graham Jackson 299.446 Score 202 -33 on average of 235

The 2025 F&F 40th Anniversary Tour was a huge success, a fantastic shooting ground, great weather, amazing food and a few beers for good measure. Top marks to our resident travel agent, ‘Jive Bunny’ Brendan for arranging everything - not an easy task by any means, herding the F&F Cats and getting everyone in the right place at the right time - well done for another great tour. A big thank you to John (the good looking one to the right) and the rest of the team at Sporting Targets in Bedford for making us feel very welcome and laying on some very challenging targets (yes there were a few blobs on the score cards!!). The layout was fantastic and had a bit of everything from easy to insanely difficult, great fun indeed. The shooting ground was excellent with many different stands and some tall towers - see the map to the left or you can click on it to see the interactive one on the Sporting Targets website. The order of the day was a quick ‘Nifty Fifty’ on the way up on Thursday, 200 birds on Friday (100 in the morning and 100 after lunch). Then a 100 birds on Saturday, followed by Lunch and then a bit of fun on the 100 bird Flurry. And, to finish another ‘Nifty Fifty’ on the way home on Sunday. The food this year was excellent with a massive selection of everything at Sorrentino Ristorante in Northampton on Thursday. On Friday we had an ‘all you can eat’ at the Mayflower Chinese in Northampton and celebrated our Shite Shirt evening. The food was great and so much came out we had to ask them to stop - something that has never happened at an F&F dinner before. To round off the tour, on Saturday we had dinner at the Cartel Brasserie & Grill for a steak or three!! Excellent service and food from all three venues.

The Trophies

This year we have Trophies for ‘High Gun’, 2 nd and 3 rd place in straight shooting. In the handicap shooting we have Trophies for 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place. And, not forgetting, the infamous Wooden Spoon for the worst straight shooting score. There was no ‘old farts’ Saturday Trophy this year, however, talking of ‘old farts’ we had two special lifetime dedication awards. And, finally we had an extra special ‘Shite ‘Shirt’ award this year!

Straight Shooting Results

Below is the breakdown of the final scores and rankings for Straight Shooting. This year, we shot 200 on the Friday (100 in the morning and 100 in the afternoon) and a further 100 on the Saturday morning, giving a maximum score of 300.

Handicap Shooting Results

1 st Place Steve Scrivens with a Handicap score of 300.000

2 nd Place Brendan O’Reilly with a Handicap score of 299.804

3 rd Place Gary Fowles with a Handicap score of 299.792

And to finish …. a few of the rather special awards and funnies ....

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Below is the final scores for Handicap Shooting. The total straight score out of 300 is shown to the right of the Handicap Score together with how well you shot above or below your expected average, Green if you shot above average and Red if you shot below.

‘High Gun’ Steve Carr with a score of 225

2 nd Place Darrell Etherington with a score of 221

3 rd Place Graham Jackson with a score of 202

12 th Kevin Strudley 175 Fri 56 + 49 105 Sat 70

12 th Steve Harman 299.340 Score 187 -43 on average of 230

The Team Scores

Winners Pete Wyatt Darrell Etherington, Brendan O’Reilly Bill Anderton, Johan Widlund, Steve Carr Pete Mendham & Steve Harman 1646

Losers Kevin Strudley Roy Grogan, Andy Catton, Kevin Strudley Mike Evans, Terry Trevatt, Graham Jackson Gary Fowles & Darren Garrett 1501

The Amazing Button Award Awarded to Pete for the stitching on his shirt. Steve Harman was terrified he was going to lose an eye, but somehow, the button held on for the entire Chinese!

How to Avoid Buying a Round Great effort from Darren following Steve C’s tuition. He attempted to hide his wallet in Coulsdon but thankfully with we got it back to him in time to buy a round!!

The Gun Safety Award 2025 Darren’s gun and the trigger lock are at Sporting Targets and the key is in his hotel room. Say no more ….

The Least Effort Award 2025 Won by Kevin for his extremely poor effort on the shite shirt challenge - we expect a much better performance next year

The Fastest Golf Cart 2025 Won by Roy Grogan for a speedy circuit of Bedford, Billy, put your seatbelt on!!!

The Best Ice Cream Cone Gary finds a new use for his handicap trophy, lets hope there is chocolate at the bottom!!

The Ghost of Bedfordshire Not sure what Mike has seen, but definitely looks frightened or was it the shock of seeing Steve C with a wallet?

The Best Dressed Group 2025 Very clearly won for the 2 nd year running by our very own Farty Pants, The ‘Accountant’ and Mr Tena Pad

13 th Bill Anderton 160 Fri 59 + 36 95 Sat 65

13 th Kevin Strudley 299.288 Score 175 -50 on average of 225

The Lifetime Dedication Awards

Bill Anderton A well deserved award for many years of dedication to the F&F Gun Club and, most importantly, years of running the Jolly Farmers Pub that was the regular watering hole for F&F. Bill still shoots every year on the annual tour.

14 th Pete Wyatt 155 Fri 70 + 40 110 Sat 45

15 th Mike Evans 129 Fri 46 + 25 71 Sat 58

16 th Pete Mendham 127 Fri 53 + 27 80 Sat 47

17 th Roy Grogan 123 Fri 52 + 19 71 Sat 52

14 th Terry Trevatt 299.256 Score 181 -49 on average of 230

15 th Darrell Etherington 299.207 Score 221 -34 on average of 255

16 th Bill Anderton 299.091 Score 160 -65 on average of 225

17 th Mike Evans 298.126 Score 129 -111 on average of 240

Wooden Spoon Pete Mendham with a rubbish score of 127

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The Nifty 50 Results

Thursday 8 th May 2025 Sunday 11 th May 2025

Roy Grogan A big thank you for co-founding the F&F Club that has given 40 years of enjoyment so far and long may it continue. Roy has dedicated many years to F&F and is the only founder member still shooting.

The Shite Shirt Award

Despite some stiff competition and some extremely dodgy shirts, our very own Didgeridoo Mendham won with the most horrendous shirt. How on earth the buttons held on to the volume of Chinese consumed during the evening must be something of a record. A well deserved Award.