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WELLINGTONIANS WHO HAVE RECEIVED
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
SHOOTING HONOURS

2008/9 HONOURS

Smallbore shooting:

Hannah Pugsley (C) shot for the Great Britain Schools against New Zealand.

 

The following shot for the England Schools' Small-bore Rifle team:

Hannah Pugsley (C), Alex Bryson (S), Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl), Amir Idris (Hl), Andrew Brooker (Hl), Tommy Hirst (Hg), Max Willaims (S), Alex Corner (L), Oliver Lyon (M) (Equal highest score for England Schools)

 

The following were in the top 25 in the British Schools' Championships and made it to the final:

Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl) (3rd place), Tommy Hirst (Hg), Max Willaims (S), Andrew Brooker (Hl), Amir Idris (Hl), Alex Bryson (S)

 

Alex Bryson shot for Berkshire.

 

Harry Orpen-Smellie shot for Berkshire reserves.

 

Bryson, Orpen-Smellie and Idris also shot in the Berkshire Junior team.

 

Fullbore shooting (these are the full adult teams not schools):

 

Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl) selected to shoot for Eseex in the Inter-Counties.
Tommy Hirst (Hg) shot for Berkshire against Hampshire.
Andrew Brooker (Hl) selected to shoot for Scotland against The RAF and Home Nations.

 

Additional honours for Hannah Pugsley (C):

 

British Junior Women's three-position Rifle Champion.
Member of the (3 woman) England Ladies Team in the Home Countries Women's International three-positions match - England won.
Surrey County Ladies smallbore team.
Surrey County Reserves (men and women).
selected to represent Surrey (Senior Team of 6) in Intercounty Air Rifle Championships.

 

 

1952
Anthony Harriss (A) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1961
Richard Brook (Pn) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1962
Anthony Stancomb (Hl) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1964
Anthony Evans (A) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1975
Peter Hall (Bd) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1979
Mark Hume (Hn) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1981
Vaughan Smith (A) - Captain of the British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
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Captain H. J. Adcroft - Coach and Adjutant to the British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1983
Chris Jones (T) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1984
Peter Thompson (Bl) - British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Hugh Dowdall (Hg) - Reserve to theBritish Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1985
Roger Cleave (Hl) - UK Cadet A.G.Bell Team v Canadians
Richard Hebblethwaite (T) - UK Cadet A.G.Bell Team  v Canadians and the UK Cadet Short Range Team
1986
Roger Cleave (Hl) - UK Cadet Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Richard Hebblethwaite (T) - UK Cadet Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Alistair Adcroft (A) - UK Cadet Team v Canada, the UK Cadet Long Range and UK Cadet Short Range Teams
1987
Alistair Adcroft (A) - Captained England Schoolboy Team in the first Inter-national Match. He also Shot for all the UK cadets teams at Long Range, Short Range and in the UK Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1988
Edward Brown (T) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match, The A.G.Bell team v Canada and both the UK Cadet Long and Short Range Teams.
Hugo DePree (S) - Shot for the England Schools Team.
James Orr (Hn) - Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services, Short Range and AG Bell Teams v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Stewart Williamson (A) - Shot for the UK Cadets in the Interservices LOng Range and Short Range Teams and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
1989
Edward Brown (T) - Shot in the UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Hugo DePree (S) - Coached the UK Cadets AG Bell Team.
1990
Simon Birkenhead (Bl) - UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and the UK Cadets A.G.Bell Team v Canada
Adam Chapman (M) -  UK Cadets A.G.Bell Team v Canada
Andrew Saunders (Hg) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match
1991
Simon Birkenhead (Bl) - Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services, UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Charles Wijsman (Pn) - Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services
1992
Duncan Rasor (Pn) - Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services, UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and Coached UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour.
EnglandCharles Wijsman (Pn) - Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services and Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
Grant Walker (Bd) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match
1993
Paul Daniel (C) - UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour.
John Lloyd (S) - Shot for the Wales senior team in the National and UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and the UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services.
Edward Reis (S) - UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services and the UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services.
1994
John Lloyd (S) - Shot for the Wales senior team in the National and Wales Schoolboys Team in the Schools National
Edward Reis (S) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour. He also coached the UK Cadets in the Short Range Team.
Colin Cunnington (A) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match and Shot for the UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services
John DePree (S) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match
1995
Anne Halpin (Ap) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
Tonguy De Monceau (M) - UK Cadets Long Range in the Inter-Services
HalpinAngus Tilney (Bn) - Shot for the Glocs County Team in the Inter-Counties and England in the Schoolboys International Match and UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada.
Colin Cunnington (A) - Shot for the Wiltshire County Team in the Inter-Counties and British Cadet Shooting Team for the Canadian Tour
John Lloyd (S) - Shot for Wales Senior Team in the National and British Cadet Rifle Team for the Canadian Tour
John DePree (S) - UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada and British Cadet Rifle Team reserve.
1996
Simon Foster (Hn) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match and coached the UK Cadets in the match v Canada.
Phillip Carter (Hg) - UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada.
Angus Tilney (Bn) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour
1997
Piers Foster (Hn) - Shot for England in the Schoolboys International Match
Tim Treadwell (Bn) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
Phillip Carter (Hg) - UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services
Russell Dabson (O) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
1998 
Phillip Carter (Hg) - GB Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour, UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services, UK Cadets AG Bell Team v Canada, Finalist in HM The Queens Prize, captain of the British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Inter-Sevices Long Range Match and won the CCRS Chairman's Prize.
Mark Jeffery (M) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour and UK Cadets Short Range Team in Inter-Services
Jonathan Doulton (A) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
Christopher Williams (Hn) - Adjutant of the UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
Craig Dabson (O) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
Tim Treadwell (Bn) - UK Cadets Long Range Team in the Inter-Services
1999
Michael Burns (S) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour
Luke Winkworth (L) -Captain of the UK Cadet Long Range Team
Tim Treadwell (Bn) -Member of the UK Cadet Long Range Team
Piers Foster (Hn) -Berkshire Champion Shot, Member of the UK Cadet Long Range Team and England Schoolboys National Team
2000
Piers Foster (Hn) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour, Reserve for England Small-Bore 'B' Team and Captained the UK Cadets in the Inter-Services Short Range Match. he Captained the GB under 25 team in Canada also.
Edward Welford (L) - Shot for England in the Schools National and for the UK Cadets in the Inter-Services Long Range Match.
Nicholas Vigors (S) - Was selected for the UK Cadets Team in the Inter-Services Long Range Match
Simon Turner (Pn) - Was selected for the UK Cadets Team in the Inter-Services Long Range Match
2001
Major H.J. Adcroft - Commandant to the British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour
Edward Welford (L) shot for the UK Cadets in the Inter-Services Long Range match
Daniel Berkeley (Pn) was reserve for the England Cadet National Team

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Edward Welford (L) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour and shot for the UK Cadets in the AG Bell Match and the Inter-Services Short Range match
Nicholas Vigors (S) was selected for the British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' tour to Canada
200
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James Norris (L) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour - He shot the highest score in the Faraday International Match in Canada. He also shot 4 HPS in the DCRA including 1 50 with 10v's.
Edward Welford (L) shot for the UK Cadet Team in the Inter-Services Short-Range Match and also for the A.G.Bell match v Canada. He won the Admiral Hutton Tyro Trophy in the NRA Meeting and also came 2nd in the Prince of Wales 600 yard competition. He shot for England Schoolboys in the National Match.
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Chris Tootell (Hn) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour. He coached the British Cadet Rifle Team in their Long Range Match against the Canadians.
Robbie Watt (Hl) -
Shot for England in the Schools National.
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Robbie Watt (Hl) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour.
Chris Clapham (S) - UK Cadets in the Inter-Services Long Range Match

Chris Redburn (Bd) -
UK Cadets in the Inter-Services Long Range Match
Tom Ward (Hl)
- Shot for Wales senior team in the Combined Services Match.
200
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Chris Redburn (Bd) - British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour and England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Tom Ward (Hl)
- Wales Small-Bore Team in the BSSRA Home International Match. Awarded Sussex Colours. Captained England Schools' Team. Welsh National Shot.
B
en Ebbetts (Bn) - England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International. Inter-services long range match. Shot for England in the Schools' Cadet National.
Angus Wilson (C) -
England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International. Shot for Sussex. Inter-services long range match.
2007
Ben Ebbetts (Bn) -
England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International. British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour.
James Bryson (S) -
England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Angus Wilson (C) -
England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International. UK Cadet Rifle Team for the Channel Islands Tour.
James Brind (Hg) - England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Hugh Hemesley (Bd) - England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Noaya Koda (Hn) -
England Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Tom Ward (Hl) - Wales Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International. British Cadet Rifle Team 'Athelings' for the Canadian Tour.
Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl) - Wales
Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
Ed Robertson (T) - Scotland
Small-Bore Rifle Team for the BSSRA Home International.
2008
Angus Wilson (Hg) was selected for the Athelings.
Andrew Brooker (Hl) shot for Scotland in the match against the Combined Services.
Ed Robertson (T) was reserve for Scotland in the match against the Combined Services.
Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl) shot in five major matches for Essex.
Angus Wilson (Hg) shot for the second year for Sussex.
James McGuire (A) shot for Berkshire.
Nine shooters were selected to shoot for their countries in the British Schools' Small-bore International. Ed Robertson (T) and Geoff Hopkinson (Hn) shot for Scotland. James McGuire (A), Harry Orpen-Smellie (Bl), Max Williams (S), Angus Wilson (Hg), Amir Idris (Hl), Nikita Yarmolenko (M) and Alex Bryson (S) for England.
Angus Wilson (Hg) shot in the Inter Services Short and was reserve in the AG Bell.
James McGuire (A) shot in the Inter Services Short and Long as well as in the AG Bell.