Glenshane Clay Pigeon Club

19/09/2026

That's the September shoot over at the club.

The rain stayed away rightly but the wind was very strong all day and made the birds a lot more challenging than they were intended to be. It would safe to say that this turned out to be the hardest shoot that we've had in quite some time.

The wind actually strengthened throughout the day and this evening the targets were at their most difficult.

This didn't stop some decent scores being posted.

L. McSparron x 2 and J. Baird had 39
L. Selfridge, P. Loughery and H. Simms had 41

But the highest scores today were E. Stewart and R. Browne with 42, W. Temple with 43 but the highest score today was a chap visiting for the first time and shot a brilliant 47. Jack, that is all we have on the scorecard for you and unfortunately you had already left before I got your surname. Brilliant shooting sir on such a tricky day.

Even on such a bad day, it was great to see a new Personal Best from one of our up and coming members. A. Craig shot a very respectable 32. Great shooting Andrew! 👏👏👏

Thanks to everyone who attended today including those visiting for the very first time. We even had a chap who was visiting family from Glasgow and decided to call up for a shot. It was great meeting you Chris and we hope you enjoy the rest of your visit. Equally, thanks to those closer to home for calling up too. Everyone is welcome back and the weather doesn't be as bad as that ALL of the time on Straid Hill. 😆

Thanks, as always, to those who helped setting up the shoot, keeping the shoot running and to those who stayed on to help with clearing up again.

Thanks, again, for the sandwiches and scone bread too.

A good days shooting despite the weather and here's hoping for calmer conditions for our next shoot which takes place on 17th October.

Thanks everyone!

18/09/2026

A reminder of our 50 Bird Sporting tomorrow at the club.

It's looking like a bit of a "Sim Pair" day. 😁

There are showers forecast for tomorrow but hopefully there's good gaps between them.

Everyone welcome!

We will be holding our monthly 50 Bird Sporting competition this coming Saturday, 19th September, at the club.

Hopefully another good days craic.

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
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Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!

13/09/2026

We will be holding our monthly 50 Bird Sporting competition this coming Saturday, 19th September, at the club.

Hopefully another good days craic.

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
What3Words: bolsters.herb.begins

Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!

15/08/2026

What a day that turned out to be at the club.

We had thought about only setting up a wee 40 Bird for today with all the other shoots on this weekend. We had a 40 bird set up and all when we took to notion that we might as well keep it as a 50 after the good turnouts we've had at recent shoots. A few tweeks were made to existing 40 bird, a new stand was added and it turned out to be a real gem of a 50 bird shoot. 👌

We're glad now we took that decision as there was a really good turnout once again and we ended up just short of 50 entries.

The stands were all very different once again and there was a chance of 10 on each one of the stands. It was just keeping the head down that was the problem. 🫣

In the end there were 16 scores of 40 and above.

Highest scores were as follows:

36 - A. Thompson, C. Thompson
39 - F. McElhinney
40 - G. Roulston X2
41 - E. Stewart
42 - D. Olphert, L. McSparron
44 - R. Browne

But the highest scores today were:

45 - W. Temple
46 - J. Kealey

And winner with the highest score of 47 was
K. McElhinny. 👏👏👏

Brilliant shooting everyone.

We have a few new shooters coming through and today was the first day for some of them with their new guns. They are improving greatly and each shoot they are bettering their previous bests. Curtis beat his previous best and Matthew beat his previous best of 25 today with 26, 27 and 28. Keep it up lads. 👍

A few new faces today too and there could be a few more new guns in the not too distant future. 😁

A really good shoot and a brilliant days craic. It's great to come down the lane smiling after a days shooting like that.

Again, thanks to all those that set up the shoot. Thanks to those who arrived so early this morning to get the shoot up and running and the squad that stayed on this evening to help to clear up again. It really does mean so much and is greatly appreciated.

Thanks to those that supplied the sandwiches, though with a turnout like today, we had to raid Wesley's stash a bit earlier than usual. 😂

And thanks to everyone that turned up and shot.

The day really could not have gone any better from start to finish.

Thanks everyone!

14/08/2026

A reminder of our 50 Bird Sporting Competition tomorrow at the club.

We will be holding a 50 Bird Sporting competition this coming Saturday, 15th August, at the club.

Hopefully another good days craic.

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
What3Words: bolsters.herb.begins

Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!

11/08/2026

We will be holding a 50 Bird Sporting competition this coming Saturday, 15th August, at the club.

Hopefully another good days craic.

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
What3Words: bolsters.herb.begins

Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!

18/07/2026

Today's winners

18/07/2026

Well it turned out a much cooler day than we had during the week but I don't think that was a bad thing either. It turned out to be an excellent day for shooting and a very good shoot it turned out to be once again too.

5 testing stands with a very different challenge in each one. Every one a test but nothing madly difficult either. Everything was more than breakable.

The highest scores today were as follows:

W. Temple, D. Canning and Z. Marshall 35
N. Wright 36
R. Browne 37

But the top men today all made it into the 40s.

J. Kealey and F. McElhinney both tied on 41 for 3rd place.

L. McSparron took 2nd with 42

But there was no one to touch P. Loughery on 44. Brilliant shooting everyone and well done Peter. It's great to see you back and shooting so well.

Johnny and Freddie shot off for third place. A tweak made to stand three wasn't enough to separate them as they both shot it straight. A change of order on the report pair on stand 2 saw Johnny shoot 8 and Fred stopped on the fourth pair after dropping his third bird. A great bit of shooting to watch.

Thanks to everyone who attended today in what was a very good turnout. Alwats great to see new faces at the ground. It was great to meet yous and please be assured that you are welcome back at any of our shoots.

Thanks as always to those that supplied the food that kept us shooting all day.

It really was a very good shoot so credit to everyone involved in setting the shoot up. It was great to see a good squad staying on this evening and helping with the clearing up. It really is appreciated.

Unfortunately we have 5 weeks to wait before the August shoot on 15th August. Hopefully another good shoot and weather to match.

Thanks everyone!

17/07/2026

Looking like a cooler day tomorrow than recently but will still be a very pleasant day for shooting.

Everyone welcome!

Everyone seemed to enjoy last month's 50 Bird so we holding another 50 bird sporting competition this coming Saturday, 18th July, at the club.

Hopefully this good weather holds out and we can have another good shoot and days craic. 😎

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
What3Words: bolsters.herb.begins

Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!

12/07/2026

Everyone seemed to enjoy last month's 50 Bird so we holding another 50 bird sporting competition this coming Saturday, 18th July, at the club.

Hopefully this good weather holds out and we can have another good shoot and days craic. 😎

Tea and coffee available on the day.

Start: 10am, Last entries: 3pm.
Location: Straid Road, Claudy
Postcode: BT47 4EY
What3Words: bolsters.herb.begins

Strictly Fibre Wad only!.

Everyone welcome!