Surrey County Dinner 2011
The 2011 season finished with a fitting get together and celebration of the achievements of county shooters at a dinner at the Army Target Rifle Club on Bisley on 26 November 2011; sharing the weekend with the Surrey Air Gun Championship across the camp at the Lord Roberts Centre.
The guests of honour were recently retired County Chairman John Menard and his wife Sheila. The event was well attended by nearly 70 shooters and partners, all dressed up to enjoy the occasion, at which John Menard presented the trophies (see here for pictures). A raffle for Help for Heroes also raised just over £200, thanks to the generosity of the assembled guests.
Austin Wilshire (Croydon RC) collected the VH Gilbert Trophy for winning the confined county championship and Col Mitchell Trophy for the open championship at Worplesdon in September. All the other winners and trophies are detailed in the presentation list here. A new trophy for the winner of the county Lightweight Sport Rifle Open Competition, the Lane Cup, was won by Chobham’s Nicki Maskery.
Taking centre stage in the trophy display was the enormous Queen Alexandra Cup, on loan from the NSRA headquarters, as won by Surrey at the summer Bisley meeting. The recently delivered NSRA County Challenge Bowl, won by Surrey from Hampshire after a 5 year drought, was presented to new County rifle captain Lina Jones by John Menard.
The dinner wouldn’t have worked out without hard work from a number of committee members and special thanks go to organiser David Crispin, Paddy Hicks and Gill Goodfellow.
Presentation list 2011
Astord Tankard Bookham
John Cook Trophy (Leslie Williams) Leathehead
John Cook Cup CP Gordon Leatherhead
Kath Turner Paula Luke
L Williams Junior J Cooper Surbiton
200y metric Individual Mick Mercer 32/61st
200y metric Team 32/61st SHG
Wallis Chl Trophy (S)(J) A Chase Lingfield
ER Wallis Cup (W)(J) Miss Leong-Cheng Surbiton
Petrina Ball (s) (J) J Cooper Surbiton
Petrina Ball (W0 (J) J Cooper Surbiton
Peter Kemp Cup (J) (S/R Championship) S Fomin Farncombe
Jubilee Cup (L) (S) K Harding Bookham
Menard Trophy (L) (W) Mrs V Collishe Witan
Lord Mancroft Surbiton Juniors
Hawkins Trophy G Burgess Lingfield
Lord Sudley W Brown Chobham
Sir Alan Bourne Mrs SJ Postlethwaite Addiscombe
Nat Service Cup Mike Batty Farncombe
The Lane Cup LSR Open Mrs N Maskery Chobham
Open Meeting
John Hunter Silver Bowl Tim Hammond Bookham
EH Mallet Trophy (Pairs) K Murray T Hammond Bookham
Keswick Trophy Team Bookham
H & P Shield Bookham
Stoneham C/Trophy Bookham
Poltimore (J) Miss A Peace Surbiton
Alex Baptie Goblet J Cooper Surbiton
Worplesdon Cup J Cooper Surbiton
WV Knight Cup (Vets) WG Doe Worplesdon
Tangley Place Lina Jones Chobham
Bell Trophy G Long Surbiton
Salisbury Trophy P Francis Carshalton
The Joliffe Cup 100y Any Sights S Postlethwaite Addiscombe
Chilworth Trophy Mrs P Luke Surbiton
NSRA Silver Medal Mrs P Luke Surbiton
Col Mitchell Trophy & Badge A Wilshire Croydon
VH Gilbert Trophy A Wilshire Croydon