The County TR teams for the County Short and County Long matches included two new members this year. The eight shooting for the County Short made 7th place, 3 higher than last year's 10th place. The County Long team of 6 shooters did not fare so well, dropping down to 21st place. In the combined Victor Ludorum, Nottinghamshire was placed 14th, one place down from 2015.

The combination of Miss L E Kennedy and Mr J T Kennedy, both of Nottingham City RC, in the Families match and in the Fulton Pairs competition proved a winning ticket. In the Families they were second collecting silver medals, and in the Fulton Pairs picked up two more silver medals having won the Class "O" competition.

We reported on the Astor page of this website on the result of the Nottinghamshire heat of the Astor County Championship won by Langar RC. The club team took part in the final at the start of the TR competitions and made a total score of 599.62v, coming 19th. The winners were City of Newcastle RC with 623.74v.

For details of scores click this link to the County Team Scores, or go to the NRA Imperial Teams Results for a full list of the overall scores.

Once again this year, there was a strong presence from the Old Nottinghamians RC and several other Nottinghamshire shooters in the MR competitions. The highest placed Nottinghamshire shooter in the Hopton Aggregate was Mr SJ Whitby at 31st, very closely followed by Mr WRD Mott at 32nd. The position of top Nottinghamshire shot in the seven competitions making up the Hopton Aggregate was fairly evenly shared out between five of the Notts. shooters.

Click here for the individual MR scores compiled from the NRA prize lists.

Four members of the Hopton Supper Club, including Mr SJ Whiltby, entered the F W Jones match and repeated their success of last year winning the Challenge Trophy and four NRA Gold Medals. Two teams entered the MR Pairs competition resulting in medals being won: Mrs FK Day and Mr WRD Mott achieved silver and Mrs SM Mott and Mr M Spencer won bronze.

Click here for the Jones and MR Pairs results

The Grand Aggregate saw the top three Notts. shooters placed 75th Mr RSF Shouler, 84th Mr SD Shouler, and 107th Mr PA Hatfield. Both the Shouler brothers had moved up the prize list compared to last year and the competition between them remained keen throughout the Imperial Meeting. In the individual competitions Mr RSF Shouler came 4th in both the Alexandra and the Times. Mr SD Shouler made 5th place in the Hobson Aggregate with a score of 224.33v out of a possible of 225.45v. Miss LE Kennedy also had high places in the Amazons (5th), The Imp Aggregate (5th), and The Ambala Goblet (9th).

The St. George's Vase saw 6 Notts. shooters through to the second stage led by Mr SD Shouler, Mr PA Hatfield and Miss AJ Clarke all on possibles of 75. In the second stage only the Shouler brothers survived the cut with Mr SD Shouler 32nd with 150.19v and his brother 71st on 149.20v. In the third and last stage Mr SD Shouler maintained his lead with 150.17v (having not dropped a point in the 4 ranges shot) in 31st place and Mr RSF Shouler came 56th with 149.19v.

The Queens Prize first stage saw 8 Notts. shooters go forward to the second stage lead by Mr JT Kennedy on 105.15v in 6th place overall. The second stage reduced the Notts. qualifiers for stage three to only one, Mr SD Shouler with 149.24v in 54th place. The cut off was at 149 to stay in the one hundred for the final stage, in which Mr Shouler made 72nd place on 287.39v having recorded a disappointing score at 1000 yards.

The details of Nottinghamshire TR shooters' scores can be seen on this link to Individual TR Scores. Alternatively the full prize listings are on the National Rifle Association website from this link.