96 WWW.THEFIELD.CO.UK
2010
JohnDavies
JoeThompson
JohnFields
DanielRiddle
StuartHudson
DeanHemmings
MarcSale
AlexBrant
To nyTe r r y
RuairidhCooper
Jackie Weller
2011
ArwynDavies
ChrisCook
JanekWichtowski
PaulMartland
CampbellWhyte
AndrewMacInnes
JoeThompson
JohnFields
ChrisDewbury
Jonathan Young
*Denotesthatmore
thanoneMacnab
hasbeenachieved.
Macnabbersappear
in chronological order
2012
JoeThompson
GrahamBonham-
Carter
JohnDavies*
RobSavage
Kei t hTrenter
StuartHudson
HelenHemmings
EdwardThompson
GerdKemkens
FransKemkens
GeorgeBourne-Arton
Thomasvan
Straubenzee
PelleForss
TonyRawlings
MikeBarnes
ChrisDewbury–
Macnorfolk
KevinRobertson
- variationof
Macafrican
WesStanton–classic
with ptarmigan
2013
KeithTrenter*
B i l l M a y fie l d
WillAppleby
RuairidhCooper*
LawrenceBrennan
AdamCalvert
PeterGlenser
WitoldDanilowicz
ThomasOhlsson
JonathanBlumb
2014
DeanHemmings*
StuartWaring
JoeThompson
StuartHudson*
WillAppleby
TomFes t ing
AlexNovell
LucieBoedts
VincentLebrun
MaximedeThomaz
JulietteTrivier
JohnMcGrory
JohnRobinson
JonathanForss
AndrewSims–
CorinthianMacnab
PeterTupper
Bill Dent
2015
TomFes t ing
NicholasLeRougetel
KeithClarke
RoddyMcBain
DerekSmith
ColinMacLaren
JohnPaterson
JohnFields
WillAppleby
DonaldO’Such
MattWatkins
DerekMayne
2016
RichardKellett
GhislaineGolsong
JosephThompson
PeterCarr
HenriVanhoenacker
AlanRuddy
TomFesting*
WillRamsay
ShaneTibbitts
StefaanReynders
PaulParé
Will Appleby *
2017
JulietteHézèques
CharlotteCoups
MarcusJanssen
RupertKenyon
GeoffreyMinter
LeeBeverland
DavidAdamson
JoeThompson*
JohnFields*
JohnPaterson*
ShaananSmith
RoddyMcBain*
SteveForrest
JohnMacGregor
BenCarter
2018
FergieMay
EmilyCoates
OrlandoHill
MalcolmSmith
LukeBordewich
TomScrope
WillemMoore
Paul Paré *
2019 MACNAB
CHALLENGE
Throwingdowna gauntletoffersa soup-
con more glamourthan doing something
sedatelywithinyourown time.AMacnab
only counts if it is taken between dawn
anddusk.Twenty-fourhoursdoesn’tdoit,
and several plaintiff enquiries from those
whomanagedtwoelements,sleptonit and
thencaughtthethirdhavefallenonbarren
ground.A doseoffeather-softpillowinbe-
tweenisn’tthethingforthose attempting a
true sporting challenge.
FIELDCRAFTREQUIRED
There is also a pertinent level of skill
demandedfromthosesettingtheirsightson
TheFieldÕs MacnabHallofFame(seebelow).
Youmightneverhaveaddeda grousetoyour
gamebookbutanearlySeptemberpartridge
orpigeonshouldhavegivenyoua goodidea
of what’s required. Fieldcraft isnot to be
overlooked.A regularinthebuttsonemay
bebuta quietunderstandingofthewildlife
youarepursuingisessential.Gaudynoisi-
nesshasnopartonthehillandit’shighly
unlikely a wagon stuffed fullof elevenses
will make anappearance onanyMacnab
attempt.Indeed,it maywellnegateit.
But there are also numerous members
oftheMacnabClubwhohavetakentothe
hill with at least one of the trio of salmon,
THE FIELD’S MACNAB CLUB
Stalking in glorious scenery is one element that adds romance to the challenge
ANDY HOOK; EDWARD HENDERSON
