Shooting Gazette – September 2019

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Pictured are the Guns from the day at Worlaby, which is featured on pages 24 to 31 of this issue.

TOMANSFIELD ESTATE

THESPOILS

MansfieldEstateretaineditstitleattheAlgo

EstatesChallenge at the GWCT Scottish

GameFair.

Teamsfromsportingestatesacross

Scotlandcompetedinthreedisciplines:

fishing,claysandgundogs.

MansfieldEstate,whichwasthe

defendingchampion,tookthetrophyand

firstprizesponsoredbySchöffelCountry

Clothing.Mansfieldwasaheadofsecond-

placedRoxburghEstatewhileGeorge

GoldsmithEstatecamethird.

Pictured,fromleft,were:ArchieHume,

representingSchöffel;HugoStraker,

chairmanoftheGWCTScottishGameFair;

StewartMacIntoshandMurrayAlexander

fromsponsorsAlgo;andGuyHopson,Alex

Mitchell,RoddyMacIntosh and Ian Kirk from

Mansfield Estate.

SAMANDIONAWINFUNDINGFROM

HOLLAND& HOLLANDBURSARYSCHEME

SamKilduff,anunderkeeperatEdinglassie

Estate,andIonaMacpherson,a recent

agriculturalstudentatSRUC,Aberdeen,

havereceivedfundingfromtheHolland

&HollandBursarySchemetocomplete

projectsrelatedtosustainable natural

resourcemanagement.

Sam,18,willsoontraveltoNewZealand

tolearnabouttheprotectionofindigenous

wildlifethroughpredatorcontrol.Iona,20,

willconducta 12-weektrialtoinvestigate

theeffectoftickcontrolforsheepon the

welfare of ground-nesting birds.

TheprojectswillenableSamandIonato

developtheirunderstandingofconservation

andthencontributetothewiderrural

communityinbackintheUK.

SamandIona(fifthandsixthfromleft)

arepicturedalongsideSamThompson

(judgingpanelchairman),PaulGillet(panel

member),HenryLove-Jones(shortlisted

candidate),HazelCross(directorof

communicationsatHolland&Holland),

HughvanCutsem(panelmember),Albert

Barber(shortlistedcandidate)and Euan

Anderson (panel member).

RICHARD FAULKS