For the fourth time in as many years, the beautiful Royal Berkshire Shooting School was the venue for John Hall’s Birdshot Uveitis Charity Clay Shoot day, sponsored by John F Hunt. The weather was not very early June-like, but it did not prevent the 28 teams of four having tremendous fun on the 10 stands provided. Top team, winning engraved whiskey tumblers, were the Greenshield JCB’s ‘Marksmen’ team: James Pengilley, Paul Poulter, Andy Skilton and Alex Cobb, with a superb score of 437, some way ahead of their rivals. Top gun was Paragon’s Richard Estrop of the creatively named ‘Paragon Pigeon Punishers’ team, while Carol Limehouse carried away the prize for Top Lady.
Before the auction, Miles Stanford, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, gave a brief talk about the current research being done on Birdshot Uveitis, a rare and potentially blinding eye condition. Lord Archer did the honours as auctioneer, as usual managing to extract money from people but leaving them with large grins on their faces.
The day raised approximately £50,000 for the Birdshot Uveitis Society (BUS). John Hall and all those at BUS would like to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to this enjoyable and successful day.
Below is a link to a slide show which gives a flavour for the day. Photographs courtesy of Chris Warren www.photoshoot.uk.com and www.chriswarrenphotography.com
Thank you ever so much for all you have done for BUS. Birdshotters everywhere appreciate your efforts!!
Most Sincerely,
Suzy Bauer
Wow! What a fabulous day and a fabulous amount of money for BUS. Thank you so much John and everyone involved in organising, planning, attending and donating. Your efforts are very much appreciated.
With kind regards and good health to all,
Chris Mountford