Shropshire Scouts swept the board at British Shooting’s West Midlands Schools Rifle Championships at Aldersley, Wolverhampton last Saturday (25th October). Entrants compete as individuals and in teams representing their schools and youth organisations.
All the individual medals (gold, silver and bronze in each of the three age groups) went to Scouts and the top three school teams were also wholly composed of Scouts. Individual medallists and the top Shropshire Scout youth team have earned progression to the National Final in Cannock in February.
Age Group Individual medals were won by:
| Juniors:
Ethan Jenks G Demi Vincent S George Pick B |
Intermediates:
Abbigael Beech G Harry Worsdell S Sam Reeves B |
Seniors:
Christopher Astbury G Eoin Smith S Daniel Dyer B |
The three winning Scout teams in the youth organisation category were:
| First:
Eoin Smith Ethan Jenks Liam Beardmore |
Second:
Abbigael Beech Harry Worsdell Harrison Jenks |
Third:
Christopher Astbury James McDouall Sam Reeves |
Scouts also made up the three top Schools teams:
| First: Holy Trinity Academy
Ethan Jenks James McDouall Harrison Jenks |
Second: Haberdashers’ Adams
Eoin Smith James Pick Ben Adler |
Third: Wrekin College
Harry Worsdell Jamie Le Boutillier Max Le Boutillier |
Detailed results will be published by British Shooting at https://britishshooting.org.uk/article/3019 soon.