COLES TROPHY
We've had another successful year of shooting competitions for both teams and individuals. We retained the Keith Emsell trophy for the fourteenth year running, with the School taking a clean sweep of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, and individual pupils won four trophies at the Hertfordshire Winter Competition.
Recently, we hosted the annual Coles Trophy and welcomed a bumper crop of returnees: 12 seasoned OAs were joined by four Upper Sixth Formers shooting as OAs for the first time. Of note were Derek Coles (OA 1965), whose father presented the School with the trophy and who has not shot in the competition previously, and James Crossley (OA 2011), Mr Russell’s first Shooting Captain. The contest runs as a handicap competition with shooters aiming to score above their stated averages. A tough competition saw former Shooting Captains Charlie Jenkins (OA 2020) and Toby shooting a 94 and 93 respectively, comfortably above their averages. However, a strong overall performance from the Lower Sixth Form, including James shooting a 97 and Ben shooting a 90, secured the victory with a score of 400.512 to 400.143 once handicaps had been applied.
As in previous years, there was much mingling off the point, with shooters old and new sharing tea and tales. After a competitive and sociable afternoon, we would like to thank the OAs for another enjoyable and closely contested match.
James - Captain of Shooting
