
Redressing the balance
Over the summer BASC Ladies Shooting was rebranded to BASC Women in Shooting to modernise our language and align shooting with other sports.
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Nominations for the annual BASC Ladies Star of Shooting awards are now open. The awards are kindly sponsored by The Sporting Lodge.
Now entering their fifth year, the annual celebration of ladies’ shooting seeks to recognise talent and outstanding contribution, and honour dedication to shooting sports.
After the outstanding success of the 2020 awards, we have the same three categories this year:
Nominations can be made here. The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2022.
The 2020 BASC Ladies Star of Shooting awards were headed by eleven-year-old Ellen Winters from County Tyrone, who topped the pack in the Target Shooting category.
The Game and Gamekeeping award was won by Amy Moore who is under-keeper at Morvel Estate in Cornwall.Â
Cheshire-based Sue Critchley won the Field to Fork category in recognition for her passion for cooking with locally sourced game meat.
To find out more about BASC Ladies Shooting, head to our dedicated pages here or search for ‘BASC Ladies shooting’ on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Over the summer BASC Ladies Shooting was rebranded to BASC Women in Shooting to modernise our language and align shooting with other sports.
The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced.
“We all have a duty and we all have a responsibility” said Claire Sadler to more than than 100 people attending BASC’s Women in Shooting event at The Game Fair.
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