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All the fun of The Game Fair
BASC members came out in force to take advantage of complimentary tickets to this year’s renewal of The Game Fair.
BASC Members received complimentary access to The Game Fair across all three days, plus discounted entry for guests. A huge contingent turned out, with more than 45,000 members taking advantage of complimentary tickets this year. With Ragley Hall welcoming a record-breaking 128,000 visitors to The Game Fair in total, BASC members made up a whopping 35 per cent of everyone in attendance.
The Game Fair in numbers
As ever, BASC had a strong presence at the show, providing multiple opportunities for you to engage with our team, whatever your areas of interest. In addition to all those who came to chat to BASC experts on our main stand, BASC at The Game Fair 2025 looked a little like this:
- Airgun and shotgun coaching lines: Our teams delivered 750 airgun lessons and 514 shotgun lessons over the three days.
- Political engagement: 20 MPs and Peers and 120 parliamentary staff, as well as civil servants, attended the show having been invited by BASC.
- Gundogs: 568 individual runs were completed in BASC’s gundog scurries, kindly supported by Sporting Saint and Skinner’s.
- BASC Wild Food Kitchen Theatre: 12 culinary superstars filled the roster of demonstrations in the BASC Wild Food Kitchen Theatre, sponsored by Global Knives, entertaining and educating audiences for all three days of the event.
Thank you for coming to see us at The Game Fair
As one of our flagship events during the year, The Game Fair provides the opportunity for us to meet, advise and assist thousands of BASC members, and the wider public, on every day of the show.
Reflecting on the event, BASC Central director Lewis Thornley said: “I would like to say thank you to everyone who took the time to come and see us at The Game Fair. I would also like to extend a huge thank you to all BASC staff, coaches and volunteers who pulled out all the stops to make every BASC area at this year’s event the place to be.
“Each time I walked through our main stand, visited our airgun or clay line, gundog area or the Wild Food Kitchen Theatre, I was heartened to see people flocking to speak to members of our team, engaging and asking questions. Roll on next year.”
The Game Fair gallery
Weekend highlights
The weekend also saw the launch of BASC’s social media guide, designed to help people share content online which promotes understanding, respect and highlights the benefits shooting delivers. Other highlights included the celebration of the remarkable achievements of individuals and organisations at BASC’s annual honours and awards ceremony.
Complimentary entry to next year’s event is already available, so grab your membership card and book your tickets now.
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The Game Fair returns this weekend and we have a packed schedule of demonstrations and events planned to complement the main BASC stand.