
Daughters of the land
In honour of International Women’s Day, we recount the stories of female gamekeepers in history who blazed a trail for generations to come.
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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.
In honour of International Women’s Day, we recount the stories of female gamekeepers in history who blazed a trail for generations to come.
BASC’s vice chair, Claire Sadler, appears in the latest issue of Country Life as the featured portrait in the magazine’s renowned Frontispiece section.
Araba Cole had become estranged from nature and physical resilience. Deer stalking and a season as a ghillie in Scotland was her way back.