17/09/2023
Over the last 2 days, myself and John Warrener Wray covered the 1st Inaugural Charity PRS Shoot at Creggagh Field Target Club, remembering our good friend Martin McNicholl. The Club went to great lengths to ensure that the competition was a huge success and a large sum of money has already been raised through the entries, the raffles, and the impromptu auction held after the prizes had been presented. Pat Cassidy got so carried away as auctioneer that at the end up we had to make sure that he wasn't selling the stock off the 5.11 stand adjacent to the prize table!
As much as the shoot was in remembrance of our friend Martin, it was also to raise much needed monies for the chosen charity, The Childrens Cancer Unit.
Just before Martin passed away his grand daughter (pictured with her parents and grandmother Rose) was diagnosed with cancer at birth and without the highest level of care provided by the medical staff at the cancer unit her outcome would have undoubtably been very different. Our raffle will run on to the end of September and there are some fantastic prizes to be won. Entries are £5.00 per ticket and to enter simply send £5.00 (for friends and family) to our paypal address, [email protected] and include a note with your name and telephone number.
A massive note of thanks is due firstly to all our sponsors and to Keith Bradley , Pat Cassidy , Tommy Casey, and Colm Diamond for all their efforts in organising this brilliant event and i'm sure the PRS shooting at Creggagh will only flourish due to their hard work and dedication.
Lastly and by no means least, a huge note of thanks goes out to each and every shooter that participated. During the 2 day event i saw many occasions where the more experienced shooters gave help and encouragement to those that were new to the sport and as a direct result their scores improved greatly on the 2nd day.