NARGC National Shoot July 2017
Congratulations to all who represented Galway at the NARGC National Sunday on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th of July.
Sean Hoban Overall Vets Winners (46/50) |Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest
Lisa Hoban Overall Ladies winner (46/50) | Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest
Tynagh Gun Club finished 5th in the Inter-Club target Championships | Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest
Cian and Darren after shooting two great scores of 38 & 33 in the u21 and trainee
GGHA Vet Team | Photo Courtesy Irish Shooters Digest
GGHA County Team Qualifiers
Update 11th June 2017
The final results from this weekend team qualifiers are available here
Update 6th June 2017
The latest qualifiers results from Ballinasole this weekend are available here
Update 1st June 2017
Update for the Qualifying of the County Team, the national registration deadline is the 16th June. This means that only the first 2 shoots for Saturday 3rd of June in Ballinasloe and Saturday 10th of June in Esker will go towards team qualification.
Your score from the County shoot and one score from either of the qualifying shoot will decide this years GGHA County Team
County Shoot Results | May 21st 2017
Group & Individual Results – here
Top 50 \ Divisional Results \ Ladies \ U21 \ Vet Results – here
High Gun – Evan Hoban
Division 1 Winners – Tynagh 1
Division 2 Winners – Meelick Esker
Division 3 Winners – Claregalway 1
Ladies – Lisa Hoban
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The 2017 GGHA County Shoot will take place in Poolboy, Ballinasloe on Sunday May 21st. full details have been circulated to club secretaries.
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9th June 2016- County Shoot Team Qualification
Please find the current qualification scores after 3/5 rounds complete here
Update May 25th 2016
Following on from the successful running of the 2016 County Shoot in Ballinasloe Shooting Ground we are announcing the series of qualifiers for the Galway County Team. This will be run over 4 evenings, with your best 2 scores to count PLUS your score from the County Shoot.
The 4 evenings are:
28th May Ballinasloe 4.30 to 7.00
4th June Esker 6.00 to 8.00
11th June Ballinasloe 4.30 to 7.00
18th June Esker 6.00 to 8.00
Galway Game Hunting Association County Shoot 2016 Results
Division 1 – Results
Division 2 – Results
Division 3 – Results
Individual – Results
Ladies | U21 | Trainee – Results
Division 1 Winners Kilchreest Peterwell
LtR, James Ward GGHA, R. Callanan, P. Bowler,T. Callanan, A. fahy, A. Callanan
High Gun Winner – A. Fahy – Kilchreest Peterwell
Full details & Entry form available here
2016 Divisions
Galway Game Hunting Association County Shoot 2015 Results
The Galway Game Hunting Association annual County Shoot took place in Poolboy, Ballinasloe on Sunday, May 24th in perfect weather conditions. The 30 competing teams were divided into three divisions, giving Gun Clubs plenty of space to progress over the years. Amongst the 140 competitors included under 21s as well as a number of veterans, ladies, individuals using side-by-side shotguns and trainee licence holders.
Division 1 winners were:
- 1st -Tynagh Gun Club,
- 2nd- Kiltulla-Bullaun Gun Club,
- 3rd- Castlegar Gun Club.
Division 2 winners were:
- 1st – Kilchreest-Peterswell Gun Club
- 2nd – Kilkerrin-Clonbern Gun Club
- 3rd – Killimor Gun Club
Division 3 winners were:
- 1st – N17 Gun Club,
- 2nd – Claregalway Gun Club
- 3rd – Killimor Gun Club (Team 2)
The High Gun winner was Ross Callanan (Kilchreest-Peterswell Gun Club) who shot an impressive 48/50 score. The Ladies Event was won by Lisa Hoban (Tynagh Gun Club) with an excellent score of 41/50.
Congratulations to all who took part and to the Galway GHA Executive Committee and Clay Shooting Development Committee for running a great event.
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- Div. 2 winners: Kilchreest-Peterswell Gun Club: L-R Colm Fahy, Paul Bowler, Ross Callanan, Thomas Callanan, David Burns, GGHA Brian Porter (far left), GGHA James Ward (far right).
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- Div. 1 winners: Tynagh Gun Club: L-R Kerian Harney, Lisa Hoban, Evan Hoban, Nicolas Flannery, Mattie Hoban
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- Mens High Gun: Ross Callanan
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- Ladies High Gun: Lisa Hoban
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- Div. 3 winners: N17 Gun Club: L-R James McCormack, PJ Kelly, Niall Kelly, Ken Collins, Tadhg Kennedy, GGHA Brian Porter (far left), GGHA James Ward (far right).
GGHA County Shoot 2013
This year, we saw a great participation by all clubs in the GGHA County Shoot in Ballinasloe. The 35 competing teams were divided into three divisions, giving Gun Clubs plenty of space to progress over the years. Amongst the 177 competitors included twelve under 21s as well as a number of veterans, ladies, individuals using side-by-side shotguns and trainee licence holders.
Division 1 winners were: 1st) Killimor Gun Club (Team 1), 2nd) Woodford Gun Club, 3rd) Meelick-Esker Gun Club.
Division 2 winners were: 1st) Tynagh Gun Club (Team 1), 2nd) Killimor Gun Club (Team 2), 3rd) Kilchreest-Peterswell Gun Club.
Division 3 winners were: 1st) Tynagh Gun Club (Team 2), 2nd) Kilkerrin-Clonbern Gun Club, 3rd) Claregalway Gun Club.
The High Gun winner was Brian Porter (Woodford Gun Club) who shot an impressive 48/50 score. The Ladies Event was won by Lisa Hoban (Tynagh Gun Club) with an excellent score of 46/50. After an exciting shoot-off, the Under 21 Event was won by Thomas Lawless (Tynagh Gun Club) and the Trainee Event was won by Darragh Collins (Kilkerrin-Clonbern Gun Club).
In excess of 40 individuals competed in three additional selection shoots for a place on the Galway Team to compete in the NARGC National Shoot in Lakeland Shooting Grounds, Co. Westmeath on July 13th and 14th 2013. Despite great individual performances by senior/junior shooters, we were not on the podium for any honours this year.