Jump to content

Ashburton Shield

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ave (talk | contribs) at 22:51, 27 March 2023 (Results: condense covid years; add various results). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ashburton Shield
The Ashburton Shield
SportFullbore target rifle
CompetitionAshburton VIII, Schools Imperial Meeting
Awarded forWinning Team of 8
LocationBisley Camp
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byNational Rifle Association
History
First award1861
Editions159
Most winsEpsom College (15 as of 2011)
Most recentBradfield College

The Ashburton Shield is an historic trophy for rifle shooting in the United Kingdom. It is awarded annually to the winning team-of-8 at the Schools Imperial Meeting, held by the National Rifle Association at Bisley. The competition is open to teams of cadets from (predominantly) Combined Cadet Force units based in public and private schools.[1][2] A separate competition is held the week prior for cadet units not attached to a school (such as the Army Cadet Force), as part of the Inter-Services Cadet Rifle Meeting (ISCRM).

History

The Ashburton Shield was presented by Lord Ashburton in 1861 for competition between the Junior Officers' Training Corps that were run within public schools. This remained the case until the 1948 merger of school cadet units into the Combined Cadet Force.[3] It was first contested at the National Rifle Association's second Imperial Meeting.[4] It was mentioned by Edward Walford in 1878 when he wrote of the Meeting, then at Wimbledon:

"These annual gatherings are attended by the élite of fashion, and always include a large number of ladies, who generally evince the greatest interest in the target practice of the various competitors, whether it be for the honour of carrying off the Elcho Shield, the Queen's or the Prince of Wales's Prize, or the [Ashburton] shield shot for by our great Public Schools, or the Annual Rifle Match between the Houses of Lords and Commons."[5]

The Meeting is considered the pinnacle of inter-school shooting in the UK, and British Pathe featured the event in multiple newsreels.[6][7][8]

The Schools Meeting is held annually, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, when the Schools Meeting was placed in abeyance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Epsom College hold the record for the most wins, at 15.[9]

Notable winners include 2018 ISSF World Champion Seonaid McIntosh, who was a member of the 2013 winning team from Dollar Academy.[10] McIntosh individually won the Schools Hundred competition.[11]

Results

Year Winner Score Runner Up Score Third Place Score
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903 Tonbridge School
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915-18 No Competition
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932 King's College School
1933
1934 King's College School 493
1935 Marlborough College
1936
1937
1938 King's College School 497 Marlborough College
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947 Eton College 517[12]
1948 Charterhouse 500 Allhallows College 498[12]
1949
1950 The Leys School 513 Epsom College
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957[13] Uppingham School 529 Elizabeth College 528
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966 Oakham School[14]
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973 Epsom College 502.28v Bradfield College 497.32v Clifton College 496.27v
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981[13] Uppingham School 508 Elizabeth College 504 Marlborough College 504
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989[13] Elizabeth College 493 Glenalmond College 492 Wellington College 488
1990 Epsom College (2) 511 Oundle School 507 Marlborough College 504
1991 Epsom College (3) 506.40v Wellington College 502.30v Bradfield College 500.34v
1992 Epsom College (4) 512.42v Marlborough College 507.31v Bradfield College 505.35v
1993 Epsom College (5) 518.47v RGS Guildford 518.34v Elizabeth College 515.37v
1994 Epsom College (6) 525.44v Wellington College 515.40v Cheltenham College 513.40v
1995
1996
1997
1998 Epsom College (7) 474 Sedbergh School 473 Campbell College 471
1999 Epsom College (8) 491 Campbell College 482 The Oratory School 469
2000
2001
2002 Epsom College (9) 486 Uppingham School 479 The Oratory School 474
2003
2004 Epsom College (10) 511.31v Marlborough College 508.32v Uppingham School 505.36v
2005 Dollar Academy 760.43v Epsom College 747.46v Stamford School 742.36v
2006 Epsom College (11) 788.59v Marlborough College 775.46v The Oratory School 775.45v
2007 Epsom College (12) 794.63v Marlborough College 782.58v The Oratory School 771.40v
2008 Epsom College (13) 790.75v Dollar Academy 779.50v The Oratory School 766.52v
2009 Gresham's School 794.59v Dollar Academy 774.62v Elizabeth College 770.52v
2010 Epsom College (14) 762.42v Gresham's School 762.40v Cheltenham College 753.39v
2011 Epsom College (15) 762.40v Cheltenham College 760.46v Wellington College 752.41v
2012 Wellington College (1) 787.71v RGS Guildford 770.49v Epsom College 760.43v
2013 Dollar Academy 757.39v Epsom College 744.40v Wellington College 741.41v
2014 Wellington College (2) 755.42v Epsom College 738.36v Elizabeth College 736.43v
2015 Ellesmere College 745.42v Dollar Academy 734.35v Victoria College 733.31v
2016 Wellington College (3) 761.37v Dollar Academy 760.53v Gresham's School 758.42v
2017[13] Wellington College (4) 772.53v Elizabeth College 749.38v Sedbergh School 747.47v
2018 Sedbergh School 761.47v Victoria College 756.52v Gresham's School 753.44v
2019 RGS Guildford 759.44v Gresham's School 756.40v Sedbergh School 754.48v
2020-21 No Competition
2022 Bradfield College 691.22v Sedbergh School 678.18v Dollar Academy 673.18v

References

  1. ^ "Schools Imperial Meeting". National Rifle Association. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ David James (15 July 1949). "Ashburton Day". The Spectator. p. 10. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The History of the Combined Cadet Force". 1260sqn.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
  4. ^ Edward Walford, (2006 reprinted), Greater London. A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Volume 2, page 508, (Adamant Media Corporation)
  5. ^ "Putney". Old and New London: Volume 6. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. 1878. pp. 489–503. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014 – via British History Online.
  6. ^ "Schools Day At Bisley". British Pathé. 16 July 1934. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ "News In A Nutshell 1935". British Pathé. 15 July 1935. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Ashburton Shield Competition 1938". British Pathé. 11 July 1938. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Another Ashburton win for target rifle team". Epsom College. 14 July 2011. The College Target Rifle VIII saw off strong competition at the National Rifle Association's Schools Meeting at Bisley last week to retain the prestigious Ashburton Shield in the 150th year of the competition. This was the 15th time overall and the 14th time in the past 22 years that Epsom has won the blue riband event of the school target rifle shooting calendar.
  10. ^ "Ashburton Shield Prizelist 2013" (PDF). 21 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Schools Hundred Prizelist 2013" (PDF). 30 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Charterhouse School Win Ashburton Shield Bisley - 1948 Clip". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d Elizabeth College: A Rifle-Shooting Century (1 ed.). UK: OE Rifle Club. 2022.
  14. ^ Guillomot-Bonnefond, Aurore; Woodward, Charlotte (7 December 2022). "Ashburton". The A-Z of Oakham School. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.