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hotels: Full details of local hotels are detailed on pages 30 to 33 of our brochure and on our website
www.ripleycastleshoot.com

individual Guns or sMall Parties
The majority of our days are let to individual guns or small parties, sold by the gun per day making up the team.

instructors and loaders
We are fortunate in having available the services of a number of experienced clay pigeon and driven game shooting
instructors. No matter how experienced a shot may be, having an instructor for the day soon rectifies all the bad habits
- shooting ones - which we seem to perfect without too much of a problem! Having an instructor is a necessity for a
novice game shot and even for an experienced shot an instructor can make quite a difference to your performance. The
cost of an instructor/loader for the day is £90 which should be paid direct by the gun. This service is now very popular
so as much prior notice as possible would be appreciated. If you do not require instruction, a loader is always useful to
look after you for the day. If you bring your dog, having a loader gives you more time to work it at the end of a drive.
(See also Shotgun Hire at the bottom of this page)

insurance: Personal, Products and shoot cancellation insurance
Full details are available on page 15 of this brochure and on our website.

iteMs For sale or Wanted
This is a new free service we offer on our website. Please contact my secretary Lynda on 01423 323321 for further details.

last Minute checklist and Personal shoot calendar
A checklist detailing the items you may require on a shoot day, some of which we often wish we had remembered to
bring on the day, together with a shoot planner for the current season on the reverse is included in this brochure or can
be downloaded from our website.

MeMbers not shootinG or PickinG uP
Members who are not shooting are most welcome to join the Shoot on any day to go round with the guns or pick up with
their dog. However on an Exclusive Day, Members are welcome to pick up but should make their own refreshment and
luncheon arrangements.
Mobile Phones: iPhones: tablets: What next!!
As we may be under more stress without our phones than with them, all I ask is that they are used with the minimum
of disruption to the other guns, preferably in the vehicles between drives and certainly not during a drive or at lunch.
Suitable fines may be imposed on habitual offenders with all proceeds to our Charity Fund!!

non shootinG Guests:
We welcome non shooting guests to accompany the guns and enjoy any shoot day, including breakfast, lunch and
refreshments throughout the day when they are requested to make a donation to our Charity Fund. Some prior notice
would be appreciated for catering arrangements.

nuMber oF drives
Each day at Ripley Castle and Mountgarret we normally field 5 drives and at Eagle Hall & Ashfold Side 4 drives. On
Hardcastle & Heathfield Moors we normally field 4 drives.

overaGes
In principle no overages are charged on any of our shoot days. However overage may, I stress may, be charged on
full days taken by a Roving Syndicate or Corporate Team. We always try to exceed the target bag by up to 10% at no
additional cost. I much prefer to agree the target bag before the day, not during or at the end of the day!

shoot Fees
Our Shoot fees are detailed on the list of available days. It is worth noting that with the ever increasing popularity in
our partridge days and as September and early October are mainly partridge days at Ripley Castle, Mountgarret and
Eagle Hall & Ashfold Side, our September shoot fees will continue for the first two weeks of October. November and
December prices come into effect mid October onwards.

shotGun hire
The law states that anyone may use a shotgun without a UK Shotgun Certificate or Visitors Permit provided it is in the
presence of the owner who has it registered on his Shotgun Certificate however you must have the required personal
insurance cover is in place. Shotguns are available for hire, provided notice is given, from one of our instructor/loaders at
£50 per day. Knowledge of height and if he or she is left or right handed would help in selecting the most ideal shotgun
available.

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