Women's Shooting Blog - The Country Girls UK

Clay shooting at the Olympics, what actually happened?

Written by Nicki Wakeford

There was great excitement amongst the fraternity of the Olympic clay shooting disciplines – Olympic Trap and Olympic Skeet – for Paris 2024 as we knew we had a good… Read more »

Certificate Holders, what’s changed?

Written by Lucy Allen

Firearms licensing data for England and Wales underlines the impact that barriers to entry are having on participation in shooting sports. The Home Office published the latest firearms licensing statistics… Read more »

From The NHS To The Field

Written by Kathryn Dominey

Leaving my job as a cardiac physiologist in the NHS in 2023 was a difficult decision but one I needed to make in order to find myself again. I always… Read more »

Revisited: Mental Health And Applying For Your License

Written by Caroline Roddis

With mental health awareness week being 13th-19th May 2024, we thought it was an ideal opportunity to revisit this blog from Caroline Roddis, founder of Medcert, written in 2023. If… Read more »

Women’s Shooting Breeks: How To Choose Yours

Written by Lucy Allen, On The Peg

I was excited to receive my first invitation of the season, to be greeted by a cloud of tweedy dust and moth holes resembling what were my old faithful breeks.… Read more »

Get Prepared For The Season Ahead

Written by The Country Girls UK

We’ve put together a short list of things to remember ahead of the game season, and good ideas of items to take with you on the day! We’ve also included… Read more »

Mental Health And Applying For Your Licence

Written by Caroline Roddis, Founder Of Medcert

If you’ve made it past the Eurovision coverage in the papers over the past couple of days you might have seen that the Archbishop of Canterbury was recently fined for… Read more »

All You Need To Know About A CGUK Membership

Written by The Country Girls UK

You may be wondering what it means to be a member of The Country Girls UK, and so we thought we would put it all in one place for you!… Read more »

ACT NOW Campaign: BASC

Written by BASC

David Boden, BASC’s Engagement Manager for Wales, tells us why it is so very important that members and the wider shooting community support the association’s ACT NOW campaign and respond… Read more »

Lost And Found

Written by Kathryn Dominey

Before joining The Country Girls I had always wanted to learn to shoot, inspired by my love of eating pheasant when I was younger (I genuinely had smoked pheasant sandwiches… Read more »