Small Victories?
Sporting Shooter|August 2020
Could a new-found appreciation for the smaller, walked-up days be one of the positives to come out of the Covid-19 crisis? Phil Moorsom looks ahead to the coming season
Phil Moorsom
Small Victories?

As I write this month’s article, we have recently moved to the next stage of the easing of lockdown. With no real idea of the impact of the last few weeks of permitted travel and distanced interaction, I am not yet ready to throw my hat in the air thinking the worst is behind us. I was shocked to see the numbers of people visiting beaches and beauty spots over the last Bank Holiday weekend, and at our local supermarket shoppers seem to have regressed, with social distancing evaporating into the heat of the gorgeous spring weather.

I am a positive person, but with my Rough Rovers hat on, my fear is that the size of groups allowed to gather may be restricted, which would have an adverse effect on some of our days. We took an early decision to plan this season’s calendar as though the season was going ahead pretty much as normal. In line with many of the shoots, we reduced the number of days initially offered to members by about 30%. We currently have only five days booked for September, when we managed 13 last season and for October we have nine compared to 18 last year. This is sympathetic to our members’ requests as people seemed to be reluctant to commit to the early season days until we had a better idea of where we might be at the start of the season.

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