01 March 2010

Students at CAFRE, Greenmount Campus (Antrim) formed a Country Sports Club this year, under the supervision of the College’s Amenity Horticulture manager, Alan McIlveen. The Country Sports Club aims to develop an awareness of country sports and their role in countryside management and habitat conservation.

As part of their programme the students teamed up with the British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and enrolled for the Safe Shot Assessment Award. This award recognises knowledge of shooting safely and safe gun handling in the countryside. Twelve students successfully achieved the BASC Safe Shot Award, and were presented with their awards at Portavo Estate, Donaghadee.

Alan McIlveen and students from Greenmount Campus CAFRE receiving their Safe Shot Award from Tommy Mayne (BASC) on a trip to Portavo Estate, Donaghadee.
Back row from left: Jonathan McKelvey (Castlederg), Matthew Kenrick (Belfast), Paul McGurk (Cookstown), Alan Henderson (Coleraine), Conor Kelly (Belfast), and Simon Brown (Newtownards).
Front Row from left: Orr Hawkes (Omagh), David McMichael (Armoy), Alan McIlveen (Greenmount), Tommy Mayne (BASC), Martin Devlin (Craigavon), and Steven Whitten (Belfast)

Mark Carson of the Greenmount Country Sports Club receiving instruction from Tommy Mayne, British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC), as part of the Safe Shot Assessment training.