On 18th October 2025, the GWCT West Tayside Committee will be hosting a Young Guns day at Errol Park when they will provide the unique opportunity of a day’s driven game shooting to a team of nine young guns up to the age of 18. Each young gun will be nominated by estate managers, gamekeepers or likewise who truly believe that their nominee has shown an outstanding contribution to the sport whether it be out in the beating line come rain or shine or been a commendable help in the hard working picking up line, or perhaps helping after school to feed and look after the birds. All potential nominees must be put forward with a brief insight into why the nominator think they have earned a peg on a driven day.
The day will be held on Saturday 18th October at Errol Park Estate Perthshire. This will be a 200 bird day and will follow the format of a full driven day starting with bacon rolls at 9am followed by 11’s and lunch at the end of the shoot day.
All successful nominees must be able to make their own way to the shoot and we encourage any nominators to please attend where possible to load and add support to the nominee. Where this is not possible a loader/ mentor will be supplied.
To nominate a gun, please send an e-mail to scottishevents@gwct.org.uk with the name of the nominee, their age and a brief reason for their nomination. Nominations should be received by us no later than 31st July 2025 and the selected guns will be notified, via the nominators, by 14th August 2025.
Shotguns and cartridges (sponsored by Glenalmond Estate) will be provided on the day for each of the guns along with a goody bag of merchandise courtesy of Browning.
The committee are also looking for sponsorship for this project and believe it is a unique opportunity to support and offer a “young gun” a peg on a 200 bird driven day. This is not only offering a keen young gun an amazing experience but also investing in the future of the sport which is under constant pressures from ever increasing costs and the UK government. The sponsorship opportunities are:
Full gun: £1,000
Half gun: £500
Main day sponsor
Donations
100% of excess funds will be donated to GWCT Scotland.
If you have any initial questions about nominating or sponsoring a young gun please e-mail rdonaldson@gwct.org.uk.
Kindly sponsored by Browning:
