Gwyn Roberts is a very talented young DTL shooter from Gwynedd. Gwyn tried for the Welsh junior DTL team again this year, with the Home International being held in Scotland. Although Gwyn shot very well all season, he produced some exceptional scores towards the end of the DTL team qualifiers – for example on the 6th Welsh team DTL qualifier he shot 100/297 and was fourth in the overall shoot out of all the competitors.
Things just got better for Gwyn as the following weekend he was to attend the final two team qualifiers – the Welsh DTL Grand Prix/Welsh Open at Mid Wales Shooting Centre. The Sunday of the two days is the main event as this is when the various Welsh championships titles are won and lost. Gwyn rose to occasion on the Sunday and produced a score of 100/296 which was to give the title “Welsh Open DTL Junior champion 2010″, he can now add this to his other current Welsh title as in the last Welsh DTL counties final – Gwyn was shooting for Gwynedd and was crowned “Welsh Counties Junior DTL champion”.
A few days after the Grand Prix, the DTL executives confirmed that this year Gwyn was to be made Junior team captain – which is a great honour in itself. Gwyn then travelled to Mid Wales the following weekend for a ritual gathering of the new Welsh team, which allows old and new caps to come together and shoot together in their planned squad layouts before the international. Gwyn was to achieve something special that Sunday, he shot his first ever 100/300 in registered competition – the pinnacle for any DTL shooter and what a confidence booster for the coming international.
Gwyn travelled to the Home International in Scotland the following week and shot the highest score for the Welsh junior team, so was presented with the “The Wilhelm Heidrich Cup” in the international banquet.
All the above was done in the space of 4 weeks, what a remarkable month for this young Gwynedd shooter !!!
Gwyn now looks forward to the European championships in Southern Counties in August and we all wish him the very best – who knows – Gwynedd may have a European champion next month if all goes well !
My thanks to Dave Lea and DTL exec Ian Jones for the info and pics. 
Gwyn at the 2009 DTL counties final with his Gwynedd team mates.
Gwyn gets his prize once Arthur has drunk the contents (whisky I think).
Gwyn receiving his trophy for being Welsh Open DTL Junior Champion 2010.
Latest news on Gwyn:
Mid Wales Shooting Ground at the 100 DTL Hereford and Worcester championship Gwyn was High Gun on 100/299, fantastic achievement for a young junior, well done indeed.
Did Keith make it??? oh the suspence is killing me!!!!
NO keith didn,t make it.
junior luke llewellen won on 92 i shot 86 which still leaves me still in 9 th position.
There was a three man shoot off for last place as all three were tied on 25.
Well done to you then TK and unlucky Keith, I’m sure he’ll be back next year. All the best shooters come from down this way ie Luke!!Prodigy of Martin Myers is our Luke.
Is it right ken that you gave keith a whooping yesterday
I wish
I shot a very average 66 compared to Keith’s 77 and Glyn’s 78 (at least I beat Gwyn’s 61
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I wasn’t too disappointed when considering how little I’ve shot this year.
Mostly very nice birds at what could be a very good ground.
Trap breakdowns and the dire ‘clubhouse, let the place down.
More flies than our local dump made things very uncomfortable at times.
I don’t think it’s up to the mark of hosting Welsh Qualifiers when you compare it with Mid Wales, SW2000, and Griffin Lloyd.
And a big congratulations at making the Welsh Team tk, thoroughly deserved
Keith’s going to have another go at the sporting next year, along with a go at the skeet. If funds allow, Gwyn and I will be joining him at the skeet.
The 3 musketeers strike again
There must be a mistake on the web page then because they’ve got keith down for 58 not 77
Is this another job for me to sort out??
And I actually hit a 95, come on Angie sort it out
I didn’t ask you your age ken
I thought it was on the wctsa web site….so no can do, sorry
No it’s on the grounds own web site hartevents.org-
My age indeed, you young whipper-snappers need a good thrashing.
And I thought women could do anything !!!!
You never know, by the time it gets to the Assoc web site, it might have been corrected, but I shall keep an eye on it.
Keith suspects that Angie has a soft spot for him
I’m beginning to think he’s right
daft question for some i dare say but is this the ground that nigel hart runs.
Yes st Dials is nigels ground
Ken…behave!
I admit, I love him
Its a ground where the owner puts on Welsh qualifiers and then shoots them himself…..is that fair?
I’d call it a good way of making the team.
Having shot the targets thousands of times must give an advantage.
I thought the basic facilities at the ground, let the place down badly..
If your paying the same entry fee as somewhere like Mid Wales or SW2000 (£35 per 100) You expect similar facilities.
I cant comment on the place as Ive never been there but I agree with you Ken, how can they justify the cost??
I guess Sporting shoots are expensive with the need to have a referee on each stand.
To think it was the last qualifier, there weren’t all that many shooters there.
Just re-read your previous post Angie, so you admit it you brazen huzzy
How the hell did you do that???
Your ever so clever Ken
Whatever did I see in that Keith!!!!
Didnt know we had so many qualified refs in Wales??