Geoff v Paul at the British Open .410 Championship
9 September 2026
It’s become an annual battle of the gamekeepers. Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley return to EJ Churchill Shooting Ground for the 2026 British Open .410
Pigeon shooting can be hard enough before the crops ripen, without added problems like not having any decoys. Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod isn’t going to let a little thing like that stop him. He has done his reconnaissance, and he reckons he can set up a hide beside this rape field and build a decoy pattern from scratch.
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It’s become an annual battle of the gamekeepers. Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley return to EJ Churchill Shooting Ground for the 2026 British Open .410
Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod is never happier than when he is shooting pigeons, but lately there have not been many in his area – even
Essex gamekeeper and pigeonshooter Geoff Garrod is in clover– literally. He is shooting pigeons in a field of the stuff, after a winter when the
West Mercia Police has made up its own rules restricting Section 1 shotguns – that is shotguns with a magazine capacity greater than two cartridges,
It’s the battle of the gamekeepers. Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley are at EJ Churchill for the annual British Open .410 Championship. Paul has beaten
Game chef José Souto is back out with pigeon supremo Geoff Garrod, on the Essex estate where Geoff is the gamekeeper. It’s a scorching hot