Sporting Targets Reviews 210

TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What a great day out! We booked 2hrs clay pigeon tuition for our poker group. Great organisation, friendly team and brilliant training. Without doubt, you won't be disappointed

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I actually booked my session at sporting targets on 2nd November 2024, with one of those experience gift cards. I swapped it from some other experience that had no appeal to me at all. I arrive... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience. Did it as a family (12 y/o, 15 y/o and 2 adults. Each of us loved it. Did the riffles, archery and clay pigeon shooting. Fast paced, great support and advice from Rob our teache... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Rob was absolutely brilliant with us. Made us feel incredibly welcome straight away with a brilliant sense of humour and his teaching ability was just second to none. Incredibly helpful teachin... See more

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  1. Recreation Center
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One of the finest Clay Pigeon Shooting venues in the UK, offering corporate and club shooting, multi activity events, a gun shop, licenced bar and restaurant since 1990.


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TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best Experience

Today myself and my husband went to Sporting Targets to do clay pigeon shooting, air rifles and archery. I had this as a gift for my 40th and we had the best day! We had Vince as our instructor who was just the best! He had all of the time in the world for us! He was so calm, patient and knowledgeable! We were successful at shooting the clays, air rifle targets and archery. We had such great guidance from Vince and we believe this is why we were successful! Thank you! My husband and I had so much fun with some healthy competition. We are already planning a trip back with friends and our children. I would highly recommend this place for a bucket list experience that you will return to! Great instruction, facilities, fun, setup and a massive site with lots of different clay areas to shoot from. Complimentary tea and coffee in a lovely open lounge and a big thumbs up for the sausage and egg sandwich to finish the day! Thank you Vince.

November 19, 2024
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Hi Sarah
We are so pleased that you and your husband enjoyed your birthday experienced here with us and that Vince looked after you so well, he is a great instructor with all the qualities needed to make your day fun and enjoyable.
thank you for such a great review, hope to see you again very soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

team event

a great venue, great instruction and good fun as well

September 26, 2024
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We are so pleased that you all had a great time here, thank you for your review, hope to see you back soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience

Fantastic experience. Air rifle, archery and clay pigeon shooting. Vince our instructor was a great help.

October 7, 2024
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Hi Colin,
We are so happy that you had a fantastic experience here at Sporting Targets and that Vince was so helpful during your visit.
Hope to see you again soon

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Archery, air rifle and clay pigeon experience

Booked the Archery, air rifle and clay pigeon experience through Red Letter Days. Sporting targets did not disappoint! Lovely setting and a warm welcome. Attended last Monday, it wasn’t busy so was perfect for us, nice and relaxed. We had Vince as our instructor, couldn’t have asked for a more patient and knowledgeable instructor. Our first time doing these activities and we managed to hit the targets multiple times, we put this down to the instructor rather than our natural abilities! Will definitely be going back for more and will recommend to family and friends.

September 30, 2024
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Hi Amanda
We are so pleased that you had such a good time here with us, Vince is a great instructor and makes everyone feel at ease.
thank you so much for such a great review, we look forward to seeing you again when you return.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience

My wife had always said she would like to try Clay Pigeon Shooting so booked an experience though red letter days for air riffle, archery and clay pigeon shooting. A birthday treat, when you get to a certain age presents are difficult to find.

Lovely venue with a very warm welcome!

We were introduced to Vince, our instructor a very friendly, helpful gentleman.

Despite the weather being damp we had a fantastic time.

Vince was very relaxed and helpful which really added to the experience.

Overall would highly recommend and will be be revisiting next year.

Thank you everyone for making the experience very enjoyable.

September 23, 2024
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Hi Darron,
we are so pleased that you had such a great time here during your experience, I passed on you comments to Vince and he was thrilled that you enjoyed yourselves so much.
thank you for taking the time to leave a review, see you next year, if not sooner!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing team

The team are very organised and adaptable. Absolutely lovely to work with!

September 6, 2024
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Thank you for such a great review Jessica, we ae so pleased that you enjoyed working with us as much as we did with you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing experience

My husband got this for me as a present, we done target shooting, archery and clay shooting. Amazing experience and Vince our instructor was amazing, very patient, knowledgeable and we had a lot of fun
Thank you 🤩

August 19, 2024
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Hi Dannielle,
We are so happy that you and your husband had an amazing experience here with us and Vince, we are so glad to know that you both had so much fun, hopefully see you again soon for another go.
Thank you for leaving such a nice review, it is very much appreciated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

1 Hour Clay shoot instruction

We had an amazing 1 hour of instruction from our excellent instructor, Vince. He was so thorough and courteous - always encouraging and advising. My 13 yr old daughter had an unforgettable experience too! Thank you so much for a great birthday introduction to Clay Shooting. The reception staff were very polite and helpful too! Great venue, lots of variety and excellent 1to1 guidance. Top day out!

July 29, 2024
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We are so pleased that you and your daughter had such a great experience shooting with us and Vince, its great to know that you both had a good time here, hopefully future members!
I will pass your comments onto Vince, thank you for taking the time to write a great review, see you soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing 1 Hour beginners clay pigeon session

Amazing 1 Hour beginners clay pigeon session for my son and I. Our instructor Rob was an EXCELLENT teacher...very sensitive to my son's first-time anxiety and truly made the experience a top tier day out!!! The site is gorgeous...great staff....a BRILLIANT place.

July 20, 2024
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Jim,
We are pleased to read that you and your son had an amazing introduction to clay shooting and that Rob looked after you so well, he is a wonderful instructor with a great manner, hopefully you will come back to advance your shooting skills further!
Thank you for such a great review, it is much appreciated, see you again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thankyou John

We went today for the first ever experience. What a fantastic venue this is ,. The staff were excellent very helpful , friendly and made you feel instantly relaxed and welcome.
Our instructor John was really marvellous he made every effort to involve all our party. He made sure we were all comfortable in the activity we were doing.
Although obviously knowledgeable in shooting he at no time spoke to us as novices he pitched the experience so we all had a very enjoyable time.
We would thoroughly recommend this venue to anyone thinking of taking part.
Andrew North

June 8, 2024
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Andrew,
We are so pleased that you and your group enjoyed your experience here with us, I have passed on your thanks to John and he was made up with your review.
Thank you for taking the time to write about your time with us, it is very much appreciated.
Hopefully you will be back soon to further your skills !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful treat from my girls!

My daughters and I have just returned home after an incredibly enjoyable afternoon trying out archery, air rifle shooting and clay pigeon shooting. We had a wonderful guide/instructor for the day called Rob who made us all feel like winners! His instruction was great, meaning each one of us managed to hit the centre in archery, do well in the shooting paper targets and even manage to hit some clay pigeons! Highly recommend. Great day out. Thanks Rob!

May 25, 2024
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Hi Ruth,
We are so pleased to read that you and your daughters had a great experience here with Rob, I will pass on your comments to him.
Hope to see you all back soon to hone your skills further.
Thank you for the great review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great place.

I bought a voucher for my partner the clay pigeon shooting experience. It was great, all staff were very friendly and helpful. John who took us for the experience was awesome, he was helpful and really made the experience amazing. Really recommend this place for a great day out. Thank you!

February 22, 2024
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We are so pleased that you had an awesome experience here at Sporting Targets with John & the team, hopefully you now have the bug and will soon be back!
Thank you for your fantastic review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I bought a Browning shotgun from…

I bought a Browning shotgun from Sporting targets last week, and it arrived within 48 hours, just as described. The price was right, the gun was right, and the customer service was second to none. Tom contacted me several times, and at every stage in the transaction kept me and my RFD fully informed.

Superb transaction, and would recommend them to anyone and everyone!

February 6, 2024
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Paul,

we are so happy to read your review of the fantastic service you received from us and especially Tom, thank you.
Hopefully we can be of help again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome Experience with Excellent…

Awesome Experience with Excellent Communication! Thank you to Tom in Shop for his eye to detail, excellent customer communication and willingness to go that step above! Thanks again!

January 30, 2024
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Hi Adam
We are so pleased that Tom looked after you so well and that you had an awesome experience here with us at Sporting Targets.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a great review and we hope to see you again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great fun and nice break from city life

I bought a voucher for my partner who loved the virtual clay pigeon shooting experience - clays. It was fantastic, every member of staff we spoke to was friendly and helpful and it was an amazing experience. We had Vince as our instructor who was lovely, very friendly and very kind about how poor we were! Really recommend for a great day out and it was so different to anything we've done before! Thank you!

August 28, 2023
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Polly,
we are so pleased that you and your partner had such a good time here at Sporting Targets and you enjoyed clay shooting so much, Vince is thrilled with your review and says you werent as bad as you suggest!!
Thank you, hopefully see you both again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Morning shooting with work team…

I visited the shooting experience with my company. We set off in two groups on a well organised morning of Clay, Rifle shooting and Archery. Vince lead our group who made the experience fun along with lots of knowledge as we were all novices. We then had food after the experience which was also lovely and exactly as ordered. I would throughly recommend this experience

October 2, 2023
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Claire
We are so pleased that you and your guests had such a nice time with us and that Vince looked after your group so well.
We appreciate such a great review, thank you for taking the time to post one and we look forward to seeing you and your company again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I just wanted to say Mike our…

I just wanted to say Mike our instructor was absolutely amazing and really made the day for all of us. He was so friendly and knowledgeable he put us all at ease and by the end of the two hours we were all getting on like good friends.

The group had a wide range of abilities from never shooting before to intermediate and he made sure we all got a great experience.

His direction and tips were second to none, really helping us all to raise our game at a fun and comfortable pace.

The facilities and equipment were very good but as I say Mike was the stand out part of the experience, that guy needs a raise because whatever he is being paid is not enough. He represents your company so well and is the main reason I would choose you again over another facility.

A truly great guy and when I come back I will be asking for Mike again that is for sure ;)

October 1, 2023
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Motocom,
We are so pleased that you had a great experience with us and Mike, he will be thrilled to read your comments, thank you.
Mike is ready to welcome you back to impart more knowledge and expand your skills!
see you soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Team Building Day

We attended a Team Building day at Sporting Targets.
From correspondence to the day we attended Angela and John were really helpful and accomodating.
On the day, all the guys that supervised us were so lovely, they taught us how to use all the equipment, put us at ease as it was most of the teams first experience, it was a lot of fun. The team had a great day, thank you we can't wait to return.

September 7, 2023
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi,
We are so pleased that you and your team had such a great time here at Sporting Targets its wonderful to hear that you all enjoyed the activities, thank you for taking the time to write such a nice review, see you all soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jack Pyke English Open

Another brilliant competition at Sporting Targets with loads of challenging and unusual targets. I particularly loved the super fast, super close rabbits which I've never seen anywhere else - Hard but fun!

Looking forward to the High Tower challenge now.

June 14, 2023
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Reply from Sporting Targets

Hi Rob,

we are so pleased you enjoyed the competition.
thanks for your review, see you soon

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