Entries are open for the 2016 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation. Don't miss your chance to enter
The 2016 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation are back for another year, and now inviting entries. Don’t miss this chance to enter.
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THE 2016 PURDEY AWARDS FOR GAME AND CONSERVATION
James Purdey and Sons, the London Gun and Rifle Maker, invite entries for their annual awards, the 2016 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation.
Held annually since 1999, the Purdey Awards seek to promote a wider appreciation of the game and habit conservation carried out by shoots throughout the United Kingdom every year. The Awards give recognition to shoots completing outstanding work, and reward the best.
2015’s silver award went to The Houghton Estate, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Purdey invite entries from any type or size of shoot actively involved in improving habitats for game birds, and shoots that can demonstrate to the Awards judges how their work has improved the shoot and widened its biodiversity to benefit many other species of bird and wildlife. Entries can be from shoots anywhere within the United Kingdom, and made by individuals, syndicates, estates, farm shoots and wildfowling clubs. Purely commercial operations are unlikely to be eligible, but shoots actively engaged in conservation work which let a proportion of their days to defray costs are welcomed.
This year’s Prize Fund will be worth up to £15,000 to be shared between the winners of Gold, Silver, Bronze and Special Awards. Five of the newly introduced GWCT Advisory Awards, which provide a free of charge visit to your shoot by a GWCT adviser, will also be awarded.
The Purdey Awards judging panel, chaired by the Duke of Wellington, meets in June to shortlist the most promising entries to receive judging vists. The sixteen strong panel will then reconvene in October to decide winner. The winners will be presented on 24 November 2016 at the annual ceremony held at Audley House, Mayfair.
THE 2016 PURDEY AWARDS: HOW TO ENTER
Don’t miss the chance to enter the 2016 Purdey Awards. Applications close 16 May.
Entry forms and rules of the the 2016 Purdey Awards are available free of charge by post from James Purdey & Sons Ltd, 57-58 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2ED, online at www.purdey.com/shooting-life/purdey-awards/, telephone 020 7499 1801, or by emailing purdey.awards@purdey.com.
Entires must be completed and have reached Dr Mike Swan at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust at Fordingbridge no later than Monday 16 May 2016.
Richard Purdey, awards organiser since their inception, said ‘I look forward to seeing this year’s crop of new entries in May and wish all those willing to ‘have a go’ the very best of good luck’.