Joint owners of Fieldsports Press, publisher of Fieldsports Journal and Gundog Journal, Selena and Simon K. Barr entered the world of publishing three years ago following the acquisition of Fieldsports Journal from BPG Publishing. After a decade running one of their other businesses, internationally acclaimed country pursuits PR agency Tweed Media which is now in its eighth year of supporting The Game Fair, the addition of owning a fieldsports-focussed publishing business was the natural extension in the portfolio of this ambitious Edinburgh-based, fieldsports-obsessed, husband and wife duo. “We felt there was an opportunity to offer British ...

Shooting distributor Highland Outdoors has secured a deal to supply the UK market with the latest Vario novo hearable products. Available in a choice of models, Vario Novo is designed to protect your hearing from the sounds of gunshot while allowing you to continue your conversations. it is a simple option for those wanting electronic audio enhancement in a sleek, off-the-peg design without the need for time-consuming ear impressions at a great price point while providing impulse protection from gunshot without compromising your situational awareness. The Novo Natural effectively gives you a talk-through sound level, which ...

Game Fair exhibitor and Spey casting demonstrator Scott Mackenzie is helping everyone celebrate Father’s Day by offering 15 per cent off his popular range of rods and lines. Scott, who will be in the Fishing Village throughout the weekend, showing his latest products as well as offering tips and advice on the Casting Pool, says the offer runs until Sunday, June 20th. Since it was first founded back in 2017, the Mackenzie brand has been a market leader in innovation and the adoption of new materials and engineering techniques. There is no better example of this than ...

Shoots up and down the country have been benefitting from a smart initiative from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, where regional staff visit and offer useful advice. Since the start of May, more then 100 shoot visits have already taken place, with plans to fit in another 300 prior to the start of the season. Included within a Shoot Visit are briefings on understanding of and compliance with evolving regulation including gamebird release on and near to designated sites, and post-Brexit game meat hygiene regulation requirements. There is also best practice advice on good ...

Rory Kennedy has been appointed as the new Director Scotland for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. Formerly chair of the Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group (SCSTG) and a member of the Conservation Capital senior team, a global consultancy providing business-led conservation solutions, Rory is aA chartered accountant specialising in economic development and the rural sector. He is also currently a Scottish council member of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the Scottish Tourism Alliance and former chair of the Scottish Association for Country Sports. As SCSTG chair, he was the primary force behind the ...

A bold new initiative from the Countryside Alliance Foundation, called Castaway, will bring the health benefits of fishing to those affected by all types of cancer – and it is being launched at this summer’s Game Fair. Castaway will support both men and women affected by cancer, improving their physical and mental health by engaging with fishing and the restorative and pastoral qualities of the countryside. Castaway’s one-day fishing mini courses and introduction to angling – and beyond – caters for those who have finished their treatment – inviting them to have an introduction to fishing and the wellbeing benefits ...

With everything opening up on July 19th, the team at The Game Fair can’t wait to welcome you to Ragley Hall the following week for the best-ever celebration of the great British countryside. Our plans remain unaffected by this week’s Government announcement of a four-week delay to the lifting of all lockdown restrictions and we have been buoyed by the promise that July 19th really will be Freedom Day. But, in truth, the organisers have been ready to host this event at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, for months and back in April the event was given “Good ...

In reaction to the Government announcement this evening The Game Fair team can confirm the event will be going ahead safely from 23-25th July as planned. Events such as The Game Fair, agricultural shows, flower and garden shows, were previously sanctioned as part of the Government’s Phase Two relaxations announced on April 12th with greater freedoms given as part of May’s Phase Three measures. “We have been overwhelmed with positive support and reaction” commented Managing Director, James Gower. “The Game Fair team have already planned and implemented additional measures to safeguard and reassure our visitors and ...

If you want to inject some distance into long-range shooting, then the Vortex Venom riflescope is a great first step. Packed with great features including a 5-25x mag range built into a 34mm tube for a huge amount of turret travel (85 MOA / 25 MRAD maximum elevation / windage), the Venom also boasts Vortex’s RevStop Zero System for a fast, easy and reliable return to zero. The First Focal Plane EBR-7C reticle ensures accurate holds at distance while the addition of a throw lever allows fast transitions between maginifcations. If you’re looking for a quick ...

As well as being the managing director of East Anglian gun importer and distributor ASI, Edward King has also headed up many of the shooting industry’s bodies, including the Gun Trade Association and the Gun and Allied Trades Benevolent Society, among others. He said: “Back in the early 1990s, when I had been in the gun trade for half a dozen years or so, I had the opportunity to join the council (board) of an organisation called the Shooting Sports Trust; it was a body which specifically represented the importers, wholesalers and manufacturers in the UK ...

The iconic footwear and accessories brand just loves The Game Fair and is all set for this year’s event. We asked founders Marcus Fountaine and Felix Parker to tell us a bit more about the Fairfax & Favor journey. TGF: When and why did you set up Fairfax & Favor? F&F: Late in the spring of our 18th year, we had an epiphany – to combine our middle names and launch our very first business venture, a bouncy castle company. It was the unconventional birth of Fairfax & Favor. We had tried to unlock other name ...

Cotswold brand Black Lion will be giving visitors their first taste of a unique vodka, made using milk from a rare breed of sheep. The full-bodied drink is being produced sustainably and distilled using Cotswold spring water. Handcrafted using a unique process, Black Lion Vodka is made using the milk from Valais Blacknose sheep, which graze on the founders’ family-owned farm. Using selective breeding, Tim and Tanya Spittle have created the Black Lion sheep, allowing them to contribute to the preservation of this iconic breed, which originated in the Swiss mountains. At the same time, they ...

Some of the best-known names in fine shotguns will be going under the hammer at Holts’ next auction of Fine, Modern & Antique Guns & Accessories, on June 21st and 22nd. Among the lots on offer is a Henry Atkin that was built for the well-known writer on shooting sports Gough Thomas Garwood (Lot 1450). Another outstanding gun is a fine and impressive eight-bore single trigger sidelock ejector by William Ford (Lot 799). Although built in 1939, this lot comes with a letter from the makers specifying it as a gun for shooting crocodiles in India. Any ...

The CEO of top egg supplier Clarence Court, which is sponsoring The Game Fair’s Main Arena this summer, took the chance to ‘eggs-perience’ the Ragley Hall venue for himself this week. Adrian Gott met with The Game Fair managing director James Gower and Marketing Executive Eleanor Usborne for a tour of the grounds of the stately home near Alcester, Warwickshire. They were joined outside the hall itself by the estate’s owner, Lord Hertford, keen to welcome any visitors to his home. Clarence Court supplies eggs to leading supermarkets – stamped with a blue crown emblem – ...

The future of grouse shooting is set to be debated in Parliament on June 21st and the industry needs everyone’s help to ensure the facts are fully represented. Organisations such as the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Countryside Alliance are doing all they can to provide politicians and journalists with the true facts about grouse shooting. These organisations, along with Game Fair exhibitor William Powell Sporting, other businesses and individuals who are actively involved with grouse shooting and fieldsports, are urging you to contact your local MP to ensure they understand and defend the ...

GunsOnPegs managing director Chris Horne and his father, James, who is chairman, set up the business up from what started out as a little hobby website beside their day jobs. Chris explained: “Being able to turn your hobby into your livelihood is a huge privilege because the conversations you have at ‘work’ and with customers are nearly always about the thing you do for fun! It helps that secretly I’m a little techy geek behind the scenes and running a tech-based business is such an exciting blend of hobby and face-paced business. “Shooting itself is going ...

If you are stumped for original Father’s Day gifts then food specialist Wild & Game has an innovative and unique Present Box that will delight game lovers and foodies alike. Priced at £49.99, the box contains a selection of the company’s top selling products, including not only game meat but also beef, cheese, pâté and a pheasant Wellington. The full contents are one T-bone beef steak, one pheasant Wellington, two venison steaks, one pack of four venison and wild boar burgers, a 1lb huntsman pie, venison, juniper and gin pâté and a chunk of Wookey Hole ...

Some of our long-lost species, including beavers, wildcats, golden eagles could make a return to our countryside, alongside some in decline such as pine marten, dormice, corncrake and large blue butterfly. After an announcement by the Environment Secretary George Eustice MP, Natural England is set to establish a species reintroductions task force, alongside habitat restoration and greening of urban spaces to meet new legally binding biodiversity targets to reverse the decline of wildlife. Natural England will be heading up the task force as secretariat, considering the reintroduction of species which have been lost to England and ...

Gundog training equipment supplier Sporting Saint has a string of new arrivals it is launching, just in time for The Game Fair. The Air & Go Remote Control Dummy Launcher is exclusively sold via the company in the UK and is a fast, self-filling, quality air launcher with no bang sound. Two options are available, either with or without a duck sound, and it is suitable for both professional and leisure use, with two, four, six or eight shooters. Sporting Saint is also working with renowned gundog trainer Andy Cullen to bring a specially designed Puppy ...

Wrackleford Estate is set in the lush Frome valley near Dorchester and offers some of the best fly fishing and shooting (game and simulated), thanks to its unique position and topography. Having passed into the fifth and sixth generation of the family, current owners Katie and Oliver Pope told The Game Fair Trade News all about the estate. TGF: Can you tell us a little bit about the history of the Wrackleford Estate and your part in it? Oliver Pope: The estate has been in the hands of the family for six ...