2nd Helice Selection Shoot For Europeans 2026

UNIVERSAL TRENCH 2026 AND BEYOND.

Dear All

Please note, with immediate effect, Ed Barker will take on the role of the second BICTSF UT Director to work with Paul Ashley. In order to continue to work with FITASC, and thus allow BICTSF to operate the FITASC licence in the UK, they will follow all the required rules as laid down by FITASC Paris.

Ed says “I look forward to working with Paul and assisting with Universal Trench as a Director. We are excited to work through some of the challenging financial issues, create great events, grow participation and have some enjoyable times with the UT community. I look forward to seeing you at Beverley Shooting Ground on 19^th April at the first Selection Shoot”.

In addition, a sub-committee, selected by Paul and Ed, will be set up to provide practical assistance as well as ideas.

UT is not as popular as it used to be and has suffered in recent times due to the increased interest in OT. In 2025 we had a total of 321 entrants across four shoots – an average of 80 entrants per competition. Once ground fees and prize money had been deducted it left insufficient funds to cover the cost of sending teams abroad and we ended the year nearly £1000 in the red – similar to the last couple of years. Thus, the difficult decision was taken not to fund the teams going to this year’s European Championships which should return us to a positive end of year balance and put us in a good position for 2027 onwards.

Best Regards

Nick Woodward

Chairman

BICTSF

2026 FITASC Sporting Director Election Result

Voting has now closed and the result is as follows:

Nick Woodward – 36 Votes

Catherine Smalley – 16 votes

Nick Woodward will therefore be confirmed as the FSP Director at the AGM on Tuesday 24th March 2026.”

2026 Voting Form

BICTSF Membership 2026

The BICTSF Board of Directors have decided to make all memberships run from the 1st January until the 31 December each year.

You will be getting an email soon to say the your 2026 membership is due for renewal.

We are using a new application called Membermojo to manage our membership database and payments.

Please follow the instructions on the email for your renewal

The charge will be £20 for the year of 2026.

When you login and see your membership record please complete/amend any fields that are blank or incorrect.

BICTSF Annual General Meeting 2026 & Election Update

The Annual General Meeting of BICTSF Ltd will take place on Tuesday 24^th March 2026 at 19.30 hours via zoom.

Any member wishing to attend should send confirmation by email to the Secretary (secretary@bictsf.com) by Friday 20^th March 2026 and confirm which email address should be used for the meeting invite and supporting paperwork.

Discipline Director Elections 2026

As only one candidate stood for each of the following disciplines, they will be automatically elected at the AGM on the 24th March 2026 as follows:

Olympic Trap – Ed Barker

Helice – Chris Potter

Olympic Skeet – Paul Tudge

Compak – Nick Adams

Two people put their names forward for the position of FITASC Sporting Director:

1 – Nick Woodward

2 – Catherine Smalley

Voting forms will be sent out early in the New Year. 

There is still one vacancy for Olympic Trap, one for Universal Trench and one in Compak Sporting.  Anyone interested in taking up these positions should please email the BICTSF Secretary (secretary@bictsf.com)

Compak Sporting GB Team Selection 2026

UT Selection Shoots 2026

18-19th April 2026 – Beverley 

16-17th May 2026 – Fauxdegla UK Championship 

6-7th June 2026 –  Brook Bank BGP

29-30th August 2026 – Nuthampstead English Open 

Online Entries for these will open soon.

Compak Rankings – Year End 2025

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 2026 Elections