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INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
This page contains statistics and information for Guernsey shooters in international competitions at Wimbledon, Bisley and further afield, including the Sovereign’s Prize, the St George’s and the Imperial Meeting Grand Aggregate.
As of 2025, Guernseymen have racked up over sixty individual honours at the Imperial Meeting, which are detailed here. This tally includes two winners of HM The Queen’s Prize, and four winners of the St George’s. Nick Mace’s Silver Cross win in 2008 is the closest a Guernseyman has come to winning the Grand Aggregate.
WR Symons was the first islander to win silverware at the Imperial Meeting, then shot at Wimbledon, winning the Telegraph in 1880. By the end of the century, the island had its first winner of HM The Queen’s Prize in the form of William Priaulx, in 1899.
Winifred Leale, daughter of Guernsey captain Josiah Leale, became the first woman to compete in NRA competitions when she entered the 1891 Imperial Meeting. Leale made headlines across the Empire for her daring, and shooting prowess, which “equalled any man on Bisley Common” (Pall Mall Gazette, 1891).
| 1880 | WR Symons | Telegraph |
| 1888 | AE Jory | Daily Graphic |
| 1895 | Dyson | Alexandra |
| 1899 | WA Priaulx | HM The Queen’s Prize, Gold Medal |
| 1901 | J Mahy | St George’s, Gold Cross |
| 1903 | H King | Martin’s Challenge Cup |
| 1904 | EO Despointes | Martin’s Challenge Cup |
| 1908 | H Le M Brock | HM The Queen’s Prize, Bronze Medal |
| 1919 | F Noyon | Stock Exchange |
| 1920 | D Bisset | Stock Exchange |
| 1920 | D Bisset | Telegraph |
| 1920 | D Bisset | All Comers’ Aggregate |
| 1921 | JA Smith | All Comers’ Aggregate |
| 1929 | A Young | Daily Mail |
| 1937 | D Bisset | Times |
| 1938 | D Bisset | Duke of Gloucester |
| 1938 | FJ Cope | Elkington |
| 1951 | EE Despointes | HM The King’s Prize, Bronze Medal |
| 1958 | GT Martel | St George’s, Gold Cross |
| 1961 | FW Le Maître | St George’s, Gold Cross |
| 1963 | BRW Parker | Century |
| 1968 | MF Martel | St George’s, Gold Cross |
| 1968 | GT Martel | Governor General’s Prize, Gold Badge |
| 1969 | MF Martel | HM The Queen’s Prize, Bronze Medal |
| 1975 | CMY Trotter | HM The Queen’s Prize, Gold Medal |
| 1976 | MF Martel | St George’s, Bronze Cross |
| 1977 | GR Martin | Conan Doyle |
| 1982 | CMY Trotter (GM) | Commonwealth Games, Bronze Medal |
| 1982 | CMY Trotter (GM) | Falklands |
| 1984 | NC Blampied | HM The Queen’s Prize, Silver Badge |
| 1985 | CMY Trotter (GM) | Kenya |
| 1986 | CMY Trotter (GM) | Kenya |
| 1987 | CMY Trotter (GM) | Kenya |
| 1990 | RG Courtney | Saturday Aggregate |
| 1990 | RG Courtney | Conan Doyle |
| 1993 | RG Courtney | Admiral Hutton |
| 2000 | NC Mace | New Zealand |
| 2000 | AM Jory | Alexandra |
| 2001 | PM Jory | All Comers’ Aggregate |
| 2001 | PM Jory | Lord Tedder |
| 2002 | AM Jory | Lord Tedder |
| 2003 | NC Mace | Times |
| 2004 | MF Martel | The Queen’s Veterans |
| 2007 | NC Mace | Northland |
| 2008 | NC Mace | Clementi Smith |
| 2008 | NC Mace | Elkington |
| 2008 | NC Mace | Grand Aggregate, Silver Cross |
| 2009 | PM Jory | Sunday Aggregate |
| 2009 | PM Jory | Brigadier |
| 2009 | PM Jory | New Zealand |
| 2009 | PM Jory | Elkington |
| 2009 | NC Mace (SC) | Stock Exchange |
| 2012 | NC Mace (SC) | Tucker Aggregate |
| 2015 | PM Jory | Northland |
| 2024 | NN Thompson | St George’s, Bronze Cross |
| 2024 | NN Thompson | Gurkha Appeal |
