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BASC launches election appeal

BASC launches election appeal

BASC takes ministers and MPs clayshooting to introduce them to gameshooting


By Selena Masson

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

A bid to raise extra funds to lobby incoming MPs on shooting has been launched by BASC

BASC has launched its General Election Appeal 2010 in a bid to raise extra funds to lobby incoming MPs on shooting.

“We will have more new MPs coming in to Parliament after this election than at any time in the past 60 years,” explained BASC’s Christopher Graffius. He added: “When the polls close, our work begins. Protecting our sport in the corridors of power is not cheap.

BASC takes ministers and MPs clayshooting to introduce them to gameshooting. The opportunity to talk through the issues is invaluable in gaining support for shooting.

The rest of this article appears in 24th February issue of Shooting Times.

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