Dave Ferriman, the 25-yearold gunroom manager at the popular Sporting Targets shooting ground in Bedfordshire, is the new British Open English Sporting Champion. He earned the title in a tough battle with some of the biggest names in Sporting, culminating in a shoot-off style super-final which saw him lift the historic Daily Telegraph cup in a year when many feared the championship wouldn’t happen at all due to covid restrictions.
Dave was delighted - and not a little surprised! - to find that he had joined the exalted ranks of British Open champions. “I was keeping an eye on Sam Green and George Digweed through the final, and at the end I thought I’d done it, but it wasn’t very clear. Then George turned to me and said ‘Well done’ and I thought ‘Have I won it then?’ I still wasn’t 100 per cent sure until they said there’s a shoot-off for second.”
Dave Ferriman took the cup in the end, winning himself his first British Open championship