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CHATEAU DE DAMPIERRE, FRANCE
SHOOT FOR CHARITY NEW FUNDRAISING FORUM CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING CORPORATE SPONSOR OPPORTUNITY UNIQUE PRODUCT AWARENESS VEHICLE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES ELEGANT ENTERTAINMENT FRIENDLY COMPETITION EXCLUSIVE SPORTING DAY-OUT
HISTORY THESE EVENTS WERE ORGANIZED BY A TEAM HEADED BY GEORGE MORETON S SHOOT FOR CHARITY. MORETON CONCEIVED AND MANAGED THE ROTHMANS SHOOT. THE ROTHMANS SHOOT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS IN RAISING GREAT PUBLICITY AND $150,000 THAT MORETON WAS INVITED BY MR. JOHANN RUPERT OF VENDOME GM - PLAYBOY TEAM GROUP TO DO A SERIES OF SHOOTS IN THE UK AND EUROPE. MORETON THEN CONCEIVED THE ALFRED DUNHILL SHOOTING SEASON. THESE EVENTS TRAVELED FROM THE UK TO SPAIN TO GERMANY, CONCLUDING IN FRANCE. MORETON BUILT A TRUCK INCORPORATING AN OFFICE AND SPACE TO TAKE THE MAJORITY OF EQUIPMENT TO ENTERTAIN THE 200 TOP GUESTS IN EACH COUNTRY AT EACH VENUE. THESE EVENTS ATTRACTED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESS COVERAGE IN THE SOCIETY PAGES OF MAGAZINES SUCH AS HELLO, HOLA, W. MAGAZINE, THE FIELD, BUNTE AND GALA AS WELL AS SOCIETY COLUMNS IN NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE DAILY MAIL, THE TIMES AND THE DIALY EXPRESS, AND VARIOUS Mrs Flick Sir Jackie Stewart & HRH The King of Greece & HRH Prince Andrew FINANCIAL PRESS. TO DATE, MORETON HAS SUCCEEDED IN RAISING $500,000 FOR CHARITY THROUGH HIS EVENTS. IN 1995, ALFRED DUNHILL PURCHASED JAMES PURDEY & SONS, THE FAMOUS SPORTING GUN MAKERS. NOTE: NO LIVE ANIMALS OR BIRDS ARE SHOT OR INVOLVED IN THE EVENTS.
A PERSONAL MESSAGE IN THE LATE SEVENTIES I WAS INVITED TO MY FIRST CHARITY CELEBRITY CLAY SHOOT BY MY OLD FRIEND SIR JACKIE STEWART, THE WORLD CHAMPION FORMULA ONE DRIVER. IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE EVENT WITH MANY ARISTOCRATS, PLAYBOYS, FILM STARS SUCH AS GENE HACKMAN, ROBERT STACK AND SPORTSMEN FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND S SON H.R.H. PRINCE ANDREW WAS THERE AS WELL AS H.R.H. THE Having Fun with Naomi Campbell KING OF GREECE. AS I WON THE INDIVIDUAL PRIZE I WAS PRESENTED A TROPHY BY H.R.H. PRINCESS ANNE AND SO LEFT WITH AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO SUCH A FUN, WORTHWHILE AND BENEFICIAL EVENT FOR ALL. I BELIEVE THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW TO BRING ELEGANT PROMOTIONAL SHOOT FOR CHARITY EVENTS TO THE US & INDIA, THAILAND & CHINA. WITH THE TV NETWORKS INTEREST IN OUTDOOR SPORTS, AND ALL THE HUNTERS/SPORTSMEN IN THE COUNTRY COUPLED WITH THE INCREASE OF THE OFF ROAD FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES AND DESIGNER COUNTRY WEAR, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AN EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE IMPACT WITH THESE PRESTIGIOUS EVENT. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPONSORS, WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE LIFESTYLE OF COUNTRY AND SPORTING FOLK, TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH NOT ONLY A PRESTIGIOUS EVENT BUT ALSO A WORTHWHILE CAUSE. COME TRY YOUR HAND TO EYE CO-ORDINATION TO THIS SPORT. JUST ONE SHOT WILL DO FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
GEORGE MORETON BY JOCELYN GRAY GEORGE MORETON, AN HEIR TO THE BRYLCREEM AND CHILE NITRATES FORTUNES, IS MAN OF CONSIDERABLE TASTE AND STYLE A GENTLEMAN ABOVE ALL ELSE. A SURVIVOR OF ANOTHER ERA. A MAN GATSBY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO CALL OLD SPORT. WITHOUT HIS IMPECCABLE MANNERS, HIS CHARM AND HIS INNATE HUMANITY, HE COULD HAVE BEEN YET ANOTHER SPOILED PRODUCT OF PRIVILEGE. PRIVILEGED HE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AND HE HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS WEAVING TOGETHER THE ELEMENTS OF HIS ENVIABLE LIFESTYLE SO THAT IT MIGHT WORK FOR OTHERS: THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, DISADVANTAGED AND THE SICK. GEORGE MORETON S SHOOT FOR CHARITY COMBINES THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT WITH FUND RAISING FOR Count & Countess Bismarck, Johann Rupert GOOD CAUSES. THEY MARRY THE LONG TRADITION OF THAT MOST EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE SPORT SHOOTING: THE SPORT OF ROYALTY Imran Khan, Duke de Seville AND ARISTOCRACY WORLD WIDE WITH AN UPDATED ATTITUDE TO THE BLOODLESS OF THE HUNT. THEY BRING TOGETHER THE HEIRS OF THE GREAT SPORTING LIFE WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND SPONSORS. THEY BRING THE MEDIA AND THE STARS THEY WISH TO GET IN THEIR SIGHTS. IN A CHANGING WORLD WHERE POPULATIONS OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS ARE DECREASING DUE TO MAN S ENCROACHMENT OF THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING IS A WAY TO CHANGE ATTITUDES. IT DEMONSTRATES THERE CAN BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO BLOOD SPORTS WHICH CAN STILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE GLAMOUR OF THE OLD TRADITION. HE WAS BORN ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER TO A FAMILY OF ENGLISH LANDED GENTRY. THE NAME MORETON IS SYNONYMOUS WITH SHOOTING. HENRY DE MORETON WAS RUNNING THE HUNTING FOR WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR IN 1066. HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS FAMOUS FOR SAFARIS TO AFRICA IN HER PRIVATE PLANE ACCOMPANIED BY HER MAID AND HIS FATHER WAS OFTEN ADMIRED AS THE BEST SHOT IN ENGLAND. HE WAS BROUGHT UP AT PICKENHAM HALL IN NORFOLK WITH ITS OWN VILLAGE, A FIFTY ROOM EDWARDIAN MANSION SET IN A BEAUTIFUL PARK, SURROUNDED BY 4,500 ACRES OF SPORTING ESTATE USED BY GEORGE S FAMILY FOR NOTHING BUT SHOOTING. GEORGE S COMPETITIVE SHOOTING BEGAN WITH THE WINNING OF THE SILVER PENCIL WHEN AT ETON. LATER HE WON AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT IN MERIBEL, FRANCE WITH A BORROWED GUN AT OLYMPIC TRAP, HAVING NEVER SHOT THE DISCIPLINE BEFORE. FOLLOWING HIS ACHIVEMENT HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE UP COMPETITIVE SHOOTING. IN ITALY HE COMMISSIONED A PERRAZZI COMPETITION SHOTGUN. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND AND BEGAN TO PRACTICE ON CLAYS WITH AN EYE TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES. COMPLETING THE USUAL FIVE YEARS OF TRAINING IN THE SAME NUMBER OF MONTHS, HE ENTERED THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX A COMPETITION WHICH ADMITS ALL OF THE WORLD S TOP SHOTS. HE PLACED NINTH, AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT AND WAS SET FOR A PLACE IN THE BRITISH OLYMPIC TEAM. BUT FOR THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, WE MIGHT HAVE WITNESSED ONE OF THE MEMORABLE UNKNOWN ACHIEVES GREATNESS OLYMPIC STORIES. GEORGE MORETON HAS SEEN GREAT PRIVILEGE AND GREAT POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD. HE HAS THOUGHT OF A WAY TO COMBINE HIS SHOOTING SKILL WITH GIVING SOMETHING BACK. WHAT MORE PERFECT SOLUTION THAT SHOOTS FOR CHARITY. NO ONE CAN COMBINE ALL THE ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO PUT SUCH AN ENTERPRISE TOGETHER BETTER THAN GEORGE MORETON. SHOOTING CLAYS, AS A SPORT, CROSSES ALL BOUNDARIES AND APPEALS MORE AND MORE TO BOTH SEXES. ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS THE ADDED ELEMENT OF GLAMOUR, THE PULL OF TRADITION AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH COME AT A PRICE: HUMILITY AND COMPASSION. HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND STILL ALIVE, HE FEELS IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO START HIS EVENTS TO HELP OTHER LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE AGAIN.
PERSONAL NOTE SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. AFTER 10 YEARS OF TAKING CARE OF MYSELF I AM STILL ALIVE & I FEEL GREAT & READY TO START WORK TO HELP OTHERS. THANK YOU GM I LOOK FORWARD TO GAINING YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THESE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.