{{Short description|Annual prize for target rifle shooting in Britain}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox sports award | name = | image = File:The National Rifle Association Meeting on Wimbledon Common, Shooting for the Queen's Prize - ILN 1861.jpg | image_size = 300px | alt = | caption = An illustration of the 1861 competition | sport = Shooting | competition = Imperial Meeting | discipline = Fullbore target rifle | awardedfor = | english = | localnames = | nickname = | sponsor = | location = Bisley Camp | country = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | presenter = National Rifle Association | first = 1860 | number = 156 | last = | firstwinner = Edward CR Ross | mostwins = {{unbulleted list|A Fulton|A Marion|TA Ringer|D Calvert|GCD Barnett|DC Luckman}}''3 times'' | mostrecent = DC Luckman }}
The '''Sovereign's Prize''', referred to as the '''Queen's Prize''' or the '''King's Prize''' depending on the incumbent British monarch, is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious prizes in target rifle shooting, globally.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.M. The Queen's Prize |url=https://www.gbrt.org.uk/individual-competitions/h-m-the-queens-prize/ |website=GB Rifle Team |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112112355/https://www.gbrt.org.uk/individual-competitions/h-m-the-queens-prize/ |archive-date=12 January 2023 |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref> Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually on Wimbledon Common in London. The competition later moved to the purpose-built Bisley Camp where it is still held today.
The winner receives a gold medal and £250. Strictly, the "Sovereign's Prize" refers to the £250 cash prize, which was originally the personal gift of Queen Victoria. The gold medal is awarded by the Association.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/782828930 |work=Aris's Birmingham Gazette |date=7 May 1860 |page=1 |language=en |quote=The Queen's prize of 250l., together with the gold medal of the Association, will be shot for by candidates successful in other trials, the ranges being 800, 900 and 1000 yards. |title=Aris's Birmingham Gazette, etc. 07 May 1860, page 1 }}</ref> As of 2024, the Prize has been contested 155 times, breaking only for the World Wars. Although contested on an open basis, it has only been won three times by women (in 1930, 2000 and 2022). Six people have won it three times.
==Course of fire== As of 2022, the Prize is contested in three stages.<ref name="Imperial-Handbook-2022">{{cite web |title=NRA Handbook – Imperial competitions 2022 |url=https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/NRA-Handbook-Imperial-competitions-2022.pdf |website=National Rifle Association |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112091650/https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/NRA-Handbook-Imperial-competitions-2022.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2023 |pages=294 |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref> Standard NRA targets are used, with scoring rings offering a maximum score of five points, plus a "v-bull" within the 5-ring (used for tie-breaking). Since the move to the National Shooting Centre at Bisley, the first and second stages have been contested on the 600-yard range Century Range, whilst the final is contested on Stickledown Range (which can support shooting up to 1200 yards).
The format used by stages II and III is sometimes known as a "King's Prize" match. A "King's Prize" is used as the standard course of fire for fullbore rifle matches at the Commonwealth Games, although all competitors shoot all distances without elimination.
===King's I=== Stage one is an open elimination round consisting of three "2+7" matches (2 sighters with 7 shots to count) at 300, 500 and 600 yards. This gives a highest possible score of 105 with 21 V-bulls (rendered as 105.21v).
The top three hundred competitors progress to the second stage, which typically includes scores of ~101 or better.
===King's II=== Stage two consists of 2+10 matches at the same distances as the first stage. Qualification is on a "start from zero" basis, meaning that scores from the first stage are not carried forward and top qualifiers have no advantage over those with poorer scores in the first stage. The highest possible score is 150 with 30 v-bulls (150.30v).
The top one hundred competitors progress to the third and final stage. The "King's Hundred" each receive an NRA '100' Badge. The top scorer in the second stage is awarded an NRA Silver Medal for winning the "short range" portion of the competition, regardless of how they perform in the final.
===King's III (King's Final)=== thumb|Newspaper illustration of Arthur Fulton being chaired after winning the 1912 Kings Prize. Stage three moves to longer distances, consisting of 2+15 shoots at 900 and 1000 yards. Scores are carried forward from the second stage, giving a highest possible score of 300.60v. Winning scores better than 298 are common, indicating the shooter has only dropped one or two shots across five distances and sixty shots.
The winner receives a gold medal and £250, with the runners up receiving silver and bronze badges respectively. The winner is then "chaired" off the range on an open sedan chair borne by other competitors.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bruce A. R. Scott |title=Chairing of Rifle Shooting Champions – The Tradition |url=https://nraa.com.au/history/chairing-of-rifle-shooting-champions-the-tradition/ |website=National Rifle Association of Australia |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306021210/https://nraa.com.au/history/chairing-of-rifle-shooting-champions-the-tradition/ |archive-date=6 March 2022 |language=English |date=22 September 2021 |quote=The earliest evidence of the Chairing Ceremony for the sport of long range rifle shooting is recorded in the book titled 'History of the National Rifle Association during its first fifty years 1859 to 1909' by A.P. Humphry and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon T.F. Fremantle, 1914. ... The plate on the original chair reads: 'Presented in 1883 by Sgt GJ Wainwright LRB'. This suggests that the Chairing Ceremony was introduced at the Wimbledon Championship in 1883 and is peculiar to shooting and the King's/Queen's Prize. Since this likely first chairing of the winner, the ceremony has been adopted by many other nations, particularly Commonwealth Countries, where long range rifle shooting is an established and recognised activity. |url-status=live}}</ref> By tradition they are carried to the NRA offices to receive their prize, followed by a tour of the clubhouses on camp.
==Winners== thumb|Marjorie Foster Notable winners include the three female winners – Marjorie Foster (1930);<ref>{{cite news |title="See The Conquering Heroine Comes" Again! |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/see-the-conquering-heroine-comes-again-1/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |work=Pathé News |publisher=British Pathé |date=21 July 1930 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127020428/https://www.britishpathe.com/video/see-the-conquering-heroine-comes-again-1/ |archive-date=27 November 2018 |language=British English |format=Video}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marjorie Foster (1893–1974) |url=https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/sports/marjorie_foster/ |website=Exploring Surrey's Past |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031171036/https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/sports/marjorie_foster/ |archive-date=31 October 2020 |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Imogen Lyons |title=Marjorie Foster: prize-winning rifle shot and poultry farmer |url=http://intriguing-people.com/marjorie-foster/ |website=Intriguing People |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326200322/http://intriguing-people.com/marjorie-foster/ |archive-date=26 March 2016 |language=English |date=6 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Surrey's bygone sporting heroes to be celebrated |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359601.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124210351/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359601.stm |archive-date=24 January 2011 |language=English |date=19 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Joanna Hossack (2000)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-07-23 |title=First woman to win Bisley in 70 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/first-woman-to-win-bisley-in-70-years-708821.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and Alice Good (2022).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Callum O'Shea |title=CURA Captain wins highly coveted Queen's Prize! |url=https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/news/cura-captain-wins-highly-coveted-queens-prize |website=University of Cambridge Sport |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112092812/https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/news/cura-captain-wins-highly-coveted-queens-prize |archive-date=12 January 2023 |language=English |date=27 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> A road on Bisley Camp is named Marjorie Foster Way.
thumb|Fulton's Gun Shop, National Shooting Centre The Fulton family have the unique distinction of having three generations of winners. George Fulton used the proceeds of his 1888 win to found Fulton's Gun Shop on Bisley Camp, which still stands today. His son Arthur won a record-breaking three times in 1912, 1926 and 1931. Arthur's son Robin won in 1958.
Arthur Fulton's record was only matched in 1996. There are now six shooters who have won the Prize three times:<ref name="nra-prizelist">{{cite web |title=The King's and Queen's Prize |url=https://nra.org.uk/results/imperial-results-classifications/the-kings-and-queens-prize/ |website=National Rifle Association |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602022130/https://nra.org.uk/results/imperial-results-classifications/the-kings-and-queens-prize/ |archive-date=2 June 2022 |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref>
thumb|right|200px|W. T. Ward, winner in 1897 and 1900
* Arthur Fulton (1912, 1926, 1931) * Alain Marion (1980, 1983, 1996)<ref name="am-obit">{{cite web |title=Alain Marion GM3, GC, SM, SB, SC2 |url=https://nra.org.uk/alain-marion-gm3-gc-sm-sb-sc2/ |website=NRA News |publisher=National Rifle Association |access-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627060811/https://nra.org.uk/alain-marion-gm3-gc-sm-sb-sc2/ |archive-date=27 June 2023 |language=en-GB |date=26 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> * TA Ringer (1992, 1997, 2001) * David Calvert (2010, 2015, 2016) * GCD Barnett (2002, 2003, 2019) * DC Luckman (2018, 2020, 2024)
Also notable is PA Bennison's 1998 shoot, where he became the first person to score a "possible" with 300.40v. Canadian shooter James Paton matched this in 2005 with another 300.40v.
{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Gold Medal !! Gold Medal Score !! Silver Medal{{NoteTag|The Silver Medal is awarded to the highest scorer in the second stage, who has effectively won the "short range" portion of the competition. The overall runner-up in the Final is awarded a silver badge, and is not recorded here.}} !! Silver Medal Score |- | 1860 || ECR Ross || 24 || Cpl F Sharp || 17 |- | 1861 || Pte JM Jopling || 18 || Sgt J Dougan || 23 |- | 1862 || S Pixley || 41 || Ens H Walton || 46 |- | 1863 || J Roberts || 65 || Cpl W Wisker || 49 |- | 1864 || J Wyatt || 60 || Pte J Haward || 47 |- | 1865 || J Sharman<ref name="Standard-1865">{{cite news |title=J Sharman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/409700477 |work=The Standard |date=26 December 1865 |location=London |page=6 |language=en-gb |quote=The Queen's Prize was won by Private Sharman, or the 4th West York Rifles, ... while Mr. Edward Ross, formerly of the Cambridge University Corps, and now of the London Scottish, the champion for the yea 1860, won the SIlver Medal in the first stage for this prize this year...}}</ref> || 64 || ECR Ross<ref name="Standard-1865"/> || 47 |- | 1866 || A Cameron || 69 || Pte A James || 48 |- | 1867 || H Lane || 57 || Capt W Wright || 52 |- | 1868 || JB Carslake || 65 || D/Maj SG Hutchinson || 51 |- | 1869 || A Cameron || 71 || T Kirk || 46 |- | 1870 || W Humphries || 66 || Cpl H Young || 49 |- | 1871 || AP Humphry || 68 || Pte TH Mayfield || 51 |- | 1872 || W Michie || 65 || Capt A Cortis || 52 |- | 1873 || AD Menzies || 60 || Cpl R Willows || 74 |- | 1874 || WC Atkinson || 64 || Cpl H Young || 87 |- | 1875 || G Pearse || 73 || Pte A Innes || 90 |- | 1876 || R Pullman || 74 || Pte RB Burgess || 86 |- | 1877 || G Jamieson || 70 || Cpl Betts || 92 |- | 1878 || P Rae || 78 || Pte C Lowe || 47 |- | 1879 || G Taylor || 83 || QM JC Macdonald || 96 |- | 1880 || A Ferguson || 74 || Cpl Scott || 102 |- | 1881 || T Beck || 86 || Cpl W Ingram || 96 |- | 1882 || A Lawrance || 65 || Sgt WHO Smith || 174 |- | 1883 || Col-Sgt R Mackay || 79 || Capt JH Young || 183 |- | 1884 || D Gallant || 110 || Sgt JH Taylor || 105 |- | 1885 || W Bulmer || 307 || Col-Sgt Simonds || 104 |- | 1886 || CH Jackson || 265 || Capt A Cortis || 110 |- | 1887 || RO Warren || 274 || Armr-Sgt Hill || 104 |- | 1888 || Armr-Sgt GE Fulton || 280 || LCpl Noakes || 108 |- | 1889 || Sgt D Reid || 281 || Pte CW Wattleworth || 205 |- | 1890 || H Bates || 278 || Pte J Murray || 107 |- | 1891 || D Dear || 269 || Sgt A Milner || 113 |- | 1892 || Major J Pollock || 277 || Major J Pollock || 108 |- | 1893 || Sgt WT Davies<ref name="WT-Davies">{{cite news |title=A colourful character... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/838583392 |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=The Glamorgan Gazette |date=25 April 1991 |page=5 |language=en-gb |issn=0965-9242 |quote=A crack shot with a rifle, Colour Sgt Davies - a Llanelli man - won scores of medals for shooting, including the Queen's Prize in 1893 and the King's Prize in 1903.}}</ref> || 274 || Pte A Stocks || 96 |- | 1894 || Pte MS Rennie || 283 || Capt H Bateman || 113 |- | 1895 || TH Hayhurst || 279 || LSgt W Hogg || 114 |- | 1896 || JL Thomson || 273 || Capt R Foster || 105 |- | 1897 || WT Ward || 304 || Armr-Sgt JH Scott || 117 |- | 1898 || D Yates || 327 || Lieut EL Fletcher || 119 |- | 1899 || WA Priaulx || 336 || Col-Sgt HWM Matthews || 120 |- | 1900 || WT Ward || 341 || Col-Sgt H Comery || 116 |- | 1901 || Cpl ANVH Ommundsen || 310 || Armr-Sgt AJ Comber || 93 |- | 1902 || Lt ED Johnson<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bisley Meeting Leicester Man Wins the King's Prize the Final Stage |url=http://www.nottsra.co.uk/archive/19020726.html |access-date=14 January 2023 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |date=28 July 1902 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020025357/http://www.nottsra.co.uk/archive/19020726.html |archive-date=20 October 2015 |language=English}}</ref> || 307 || Cpl TH Kerr || 94 |- | 1903 || Col-Sgt WT Davies<ref name="WT-Davies"/> || 311 || Pte W Gray || 85 |- | 1904 || SJ Perry || 321 || Chap CJ Ferguson-Davie || 93 |- | 1905 || AJ Comber || 315 || SSgt G Souter || 119 |- | 1906 || RfF Davies || 324 || Sgt ANVH Ommundsen || 94 |- | 1907 || WC Addison || 318 || Pte EA Buckley || 99 |- | 1908 || G Gray || 325 || Gnr DR Paterson || 94 |- | 1909 || HG Burr || 324 || Lieut JW Beatty || 93 |- | 1910 || FR Radice || 340 || FR Radice || 94 |- | 1911 || WJ Clifford || 319 || Pte AG Garrod || 95 |- | 1912 || AG Fulton || 335 || RSIM GH Harvey || 96 |- | 1913 || WA Hawkins || 330 || Sgt ANVH Ommundsen || 92 |- | 1914 || JL Dewar || 309 || AG Fulton || 94 |- | 1919 || L Loveday || 253 || Pte RW Lockwood || 129 |- | 1920 || FH Morgan || 281 || Capt WH Hoey || 144 |- | 1921 || J Cunningham || 226 || CR Crowe || 95 |- | 1922 || AF Marchment || 230 || RSM S Green || 94 |- | 1923 || EH Robinson || 232 || J Elgood || 97 |- | 1924 || DT Burke || 230 || CSM JL Dewar || 95 |- | 1925 || A Smith || 226 || Fl Off G Richardson || 98 |- | 1926 || AG Fulton || 286 || FH Kelly || 146 |- | 1927 || Capt, Dr CH Vernon || 292 || AG Fulton || 148 |- | 1928 || AC Hale || 283 || Lieut AE Martin || 145 |- | 1929 || RM Blair || 283 || Pte PRT Garnett || 141 |- | 1930 || Marjorie Foster<ref name=forb>{{Cite ODNB |last=Kay |first=Joyce |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-65174 |title=Foster, Marjorie Elaine (1893–1974), rifle shot and poultry farmer |date=2004-09-23 |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65174|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref> || 280 || Lieut AJ Andrews || 147 |- | 1931 || AG Fulton || 285 || AG Fulton || 145 |- | 1932 || CFH Bayly || 289 || JW Houlden || 146 |- | 1933 || DE Woods<ref>{{cite news |title=Father's Bisley Prophecy Comes True |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/808005460 |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=The Stapleford and Sandiacre News |date=29 July 1933 |page=7 |language=en-gb |issn= 1351-993X}}</ref> || 287 || Fl Off C Bunch || 145 |- | 1934 || JA Barlow || 288 || CSM WR Clarke || 146 |- | 1935 || Armr-Sgt FS French || 289 || CA Sutherland || 148 |- | 1936 || LD Busschau || 272 || Sgt JE Johnson || 146 |- | 1937 || DL Birney || 283 || O/Cdt DL Birney || 143 |- | 1938 || JA Barlow || 287 || RD Greig || 147 |- | 1939 || Capt TS Smith || 282 || Lieut A Eccles || 146 |- | 1946 || CC Willott || 280 || Capt RJ Middlemas || 144 |- | 1947 || WO R Bennett || 279 || WO R Bennett || 146 |- | 1948 || PA Pavey || 283 || Cpl RJ Kerslake || 146 |- | 1949 || Capt EWH Brookes || 278 || AG Fox || 146 |- | 1950 || Capt RD Greig || 277 || J Draper || 144 |- | 1951 || Lt GS Boa || 285 || Flt Lt H Gill || 144 |- | 1952 || Major AB Kinnier-Wilson || 277 || WH Magnay<ref name="Magnay-Obit"/> || 146 |- | 1953 || Major NW McCaw || 273 || RL Saunders || 145 |- | 1954 || Major GE Twine<ref name="Twine"/> || 278 || Major GE Twine || 145 |- | 1955 || LR Fenwick || 286 || Lt Col OA Watts || 146 |- | 1956 || Major GE Twine<ref name="Twine">{{cite news |title=Queen's Prize Win Repeated |work=The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post |date=23 July 1956 |page=9 |language=en |quote=Major G.E. Twine ... repeated his 1954 success in winning the Queen's Prize of £250 and the National Rifle Association Gold Medal, at Bisley on Saturday.}}</ref> || 283 || Capt AF Bromley || 142 |- | 1957 || JRC Love || 283 || Lt Col F Adams || 147 |- | 1958 || Major RA Fulton || 281 || Lord Swansea || 145 |- | 1959 || Lt LW Mallabar || 276 || M Hook (later Hook-Sinclair) || 146 |- | 1960 || Sgt G Westling || 280 || Lt Col DE Elford || 146 |- | 1961 || WO2 NL Beckett || 284 || NL Beckett || 148 |- | 1962 || Flt Lt PWM Hall || 280 || PO RS Boyman || 147 |- | 1963 || KM Pilcher<ref name="Pilcher-Obit">{{cite news |title=Keith Pilcher |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/keith-pilcher-g27gb8g6hlm |access-date=18 July 2023 |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Times Media Group |date=23 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725025734/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keith-pilcher-g27gb8g6hlm |archive-date=25 July 2021 |language=en-gb |url-status=live |quote=He held the unique distinction of winning the Queen's Prize blue riband event at Bisley twice, using first, in 1963, the immediate postwar .303 calibre adapted Lee Enfield service rifle and ten years later, in 1973, a bespoke rifle in the 'new' 7.62mm calibre.}}</ref> || 283 || Dr KM Pilcher || 148 |- | 1964 || AD Harris<ref>{{cite news |title=Bisley - The Queen's Prize |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEH_ft3Mlfs |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Movietone News |agency=British MovieTone News |date=23 July 1964 |language=British English |format=Video}}</ref> || 281 || LEM PEM Tarrant || 147 |- | 1965 || Capt JA Allen || 284 || Lt Col HJ Orpen-Smellie || 147 |- | 1966 || Maj RW Hampton<ref>{{cite news |title=Uk: Canadian Wins Queen's Prize At Bisley Shooting |url=https://britishpathe.com/video/VLVAANYYISGS34ECBFA0JM0EWHLZ5-UK-CANADIAN-WINS-QUEENS-PRIZE-AT-BISLEY-SHOOTING/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=Pathé News |publisher=British Pathé |date=16 July 1966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127192857/https://britishpathe.com/video/VLVAANYYISGS34ECBFA0JM0EWHLZ5-UK-CANADIAN-WINS-QUEENS-PRIZE-AT-BISLEY-SHOOTING/ |archive-date=27 November 2018 |language=British English |format=Video}}</ref> || 280 || Lieut RJ Cade || 146 |- | 1967 || JG Powell || 280 || Major GE Twine || 147 |- | 1968 || Capt AA Parks || 285 || Lord Swansea || 146 |- | 1969 || FG Little || 284 || CERA D Fox || 145 |- | 1970 || GF Arnold || 281 || EGJ Hayes || 146 |- | 1971 || RM Stevens || 292 || MJ Brister || 150 |- | 1972 || RP Rosling || 293.34 || TPB Garnett || 148.19 |- | 1973 || KM Pilcher<ref name="Pilcher-Obit"/> || 293.39 || KO Pugh || 149.23 |- | 1974 || FO Harriss || 283 || JR Killian || 148 |- | 1975 || CMY Trotter || 284 || GF Arnold || 148 |- | 1976 || WH Magnay<ref name="Magnay-Obit">{{cite news |title=Walter Magnay |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/africa-travel/south-africa/walter-magnay-8lq5dt6x79c |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Times Media Group |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112104923/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/walter-magnay-8lq5dt6x79c |archive-date=12 January 2023 |language=English |date=4 May 2013 |url-status=live}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> || 287 || green|E Felton || 149 |- | 1977 || DA Friend || 283 || JMA Thompson || 149 |- | 1978 || GR Graham || 285 || PG Kent || 148 |- | 1979 || Andrew Tucker<ref name="Tucker-Obit">{{cite news |title=Andrew Tucker |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/andrew-tucker-cnjwd7xfb5k |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Times Media Group |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718083130/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/andrew-tucker-cnjwd7xfb5k |archive-date=18 July 2023 |language=en-gb |date=16 July 2003 |quote=Andrew Tucker won international honours in small-bore and full-bore rifle shooting in 39 consecutive years from the early 1960s. He won the Queen's Prize at Bisley twice, the Bisley Grand Aggregate, the National Smallbore Rifle Association Lord Roberts Trophy and its Grand Aggregate (twice), and Commonwealth Games gold and silver medals. |url-status=live}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> || 290 || JH Carmichael || 150 |- | 1980 || A Marion<ref name="am-obit"/> || 294 || RWH Stafford || 150 |- | 1981 || GM Ayling || 291 || SA Thomas || 150 |- | 1982 || LM Peden || 295 || AG Harrison || 150 |- | 1983 || A Marion<ref name="am-obit"/> || 289 || A Marion || 150 |- | 1984 || DFP Richards || 284 || Flt Lt C Fitzpatrick || 149 |- | 1985 || JPS Bloomfield || 290 || S Belither || 149 |- | 1986 || G Cox || 289 || PG Kent || 148 |- | 1987 || Andrew Tucker<ref name="Tucker-Obit"/> || 290 || J Pugsley || 150 |- | 1988 || J Pugsley<ref>{{cite web |author1=Sarah Potter |title=Shooting: Mother and daughter aiming to set world on fire |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/shooting-mother-and-daughter-aiming-to-set-world-on-fire-8tr95bj8gmc |website=The Times |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260226120504/https://www.thetimes.com/article/shooting-mother-and-daughter-aiming-to-set-world-on-fire-8tr95bj8gmc |archive-date=26 February 2026 |language=en-gb |date=1 August 2006 |quote=Her parents, now divorced, have an impressive list of achievements; Pearse was the first woman to win the Grand Aggregate in Bisley in 1992 and John Pugsley won the Queen’s Prize in 1988. |url-status=live}}</ref> || 290 || C Mallett || 148 |- | 1989 || JMA Thompson || 288 || RE Hind || 149.12 |- | 1990 || JPS Bloomfield || 293 || HA Tomlinson || 150.22 |- | 1991 || Flt Lt C Fitzpatrick || 293 || GR Robilliard<ref>{{cite news |author1=Leslie Howcroft |title=Robilliard moves up with maximum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 July 1991 |page=27 |language=en-gb |issn=0307-1235 |quote=Graham Robilliard , an actuary who shoots for Ibis Rifle Club, confounded some of Britain's top internationals at Bisley yesterday with the top score in the second stage of the Queen's Prize.}}</ref> || 150.21 |- | 1992 || TA Ringer || 287.37 || AD Le Cheminant<ref>{{cite news |author1=Leslie Howcroft |title=Cheminant wins the silver |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751485275 |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 July 1992 |page=30 |language=en-gb |issn=0307-1235 |quote=ANDREW Le Cheminant, from Jersey, won the Queen's Silver Medal at Bisley yesterday with a score of 148 out of 150 for the short-range semi-final round.}}</ref> || 148.11 |- | 1993 || CA Brook || 295.29 || CA Brook || 150.20 |- | 1994 || ML Millar || 291.34 || JS Collings || 149.24 |- | 1995 || AJ Luckman<ref>{{cite news |author1=Leslie Howcroft |title=Luckman master of the conditions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751972774 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=24 July 1995 |page=41 |language=en-gb |issn=0307-1235 |quote=ANDY LUCKMAN, of Sedgemoor RC, at 23 one of Britain's most outstanding marksmen, won the Queen's Prize at Bisley only one year after winning the Grand Aggregate, the overall championship.}}</ref> || 289.30 || DGM Coleman || 149.22 |- | 1996 || A Marion<ref name="am-obit"/><ref>{{cite news |title=SHOOTING |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752033872 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 July 1996 |page=45 |language=en-gb |issn=0307-1235 |quote=Queen's Prize: 1. A Marion (Canada) 298.41pts (sic); 2. Sqdn Ldr D Calvert (RAF/Comber) 298.41; 3. A Luckman (Sedgmoor TSC) 297.49.}}</ref> || 298.51 || PB Bromley || 150.27 |- | 1997 || TA Ringer || 299.44 || PG Kent || 150.26 |- | 1998 || PA Bennison || '''300.40''' || Chief Tech B Jones || 150.23 |- | 1999 || DGM Coleman || 294.37 || TA Ringer || 150.22 |- | 2000 || green|JF Hossack || 294.29 || GC Childs || 150.20 |- | 2001 || TA Ringer || 295.41 || JMA Thompson || 150.26 |- | 2002 || Dr GCD Barnett || 297.38 || Flt Lt IW Robertson || 150.28 |- | 2003 || Dr GCD Barnett<ref>{{cite web |title=Sport in Brief |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/sport-in-brief-895w9rgkhml |website=The Times |publisher=Times Media Group |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718084549/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sport-in-brief-895w9rgkhml |archive-date=18 July 2023 |language=en-gb |date=21 July 2003 |quote=Shooting: Glyn Barnett's first act after creating history by successfully defending the Queen's Prize at Bisley was to dedicate his win to the memory of Andrew Tucker, one of the finest British riflemen, who died on July 9. 'He was a great friend to all shooters,' Barnett said. |url-status=live}}</ref> || 297.34 || Lt NJ Ball || 150.27 |- | 2004 || HRT Jeens || 291.25 || AJ Woodward || 149.18 |- | 2005 || JAM Paton || '''300.40''' || J Corbett || 150.23 |- | 2006 || JC Underwood || 297.42 || JC Underwood || 150.23 |- | 2007 || James WE Lewis<ref>{{cite news |first=Dominic |last=Walsh |title=Shard Capital's hot shots go in all guns blazing |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/shard-capitals-hot-shots-go-in-all-guns-blazing-dwcmrmbw3 |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Times Media Group |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314055220/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shard-capitals-hot-shots-go-in-all-guns-blazing-dwcmrmbw3 |archive-date=14 March 2017 |language=en-gb |date=14 March 2017 |quote=Shard Capital, the brokerage and asset management firm, will be a little light on senior management. Toby Raincock, its chief executive, and James Lewis, its managing partner, are both flying to South Africa to represent the Great Britain rifle team at one of the sport's big events. Who's the better shot? 'James won the highly coveted Queen's Prize at Bisley in 2007, which puts him into an elite club of winners dating back over 150 years,' says Mr Raincock. 'On current form it would be close but perhaps I might just edge him out.' |url-status=live}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> || 293.26 || DC Luckman || 150.23 |- | 2008 || Zainal Abidin Md Zain || 294.36 || Zainal Abidin Md Zain || 150.24 |- | 2009 || CN Tremlett || 298.44 || TA Ringer || 150.23 |- | 2010 || Wg Cdr DP Calvert<ref>{{cite news |author1=Tony de Launay |title=David Calvert puts near misses behind him to finally win HM The Queen's Prize at Bisley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/shooting/7911261/David-Calvert-puts-near-misses-behind-him-to-finally-win-HM-The-Queens-Prize-at-Bisley.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112092355/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/shooting/7911261/David-Calvert-puts-near-misses-behind-him-to-finally-win-HM-The-Queens-Prize-at-Bisley.html |archive-date=12 January 2023 |language=English |date=26 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 297.37 || J C Underwood || 150.26 |- | 2011 || ES Compton || 297.35 || D E Nuthall || 150.24 |- | 2012 || Dr JD Warburton || 298.34 || G E Morris || 150.25 |- | 2013 || J Corbett || 297.46 || SKC Hunter || 150.19 |- | 2014 || RCT Jeens || 297.44 || J Corbett || 150.24 |- | 2015 || Wg Cdr DP Calvert || 294.29 || J P Tapster || 149.20 |- | 2016 || Wg Cdr DP Calvert || 297.41 || HJ Golaszewski || 150.28 |- | 2017 || PM Patel || 297.37 || PM Patel || 149.18 |- | 2018 || DC Luckman || 281.29 || SJ Whitby || 150.13 |- | 2019 || GCD Barnett || 299.47 || WCP Richards || 150.26 |- | 2020 || DC Luckman || 297.40 || BJ Le Cheminant || 150.24 |- | 2021 || RSF Shouler || 298.35 || RL Furniss || 150.21 |- | 2022 || AP Good || 293.37 || Wg Cdr DP Calvert || 150.28 |- | 2023 || CJ Watson || 297.34 || CP Weeden || 150.22 |- | 2024 || DC Luckman || 298.42 || DC Luckman || 150.25 |}
==See also== * Imperial Meeting - The NRA Meeting in which the Sovereign's Prize is contested. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyKSGl0cEFM ''Bisley – The Queen's Prize''] – a BBC film following the 1986 Imperial Meeting and Queen's Prize, presented by Brian Glover.
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Sovereign's Prize}} * [https://nra.org.uk/imperial/tr-imperial/ NRA Target Rifle Imperial Meeting]
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