Qualifications
Christopher J. Batha, SNACS, FICSI, FAPSI
Christopher James Batha is considered to be one the highest qualified Shooting Instructors in the world today. He has over thirty years’ experience coaching, wing shooting, driven game shooting and competition clay shooting.
Batha conducts Shooting Schools at some of the finest Shooting Facilities in The United States as well as in Great Britain and Europe.
The Annual Chris Batha British Driven Shooting Academy (Garden and Gun Article ) draws participants from all over the USA.
He is one of only seven people in the world to have qualified as Coach, Instructor and Examiner in The British City and Guilds Program at all three levels.
Coaching and Teaching Qualifications
Director of the British Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (CPSA)
CPSA Senior Coach –National Level
CPSA Advanced Coaches Certification in All Shooting Disciplines: Skeet/Trap/Sporting Clays
CPSA Tutor
CPSA Assessor of Coaches
CPSA Internal Verifier of Coaches
CPSA Instructors Award
CPSA Club Coaches Certificate
British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC)
BASC Tutor
BASC Internal Verifier of Coaches
BASC Instructors Award
BASC Assessor of Coaches
BASC Shotgun Instructors Certificate
BASC City and Guilds 25/1 Award
National Association of Sports Coaches (NASC) Senior Member: Olympic and National Levels
Fellow - The Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors
Fellow – The Association of Professional Shooting Instructors
He has been the National Director of The CPSA and has sat on committees of various professional bodies, including The Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors.
He has been involved in the development of Shooting Instructor Training for The Governing Bodies of both Wing And Clay in The United Kingdom and is one of only a few who hold the coveted title of Staff Tutor of The British Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.
He has worked for both of the Governing Bodies of Wing and Clay Shooting in the UK, both as an instructor of potential coaches and as an examiner,
He is one of only seven people in the world to have qualified as Coach, Instructor and Examiner in The British City and Guilds Program at all three levels.
Competition
Shooting
Chris Batha was the 1993 Greater London Skeet Champion and a member of the Great Britain Fires Services Team, winning the British Fire Service Sporting Clays Championship in 1995.
He is also a member of the One Hundred Straight Club, has won the London Gun Trade Championship 8 times and The Inter Livery Shoot 12 times.
Although his current focus is on shooting instruction and custom gun fitting, he continues to enjoy competitive shooting whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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