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Hampshire keepers recognised for long serviceA Hampshire Gamekeeper, and two Hampshire Ghillies were among seven recipients of long-service awards at the CLA Game Fair held at Blenheim in Oxfordshire in July.Gamekeeper Ken Siford of the Malshanger Estate near Basingstoke, and ghillies on the River Test, Brian Parker of Bossington Estate, Houghton near Stockbridge and Jeff Smith of Middleton Estate, Longparish, Andover, received their awards from HRH the Duke of Kent, accompanied by the Duke of Marlborough and CLA President William Worsley. The awards recognise the important role that gamekeepers and riverkeepers play in managing the British countryside. The gamekeepers have all completed 40 years or more of service on up to five estates, while the riverkeepers, or ghillies, have all worked on the same river system for 25 years. CLA President William Worsley said: "All of these keepers have put decades of sterling service into the countryside. They are a credit to their estates and their communities for the role they play in looking after the beautiful countryside of England and Wales." Ken Siford said: "This award means a lot to me. I started gamekeeping at 16 as a trainee, working my way up through five estates and have been at Malshanger for 28 years. My job gives me a huge sense of achievement. I can get up in the morning, be out in the countryside and look after the wildlife. "People think of gamekeeping as killing things but that's wrong; there's a lot of conservation. Of course we have to deal with rats and foxes but it's all about the birds we feed and look after. The countryside would be a terrible place if it wasn't for gamekeepers." |
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