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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – CLAIRE SADLER, SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATE FOR FIELD SPORTS

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN - CLAIRE SADLER, SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATE FOR FIELD SPORTS

Claire Sadler is a  solicitor and a Vice Chair of BASC (British Association of Shooting & Conservation). She enjoys fishing, horse riding and field sports when time allows. Claire says: “While I don’t come from a farming or gamekeeping background, I have grown up around shooting, conservation and with a ‘field to fork’ approach to
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RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RURAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ADVISER MARY BOWMAN

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RURAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ADVISER MARY BOWMAN

INTERNATIONAL DAY of RURAL WOMEN Mary Bowman of Bidwells Inverness-shire specialises in rural estate management and advice on renewable energy projects. Her career has spanned a wide range of rural sectors. Mary began her professional life working as a deer stalking ghillie in Ardnamurchan, trained as a gamekeeper and then studied rural business management. Mary
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – KIRSTY COUSINS – GUNDOG TRAINER AND BREEDER

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – KIRSTY COUSINS – GUNDOG TRAINER AND BREEDER

Kirsty Cousins, based near Canonbie in Dumfriesshire, is another business women celebrating International Day of Rural Women. Provides specialist dog training and breeding, as well as services for shoot days, Kirsty operates all over Scotland. She established her business, Gorton’s Gundogs, over ten years ago and has never been put off despite being one of
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – CARA HUTCHENS – INTERNATIONAL BIG GAME & BIRD HUNTING

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – CARA HUTCHENS - INTERNATIONAL BIG GAME & BIRD HUNTING

Cara Hutchens who lives in Insh, near Kingussie in the Scottish Highlands, is a sporting agent running International Hunting Scotland and organises trips for country sports enthusiasts on dozens of estates throughout Scotland. Former Chair of SYCET – Scottish Youth & the Countryside Education Trust – Cara is passionate about the countryside and educating the
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – BETH ALEXANDER – PERTHSHIRE BEEF AND SHEEP FARMER

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN - BETH ALEXANDER – PERTHSHIRE BEEF AND SHEEP FARMER

Beth Alexander is a beef and sheep farmer in Blairgowrie, Perthshire. Born and raised on an upland beef and sheep farm in Perthshire, farming is in Beth’s blood having farmed with her grandparents, dad and siblings. She graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc in Agribusiness Management in 2019 and is currently undertaking an MSC
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