ClayPigeon(Sports)#8 Final
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www.nowjakarta.co.id AUGUST 2014 53 52 AUGUST 2014 www.nowjakarta.co.id British entrepreneur, sports enthusiast and ex–security man, James Corden-Lloyd is an interesting character. Son of a famous military commander who was shot down during the IRA troubles in 1978, James was brought up in the beautiful countryside of Somerset playing polo and tennis from the age of 7. In his adult life, he has moved between enterprises in South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan and his native England before coming to Indonesia 5 years ago, where he introduced K9 security to many of the malls and hotels here and still runs various CSR tennis coaching programs for underprivileged kids in his capacity as PTR (Professional Tennis Registry) and Cardio Tennis Instructor. TEXT ALISON PACE Meet James Corden-Lloyd , the Sports Entrepreneur Sports & Recreation H is biggest passion though is for race horse training, having been part of the same team who won The Derby in 1999 with a horse called Generous. “I miss the whole atmosphere of the racing stables, waking up at 5am to get all the horses and jockeys out. Working with horses is challenging, you have to be very intuitive and sensitive to their feelings, they are like people – some are lazy, some are athletic, they have different body shapes and so on,”he also worked with the UK Champion trainer the late Sir Henry Cecil on his stable sponsorship with Saab. So, at the age of 44, this Jack-of-All-Trades has already been an adept sports coach and player, shrewd business man, co-founder of the Kuala Lumpur Show Jumping Grand Prix as well as his new role as the GM of new Business and Sports Club called the Admiralty Club in Fatmawati. So what could possibly be next for this self-proclaimed “sports entrepreneur”? Well, introducing clay pigeon shooting to Indonesia obviously! NOW! Jakarta recently caught up with James to find out more. Why did you choose to develop clay pigeon shooting and what are your plans? Tennis is already established here so I can’t really do much more to develop that side, however,clay pigeon shooting is new and a sport that I think Indonesians will enjoy and do well at. What I really wanted to do was introduce an Olympic sport to Indonesia and I have an opportunity to select and train candidates at clay pigeon shooting for the World Championships and the Olympics. I plan to open up a compak sporting range either at Senayan shooting range or Tanjung Lesung where I already have an established tennis academy. For Compak shooting the land requirement is only a rectangle of 40 metres by 25 meters, so it’s very applicable to an urban and rural resort. For other clay pigeon shooting you need around 200 acres so the plan was to introduce Compak Sporting first. We also intend to host a Compak Sporting World Championship in Indonesia in 2015. Surprisingly, there is already a core of good shooters here – Perbakin, the national shooting association, has around 11,000 members. Clay pigeon shooting also lends itself to the corporate entertainment market – unlike golf where you have to be quite good to compete, in shooting you don’t. Of course there will be a significant lifestyle aspect with Michelin-Star standard dining and exclusive bars. I’ve also formed an alliance with Quintessentially, a lifestyle concierge service, so this means if people have special requests, for example perhaps they want to go real game shooting in the UK or fishing on the River Spey, we can organize it! For those of us who have never experienced it, what is the objective of clay pigeon shooting and how is it played? Clay targets are thrown by clay pigeon trap machines, of which there must be a minimum of 6. Every target thrown must pass over at least one side of the 40 x 25 meter rectangle. Targets are released on a random time delay ( 0-3 seconds). Different clays imitate the movement of different animals – rabbit clays hop, boars charge at a low trajectory, or they can imitate a duck coming in to land. Generally, it’s just for fun and interest on a regular range but obviously for an international competition there’s a scoring system. What’s the attraction of clay pigeon shooting? It’s very exciting, a little bit dangerous, unique, fun and it makes you very self-confident. It’s also hugely addictive! I just have a gut feeling that it will be very acceptable to Indonesians because of the lifestyle aspects and the fact that it’s not a physical sport, so shooters don’t get too hot. What is your market for this sport? The pricing will be between IDR 500,000 – IDR 1,000,000 per half hour (depending on how good a shot you are), so I suppose it is an elitist sport. However, I haven’t even opened yet and I have 280 people waiting to be members and 1000 people who want to do it, ranging from the very elite of Indonesia to shooting enthusiasts already registered with Perbakin. When do you envisage all of this happening? I’m importing a demo kit soon (two Beretta shotguns, clay machine, clays and special (low noise) cartridges from Greece). People can come along and we’ll run a clinic with a high level coach and see who’s talented. We could open at Senayan but actually I’m looking for sites at the moment, best would be a Hotel with the space and capacity to host big events, as this sports suits urban and rural locations. If it’s popular, we can think about expanding to Bali, Surabaya and so on. Clay pigeon shooting in Indonesia is just the latest of many projects that James has been involved in. Having been brought up in a very high profile family, studied Politics, English and International Affairs and had a colourful career in Security taking him to many parts of the world, enabling him to start several sporting enterprises, James really is the epitome of an entrepreneur. “ Am looking forward to getting started at the Admiralty Club as we have many plans for creating an up scale sports and business club, hope my experiences in sports and business can add value to the Club and members. You can visit James at The Admiralty Club operated by the Mercantile Athletic Club in Fatmawati Jl. RS. Fatmawati No.1, Pondok Labu, Jakarta Selatan 12450 Pin BB : 270700E4 E: [email protected]
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www.nowjakarta.co.id august 2014 5352 august 2014 www.nowjakarta.co.id
British entrepreneur, sports enthusiast and ex–security man, James Corden-Lloyd is an interesting character. Son of a famous military commander who was shot down during the IRA troubles in 1978,
James was brought up in the beautiful countryside of Somerset playing polo and tennis from the age of 7. In his adult life, he has moved between enterprises in South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan and his native England before coming to Indonesia 5 years ago, where he introduced K9
security to many of the malls and hotels here and still runs various CSR tennis coaching programs for underprivileged kids in his capacity as PTR (Professional Tennis Registry) and Cardio Tennis Instructor.
T E x T A L I S O N P A C E
Meet James Corden-Lloyd, the Sports Entrepreneur
Sports & Recreation
His biggest passion though is for race horse training, having been part of the same team who won The Derby in 1999 with a horse called Generous. “I miss
the whole atmosphere of the racing stables, waking up at 5am to get all the horses and jockeys out. Working with horses is challenging, you have to be very intuitive and sensitive to their feelings, they are like people – some are lazy, some are athletic, they have different body shapes and so on,”he also worked with the UK Champion trainer the late Sir Henry Cecil on his stable sponsorship with Saab.
So, at the age of 44, this Jack-of-All-Trades has already been an adept sports coach and player, shrewd business man, co-founder of the Kuala Lumpur Show Jumping Grand Prix as well as his new role as the GM of new Business and Sports Club called the Admiralty Club in Fatmawati. So what could possibly be next for this self-proclaimed “sports entrepreneur”?
Well, introducing clay pigeon shooting to Indonesia obviously! NOW! Jakarta recently caught up with James to find out more.
Why did you choose to develop clay pigeon shooting and what are your plans?Tennis is already established here so I can’t really do much more to develop that side, however,clay pigeon shooting is new and a sport that I think Indonesians will enjoy and do well at. What I really wanted to do was
introduce an Olympic sport to Indonesia and I have an opportunity to select and train candidates at clay pigeon shooting for the World Championships and the Olympics.
I plan to open up a compak sporting range either at Senayan shooting range or Tanjung Lesung where I already have an established tennis academy. For Compak shooting the land requirement is only a rectangle of 40 metres by 25 meters, so it’s very applicable to an urban and rural resort. For other clay pigeon shooting you need around 200 acres so the plan was to introduce Compak Sporting first. We also intend to host a Compak Sporting World Championship in Indonesia in 2015. Surprisingly, there is already a core of good shooters here – Perbakin, the national shooting association, has around 11,000 members.
Clay pigeon shooting also lends itself to the corporate entertainment market – unlike golf where you have to be quite good to compete, in shooting you don’t. Of course there will be a significant lifestyle aspect with Michelin-Star standard dining and exclusive bars. I’ve also formed an alliance with Quintessentially, a lifestyle concierge service, so this means if people have special requests, for example perhaps they want to go real game shooting in the UK or fishing on the River Spey, we can organize it!
For those of us who have never experienced it, what is the objective of clay pigeon shooting and how is it played?Clay targets are thrown by clay pigeon trap machines, of which there must be a minimum of 6. Every target thrown must pass over at least one side of the 40 x 25 meter rectangle. Targets are released on a random time delay
( 0-3 seconds). Different clays imitate the movement of different animals – rabbit clays hop, boars charge at a low trajectory, or they can imitate a duck coming in to land. Generally, it’s just for fun and interest on a regular range but obviously for an international competition there’s a scoring system.
What’s the attraction of clay pigeon shooting?It’s very exciting, a little bit dangerous, unique, fun and it makes you very self-confident. It’s also hugely addictive! I just have a gut feeling that it will be very acceptable to Indonesians because of the lifestyle aspects and the fact that it’s not a physical sport, so shooters don’t get too hot.
What is your market for this sport?The pricing will be between IDR 500,000 – IDR 1,000,000 per half hour (depending on how good a shot you are), so I suppose it is an elitist sport. However, I haven’t even opened yet and I have 280 people waiting to be members and 1000 people who want to do it, ranging from the very elite of Indonesia to shooting enthusiasts already registered with Perbakin.
When do you envisage all of this happening?I’m importing a demo kit soon (two Beretta shotguns, clay machine, clays and special (low noise) cartridges from Greece). People can come along and we’ll run a clinic with a high level coach and see who’s talented. We could open at Senayan but actually I’m looking for sites at the moment, best would be a Hotel with the space and capacity to host big events, as this sports suits urban
and rural locations. If it’s popular, we can think about expanding to Bali, Surabaya and so on.
Clay pigeon shooting in Indonesia is just the latest of many projects that James has been involved in. Having been brought up in a very high profile family, studied Politics, English and International Affairs and had a colourful career in Security taking him to many parts of the world, enabling him to start several sporting enterprises, James really is the epitome of an entrepreneur. “ Am looking forward to getting started at the Admiralty Club as we have many plans for creating an up scale sports and business club, hope my experiences in sports and
business can add value to the Club and members.
You can visit James at The Admiralty Club operated by the Mercantile Athletic Club in Fatmawati Jl. RS. Fatmawati No.1, Pondok Labu, Jakarta Selatan 12450Pin BB : 270700E4E: [email protected]
