Sporting Services was started in 1989 by Lyn Clarke selling shooting accessories to the Gun trade and using her expertise in corporate entertainment to organize regular events. Upon leaving the Army in 1975 Graeme worked for a number of years at the Birmingham Proof House as Deputy Proof Master. He then held senior sales positions at Eley (civilian and military ammunition) and Manroy Engineering (weapon systems) and was a part time Firearms dealer. Graeme decided to devote all of his time to Sporting Services in 1990 when he was offered the agency for Eley Cartridges in the South East of England. Over the years Graeme and Lyn increased their agencies and turnover increased year on year. Graeme became Sales Director of Accuracy International in the early 90's, travelling worldwide for the company to promote AI rifles. He resigned in 2004 to devote his time to pursuing the commercial sales of Accuracy International rifles through Sporting Services. Sporting Services is the worldwide civilian market distributor (except for America, Canada & Germany) for the renowned Accuracy International precision rifle. Sales of AI have soared over the years as its reputation for reliability and precision has increased in the shooting world. AI rifles are used, not only for target shooting but also for hunting. We now supply a wide range of accessories geared to the target shooter and hunter. Some of the products we have custom made, all products are tried and tested before being offered for sale. In recent years, our Internet sales have grown significantly, largely down to our son Ian's expertise. Sporting Services now features high on the popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo & Bing. We recently joined Facebook where we hope to further promote the business and offer competitions and special offers to our customers. Graeme has used his expertise in ballistics over the years to build up that side of the business. Sporting Services now supplies ballistic test equipment to the major armored structure manufacturers and ...
View Top Employees from SPORTING SERVICES LIMITEDWebsite | https://www.sportingservices.co.uk |
Revenue | $8 million |
Employees | 1 (1 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 1989 |
Phone | +44 1342 716427 |
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Industry | Retail, Spectator Sports |
Competitors | Optics Warehouse LTD., Pellpax, Pull the Trigger |
SIC | SIC Code 59 Companies, SIC Code 594 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 459 Companies, NAICS Code 45 Companies, NAICS Code 451 Companies |
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The SPORTING SERVICES LIMITED annual revenue was $8 million in 2024.
Ian Clarke is the Operations Director and Partner of SPORTING SERVICES LIMITED.
1 people are employed at SPORTING SERVICES LIMITED.
The NAICS codes for SPORTING SERVICES LIMITED are [459, 45, 451].
The SIC codes for SPORTING SERVICES LIMITED are [59, 594].