Sweet Lamb Shoot is not simply a return. It is a reawakening.

Located in mid Wales, near Powys, Sweet Lamb is a historic sporting estate now being re-established as one of the leading driven shoots in Wales. This is a landscape that has never been softened or reshaped to suit convenience. It remains as it has always been, rugged, exposed, and unapologetically wild. For years, Sweet Lamb stood as a name spoken with respect among those who knew it, a shoot defined by scale, challenge, and a sense of place that could not be replicated. Then, for a time, it fell quiet.

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Now, under the direction of Gareth and Samantha Stevens, Sweet Lamb begins a new chapter.

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This is not a reinvention for the sake of change, but a careful and considered revival. The foundations that once made Sweet Lamb so highly regarded remain firmly in place. What is being built now is a return to form, guided by experience, shaped by the land, and delivered with a clear vision of what a modern Welsh shoot can and should be.

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The estate itself is vast and commanding. Valleys cut deep through the terrain, ridgelines rise sharply against the skyline, and woodland breaks across the slopes in a way that feels entirely natural. There is a sense, almost immediately upon arrival, that this is a place where the land leads and everything else must follow.

Shooting here is defined by that landscape. Birds are not manufactured or forced into artificial patterns. They are presented as a result of the terrain itself, driven across valleys, over ridges, and along contours that give them height, pace, and unpredictability. It is this natural presentation that gives Sweet Lamb its identity and its challenge.

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But Sweet Lamb is not only about the sport. It is about the experience of being here.

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There will be days when the weather closes in, when the wind sweeps across the hills and the rain follows without invitation. This is part of the character of the place, not a flaw within it. And it is precisely these conditions that make the rewards all the more meaningful. To stand on a peg beneath a line of high birds, to feel the elements around you, and to take part in something that is shaped entirely by the natural world, is what defines shooting at Sweet Lamb.

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Then, at the close of a drive, there is the return. The warmth of a fire, the comfort of good food, and the shared understanding among those who have stood in the same conditions and taken part in the same experience.

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Sweet Lamb is not designed to be easy. It is designed to be real.

The Dragon Awakes.