Atlanta, Georgia – January 20, 2010. . . Chris Batha, International Senior Shooting Instructor and Master Gunfitter for E. J. Churchill Gunmakers in London, will begin offering shooting instruction at Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club outside Atlanta this summer. Batha will oversee the operation of Foxhall’s “British Shooting Grounds” shooting club, train and manage the shooting club staff, and provide individual instruction to Foxhall owners and club members.
Batha says he’s thrilled to offer a high-end English style shooting club at Foxhall, noting that there are only a handful of such clubs in the United States. “There is no better place than what I am developing at Foxhall,” he says. “This is a spectacular piece of property. It’s an extraordinary setting and we are designing a truly world-class facility and a teaching program that is second-to-none.”
Shooting Sportsman calls Batha “one of the finest shooting instructors in the world today,” and he is a world authority on double gun shooting At Foxhall, he will offer instruction in wing shooting and sporting clays. “We are fortunate to have one of the foremost instructors in the world offering instruction right here in Atlanta,” says Merrill Trust Group’s Director of Sales and Marketing Steve Schneider. “Nowhere else in the country will shooting sports enthusiasts have access to this level of instruction.”
Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club is the nation’s first urban sporting club and is located on 1,100 acres on the western bank of the Chattahoochee River. Located approximately 20 minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, the busiest airport in the world, this billion-dollar resort community has nearly two miles of river frontage, equestrian facilities, nine lakes, a planned 18-hole golf course and dozens of other amenities.
Merrill Trust Group, LLC, is a developer of private clubs and resort communities throughout the southeast. Merrill Trust communities include Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club, the nation’s first urban resort and sporting club residential community in Atlanta, Georgia; Sky Valley Resort and Country Club, the highest elevation community in Georgia; Catatoga, a private retreat in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina; and Daytona Beach Resort and Conference Center, an oceanfront resort in Ormond Beach, Florida.
For more information on Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club sales, call 404-495-9577. For media information, call Deborah Huso at (540) 474-5147, or e-mail drhuso@writewellmedia.com.
