Team GB’s shooters put in a strong performance at a challenging World Cup in Finland, but medals eluded them, reports Anita North The last World Cup this year took place in Lahti, Finland, in August. It was interesting to watch…
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Tough at the top
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The big interview: Anita North meets Matt Coward-Holley
GB star Matt Coward-Holley is riding high on his recent successes. Anita North asks him how he does it. It’s been a busy summer for British shooters on the international scene, especially Matthew Coward-Holley, who has been run off his…
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Ladies behind the trigger
The Shotgun & Chelsea Bun Club’s National Ladies Shooting Day was a celebration of great shooting and good times, reports Anita North Here’s a great example of sharing and encouraging the love of clay shooting, that I have been privileged…
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The new issue of Clay Shooting Magazine is out NOW
The latest edition of Clay Shooting Magazine is now available for purchase or subscription. At the height of the competition season events are coming thick and fast, and we’ve got reports from some of the biggest and best this month,…
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The work has just begun: Anita North interviews World Cup medalist Kirsty Hegarty
Anita North interviews World Cup medallist and British Olympic hopeful Kirsty Hegarty. About 10 years ago, I was at a competition at Southern Counties Shooting Ground, chatting to my friend David Beattie from Northern Ireland. David was very excited. “We’ve…
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Anita North reports from the English Championships
It’s competitions galore for Anita North as she attends the English Championships for Universal Trench and Olympic Trap and sees British shooters succeed in Al Ain! I’m writing this on Easter Monday and it’s been all go over the last…
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Clay Shooting Magazine 135 is out now!
This issue of Clay Shooting covers the first big competitions of the season and gets stuck into a rich selection of features from the best in the business. Richard Atkins is takes a close look at the lovely Caesar Guerini…
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Anita North reports on the International Grand Prix
After the International Grand Prix in Costa del Sol, British shooters were glinting with medals in the winter sun. Anita North reports In January more than 60 British shooters headed to sunny Spain to compete in the International Grand Prix…
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Sun soaked success
The Algarve Grand Prix and Portuguese third Cont. Championships were a success story for Britain’s shooters, reports Anita North. I have just returned from my first visit to O Pinhal Shooting Ground near Faro on Portugal’s Algarve. I was there…
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The road to Tokyo
Anita North explains what it will take to get Britain’s athletes into the running for Tokyo 2020. I’m really looking forward to the competition season ahead. This year is an important year in the international scene – it’s the big year…
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