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SPONSORED: Visit Eriswell Lodge Shooting Ground

Head up the tree-lined lane from the gates of RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk and you’ll find yourself among the open skies and grassy fields of Eriswell Lodge Shooting Ground. After Barrow Heath’s sad closure, its regular competitions have been taken

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Mitchell Brooker-Smith is home on the range

With one exam behind him, clay shooter Mitchell is preparing for some big competitions. For me, January was a month of sacrifice but also success. It would be hard to ask for a better start to 2020, what with my

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Introducing: Rhys Plum

Our new columnist, Rhys Plum, loves the variety and competitive atmosphere of English Sporting As the newest contributor to Clay Shooting magazine, let me introduce myself. I’m Rhys, and I am a 15-year-old clay shooter from Hertfordshire. My discipline of

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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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Guy Franklin Wins CPSA Champion of Champions at the Game Fair

The stage was set at this year’s Game Fair at Hatfield House on 27th July, as Guy Franklin won the CPSA Champion of Champions title after defeating defending champion Billy Baughan. He won the prestigious title at the annual clay-target

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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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Ask the experts!

Let us know if you have any questions, we have the experts to answer them. If you want to send your questions into us, then please send your questions for our panel to fieldsports@futurenet.com or to our Bromsgrove office at

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Fibre clay loads for simulated days

Simulated game days are very much in vogue at the moment and a lighter load will increase your enjoyment without beating you up. In the olden days, ‘big is best’ was the clay shooter’s maxim, with Fitasc shooters able to

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Q and A

Let us know if you have any questions, we have the experts to answer them Worry over licence renewal Q: I am a keen clay shooter in my late 50s. My shotgun certificate is due for renewal soon and I

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Don’t be ‘that guy’: Ben Cartwright tells of avoiding a familiar trap

Ben Cartwright avoids a familiar trap as he kicks off his new column. I almost became ‘that guy’. You know – the one who shares opinions and advice with such complete certainty that he can persuade you he knows best through

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