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Heading wins Olympic quota place

Aaron Heading secured a Tokyo 2020 Quota Place for Team GB by winning Olympic Trap silver at the European Championships in Lonato on Saturday 7 September. It was one of just two chances the 32-year-old shooter from Lincolnshire had left

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British Shooting Grand Final

The cream of Britain’s international Skeet and Trap shooters battled it out over a wet and windy two days at Fauxdegla shooting ground in Wales for the honours at the British Shooting Grand Final 2019. The competitors had fought their

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Aaron Heading wins quota with silver finish at European Championships

Aaron Heading won Olympic Trap silver at the European Championships in Lonato on Saturday 7th September. The result means the 32-year-old shooter from Lincolnshire has also won a Tokyo 2020 quota place for Team GB. It was one of just

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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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Signal boosting

Clay Shooting’s correspondent Ollie Harvey reports from the Royal Signals Corps Championships in Dorset As the Royal Signals celebrated their 99th anniversary on 28 June, I joined the troops at Blandford Camp for the annual Corps Championships. Against the stunning

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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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New world records set at the ISSF World Cup in Acapulco

Anita North saw shooters flying high in Acapulco, where world records were being smashed almost as fast as the clays. The first ISSF Shotgun World Cup took place in Acapulco, Mexico, in March. This was the first ISSF event this

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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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Matt Coward-Holley wins silver in Trap at the ISSF World Cup

After a heart-stopping final, on Thursday 16th May, young shooter Matt Coward-Holley won a Trap silver medal at the ISSF Changwon World Cup, missing out on gold by the narrowest of margins. Though naturally disappointed to have lost out at

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British Shooting marks Amber, Ed and Steve for podium success

British Shooting has announced the shooters selected for its 2017/18 World Class Programme. Selected for the top category – deemed most likely for a podium place at Tokyo 2020 – are Amber Hill (OSK), Ed Ling (OT) and Steve Scott

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