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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Heading wins Olympic quota place
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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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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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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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