Olympic

The future’s bright

Posted on January 15, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

As we enter another Olympic year, Anita North is excited about our chances at Tokyo and beyond. It’s exciting to think that when this story is posted online, we will be in an Olympic year! I’m writing this article in…

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Pathway to success

Posted on December 23, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Anita North reports from the British Shooting Pathway Championships and Promatic Grand Prix. The Promatic Grand Prix provided a friendly competition to round off the clay season at Nuthampstead Shooting Ground over the weekend of 19 and 20 October. The…

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Mitchell Brooker-Smith and exam nerves

Posted on December 19, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Mitchell heads to the range to shake off the stress after his first GCSE. The season is now over, and a month on from taking the junior gold medal at the British Shooting Grand Final, I’ve had a lot to…

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Shooter hailed ‘Woman of the Future’

Posted on December 4, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Olympic Trap shooter and British Shooting coach Georgina Roberts has won a ‘Women of the Future’ award for her contribution to sports. Georgina, 22 from North Wales, shoots OT for Wales and GB, coaches for British Shooting, sits on the…

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Young shooters to watch

Posted on November 29, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Our new regular feature turns the spotlight on two more young shots who are making waves Rhys Plum Rhys first started shooting at the age of 10 and has grown increasingly more enthusiastic over the years. He turns 16 in…

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Heading for Tokyo

Posted on November 11, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Aaron grabs the limelight winning a quota place, but every GB shooter deserves credit for their performance at the European Championships. Anita North reports Another month and more competitions have been and gone! For Olympic Trap and Olympic Skeet, September…

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ADVERTORIAL: HT2020

Posted on November 4, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Advertisement Feature In honour of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the new HT2020 by Perazzi and distributed by RUAG Ammotec UK, with its unique, modern engraving is set to take the shooting world by storm For more information, just visit: http://www.ruag.co.uk/…

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Shooters to watch

Posted on October 14, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Rachel Draper talks to two young regulars at Atkin Grant & Lang Shooting Ground Lain Blamey The future of clay pigeon shooting as a sport relies on the next generation of shooters. We spoke to Lain Blamey, aged 9, to…

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Heading wins Olympic quota place

Posted on October 10, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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

Posted on October 9, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…