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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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Aaron Heading wins quota with silver finish at European Championships

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

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 work has just begun: Anita North interviews World Cup medalist Kirsty Hegarty

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

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…

Tokyo here we come!

Posted on July 8, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Steven Seligmann of British Shooting is looking forward to seeing our athletes compete in the 2020 Olympics. There’s just over a year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games – and British Shooting is looking forward with…

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

Posted on May 17, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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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Kirsty Barr wins silver and quota in Al Ain

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

Great Britain has won the first quota place for Tokyo 2020 Olympic clay shooting events, thanks to Kirsty Barr’s silver in the World Cup at Al Ain. The Northern Irish shooter performed fantastically as she went toe to toe with…