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English skeet for youngsters

On a blustery day in December, Graham Brown of the Purbeck Shooting School visited Bisley National Clayshooting Centre with some of his clients to shoot 100 English skeet. Among them were 12-year-old Alex Marsh and 10-year-old Kyle Hammal. Neither had been shooting for long; Alex had had just 15 lessons previously with Graham. But what they apparently lacked in experience was clearly eclipsed by the good tuition they had received and the natural abilities that they possessed, as we would see during the day.

The wind was ripping across the ground as squad members began their first round and the clays were unpredictable, some flying straight, others dipping suddenly just as a shot was fired. Trying conditions for experienced shooters

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