Clay Shooting

PATHWAY TO SUCCESS

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 weekend was also British Shooting Talent Pathway Championships, which has become a regular fixture held at the end of the year’s block of training for shooters on the Pathway.

This competition is of particular interest to me, as I have been coaching on the Pathway for four years and have a particular interest in getting more groups established around the country. This year also saw shooters from the British Army Olympic development squads take this opportunity to test some of the skills they have been working on during the year.

For some shooters it

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