ON TOP OF THE WORLD

It’s been a busy summer for British shooters on the international scene, especially Matthew Coward-Holley, who has been run off his feet competing and making history. Matt became the third British shooter (and only the second clay shooter) to secure a place for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Matthew won a quota place when he took the silver medal at the World Cup in Changwon, Korea in May of this year. But that’s not all; not by any shot. Matt followed up on his success by becoming Britain’s first world champion in Olympic Trap. To put that into context, records going back to 1929 tell us that only one other British shooter has medalled in Olympic Trap at the World Championships – Ed Ling won silver