THE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN!
Anita North won silver and gold in Women’s Trap at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2010. She is now a British Shooting GB Talent Programme coach.
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 got a great woman shooter for Olympic Trap in Northern Ireland,” he said. “She’s going to do great things. She’s a grand lass, and you’d better look after her – be nice to her – you’ll like her!” The lady concerned was Kirsty Barr (now Kirsty Hegarty), and she is certainly doing great things.
For those that don’t know, Kirsty was the first clay shooter to secure a quota place for Great Britain in the Tokyo Olympics next year. She did this by winning Silver
