Clay Shooting

LIVING THE DREAM

Where were you at 22? I was selling TV’s, desperately trying to scrape together enough commission to cover the weekend’s cartridges while dreaming of travelling the world, experiencing new cultures and maybe getting in a bit of shooting along the way.

And yet at 22, Ellie Seward has already achieved the dream that I’m still attempting to realise. Since she started shooting just six short years ago, she has represented England and Great Britain across the globe, bagging trophies and breaking records.

Ellie is a true representation of the benefit of low price, simple, have-a-go sessions. She isn’t from a long line of famous shooters, but was hooked from her first clay break. “My dad shot a bit of Sporting when he was younger, but other than that no one else in the family has really been involved with shooting at all,” says Ellie of her humble beginnings. “Six years ago I followed my dad to a small Sporting event,

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