Clay Shooting

LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER

What do you want to pass on to your children? A nice bit of inheritance? A priceless family heirloom? Your partner’s good looks? Well, ex Team England Captain Shaun Stacey has been able to pass something far more valuable on to his daughter Emma – a passion for Sporting and the skills to make her one of the country’s best.

“From the age of two I loved going to watch my dad compete,” says Emma of her earliest memories. “I always wanted to carry his gun or his bag because then maybe people might think I was shooting too.”

However, by the time Emma was able to do more than just watch the shoots or carry her father’s bags, Shaun had already ended his career on a high as part of the World FITASC Championship winning team in Australia in 2009, and decided to hang up his shotgun for good – or so he thought.

“In 2009 my dad moved away from top level competitive shooting, and I was focusing on school.

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