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    The reluctant shooter

    Jul 06, 2021 5 minutes

    We all have things in our lives that we are reluctant to try, even though, deep down, we know we should. Whether that’s through a fear of the unknown or our own pig-headedness is something I’ll leave you to wrestle with. But why not take a leaf from Olympic Trap (OT) star Kirsty Hegarty’s book? She had the courage to open her mind to new experiences and it’s carried her all the way to the Olympics and Japan 2021.

    You may be surprised to learn that the younger Kirsty wasn’t straining to take hold of a shotgun. In fact, it would seem that she tried to avoid the sport as much as possible.

    “As a child I was dragged from ground to ground as my parents [Clifford and Sandra Barr] shot at events,” she recalls. “Shooting didn’t appeal to me at all.

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