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Continual professional development. What does it mean? For John Robinson, it means that every day is a day to learn. It means there’s always room for improvement and that you can be better tomorrow than you are today.

This philosophy has served him well. An ex-military man, Team GB triathlete, mountain-rescue team party leader and medic and a Nuffield Farming Scholar, John has risen to the top of several careers. Now he’s helping the coaching community develop their professional skills as chairman of The Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors (ICSI).

John’s shooting story starts in the most typical of settings. “I started on the family farm,” he explains. “Aged 10, I was

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