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Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at special flying targets known as "clay pigeons" or "clay targets" with a shotgun. Despite their name, the targets are usually inverted saucers made of pulverized limestone mixed with pitch and a brightly colored pigment.
George Digweed MBE (born 21 April 1964, in Hastings, Sussex), is a multi-World and European English sport shooter clay-shooting champion. [1] Digweed started shooting at about the age of 12. Taken out by his grandfather he was given a .410 shotgun to shoot with. Due to his competitive attitude he decided to get involved in competitive shooting.
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Born into a family who then ran a stud farm in Sussex, [2] Faulds was then raised on the 300-acre (1.2 km 2) family-owned Owl's Lodge Farm in the Hampshire village of Longparish. [3] On his tenth birthday, Faulds's father Bruce bought him some shooting lessons, with Richard hitting 17 out of 25 clays in his first attempt.
In the early 1900s, a number of British shooting schools adopted the use of clay targets to practice for driven-game shoots. Sporting Clays was originally used with live pigeons in the early 1900s, until they started using clay targets. When clay target began being used the sport became more popular.
Jim Doherty is a clay pigeon shooter. He hails from Newtowncunningham, County Donegal, and has excelled in clay pigeon shooting both at national and international level, and has captained his national clay pigeon team. [1] In 2011, he became the first Irishman to win all four home majors in clay pigeon shooting. [2]
Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.
She did her schooling from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur and graduated from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. Shagun Chowdhary became the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics in clay pigeon shooting. She finished in 20th place in the trap shooting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics taking place in London. [1]