Shooters
TIME FOR REFLECTION
Stuck in another lockdown, Mitchell looks back over his start in shooting, and how far he’s come
Mitchell Brooker-Smith is a promising young British shooter. He has just turned 17 and comes from Gloucestershire. Having started shooting at the age of 12, he now shoots Olympic Skeet for England and Great Britain.
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’m in lockdown again as I write this – the second lockdown has taken effect in England, shooting grounds are closed, and I haven’t been able to go training and prepare for the 2021 season. At times like this, when I am not physically active, my mind ponders on different things. Sometimes it’s my other interests, other times it is what I intend to do with shooting.