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Then there's the 18-hole putting green, an archery range and clay-pigeon shooting.
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We had the same thing after the Hungerford & Dunblaine shooting tragedies, suddenly it got much more difficult for a member of a clay-pigeon shooting club to continue his sport & responsible members of olympic discipline pistol shooting clubs had their sport effectively declared illegal & their pistols confiscated [with compensation being both delayed & in some cases, inadequate].
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We had the same thing after the Hungerford & Dunblaine shooting tragedies, suddenly it got much more difficult for a member of a clay-pigeon shooting club to continue his sport & responsible members of olympic discipline pistol shooting clubs had their sport effectively declared illegal & their pistols confiscated [with compensation being both delayed & in some cases, inadequate].
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There have also been claims that clay-pigeon shooting and archery lessons have been taking place threateningly close to parts of the path still open.
Harrow school rows with walkers over right to ramble in its grounds 2011
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Then on to Silverstone to race Ferraris in the morning, before clay-pigeon shooting and quad biking in the afternoon.
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Guests can partake in horse trekking, clay-pigeon shooting and archery (doubles from $1,057; wharekauhau. co.nz).
The Kiwi Boutiques 2008
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Mr. Aso, a former Olympian in clay-pigeon shooting, chats comfortably about Rozen Maiden, a manga series about a frilly doll that comes alive, as well as about foreign policy.
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In the Highlands of Scotland, the luxuriously appointed Alladale Wilderness Lodge offers clients rural Highland sports, including stalking, falconry and clay-pigeon shooting.
RUSTIC LUXURY 2007
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The loss of his arm made him exert every effort to excel in all sorts of athletic sports, such as tennis, skiing, skating, billiards, and clay-pigeon shooting.
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Tarrant saw a white clay-pigeon disc float at head-height across the sandbagged wall at the target-end of the range.
Modesty Blaise O'Donnell, P. 1965
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