Kids from across the country and even a couple of countries are in Jacksonville to compete in the Junior World Skeet Championship.
– The pop of guns rang across the field at Jacksonville Clay Target Sports Friday morning as kids from across the United States and even a couple of other countries compete in the Junior World Skeet Championship this weekend.Recommended Videos“I kind of just relax myself,” Ethan Ballentine said. “I fix myself and just don’t think about other people. I just focus on me, just think that every target counts.”The process is meticulous and routine as shooters set up for their big moment.
And when he does say “pull” targets will launch from nearby towers and the shooters will attempt to hit them mid-flight. “Not a lot of other sports where you’re firing a shotgun at a moving target,” Jacksonville Clay Target Sports President Patrick Heatherington said.In skeet, the margin of error is so small that you have to be just about perfect to advance. Shooters are so in tune with their guns that for Connor Thigpen, it’s almost an extension of his body.“This past year in the 20 gauge, I won the Open World Championship in San Antonio,” Thigpen said.
It also comes with a free parking spot at the National Skeet Shooting Association — which at 15 years old, Thigpen can’t fully take advantage of it, yet.It’s the place he first stepped on the big stage in 2020.“Back when I was 11 this is actually the first place I ever shot Junior Worlds and where I shot my first 100 straight,” Thigpen said. “It feels great. It’s good to be back. It’s a really beautiful place and it brings back memories.
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