Shooting for success
Copeman golden in his Canadian trap shooting championship debut
Jason Copeman needed just a small window of opportunity to make a big impact in his national trap shooting debut.
Actually, that’s putting it mildly, given the outcome of the recent Canadian championships in St. Thomas, where the 34-year-old Miltonian beat out 221 marksmen to lay claim to the handicap division title.
Taken to a shoot-out by one of those competitors — a far more seasoned Peter Tsementzis of the Hamilton Gun Club — Copeman admits to being more than a little nervous before the sudden death tiebreaker.
“My legs were literally shaking,” he recalled. “It’s one thing to shoot a perfect round, but to now have more than 200 shooters and referees watching behind you for a shoot-out, it’s pretty intense.”
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Copeman golden in his Canadian trap shooting championship debut
Jason Copeman needed just a small window of opportunity to make a big impact in his national trap shooting debut.
Actually, that’s putting it mildly, given the outcome of the recent Canadian championships in St. Thomas, where the 34-year-old Miltonian beat out 221 marksmen to lay claim to the handicap division title.
Taken to a shoot-out by one of those competitors — a far more seasoned Peter Tsementzis of the Hamilton Gun Club — Copeman admits to being more than a little nervous before the sudden death tiebreaker.
“My legs were literally shaking,” he recalled. “It’s one thing to shoot a perfect round, but to now have more than 200 shooters and referees watching behind you for a shoot-out, it’s pretty intense.”
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http://www.insidehalton.com/sports/article/1052849--shooting-for-success