Matthew Clark has quickly established himself as the best young skeet shooter in Australasia.
He returned home from the Australian Clay Target Skeet Nationals, held at Wagga Wagga, NSW from May 16-29, laden down with medals after cleaning up in every division he entered.
Clark, 13, won seven separate titles at the Australian nationals in the sub-junior (aged 12-14) category and became the first New Zealander to win the Australian sub-junior title.
"The titles are all equal, but particularly I am very proud of the sub-junior High Gun title and the sub-junior 12 Gauge which is like the big deciding national event," Clark said.
"I beat two others to win the overall title. It is a big deal for me. In New Zealand, I am the youngest person on the competition circuit, and there was one younger person at the [Australian] skeet nationals."