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Local Target Rifle Shooter Mary Patrick has Olympic-sized Goals

By Molly Kett
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ocal 17-year-old international
Ltarget shooter Mary Patrick
is reaching for Olympic success.
Currently finishing her last year at

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- Design Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational
School, with plans to attend Carleton
- Printing University in September to earn a
- Binding Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering, Patrick is quite busy
- Finishing between school and shooting.

3308 Second St. East, Cornwall, ON Patrick started shooting in
3308 Second St. East, Cornwall, ON
613.932.9281 December of 2010 after joining her
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reception@astroprinting.com local Royal Canadian Army Cadet
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2011 she was chosen as a member of
the unit range team and her officers Mary Patrick, centre, with coach/ mentors Des Vamplew(L) and Pat

considered her a natural. Vamplew (R) Photo Submitted

“For the next four years, at my local corps.” truly believe you can shoot well,
I had continued to make the Patrick says this sport is unlike you will.”
Open range team, where I proceeded most. “You do not need to have a Patrick says in order to succeed
til 9 pm to win zone championships, specific body type for this sport. in this sport; you must have strong

provincial championships, You don’t need to be the most mental attributes like focus, patience,
national championships, and place muscular, the skinniest, the fastest, commitment, and a positive attitude
highly internationally,” says Patrick. or the strongest. Instead, you need paired with fl exibility, muscular
“My love for the sport allowed me muscular endurance, flexibility, endurance, and cardiovascular

to, with the help and generosity from and mental strength,” says Patrick. endurance. The physicality, though,

my coach, pursue shooting as a sport “Most people do not realize that comes with training and practice.
outside of the Cadet Program. Today everyday achievements are mostly

I find myself as a highly competitive mental rather than physical. Patrick began to realize her
1307 Pitt St. (corner of 13th) Cornwall junior shooter in Canada and an Shooting is a sport, which is 90% potential when Joel Haslam was
613-938-6772 assistant range coach for my cadets mental and 10% physical. If you Continued on page 2