John Bellamy is a British

Great Britain

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 sport shooter residing near Preston, Lancashire, noted for his consistent achievements in shooting competition

Competition

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s and for his similar shooting style to that of John Stafford

John Stafford (sport shooter)

John Stafford is an English sport shooter from Preston, Lancashire. He is known for his achievements in shooting competitions in the North West England and also for his shooting likeness to John Bellamy.-Target Shooting:...

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Target Shooting

John competes in many national Down-The-Line

Down-The-Line

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 shooting competitions within the UK

United Kingdom

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. In 2000 he won the Kreighoff Classic shoot in North Wales

North Wales

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, making it into the hall of fame

Hall of Fame

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, this made him one of only 12 people to win the championship ever (the 2nd at the time, after Mike Milne).

John makes frequent visits all over the country whenever a competitions arises, he usually places in the top three at most events too, like at the DTL Home Internationals, in Mid Wales

Mid Wales

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, 2009, where he placed a 99/294.