MARK Farrow came home from this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games with a swag full of medals and plenty of great memories.
Mark took home one gold, two silver and two bronze medals, an achievement he was pleased with having had a surgery replacement only five months ago.
His left arm was amputated below the elbow in an electrical accident when he was only two years old.
Mark said he enjoys clay target shooting as a sport where he competes against able bodied athletes.
“It was always a sport that I found that, with the disability, if I could compete at a level and get a score equal to an A Grade score, my disability didn’t worry me – or didn’t worry them,” he said.
“If I could shoot the score I’m an A Grade Shooter.”
“In other sports they put the disabled people in a category by themselves and they compete against each other, where in shooting it’s not the case.”
He won the gold and two silver medals in sporting, as well as two bronze skeet.
A past member of the Australian Paralympic Shooting Team, Mark has been shooting regularly with the Beaudesert Sporting Clays at Tabragalba where he also coaches and runs weapons licensing courses.
Members of the Beaudesert Club took a total of 16 gold, 11 silver, and 15 bronze medals which were won by eight Beaudesert Sporting Clays members.
Mark said it was a great result for the club, with younger shooters particularly impressive.
“Every time they did something they got medals,” Mark said.
“They were always the top people in their age group.”
Mark continues to advocate for clay target shooting to be included in the Paralympics, saying the infrastructure already exists.
