Episode 8 – A Night of Champions
This week Marty will dive headfirst into competitive clay target shooting by featuring two of the best sporting clays competitors in the world as guests on the show. Wendell Cherry from Tennessee and Brad Kidd, Jr., originally from North Carolina and now living in Florida will bring a whole new perspective to winning in the clay target game. Both of these gentlemen are so accomplished as competitive shooters, there is no room to list their accomplishments in the sport. But one thing is for sure, both of them can share a great deal of information on how to get into the competitive shooting game, and how to manage life and the competition trail that they both follow. In addition to the two guests, Marty will also feature his Wing & Clay News segment to showcase upcoming events and new products in the industry.
Show Guest
Wendell Cherry
Wendell Cherry from Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee. He has always been a wingshooter, but in 1995 he discovered the sporting clays game. At the time, Wendell was playing guitar in Nashvlle, TN and was accomplished enough to play at the Grand Old Opry and the Ryman Auditorium. He decided to give up music and pursue a career in shooting in 2002. That career would not only find him competing around the world but teaching full time at Wendell Cherry Shooting Instruction, a shooting school that traveled nationwide where Wendell developed many champion shooters. His accomplishments in clay shooting are too numerous to list, but he has been a many time All-American shooter as well as Captain of both the English Sporting and FITASC Sporting USA teams.
Brad Kidd Jr.
Brad Kidd, Jr. was introduced to the sporting clays game at the young age of nine years when his father took him and his brother to Hunter’s Pointe Sporting Clays in Washington, North Carolina. It was at Hunters Pointe that he developed his love for the game and under the mentoring of Scott Downs, a former Junior National Champion who saw a real genius in Brad’s shooting, he went on to win 3 U.S. Opens, 2 National Championships and a World Championship before the age of 16. The tragic and untimely death of Scott Downs took him away from the game for years. After college he got into the financial business, but times were tough, and in time, he found his way back to the sporting game that he loved so much. Through the help of great shooting friends, he raised his game to an elite level and allowed him to start teaching shooting on a full time basis. Today he is recognized as one of America’s finest sporting clays competitors and coaches.