EAGLE-eyed Govilon sharp shooter Niall King is fast making a name for himself in the world of clay target shooting.

The 15-year-old who has only been shooting for about a year, recently received the prestigious honour of being selected for the Gwent Colts Clay Sporting Shooting Team.

As a member of the Colts, Niall competed in the finals for the Inter Counties held at St Dials shooting ground earlier this month.

Along with his team mate, Gareth Meredith from Llangynidr, Niall managed to win the Inter-counties Colt team event, and was also crowned the Gwent Team High gun and overall Inter Counties Colt High gun.

Niall's mother Andrea King told the Chronicle, "Both me and his father Tony are very proud of what Niall has achieved in such a short space of time and would like to say a big well done!"