With the meticulous care of a lapidary counting beads, she places her beads on the tablet of the shooting range. With a smile in the corner of her eye and a slender appearance, Élisa Brunel (21 years old) wears the costume of Marie-Louise from the Mouriès slingshot sports shooting club. Its laser precision in its attempts is recognized by all its partners in the Don qui shoot-Slingshot : the other name of this sports association.
At the origins
Like olive oil, slingshot shooting is the other great Mouriesian specialty. And in this case since 2023, its president Michel Arnaud (48 years old) alias Wick, initiates, supervises and guides practitioners of this unusual discipline, which consists of hitting targets of various sizes, positioned around ten meters away.
Already titled in a kite float competition, this professional public works heavy goods vehicle driver with cult shoes Doc-Martens in British colors, is at the origin of the creation of the club.
“I was considering joining an archery club until the day I saw an ad posted on social media, detailing the specificities of sport shooting with a slingshot. And it clicked.…
