TRIBUTES have been paid to a champion shooter from Lampeter who was able to resume his career after an horrific rugby injury left him a quadriplegic.

Vic Morris had been one of Wales’ top clay pigeon shooters who represented his country at the Commonwealth Games.

And despite suffering a grave spinal injury whilst playing for Lampeter in January 1989 he made a triumphant return with target rifles using a specially-designed rig he controlled through his mouth. Famously he used his chin to control the rifle and his tongue to press the trigger, going on to beat able-bodied marksmen.

Mr Morris, who died at the age of 57 on Monday of last week, leaves wife Valmai and daughters Emma and Sara. His funeral at Felinfach Church on Saturday was one of the largest ever seen in the village.

“Victor was not just a remarkable sportsman – he was also a truly remarkable man,” Lampeter RFC chairman Dai Charles Evans told the Cambrian News.

“He was a talented rugby player from an early age. Lampeter Rugby Club ran through his family’s veins.”

Yet rugby took more of a backseat as Mr Morris grew into one of the most successful clay pigeon shooters in Wales.

Then in January 1989 he was seriously injured whilst playing for Lampeter against BP Llandarcy.

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