BINFIELD shooter Amber Hill hopes to inspire a future generation after winning BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year.

More than eight million viewers watched 16-year-old Hill claim the coveted award at Sunday’s glittering ceremony in Leeds.

Hill has become a worldwide sensation in skeet shooting and she wants youngsters to follow her example.

She told the News: “The night was just incredible. I’m just Amber and it’s just hard to believe that I’ve won this award.

“I would encourage youngsters in Bracknell to take up sport. It doesn’t have to be shooting, I would recommend any sport.

“I couldn’t have done it without the support of my friends, family and sponsors. This year wouldn’t have been possible without them and I’m looking forward to working harder and pushing myself to the limits.” Hill, number one shooter in Britain, beat sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, the European 200m junior champion, and golfer Charley Hull, who was part of Europe’s winning Solheim Cup golf team, to claim the prestigious BBC accolade.

Previous winners include Wayne Rooney, Tom Daley and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who picked up this year’s main BBC Sports Personality award on Sunday.

Hill’s remarkable 2013 began in March when she became the youngest ever winner of a senior World Cup with victory in the women’s skeet in Acapulco, Mexico.

In September, at the Shotgun World Championships in Peru, she was part of the silver-winning women’s team and finished fifth in the individual event. During qualifying she shot 74 out of 75 to equal the senior women’s skeet world record and break the junior one.

Just last month she collected SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award from the charity’s patron, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge.

Hill, who also played hockey for Berkshire, is likely to be in the England team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow then the Rio 2016 Olympics.

And she says none of it would have been possible without the help of her grandad, Bill Rogers.

“I started when I was nine-years-old as I didn’t really want to go and watch my brother play rugby,” explained Hill. “I ended up going shooting with my grandad for fun and he influenced me so much. When he first suggested nominating me for the award I just laughed and now I still cannot believe it.

“This year has been a bit of a blur. It’s not really heard of having a teenager like me competing at such big events. I was just amazed to be mixing with such amazing sports stars. I never thought anything like this would happen to me.”