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World Cup Silver for Faulds |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
 Richard Faulds continued his preparations for the Olympic Games with a Silver medal in the ISSF World Cup at Kerrville in the United States. Recovering from a first round of 44 Richard shot consectuvive rounds of 49 in the Qualifcation for a total of 142 and a share of third place. A final round of 47, shot in very windy conditions, lifted him to a share of second place - just one target behind Gold medal winner Hakan Dahlby of Sweden. A shoot-off between Richard and Jeffrey Holguin of the USA went the Briton's way, 14 to 13, giving GBR it's first World Cup medal in this Olympic year. Steve Scott also shot very well in the testing conditions, coming ninth, narrowly missing out on the final. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
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Sports Minister launches National Shooting Week |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
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Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe MP was guest of honour at a shooting demonstration hosted by the British Shooting Sports Council (BSSC) at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, Surrey to launch National Shooting Week 2008.  National Shooting Week, which will run from Saturday 3 – Sunday 11 May, aims to make people of all ages across the UK aware of the importance of target shooting as a sport and to provide opportunities to try it out for themselves. Shooting bills itself as one of the most inclusive Olympic and Paralympic sports, where gender, age and disability are no barriers to success. According to Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Minister for Sport, “National Shooting Week is an opportunity for the sport to show itself to the wider community in the UK about how good it is for everybody to take part. With the UK teams doing so well winning medals in so many competitions right across the world shooting is high on our list of sports we want to support. So National Shooting Week gives an opportunity for all the misconceptions about shooting to be put to one side but it also gives people an opportunity to understand that this is a sport that can be for everybody." Over the course of National Shooting Week some 200 open days will take place at shooting clubs and grounds in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, giving newcomers to the sport the chance to try shooting for the first time in a safe and friendly environment. Media coverage of the growth in gun crime and illegal guns has sometimes overshadowed the fact that shooting is an Olympic sport at which the UK excels, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games shooting accounted for 23 of the UK’s 116 medals and a crack team will travel to Beijing this summer. With London 2012 ahead, the government backed initiative aims to discover and recruit new talent, as organiser Rob Gray explains: “We’re hoping that one or two future Olympic stars will take their first ever shots during National Shooting Week”. Beginners who fancy taking their first shot can find out where their nearest shooting event is by entering their post code at www.nationalshootingweek.co.uk. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 August 2008 )
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Prone Medals in Hannover and Suhl |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
 Men's Prone Team The British trio of Dave Phelps, Matt Thomson and Neil Stirton took the silver medal in the Men's Prone event at the International Shooting Competition in Hannover today. With Dave counted out of the final on 595, and Matt just one point behind and Neil on 589, the team earned second place behind Switzerland. Later in the day, the Welsh team of Johanne Brekke, Frankie Fulgoni and Sophie Shaw took bronze in the Women's Prone team event, with Johanne unfortunately losing out on the individual event on countback despite equalling the British record with 597 - also the current World and European record score - just ahead of double World Champion Olga Dovgun of Kazakhstan on 596. There were final appearances also for Geri Buckley in the Junior Women's Air Pistol and Robin Honhold of Scotland and Danny Evans of Wales in the Junior Men's Prone. The highlight of day one of competition had been a new British Record in the Women's 25m Pistol by Gorgs Geikie, raising the mark to 772.4. Day three finished with a new Personal Best score of 571 for Jenny Corish in the Women's Three Positions event.
 Junior Women's Prone Further South in Germany, Sheree Cox added a Silver medal to those won by the Double Trap shooters earlier in the week, recording a score of 592 for second place in the Junior Women's Prone match. With some of the team returning home, attention now moves to Pilsen where the annual Grand Prix of Liberation commences on Wednesday 8th May. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
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Gold for Garner in Suhl |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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The International Competition for Juniors in Suhl kicked off yesterday with a win for Luke Garner in the Men's Double Trap. A qualification round of 137 took him into the final in second place, one target off the lead, and with a final of 42 he overturned this deficit to win by one from Nico Bizzoni of Italy. The British team of Luke, Stephen Shirley and Chester Cobb took third place in the team competition, behind Russia and Italy.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
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