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Hammond Fifth in Brazil Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
ImageJon Hammond came fifth in the Men's Prone today at at the ISSF World Cup in Rio De Janeiro.  A qualification round of 596 earned him a share of third place before the final, to which he added 102.5 for fifth place.
 
The event was won by Stevan Pletikosic of Serbia followed by Torben Grimmel of Denmark and Warren Potent of Australia. 
 
Jon competes again tomorrow, in the Men's Three Positions event.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 July 2008 )
 
Team for Kerrville World Cup Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Friday, 21 March 2008
The following team has been selected for the ISSF World Cup in Shotgun which will be held in Kerrville USA from 2nd to 11th May:
 
Men's Double Trap: Richard Faulds, Steve Scott, Peter Wilson
Men's Trap:
Brad Davis, Rod Gould, Carl Exton, Aaron Heading (MQS)
Men's Skeet:Tim James, John Robinson, Malcolm Allen
  
Women's Trap:Charlotte Kerwood, Lesley Goddard, Abbey Burton
Women's Skeet
Pinky Le Grelle
  
Coaches:
Ian Coley, Marcello Dradi, Joe Neville
Physiotherapist:
Joan Watt
Team Leader:
John Leighton-Dyson
 
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
 
Team for Beijing World Cup Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Friday, 21 March 2008

The following team has been announced for the ISSF World Cup in Beijing, which is the official test event prior to the Olympic Games:

Men's Double Trap Richard Faulds, Steve Scott, Peter Wilson
Women's Trap
Charlotte Kerwood, Lesley Goddard
Women's Skeet
Elena Little
  
Men's Prone
Jon Hammond, Matt Thomson, Ken Parr
Men's 3x40
Jon Hammond, Ken Parr
Men's Air
Jon Hammond, Ken Parr
  
Coaches
Ian Coley, Marcello Dradi, Kimmo Yli-Jaskari
Physiotherapist
Joan Watt
Team Leader
John Leighton-Dyson

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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 April 2008 )
 
Response on the Mission 2012 press briefing Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
The British Shooting Chairman Phil Boakes has issued a response on the Mission 2012 press briefing:

"We acknowledge the concerns contained in the report and indeed some of them we have raised ourselves with UK Sport. We know there are problems that need addressing and we are working closely with UK Sport to resolve them. These include lack of facilities in the UK and handgun legislation. There are issues which can be resolved in the short-term, others will take longer. On a positive note our shooters continue to compete well at international level having just won medals in Cyprus and Germany and preparations for Beijing continue to go well. Clearly the decision not have a permanent facility for the London 2012 Olympics with a legacy for the future does not help and is a lost opportunity."  
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 May 2008 )
 
British success in Cyprus Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Friday, 14 March 2008
GBR fielded a large team at the first Europa Cup Grand Prix event of the year, which was held at Latsia in Cyprus, the location for the European Championships later this year.  Small teams from Scotland and Wales also attended the match.
 
Trap News
 
Shona Marshall, representing Scotland, won the Women's Trap event, with an excellent combined total of 90 (69 + 21).  Shona qualified for the final in first place, one target ahead of Charlotte Kerwood, and remained in control throughout, finishing 3 targets ahead of Liudmila Pshenichnikova of Russia, while Charlotte slipped to fourth place.
 
In the Men's Trap event, Mike Wixey of Wales was the highest place Briton with 119 for 7th place, missing out on a place in the final in a shoot-off, with Carl Exton and Scotland's Andrew Addison also making the top fifteen.  The Junior Men's event was more successful however, Lee Campion taking the Gold with 114 ahead of Thomas Ward, with Josef Skura, James Mansfield and Scott Morgan in 5th through 7th place.  The British trio of Ward, Skura and Mansfield took the Gold in the team event ahead of Cyprus and Russia.
 
Skeet News 
 
In the Men's Skeet event Malcolm Allan was the highest placed, ending up in 12th place after a seven-way shoot-off for the last place in the final. Elena Little and Katherine Brickell just missed out on the medals in the Women's event, coming 4th and 5th respetively, while Sally Bond was third in the Junior Women's event. 

Double Trap News

Cyprus also saw a good start to the Beijing campaign for the Double Trap team comprising Richard Faulds (134); Steven Scott (141) and Tim Kneale (137 and an international PB) to take the team gold medal ahead of Russia and Germany, both world forces in this event.

Individually GBR posted 3 finalists and Peter Wilson shooting 139/46 for 185 won the individual silver behind a fantastic display by Gerebics (HUN) who shot 144/50 for 194 in difficult conditions.  This is a world record equalling score.

Steven Scott who went into the final in 2nd place (141) dropped down to tie 4th and then won the shoot-off against Fokeev (RUS) the shooter of the year in 2006.  Tim Kneale, in his first major final, finished 6th with 137/42. 

Steve Walton (135 and 10th) and Peter Wilson were shooting to see who would be nominated as the Olympic reserve when the selection panel meets in early May to finalise the British Shooting nominations to the BOA for the Beijing Olympic team.  Peter Wilson prevailed.

The results indicate that in DT we have a genuinely competitive squad of world class shooters with all 5 senior Pathway Programme shooters finishing in the top 12 in a world class field.

In the juniors, Luke Garner (125) came 4th behind a mature and very able Russian team.  Stephen Shirley shot 114 and Chester Cobb 110 in his first international. 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 July 2008 )