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British Olympic Shooting Team bound for Beijing Print E-mail
Written by Paul Taylor   
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The Olympic shooting team leaves the UK this week bound for Beijing. The majority are going to Macau to be part of the Team GB multi-sport ‘holding camp’ acclimatising prior to transfer to Beijing on the 4th August. The BOA holding camps are an excellent environment in which to relax, acclimatise and start final preparations for the Games away from the venue. Jon Hammond and his coach, Kimmo Yli-Jaskari remain a little longer in Macau training before transferring to Beijing on the 5th August.

The Opening Ceremony is on the 8th August and the team compete on the 10th (Jon Hammond in 10m Air Rifle Men); 11th (Charlotte Kerwood in OT Women); 12th (Richard Faulds and Steven Scott in Double Trap); 14th (Elena Little In OS Women); 15th Jon Hammond in 50m Rifle Prone) and again on the 17th in 3x40 Rifle Men. The team return to the UK after their events or on the 18th August. 

John Leighton-Dyson, Performance Director said “The team are leaving the UK in good shape and better prepared than any previous Olympic shooting team. All have achieved some noteworthy results at competitions through the year and are looking forward to the challenges ahead. All are capable of achieving good results and will respond positively to the environment and excitement of the Games. These Games promise to be the best yet and the Chinese will be putting enormous resources into making this a memorable Games, the team will be doing likewise.”

British Olympic Shooting Team
Picture : Ian Coley (double trap coach), Elena Little, John Leighton-Dyson (Performance Director), Charlotte Kerwood, Jon Hammond, Steven Scott and Richard Faulds. The Team also comprise Joan Watt (Manager), Kimmo Yli-Jaskari (rifle coach) and Marcello Dradi (trap coach). Photograph curtsey Don Blunt, Doublebarrelpicturecompany
 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )
 
Final Preparations for Hammond in Denmark Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Jon Hammond will complete his preparations for Beijing this weekend in Denmark.  Jon will be joined by World Cup Silver medal winner Neil Stirton and coach Donald McIntosh at a Royal League match in Fredericia, competing against athletes from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in all three rifle events.
 
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 August 2008 )
 
Britain's Olympic Ambition Launched Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Friday, 04 July 2008

Today the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced the athletes and coaches invited to take part in “Britain’s Olympic Ambition 2012” programme.

 

The programme, designed to enhance athlete medal success at the London 2012 Olympic Games by providing talented potential team members with an opportunity to experience the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, will see athletes from 33 disciplines spend seven days in Macau and Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games.

 

Whilst there, athletes will visit the Team GB preparation camp in Macau, the Olympic Village and the Athletes’ Lodge. They will also have a press conference fronted by their mentors, Olympians like Denise Lewis, Ed Coode and Alison Mowbray. In addition participants will be given the opportunity to watch two competition sessions for their specific discipline.

 

This programme’s focus is based around providing sports specific event exposure and to replicate, as closely as possible, an athlete’s overall Olympic experience.

 

Said Simon Clegg, Team GB Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games:

“This programme is unique worldwide and is expected to provide a real competitive edge to the participants. With the BOA’s aspirational target to finish fourth in the overall medal table in 2012, and research showing that a significantly high percentage of medallists at any Olympic Games have attended previous Olympic Games, this experience can form a vital part of the athletes preparation for Olympic success.”

 

Those attending from Shooting are:

 

Athletes: Ken Parr, Neil Stirton, Peter Wilson

Coach: Donald McIntosh

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
 
BOA Announce Team GB Shooters for Beijing Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) today selected Shooting members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

 

The athletes are:

 

50m Rifle Prone (Men), 50m Rifle Three Positions (men), 10m Air Rifle (men)

Jon Hammond

 

Double Trap (Men)

Richard Faulds

Steve Scott

 

Trap (Women)

Charlotte Kerwood

 

Skeet (Women)

Elena Little

 

Commenting on their selection:

 

Steve Scott: “Obviously I am chuffed to take part in the greatest sporting event in the world, it hasn’t really sunk in yet that I am going to Beijing.  When I get on the plane, that’s when I will get nervous, until then I will continue my preparations to get myself in to the best possible shape”.

 

Elena Little: “I am ectastic and over the moon to be selected for the team and it’s great to be going to Beijing as I have been working very hard towards this goal.   My preparations have been going really well and I look forward to getting on the plane and heading off”.

 

Simon Clegg, Team GB 2008 Chef de Mission, said:

“I am delighted to welcome these shooting athletes in to Team GB, especially Richard who has been so successful for Team GB in the past. I am sure that his experience added with the blend of exciting young talent here is an exciting prospect for Beijing this summer.

 

I am sure that all the athletes will be looking to build upon their recent successes and I wish them well in their final preparations for the Olympic Games.”

 

John Leighton-Dyson, Team GB Shooting Team Leader for the Beijing 2008 Olympics said:

“I am delighted to be able to announce these athletes including four new Olympians all of whom have qualified against the best in the world.  We have high hopes of good results in Beijing.  Richard Faulds has been shooting exceptionally well and he is an excellent medal prospect going in to his 4th Olympics.”

 

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
 
Team for European Shotgun Championships Print E-mail
Written by Donald McIntosh   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
The following team has been selected for the European Shotgun Championships, to be held in Cyprus from 5th to 14th July:
 
Men's Trap
Brad Davis, Carl Exton, Ossie McLean
Women's Trap  Abbey Burton, Lesley Goddard, Charlotte Kerwood
Junior Men's Trap  Lee Campion, Jack Thomson, Brett Winstanley
Junior Women's Trap 
Claire Weston, Rachel Yardy
  
Men's Double Trap
Tim Kneale, Steven Scott, Stevan Walton
Junior Men's Double Trap  Chester Cobb, Luke Garner, Stephen Shirley
  
Men's Skeet
Richard Brickell, Tim James, Craig Lakey
Women's Skeet
Kate Brickell, Pinky Le Grelle, Elena Little
Junior Men's Skeet
Guy Franklin, Michael Gilligan, Rory Warlow
Junior Women's Skeet
Sally Bond, Sian Bruce
  
Coaches
Marcello Dradi, Kevin Gill, Ian Coley, Joe Neville, Andrew Austin
Physiotherapist
Lesley Dawson
Sports Psychologist
Sarah Cecil
Team Manager
John Leighton-Dyson
 
Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 July 2008 )