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Press Release |
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 |
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British Shooting’s board of directors met on 20th July to revisit the statement issued by the Chairman on 1st July. The board has decided to withdraw this statement. In the light of further information, British Shooting continues to seek a shooting venue for London 2012 which is a permanent “bricks and mortar” legacy. British Shooting therefore wish to make it crystal clear that their preferred option is to host the 2012 shooting event at Bisley. We affirm that British Shooting will continue to work with LOCOG to maximise legacy opportunities and we will do all that is necessary to ensure that the shooting events at the Olympic Games are truly successful. The following bodies were represented at this meeting:- British International Clay Target Shooting Federation, National Rifle Association, National Small-Bore Rifle Association, English Target Shooting Federation, Welsh Target Shooting Federation, Scottish Target Shooting Federation, Target Shooting Federation of Northern Ireland, Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain. Disability Target Shooting Great Britain. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 October 2009 )
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Bronze for Rachel Yardy at European Championships |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 |
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Great Britain's Rachel Yardy won Bronze in the Junior Women's Trap event at the European Championships in Osijek. A qualification round score of 69 - which would have qualified for the final of the Senior Women's event - took her into the final in first place, but she was overhauled by Spain's Karina Cantarero who took Gold, and had to earn her medal in a three-way shoot-off for the Silver and Bronze. Elsewhere on the Shotgun ranges, Steve Scott lost out on a final place in the Men's Double Trap on a shoot-off, his qualification score of 140 one of four involved in the race for the last place in the final. Stephen Shirley and Luke Garner qualified for the final of the Junior Men's Double Trap, finishing fifth and sixth respectively and were joined by Chester Cobb in taking the Bronze medal in the team event. In the Senior Women's Trap, the British team lost out on a team Bronze on count-back to Germany, Charlotte Kerwood the best placed at 15th with 66. In the Men's event Ed Ling was highest placed, with 112 giving him 36th place, with Brett Winstanley the best of the British shooters in the JUnior Men's Trap with 107 for 23rd place. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 )
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Final for Gorgs at European Championships |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 |
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Georgina ‘Gorgs’ Geikie, shooting in the 25m Sport Pistol event at the European Championships in Osijek, has become only the 5th Briton ever to reach a pistol final in an ISSF supervised competition. Gorgs’ 582, comprising 292 precision and 290 rapid, put her in the final in 6th place. The 4-series final was fiercely contested with all of the competitors regularly shooting over the magic ‘50’. In the end, Gorgs finished 7th on 781.2, but only 0.4 points off 5th place. Her final score is a new British Record, and is an especially remarkable performance given her inability to train in Great Britain due to the firearms legislation. In the other pistol events, Mick Gault narrowly missed the final of the 50m Free Pistol event, his 554 being just one point off the shoot-off places. He placed 11th. And Hannah Polak, in the Junior 25m Sport Pistol event finished with a very creditable 558 and 13th place. All in all, this was a very good performance for Britain’s pistol shooters. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 )
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European Championship for Women's Prone Team |
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Written by Donald McIntosh
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 |
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The British team of Johanne Brekke, Michelle Smith and Sharon Lee are the 2009 European Champions in the Women's Prone Team event, with the Silver and Bronze going to Finland and Germany respectively. Johanne was top scorer, tieing for first place in the individual match with 593, but losing out on a medal on the tie-break, ending up fifth. Michelle was 11th on 591 and Sharon - winner of the individual Silver two years ago in Granada - 13th on 590.
In the other rifle events, James Huckle was a single point off the final in the Junior Men's 3x40 with 1150, a trigger malfunction on his first shot to count costing him dearly. Sheree Cox was best placed in the Junior Women's Prone with 585 and 20th place, Rory McAlpine the best in the Junior Men's Prone, with 586 and 21st place. Sheree was the only British entrant in the Junior Women's 3x20, with a substantially below par score of 551 taking 50th place. In the Seniors, Richard Wilson was best placed at 17th in the Men's Prone with 593, and Michelle Smith took 24th place in the Women's 3x20 with the equal best kneeling score on the range. The British men struggled in the 3x40, Jon Hammond the best at 53rd with 1141. In the Men's 300m prone, Simon Aldhouse was 15th with 593.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 )
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