With some early successes for Team GB in 2013, Vic Harker considers what the sport needs to do to flourish on the international stage
Trained on the future
Tagged with: Amber Hill, Caroline Povey, coaching, Cyprus, funding, ISSF, Michael Gilligan, Olympics, Peter Wilson, South African Grand Prix, Steve Scott
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Desert victories
Aaron Heading and Peter Wilson sent Team GB to the top of the medal table with a pair of golds at this year’s second ISSF World Cup event in Al Ain, UAE
The Outside Bet
Vic Harker recounts the Giovanni Cernogoraz story: a man who beat all the odds to become an Olympic Champion
Tagged with: Beijing, champion, Croatia, European Championships, Giovanni Cernogoraz, gold medal, Italy, London, modern great, Olympic, Poussan, Trap, World Championships, world cup
Posted in Features, Modern Greats
Posted in Features, Modern Greats
Clays & game – do they mix?
Vic Harker explains why two very different disciplines are actually quite complementary
Making An Impact
Vic Harker puts Guerini’s top Sporter through its paces
America’s Golden Girl
The sheer precocity of this month’s Modern Great, Kimberly Rhode, has already guaranteed her a place among clay target shootings greatest champions, writes Vic Harker.
Tagged with: Athens, Beijing, Double Trap, gold medal, Kimberly Rhode, London 2012, Olympics, Skeet, Sydney, Trap
Posted in Features, Modern Greats
Posted in Features, Modern Greats
We must work together
BICTSF board member Christian Schofield talks to Vic Harker about the challenges facing British Olympic shooting and the decisions that must be made
Tagged with: army, Army Championships, BICTSF, Christian Schofield, Combined Services Cup, CPSA, ISSF, rule changes, Trap
Posted in Features, News
Posted in Features, News
Raise Your Game
With the Perazzi MX 12/3 the adjustable high-rib Sporter comes of age, says Vic Harker
The pattern to succeed
While the serious target shooter may agonise about stock dimensions, barrel length and so on, what is often forgotten is the importance of ballistics, that is except for the very best of them.
Modern great
This series was originally conceived to focus on potential all time greats of clay target shooting, but deviates from the original concept in only the second instalment. This is because our subject’s rise to pre-eminence in his game has been…
