With some early successes for Team GB in 2013, Vic Harker considers what the sport needs to do to flourish on the international stage
ISSF
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
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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
Amber’s golden moment
Amber Hill hit the headlines as Great Britain took two medals at the first ISSF World Cup shotgun stage,
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
2020 vision for shooting
Shooting has made it onto the list of core sports proposed for the 2020 Olympic Games, ISSF chiefs have announced. After every Olympics every sport is reviewed and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) Executive Board has agreed shooting is one…
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…
Kerwood selection questioned
The selection of Charlotte Kerwood over Abbey Burton to shoot at the Olympic Games has prompted industry members to question whether clay shooting’s governing bodies have applied their selection policies properly and fairly. British Shooting’s panel originally picked Charlotte Kerwood,…
Tagged with: abbey burton, british shooting, Charlotte Kerwood, Clay Shooting, Double Trap, ISSF, Olympics
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Place your bets
Vic Harker weighs up the competition in the Men’s Double Trap event The most recent clay target event included in the Olympic Games in 1996 is Double Trap. That Great Britain is considered a serious contender for a medal…
Tagged with: Clay Shooting, ISSF, London 2012, Olympics, Peter Wilson, Richard Faulds, Vic Harker
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Place Your Bets
We are now in the Olympic Year and, so far as the shooting sports are concerned, which countries will be competing in London and how many quota places they have has mostly been decided. Winning a quota place in one…
Top of the shots
Only the world’s top shooters were invited to compete in the ISSF World Cup Final and some four GB shooters made the cut
Tagged with: Double Trap, ISSF, Olympic Skeet, Olympic Trap, Olympics, Peter Wilson, Shotgun, UAE, world cup
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Posted in Events, Uncategorized
