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.
London 2012
America’s Golden Girl
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
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
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Olympic Skeet at London
Skeet shooting became an Olympic discipline in 1968 and there was every justification for including this highly skilled form of clay target shooting alongside Trap. In its Olympic form, Skeet has produced a breed of gun handlers second to none.…
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…
