Helena Douglas asks what next for the Olympic Champion
Olympics
Being the best
Tagged with: Ahmed Al Maktoum, british shooting, Gleneagles Shooting School, Holland & Holland, Ian Coley, MBE, Olympics, Peter Wilson, Roar Global, UK Sport
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Posted in Features
Trained on the future
With some early successes for Team GB in 2013, Vic Harker considers what the sport needs to do to flourish on the international stage
Tagged with: Amber Hill, Caroline Povey, coaching, Cyprus, funding, ISSF, Michael Gilligan, Olympics, Peter Wilson, South African Grand Prix, Steve Scott
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Posted in Features
Gold coach meets the Queen
The Queen came face to face with clay shooting royalty recently as Ian Coley was awarded an MBE at Windsor Castle
Tagged with: coach, Ian Coley, MBE, Olympics, Peter Wilson, Queen, Richard Faulds, Windsor Castle
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No need for speed
Richard Atkins tests two offerings from Italian giant Fiocchi
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
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Posted in Features, Modern Greats
Sharp shooter
Tru-Shot is the ultimate tool for highlighting flaws in your technique – but it’s still down to you to fix them, says Peter Croft
Tagged with: camera, Clay Shooting, Dennis Stepney, gunsmith, Olympics, Trap, tru-shot
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Posted in Reviews
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…
Wilson receives MBE
Peter Wilson emerged from the recesses of Buckingham Palace with the MBE and a big smile and immediately the media frenzy began all over again. Few if any clay target shooters have captured the imagination of both the public and…
Tagged with: 2016, Buckingham Palace, MBE, Olympics, Peter Wilson, Prince Charles, Rio de Janeiro, shooting
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Posted in News
Wilson commits
Peter Wilson has confirmed he will be competing at Rio 2016. Having been unsure of his future after London, Peter said “After a lengthy lay off, I am delighted to announce my determination to compete in Rio. “The last six…
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…
