My selection for the Munich World Cup has been confirmed and is published on the British Shooting Website (link is http://www.britishshooting.org.uk/content/view/310/31/) I am delighted to be taking up this selection and furthering my experiences and shooting CV further. Although I have previously represented Great Britain at many competitions this is going to be my [...]
Yet another Easter and I find myself attending the Isle of Man Easter Shooting Festival. This must be my 8th year attending this shoot and the atmosphere only gets better and better! With the reduction of events at the commonwealth games including the removal of the Women’s Prone Event and the Olympic games only holding [...]
In an extremely close finish in the Commonwealth Games Women’s 50m rifle prone pairs Michelle and partner Sharon Lee were delighted to come away with a Silver. Michelle and Sharon were awarded second after losing out on an agonising x-count to Scottish pair Jen McIntosh and Kay Copland who they were quick to congratulate on [...]
We are finally in the hotel room, its 19:20(Indian time) 13:40gmt on monday, I’ve been awake since 8:30ish on Sunday! My eyes really are starting to go to the extent I’ve now got my glasses on which is a rare occasion for me So managed to get all packed yesterday without any issues as [...]
Home at last after a long ish morning in Munich airport sorting out the check in Its amazing how different parts of one company can interpret things totally differently than the rest of the world… it’s a bit like Hampshire and west Yorkshire firearms licensing departments! So on the way out we had 2 hold [...]
Bloody first shot nerves got me again today! First shot a cracking 8.9 up at 10 o clock. Its defiantly an area I need to work on however it will be much easier to train on this issue once my Meyton arrives I was on a different firing point as expected today and had a [...]
Today saw my first match of this competition which had a number of funny events for me! Once again there was another total lack of consideration this morning from the same person! My match was at 10:05 this morning so I took a trip down to the range at 830 after a nice light breakfast [...]
Thursday and its my day off so a good lie in is in order… yeah right! When on trips abroad it is important to me that I am as considerate as possible to the rest of my team.. by doing this I like to think that it sets the example and that the other people [...]
Today we’ve had a nice late start followed by training in the afternoon. As the range was quiet full I decided to go through equipment control. Its always nice to see some friendly faces especially on the side of the Jury! As I had gone down the range in my boots and left my trainers [...]
This morning was an early start, I managed to get packed yesterday and didn’t have my usual panic with regards to weight limits, the rifle was packed in the case it came in and my kit fitted well into my bag along with most of my clothes! Although our flight wasn’t until 12:25 I was [...]