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Bisley MP leading campaign for shooting to be moved there

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 JULY 24 - MICHAEL GOVE, the local MP for Bisley, is leading a campaign for the shooting in the Olympics

 The National Shooting Centre Bisley in Surrey, which staged the shooting events during the 2002 Manchester

The decision to host the sport at the Royal Artillery Barracks has provoked anger among every major shooting

“Everyone in the know recognises the National Shooting Centre as Britain’s premier shooting

Association, who said: “We still feel strongly that there are good reasons to stage the Olympic shooting


Bisley MP leading campaign for shooting to be moved there

  • Shooting

 JULY 24 - MICHAEL GOVE, the local MP for Bisley, is leading a campaign for the shooting in the Olympics

 The National Shooting Centre Bisley in Surrey, which staged the shooting events during the 2002 Manchester

The decision to host the sport at the Royal Artillery Barracks has provoked anger among every major shooting

“Everyone in the know recognises the National Shooting Centre as Britain’s premier shooting

Association, who said: “We still feel strongly that there are good reasons to stage the Olympic shooting


Competition manager for equestrian events at Greenwich Park appointed

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  JULY 24 - TIM HADAWAY (pictured), who helped design the equestrian course for next month's Olympics, has been appointed as the competition manger by London 2012 for the controversial venue at Greenwich Park.

London 2012 have announced for the 26 sports following archery, badminton, basketball, fencing, sailing, shooting


Rio reveals 2016 Olympic plans

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  RIO DE JANEIRO today revealed additional details of the city’s plan to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.

host seven venues that will stage competitions in disciplines including as Modern Pentathlon, BMX, shooting


Shooting venue for London 2012 still to be decided

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  A FINAL decision on where the shooting should take place at the London 2012 Olympics still has to

Tessa Jowell and London Mayor Boris Johnson decided that more work was needed to pick a site for the shooting

Following the meeting yesterday, the Olympic Board agreed that further work to assess the venue for the shooting

In the report, accountants recommend that more work is done to look at holding shooting events at Bisley

events and Modern Pentathlon would be at the Greenwich Park, but did not make a final decision about the shooting


Shooting venue for London 2012 still to be decided

  • Shooting

  A FINAL decision on where the shooting should take place at the London 2012 Olympics still has to

Tessa Jowell and London Mayor Boris Johnson decided that more work was needed to pick a site for the shooting

Following the meeting yesterday, the Olympic Board agreed that further work to assess the venue for the shooting

In the report, accountants recommend that more work is done to look at holding shooting events at Bisley

events and Modern Pentathlon would be at the Greenwich Park, but did not make a final decision about the shooting


Former British number one to be in charge of tennis in 2012

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 JUNE 24 - CLARE WOOD (pictured), Britain's former top-ranked player, has been appointed as the competition manager for the tennis at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.

2012 have announced for the 26 sports following archery, badminton, basketball, fencing, sailing and shooting


Former British number one to be in charge of tennis in 2012

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 JUNE 24 - CLARE WOOD (pictured), Britain's former top-ranked player, has been appointed as the competition manager for the tennis at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.

2012 have announced for the 26 sports following archery, badminton, basketball, fencing, sailing and shooting


For Britain's gold medallists, the glory; for Russia's, the money

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 JUNE 25 - RUSSIAN gold medal winners at this year's Olympics in Beijing could receive up to $100,000 (£50,830) in bonuses from the Government in Moscow.

as boxing, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, synchronized swimming, field and track, weightlifting, shooting


China miss out on first Olympic gold medal

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 AUGUST 9 - CHINA failed to claim the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics as the Czech Republic's Katerina Emmons (pictured) won the women's 10-metre Air Rifle - and broke the world record in the process.

Xiao Haopeng, the shooting team manager of China, put Li's performance down to pressue.  


Britain name shooting team for Beijing

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 JULY 1 - BRITAIN today named its shooting team for the Beijing Olympics, led by 2000 gold medallist

It was Britain's first gold medal in trap shooting since Bob Braithwaite in 1968.  

John Leighton-Dyson, the shooting team leader for Beijing, said: "Richard Faulds has been shooting exceptionally

Simon Clegg, Britain's Chef de Mission for Beijing, said: “I am delighted to welcome these shooting

when she was 12 at her parents shooting ground in Sussex.   

Little was 14 when she started shooting the trap discipline in her native Moscow after her mother pursuaded


Britain name shooting team for Beijing

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 JULY 1 - BRITAIN today named its shooting team for the Beijing Olympics, led by 2000 gold medallist

It was Britain's first gold medal in trap shooting since Bob Braithwaite in 1968.  

John Leighton-Dyson, the shooting team leader for Beijing, said: "Richard Faulds has been shooting exceptionally

Simon Clegg, Britain's Chef de Mission for Beijing, said: “I am delighted to welcome these shooting

when she was 12 at her parents shooting ground in Sussex.   

Little was 14 when she started shooting the trap discipline in her native Moscow after her mother pursuaded


EXCLUSIVE: Britain win controversial Modern Pentathlon appeal

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 JULY 1 - BRITAIN look set to have a male competitor in the Modern Pentathlon at the Olympics for the first time since 1996 after winning a controversial appeal that has led to a gold medallist being kicked out of the Beijing Games.

thought he had qualified for the Beijing Games in the five-discipline sport that includes fencing, pistol shooting


EXCLUSIVE: Britain win controversial Modern Pentathlon appeal

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 JULY 1 - BRITAIN look set to have a male competitor in the Modern Pentathlon at the Olympics for the first time since 1996 after winning a controversial appeal that has led to a gold medallist being kicked out of the Beijing Games.

thought he had qualified for the Beijing Games in the five-discipline sport that includes fencing, pistol shooting


Olympic medallists call for peace

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 AUGUST 10 - RUSSIAN and Georgian medalists have today shared a podium and an embrace at the Beijing Olympics, calling for peace in the escalating dispute between their two countries.

Salukvadze's bronze was Georgia's first medal of the Beijing Games and the country's first ever medal in shooting