BRITAIN proved their dominance in skeet shooting at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney

  BRITAIN won its first medals at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney today when 15-year-old shooter Sally Bond (pictured) claimed gold in the skeet discipline

reach the qualification standard for the GB national squad – and to do it at the Australian Olympic shooting

Bond comes from a successful shooting family as her brother David is a former world junior champion.

  SCOTLAND'S First Minister Jack McConnell has today announced the 17 sports that will make up the 2014 Commonwealth Games if Glasgow's bid is succesful.

  Shooting is included despite Britain's strict laws introduced after the massacre in Dunblane in

Shooting was chosen despite Britain's strict gun laws, introduced after the Dunblane massacre.

Along with shooting, the others picked were cycling, wrestling, judo, gymnastics, table tennis and triathlon

 DECEMBER 28 - VISA will be the official partner of the Britain team competing at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) next month in Sydney, an event considered crucial to the build-up for the 2012 Games in London.

Olympic sports including canoeing/kayaking, diving, figure skating, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, sailing, shooting

 DECEMBER 19 - MORE THAN a 100 of Britain's athletes who will potentially make up the team in 2012 have been selected by the British Olympic Association to compete at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in Sydney next month.

competing in 11 Olympic sports; canoe/kayak; diving; figure skating; gymnastics; hockey; rowing; sailing; shooting

John Leighton-Dyson, Performance Director for British shooting echoed his words: “Competing at

  NOVEMBER 24 - LONDON 2012 today unveiled the venue plan for the Paralympic Games. The plan – which they claim is one of the most compact ever - lays out all the competition venues to be used for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

 The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich will host shooting.

 NOVEMBER 20 - THE season ended on a high for Britain's women at the World Championships in Guatemala today when they secured their second silver medal in three days in the team relay competition.

A solid start in the shooting was followed by a strong performance in fencing with both Georgina Harland

  NOVEMBER 18 - THE Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) decided at its meeting in Kuala Lumpur today that a maximum of 17 sports will be contested in future Games, starting with New Delhi in 2010, the last major event to be held before London 2012.

aquatics, athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby seven's, shooting

 OCTOBER 6 - CRYSTAL PALACE has been chosen by the Union International de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) as the venue for the 2009 World Championships, it was announced today. The event is expected to give the sport a massive boost during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

Modern Pentathlon consists of five unique and diverse disciplines- shooting, fencing, swimming, riding

  MAY 15 – THE MYSTERY venue that wants to stage the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics if London

Hertfordshire halfway between Buntingford and Royston, has held preliminary talks with Great Britain Target Shooting

Federation (GBTSF) about replacing the controversial venue at the Woolwich Artillery Barracks, which shooting

They have claimed the venue at Woolwich would be of no long-term benefit to British shooting as there

A statement released by the Nuthampstead said: “We are very excited that Nuthampstead Shooting Ground

is being considered as the shooting venue for the 2012 Olympics.  

  MAY 15 – THE MYSTERY venue that wants to stage the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics if London

Hertfordshire halfway between Buntingford and Royston, has held preliminary talks with Great Britain Target Shooting

Federation (GBTSF) about replacing the controversial venue at the Woolwich Artillery Barracks, which shooting

They have claimed the venue at Woolwich would be of no long-term benefit to British shooting as there

A statement released by the Nuthampstead said: “We are very excited that Nuthampstead Shooting Ground

is being considered as the shooting venue for the 2012 Olympics.  

MAY 15 – THE MYSTERY venue that wants to stage the shooting events at the 2012 Olympics if London

Hertfordshire halfway between Buntingford and Royston, has held preliminary talks with Great Britain Target Shooting

Federation (GBTSF) about replacing the controversial venue at the Woolwich Artillery Barracks, which shooting

  They have claimed the venue at Woolwich would be of no long-term benefit to British shooting

  A statement released by the Nuthampstead said: “We are very excited that Nuthampstead Shooting

Ground is being considered as the shooting venue for the 2012 Olympics.

  MAY 11 – LONDON officials have again insisted they will not move the controversial venue for the shooting

Woolwich Artillery Barracks (pictured) despite new claims from the chairman of the Great Britain Target Shooting

when he revealed that the GBTSF are trying to put together an alternative to the world famous Bisley Shooting

“The proposal is to provide a legacy for shooting over and above a temporary venue at Woolwich.

“LOCOG have a contract – that contract has a temporary facility for shooting.

“London 2012 has no intention of moving the shooting venue from Woolwich,” she said. 

to move the shooting venue now.”

  MAY 11 – LONDON officials have again insisted they will not move the controversial venue for the shooting

Woolwich Artillery Barracks (pictured) despite new claims from the chairman of the Great Britain Target Shooting

when he revealed that the GBTSF are trying to put together an alternative to the world famous Bisley Shooting

“The proposal is to provide a legacy for shooting over and above a temporary venue at Woolwich.

“LOCOG have a contract – that contract has a temporary facility for shooting.

“London 2012 has no intention of moving the shooting venue from Woolwich,” she said. 

to move the shooting venue now.”

 APRIL 12 – BRITAIN’S Olympic sports have, not surprisingly, reacted positively to the news yesterday of the announcement of an extra £65 million funding to help them prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London.

 Handball, shooting, boxing and swimming have all expressed their delight at how much money they are

The Performance Director of the Great Britain Target Shooting Federation John Leighton-Dyson described

“Shooting in this country has never had this level of resource before,” he said.  

Shooting has consistently delivered medals for Great Britain and now with this level of funding we can

a great few weeks for shooting in Great Britain.