I recently got back from the World Cup event in Beijing where I shot to try and qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games. It was a true experiance to shoot on a range so much larger and flasher then anything that New Zealand has or has ever had. It could cater 80 shooters shooting side by side at once and had the latest in LCD target displays for the competitiors.
The first match was an elimination one with two heats. I shot in the first heat at 2pm and scored a 592 out of a possible 600. The second match I shot in was the Qualification match with a chance to make it through into a top 8 shoot off. Once again I shot a 592 and gained a place of 36th. By making it through I also obtained my own World Rank but as of yet I am unsure of what it is.
In order to qualify for the Olympics I had to shoot a 587 or better in a World Cup event overseas. I achieved this twice and am therefore fully qualified. Currently I am waiting for the selection committee to choose which of the two of us that have qualified will go to the Games in August. I hope to find out some time this week by Friday 2nd of May.
Currently we are organising the details of gettin to the Munich and Milan World Cup back to back Event beginning on the 15th of May. I will be overseas again this time for 3 weeks shooting the two competitions and visiting the Eley factory in England where out ammunition is manufactured. For this trip I need to raise at least $10,000 because it is longer and more complex.
It will be a harder competition but at least it doesn't have as much pressure on it because I no longer need to qualify for the Games.
Further results will be posted here when I get them.
Rob
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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