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The annual Scotland-England match at The Scottish saw Scotland come away with a win from both Men's and Ladies teams: Scotland's women's team of SE Brown, FE Shedden, S Sharp, M Bexley and M Melvin scored 77 off ex 400 against England's 82. The Men's team of JG Shedden, L Thomson, AS Bruce, J Henderson, J Cole-Hamilton, STM Malone, RG Spence, H Simpson and I Burton scored 117 off to England's 136.
The future of the annual NSRA Scottish meeting has come under scrutiny and, following some recent success in reducing the costs of organising and running the national meetings, the NSRA Board of Management are looking closely at ways of maintaining this momentum without compromising the opportunity for members to participate in the national meeting. The SSRA urges everyone who is interested in securing the future of this historic meeting to reply to the NSRA questionaire by clicking here. All replies must be returned to Ali Aitken at the NSRA (aliaitken@aol.com) in the next two weeks.
Cliff Ogle is presented with his prizes by Mark Swift from RWS.
After the first round of this year's Haig trophy, the following competitors made it through to Friday's final round at Thurdistoft Range near Castletown: JA Henderson. STM Malone, WT Vaughan, CG De Jonckheere, JR Sinclair, FA Spence*. SE Brown*, SM Sharp, JR Brown, RB Campbell, AS Bruce, IR Malone, WMJ Cole-Hamilton, J Paterson, RG Spence *, TF Hodgson, E Paton*, JG Shedden, M Bexley and RW Emburey. In addition, S Dixon, A Dove, and F Howden have qualified for the B, C and D final. (Competitors with an asterisk have qualified for the B,C and D final).
James Brown won Class A, Billy Crawford B Class, Willie McAulay C Class and T Kenny, with only a few months experience in target shooting, took the honours in D Class. Away from the serious business of winning medals and cash prizes, there was time to introduce some new features at the range, such as a cunning device to stop novice shooters (you know who you are) from cross-shooting and a chance for Alloa to take its youth policy to a new level with an introduction to the sport for Willie McAulay's grandson Jack, shown above, with the emphasis on understanding safety and instilling confidence working with firearms under close supervision. More detailed scores are available here.
The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are now just three years
away. While the choice of Barry Buddon as the venue for the shooting events has
not been a popular one, nonetheless the programme is now moving forward and we
now wish to collect the names of those willing to commit themselves at this
point in time to getting involved. Interested? Click here
to
read the full details from the SSRA's Jim McIntosh. Contact Jim
here
Edinburgh's
Matthew Thomson won the British 50m Men's Prone title at Bisley as
he led a Scots raid on one of Britain's biggest events.
Thomson scored 695 (592
plus 103 in the ten-shot final) to see off compatriot and Commonwealth Games
champion Jon Hammond by just 0.2 points. There were four Scots Scotland's men team of Thomson, Hammond and Stirton won the team event with 1774 to England's 1763 and Northern Ireland's 1760 Earlier, double Commonwealth champion Jen McIntosh won the Women's Three-Position event and set a record at Scottish Junior and Senior levels as well as the British Junior and Senior qualification mark. She beat Jenny Corish of Wales by 12.2 points with a score of 678.4. Edinburgh-born McIntosh also won silver in the Women's Prone event. The NSRA has listed scores from this weekend's British 50m Championships at Bisley and you can study them here
The SSRA AGM 2011 will be held on Sunday 3 July at the Park Hotel in Thurso, from 7.30pm. There will be a pre-meeting for members of the SSRA council at 6.30pm. The agenda and previous minutes will be distributed shortly by email, or post to those who have not registered an email address. Meanwhile, a selection of photos from the recent Grand Prix at Gagie have now been published - see the report below.
The 2011 Scottish and Bisley national meetings will be held in Castletown, Wick (2 to 8 July 2011) and Bisley (13 to 21 August 2011) respectively. The Scottish meeting deadline for entries has passed, however due to the low turnout at the closing date, it has been decided to extend the deadline until 22 June 2011 without the additional late fee being required. Any competitor who wishes to enter either of the meetings can do so by following the link below where the entry forms can be downloaded, or by calling 01483 485508 and requesting an entry form by mail. Click here for the Scottish meeting and here for the Bisley meeting. Anyone wishing to enter the Scottish meeting is asked to submit their entries as soon as possible in order that the entry can be processed by the closing date. Payment may be made by credit card; anyone wishing to use this service is to call 01483 485508 with their card details. Please either email or fax (01483 476392) your entry forms before calling to pay by credit card.
For further information, contact the NSRA Competitions Department on competitions@nsra.co.uk
The quest for a purpose-built shooting centre in Scotland
took another twist when Commonwealth Games and Sports Minister Shona Robison was
grilled by John Beattie and Rhona McLeod on Radio Scotland's Sport Nation
programme on funding for facilities. . .
Gagie, so often home to a downpour, was flat calm on Sunday for the first two details of the elimination round. With such benign conditions the competitors took advantage, with an excellent 599 ex 600 from Olly Barron showing the way in A class. While there were a number of notable performances and personal bests on the day, it was the future of target shooting which was the real winner. Ashleigh Taylor, just one of a number of Juniors present, simply got stronger as the day wore on and won the C&D final. "One comment I heard at the back was the average age amongst the competitors was cut in half compared to the past, this is great we should be able to sustain our competitive shooters for Scotland in depth in the future," said the SSRA's Jim McIntosh.
The class winners were awarded prizes of R50 ammunition thanks to SSRA sponsors RWS. For the the A&B final Caughey and Robert Spence arrived on the firing point with the same qualifying scores of 596, just ahead of the other six finalists, with Sinclair Bruce and Martin McGill going great guns. Spence started strongly and held the lead for the first five shots of the ten-shot final, but Caughey dug in and pulled the deficit back by the sixth and from that point on did not relinquish his lead. All in all it was a great weekend for competitive shooting in Scotland and a great number of PBs collected on the way. Spence did it twice the second one by a considerable margin. A/B Final aggregates: D Caughey 700.8; R Spence 698.2; O Barron 697.4; S Bruce 694.6; M McGill 694.1; D Simpson 693.4; H Simpson 691.2. M Bexley 687.0.
Full results on the Domestic Results page.
From left: Overall winner Dave Caughey gets yet more Scotch from Jim McIntosh after last year's win at Gagie; Ashleigh Taylor is congratulated by SSRA chairman Ian Thomson after her win in the C+D final; Bobby Spence's trip from Orkney was worth the while and Olly Barron may have come up short in the final but his superb 599 still made it a day to savour. Photographs courtesy of Bruce McIntosh and Sarah Brown.
In variable temperatures in Aberdeen on Saturday, all the competitors had to deal with tricky conditions.The women showed that their continuing hard work in the three-position discipline is paying off. Maria Bexley managed to beat Sarah Bates this time but lost out to Sarah in the GP final. McIntosh produced a steady show to come out on top overall but she was not happy with her own performance.The gentlemen had to cope with some target malfunctions with Ross taking the honours and the Malone family of Iain and Seoc changing places this time around. Andrew Ross goes it alone, left, while pictured right, the GP final gets underway. Full results on the Domestic Results page
The line-up for the British 50m Championships on 10-12 June at Bisley has been announced. Women's 3P: Sarah Bates, Kay Copland, Jennifer McIntosh. Women's Prone: Sarah Bates, Kay Copland, Jennifer McIntosh. Men's 3P: Jon Hammond, James Paterson, Neil Stirton. Men's Prone: Jon Hammond, Neil Stirton, Matthew ThomsonThis news comes hard on the heels of the British team being announced for the next round of the ISSF World Cup in Munich, where Dave Caughey joins Jon Hammond, Neil Stirton and Matthew Thomson in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone, Hammond and Stirton feature in the Men's 50m 3P Rifle, and Jen McIntosh takes part in the 10m Women's Air Rifle and the 50m 3P Women's Rifle.
The University of Edinburgh has honoured Shirley McIntosh by inducting her into its Sports Hall of Fame. The first all-female list of inductees since the awards began three years ago, McIntosh is joined by Cathy Panton-Lewis, co-founder of Europe’s first ladies golfing tour, and world champion orienteer Yvette Baker in receiving the highest sporting honour the university can bestow. Click here to read more.
The first of the SSRA Outdoor taster sessions took place at Alloa's Tullygarth range. The object, to give new target shooters the chance to experience 50m and 100yard shooting, proved to be an ideal snapshot of the Great Outdoors - the range was hit with wildly gusting wind, torrential rain, sunshine...all in one afternoon. But with other, experienced outdoor shots to hand to help with understanding the different techniques required for the discipline, Edinburgh-based Michelle Galea was one of the visitors impressed with her day out and has the bug. "It was a great experience," she said. "I'll be back." Alloa's Willie McAulay plans further taster sessions, but to register your interest, click here.
The day before, Edinburgh athlete Thomson had forged his way in the Elimination with a 598 (included 42 inner bulls). Bested only by Martynov, the current world champion, who delivered what is believed to be the eighth perfect 600 of his target shooting career, Thomson staked his claim with Virginia-based Hammond who scored 595. Fellow Scot Neil Stirton missed the cut for the qualifying round by an agonising one point, with 587. "I'm definitely pleased with my score especially because it was pretty tricky conditions," said Thomson of his 598 on facebook.
In his first international Prone final, James Paterson came in a highly creditable sixth in the ISCH event in Hannover recently. After a score of 595 he shot 103 in the final itself.
Alloa RC's Tullygarth range hosts the Triple Dewar competition on Saturday and Sunday 25&26 June. First details commence at 9am each day and for entry forms or just to request additional information, please click the link on the Calendar page.
The Scottish Target Shooting Federation, known as Scottish Target Shooting (STS), is seeking to recruit a Chair to head up the Council Executive (Management Board).Applications by letter to be received by 15th June 2011. Click here for details and how to apply.
The Caithness Scottish Open Rifle Meeting web site has been set up to promote this year's NSRA 2011 Scottish Meeting for all small-bore rifle shooters around the country. http://www.caithness-scottishrm.org.uk
The weather in Scotland threw everything it could at the competitors at Denwood for the Denwood Open and first Prone Grand Prix of the season, the venue having hosted the first 3P GP on the Saturday. Kay Copland won the Junior event with 592, and was just pipped by Martin McGill for A class honours with 593. The Commonwealth Games Women's Pairs champion pulled out all the stops in the A&B final though, where a fine 103.6 ensured she took the major honours for the day. B Class went to Olly Barron, C Class to Iain Malone and D Class to L Thomson who went on to win the C&D final with 578. "Saturday was fine weather wise, although the range was not full - we had two ladies and four gents shooting the 3P and three juniors at the far end getting in some range time with their coaches," writes Jim McIntosh. Sarah Bates won the 3X20 event with a score of 639.3, while Fraser Cheetham took the honours in the 3X40 event with 1084+96.0. "As for Sunday, the overnight rain made getting to the range tricky," McIntosh went on. "That was the start of a difficult day to say the least, the first detail actually went quite well with no equipment failures. The second detail was fully booked with the range officers getting soaked loading the target changer boxes, so on the detail wet cards stuck to the backing support with subsequent card failures swhich meant that both 'hospital bays' (additional targets set up to cope with such failures) were in use and still on sighters." At least two competitors moved to the third squad, which by that time was getting full. The list of failures by that time was keeping the range offices having difficult in keeping track of where everyone was. The weather then decided not to punish them any more and the C&D final finished up with the sun coming through. The A&B qualifying was contested in such fine conditions that sunglasses were being required to find the shots on the cards. The final was shot late (from 4pm) but the sun stayed out. The event was the first in which, courtesy of our partners RWS, top-of-the-range R50 ammunition was awarded to the first and second prone shooter in each class, along with prizes of Scotch whisky.
Matthew Thomson headed the list of Scots at the Grand Prix of Liberation in the Czech Republic with 597 in the Men's Prone followed by Dave Caughey on 596 and James Paterson on 590. Paterson went on to score 579 in the 10m Men's Air Rifle. Jen McIntosh scored 395 in the Women's 10m Air Rifle and 569 in the Women's 3P while Andrew Ross scored 1113 in the Men's 3P event and 554 in the 10m Men's Air Rifle. For full results data, click here.
Jen McIntosh, Jon Hammond, Neil Stirton, Kay Copland, Shona Marshall, Angus McLeod and Ian Shaw have all been rewarded for their superb achievements last year in the Commonwealth Games. Each gold medallist receives �10,000 and for details click here and, for reaction in the sports press, click here. And McIntosh was voted the Aberdeen Sport Person of the Year ahead of swimmer Robbie Renwick and Hammond.
Results from the recent Watsonian Rifle Club Open are now available here.
British Shooting is on the look-out for a new and independent chair, The Chair will provide leadership and direction to the Board, the Chief Executive and, crucially, to the many parts of British Shooting. The Chair will ensure that British Shooting has a strategic plan and lead the strategic interaction with a range of sporting agencies. Click here for full details.
There's no need to leave the beautiful wilds of Caithness after the NSRA Scottish meeting as you can enter the Caithness Open meeting which includes the second SSRA grand prix. A gentle reminder that entry forms can be found here (and also on the calendar page)
The entry form for the NSRA's Scottish Meeting 2011, which will be held at Castletown between 2 - 8 July 2011 is now available here. Entry forms may also be downloaded from the NSRA website, or if you require a hard copy, please contact the NSRA Competitions Department.
The time is close for selection for this event and those who
wish to make themselves available must register with BUCS by 1st
May. Click
here for details on selection policy and more information
No, honestly it's true. No sleeping bags, no mystery competitors, no double hats (probably)...a beautiful day was had for the SSRA All Ranges match, and the results are available on the Domestic Results page.
The final results from this league are now available on the Domestic Results page.
Jon Hammond scored 1157 in the elimination round of the Men's 3P event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea with Neil Stirton on 1145 but it was not enough to make the final stage where England's James Huckle made it through, finishing sixth with 1168+99.1.
A reminder that the All Ranges competition takes place at Denwood next Sunday and also that the new C&D Prone postal league will start next month with the last date for entry Sat 30th April.
Competing as part of the GB team, Neil Stirton (596), Jon
Hammond (595) and Matthew Thomson (595) made it through the elimination round of
the ISSF World Cup Men's 50m Prone event in Changwon, South Korea. In the
qualification round, however, the weather took a turn for the worse. "Nasty
cold and windy day in Changwon." tweeted coach Donald McIntosh. Hammond came
away with a score of 590, Thomson 588, and Stirton 584 and they did not
make the final - the cut-off score being 593. Thomson explained what he had to
contend with on his Facebook page: "Still can't get over just how windy the
match was this morning! Having 30 shots to go in just ten minutes is not a good
way to finish a match. Still, quite fun though!"
Jim Cole-Hamilton won Class A of the SSRA Medal competition after a re-gauge from Hugh Simpson following scores of 300 ex 300. Class B honours went to Wick Old Stagers' Peter Richard and Julie Ballantyne of the Fochabers club took the Class C title. The CanDicap competition was won by Neil McMillan from Greenock. The 3P Championship went to James Paterson. Stop press: Final (interim) results from the SSRA Prone League are now available.
The Edinburgh Evening News has today published a story on ISSF rifle judges in the Lothians as they begin their apprenticeships. Read the article here.
Marty Simpson, the County secretary of the Caithness Small-Bore Rifle Association, has advised that the recently-issued SSRA competition entry forms for the Caithness SBRA Open contain an error which competitors should be aware of. The form states that the Open will be held at Wick Old Stagers range in Wick, when it should in fact be at Thurdistoft range Castletown, where the Scottish will be held. In addition, the late entry date is incorrect, it should be 3rd July 2011. A substitute series of forms can be downloaded here, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
The latest results for March are now available on the Domestic Results page.
Jon Hammond came agonisingly close to making the final of the Men's Prone at the ISSF World Cup in Sydney, but his score of 594 fell just short. See the full results here
500 rounds of RWS R50 ammunition are on offer at each of the 2011 SSRA Grand Prix prone events. The first event is the Denwood Open on 8 May, and each class winner from A to D will be awarded 300 rounds of R50 as part of the prizes with 200 rounds going to the second-placed competitor. If you do not already have an entry form for the grand prix events, please click on the event link on the Calendar page to request an entry form either in paper form or sent by e-mail.
The Scotland team to take part in the annual postal match against New Zealand on Sunday 27 March at Balerno & Currie's range is: Main team: T Kidner, J Latimer, D Simpson, H Simpson, G Shedden, T Hodgson, I Henderson, R Spence, M McGill, J Cole-Hamilton, R Simpson, M Sinclair, JR Sinclair, K Silver, J Brown. Reserve: WT Vaughan. Junior team: J Barron, A Taylor, G Buchan, J Sime, E Steeples. Reserve: D Brown.
Sunday's championship finals and prizegiving marked the culmination of not
only a weekend of great effort from the competitors but the organisers as well
who laboured until 10pm on Friday to get the range set-up in working order.
Saturday's aggregate championships saw class wins for Sian Corish
in A, Mike Lewis in B, Andrew Laurie in C and Sarah Brown in D. Pictured above right: Sian Corish, Emma Cole-Hamilton, Kathryn Williamson, Emma Parr and Sheena Sharp in the ladies final. Photos courtesy Bruce McIntosh.
Paterson, Corish and Calum Seale (Junior champion) pick up their RWS pellets Detailed results are available on the Domestic Results page.
Results for Round 8 are now available here.
While they set up the range, the grass was green, but by the time they started shooting the snow had begun and stayed with them through the day. "While the weekend was constructive (thanks to some sleeping bags to stave off frostbite, shown left) it was also cold and for the Sunday we returned to the 'relatively' warm conditions of the indoor range," he said. "We weren't the only fools there, the University held their outdoor SUS over the same weekend, using the long range on the Saturday, and the 50m on Sunday. Those hardy souls did both days outside..." Do you know who the mystery shooter pictured in the bag is? There's a Tunnock's teacake on offer to the first person with the correct answer to mail webmaster@ssra.co.uk
Competitions secretary Beverley Burnside advices that all the details on Saturday morning for this two-day event have now been booked. For those intending on entering on the day it would therefore be best to drop her an email here. beforehand so she can pre-book details for Saturday afternoon or Sunday and thus avoid disappointment.
Willie McAulay has confirmed that the Alloa & District club will hold an outdoor taster session at the Tullygarth range on Saturday 28 May between 12-00 hrs and 18-00 hrs. The range will be open for Alloa club members from Sunday 3 April.
The results for Round 4 are now available on the Domestic Results page. Competitors at the forthcoming Scottish Air Rifle Championships are reminded that their scores there can be nominated for the final round should they so wish - simply inform competition organisers Cyril de Jonckheere and Jim McIntosh before shooting.
A new 50m league aimed at Class C+D shooters spearheads the SSRA's outdoor season. Designed to encourage new shooters to try their hand at
shooting outdoor 50m events around Scotland, entries are now invited for this
inaugural competition. Click
here to
have an entry The entry forms for all the 2011 Outdoor SSRA Competitions, including the grand prix series, are now available. While existing SSRA members should expect a package containing all the season's forms in the post, anyone is welcome to enter the competitions and a form can be sent out by emailing Competitions Manager Ian Henderson. Check out the SSRA calendar page to select what events suit you.
Bon Accord's Tim Kidner won the SSRA Speedway competition held at the Balerno & Currie range. Watsonians' Callum Seale was the winner of the Class C/D final. Click here for full results.
Home advantage was not enough for Balerno & Currie's Alasdair Horne to retain his LSSA World Cup title - but it took fellow club mate Sinclair Bruce to do it after the drama of a shoot-off. Both men had dropped just two points in the final, but SSRA performance manager Bruce showed he can still shoot as well as he coaches by notching a 100 maximum in the shoot-off to beat Horne's 99. Horne, who made the mistake of issuing the news to the media first instead of his wife, was no doubt "gutted" to relinquish the title he had won four times in the last five years. Detailed results will appear on the LSSA website.
The latest results in the 3P League are now available on the Domestic Results page
The final Air Grand Prix of the 2010-11 season, at Glenrothes, saw the irrepressible Robin Law retain the title once more "The guy has over a hundred caps for Scotland and has not lost the Plate yet, who is out there willing to try and give him a run for his money before 2014?" asked competition organiser Jim McIntosh. Balerno & Currie's Steven McLeod marked his debut in air GPs with a win in B Class pistol and he went on to top that by by winning his first-ever final by one point from Bruce McIntosh. The overall series honours, however, were lifted by Mark Joyce from Forres. The event also marked the first awards of ammunition prizes from SSRA sponsors RWS. All those competitors who had won their class during the GP season were given RWS R10 air pellets - something to consider when the dates for the 2011-12 season are announced in due course. New competitors are always made welcome, so why not give it a go? The Air GP series is an ideal way to obtain valuable experience and gain fresh insight into your sport. But the season is not over yet north of the Border. The Scottish Air Rifle championships are being staged at the Scottish Police College in Tulliallan on 19-20 March and the numerous class winners there will walk away with a supply of high quality match grade RWS pellets in addition to a trophy. The SSRA is keen to encourage new - and not so new - air shooters, there is still time to enter this event. Click here competitions@ssra.co.uk and supply a postal address and you will receive an entry form by return of post. The results from the Glenrothes GP are available on the Domestic Results page.
Latest scores from the Team Prone and Air Rifle leagues plus the qualifying rounds of the Medal, CanDicap and Speedway are now available.
Jen McIntosh has won the Ladies Junior Airgun title at Bisley, reports SSRA Performance manager Sinclair Bruce from Bisley. James Paterson made the Men's final in sixth place and in a close-fought affair made it up to fourth, fighting for third but had to settle for fifth. Emma Cole-Hamilton was eighth but due to entry numbers only seven shot in the final of the Ladies.
Scotland's successful Commonwealth Games athletes are amongst the contingent from north of the Border who been selected for the GB teams in two forthcoming ISSF World Cup events next month. Trap shooter Shona Marshall, who won the Kuwait Grand Prix on Friday, heads for Concepcion in Chile on 1 March along with skeet shooter Drew Christie. Jen McIntosh, Neil Stirton, Jon Hammond, Matthew Thomson, Morgan Cook, Sian Bruce and John MacDonald have all been picked for the World Cup event in Sydney from 21-31 March. ISSF World Cup (Shotgun, Concepcion, Chile,
1-9 March): Women's Trap: Shona Marshall. Men's Skeet: Drew Christie.
After an inexcusable delay, the results from the Air Grand Prix in Carlisle are in plus the latest scores in the SSRA Prone League and 3P League competitions. They can be found on the Domestic Results page.
Jen McIntosh, in the United States with a GB squad including Neil Stirton, continued to grab the headlines when she set a new Scottish Record (both Junior and Senior) for Women's Air Rifle at the Rocky Mountains Match in Colorado Springs. She beat her previous record of 393 (set at the Junior Nordics in 2008) by two points now raising the record to 395. Results can be found here.
Results for Round 5 of this competition are now available.
The highly publicised "Games Maker" scheme for volunteers to
help with officiating at the 2012 London Olympics has attracted a vast number of
applicants and now an urgent request has been made to narrow the field by
interviewing the hopefuls. With this in mind, a tight deadline has been set of
TUESDAY 8 February for anyone wishing to lend a hand in conducting the
interviews. There is a specific requirement to interview candidates based north
of the Border at the Glasgow Science Centre.
Approximately 50 volunteers are needed within Scotland to help out with a
selection event at the Science Centre in Glasgow between 4 May and 15 May 2011.
Caroline Brownlee and Jessie Liddon from the Scottish Pistol Association produced the star performances from the Scots contingent at the annual InterShoot Air Weapons event in The Hague. Their third and second places in the Women's Air Pistol and Women's Junior Air Pistol respectively led the way but highly notable mentions must go to Jamie Hodgson and Fiona Park who competed for their country in Air Rifle on a self-funded basis and gained valuable international experience. "Compared to domestic competitions InterShoot was a very high
standard and provided excellent experience for all who attended," said
Edinburgh's Fraser Cheetham. "There was some very good shooting most notably
from Fiona Park who at her first international competition managed to score a
new personal best of 379, unfortunately just missing out on a place in the
final. The shooting didn't always go to plan but everyone who went came away
with valuable lessons which can be put into practice in training and at future
competitions."
The Sands/Alloa Rifle Club in Kincardine will be the venue for this event on 26th February. For more information and details on how to enter, contact Ian Henderson.
The extensive SSRA News for 2010 has now been added to the archive.
The scores for Round 4 of the SSRA Team Prone League and for the early rounds of the SSRA Prone League are now available on the Domestic Results page
All five Scots who parachuted into Bisley at the weekend emerged with passes in the ISSF National Rifle Judges course, hosted by instructors David Goodfellow from British Shooting and David Parish ISSF Technical Delegate for Rifle and Pistol. Congratulations to John Buchanan, Iain Malone, Jim McIntosh, Gavin Walker and Colin Watson. For a brief diary of the course and how it went click here.
The full results for both disciplines from the latest Air Grand Prix, at Denwood, are now available here for Pistol and here for Rifle. Mark Joyce from Forres won through in the ISSF-style Pistol final with as score of 541 + 84.8 and Emma Cole-Hamilton from Bon-Accord took the honours in Rifle with 576+99.
Watsonian Rifle Club are hosting their annual Open Meeting on March 12 and 13. The competition consists of 60 shots at 25 yards shot in ten-minute timed details. There are 5 classes A-E with additional prizes for Under 21, Under 18 and Under 15s, there are also Veterans, Ladies and Team competitions. And of course there is a trip to the Bun Room, not to be missed for those not on a diet. Entry forms can be found here, or for more details, contact secretary Beverley Burnside here.
The results for the first three rounds of this competition are now available on the Domestic Results page
The drive for a dedicated Scottish Target Shooting Centre that is fit for purpose for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and beyond moved up a gear with Scottish Government backing for the Morton Clays scenario. Read the Edinburgh Evening News article here
Following the postponement of the NSRA's Rifle Judges Course in the wave of snowy weather in the first week of December, a new date of 22-23 January has been put forward.
Robin Law took the honours in the second SSRA Air Grand Prix of the season. His score of 573+100.8 edged out Steven Watterson who scored 571+98.6. Results from the Air Rifle event can be found here and the Pistol event, won by Mark Joyce from Forres, here.
SSRA members may be asking where on Earth competition stickers for the various postal 2010-11events have got to...ssra.co.uk has been advised that they are in the process of being posted out to entrants. If anyone feels that they have not been sent the correct stickers they should contact executive@ssra.co.uk without delay. Regarding times and the inevitable problems caused by the weather in submitting cards, entrants should check with the individual scorers nominated for each competition.
The NSRA has been forced to postpone this weekend's Rifle Judges Course due to the inclement weather and the disruption to travel links with airports closed, train services decimated and road conditions uncertain. The NSRA's David Goodfellow commented: "Having just consulted with David Parish we have reluctantly agreed to postpone the course until early in the New Year, at a date to be arranged. The most likely alternative dates will be one of the weekends in February. "I apologise for the inconvenience caused by this decision as I know that some will most likely incur expenses in cancelling travel and/or accommodation costs, but I think that we have had to make the decision sooner rather than leave it until the last minute so as to give you a chance to notify clubhouses or hotels, etc. of non-arrival. I would hate to think of any of you getting into difficulties in a stalwart attempt to get to Bisley." Course applicants are urged to post or e-mail their pre-course exercises to Goodfellow over the week-end so that he can mark them in advance of the re-arranged course.
Jon Hammond was awarded Clydesdale Male Athlete of the Games, with a �1000 prize, and this was matched by Jen McIntosh who was named the Clydesdale Bank Female Athlete of the Games. Hammond is Scotland’s most successful individual athlete at a single Games winning two gold medals, a silver and a bronze while McIntosh became the most successful Scottish female at a single Commonwealth Games with two golds and a bronze. Neil Stirton, left, accepted the Male Athlete award on behalf of Jon Hammond. Scottish Sportsperson of the Year 2010 was swimmer Hannah Miley, who won 400m Individual Medley gold in Delhi. Both Stirton and McIntosh will appear on BBC2 Scotland's Sport Monthly programme on Saturday December 4 at 5.55pm. Click here to read the BBC online report and here to watch video of the programme.
The SSRA is constantly on the look-out for ways to support its members and, of course, to welcome new ones. The association has now entered into co-operation with RWS ammunition via RUAG Ammotec UK Ltd which will supply R50 0.22 rounds and air pellets as prizes during the SSRA grands prix season and postal competitions - with substantial amounts on offer to the winners of all classes. Look out for more details on what the SSRA can do for you at your local club soon.
Five Scots are studying hard for an ISSF Rifle Judges licence which could put them on the road to Glasgow 2014 and, before that, the chance to be involved in the London Olympics - and they hope to be the first of many from north of the Border.
Clearly, these five pathfinders must be backed up by many more. It is understood that should sufficient demand be expressed to British Shooting, a second rifle judges course will be held in Spring 2011 and potentially in Scotland. Don't delay, log your interest in a course by going to http://www.britishshooting.org.uk/content/view/243/39/Fill in the application form British Shooting application form on screen. Save it to your computer, and then send it as an attachment to the e-mail address on the form, judges@britishshooting.org.uk
Manxman's Steven Watterson won the opening Air Grand Prix of the 2010-11 season at Callander. The Edinburgh-based shooter, who represented IoM at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, won the A class from Robin Law, while B class was taken by Kathryn Williamson, from Mark Joyce and Jamie Hodgson. The fun started in D class where we had the veteran Cyril De Jonckheere trying to fend off some relative newcomers in the shape of Mike and Andrew Ozmond. Mike took the honours with a 501 having only started shooting Air last week - which just goes to show that it is not as hard as it seems to get up from the prone to standing. We do need a lot more to try it. The Pistol event started in B class with Bruce McIntosh and Mark Joyce pushing each other along, McIntosh taking round one. In the other classes Bill Hamilton won C Class from newcomer Fiona Shedden and her shiny new Morini pistol. Overall this was a good meeting with the level of banter and comradeship at its best as it should be. Results for Air Rifle can be found here and Air Pistol here.
The selections for the 2010-2011 'A', Fast Track, 'B' and Under-21 squads are now available on the Squads & Athletes page
The club's annual Open shoot will be staged on 13-14 November and anyone wishing more details on how to enter should contact club secretary Alasdair Horne here.
The NSRA club instructors course held at Balerno & Currie
over the weekend has been declared a resounding success thanks to the diligent
teaching of coaches Sinclair Bruce and Ian Thomson, Readyaimfire!: Ian Thomson, left, and Sinclair Bruce, far right, with the batch of new club instructors
Meanwhile, target shooters across the country have the chance to cast their vote for the Commonwealth Games heroes at the sportscotland Sports Awards 2010 on Thursday 2 December at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel. Sponsored by the Sunday Mail, the event will celebrate excellence in Scotland's sportsmen, women and teams for their outstanding achievements. To vote for the sporting star you feel has contributed most to their sport this year click here.
“It’s been an incredible Games for shooting," said Hammond. "Once we got a few medals it was good for morale. On the rifle side to pick up so many medals, particularly in the 3P was huge. We’ve always been strong in prone and we knew we’d have medal opportunities so that put us in a good frame of mind and maybe lifted a bit of pressure early on. To get four golds out of four in the prone events is just fantastic." Head coach Donald McIntosh described the medal haul as “beyond my wildest dreams”. As for Watt, she has been a devoted member of Team Scotland since 1970, as a volunteer, physio and team leader. Starting as a physio at the Edinburgh games of that year, Joan has also worked as a physio for athletics and shooting. She is the team leader for shooting in Delhi, and has played a major part in their success. “I’m very proud of the whole team,” she said. “They’ve all worked so hard, and it’s fantastic to see them getting the praise that they really deserve. It is very good for shooting, and I hope that it will influence the future in terms of facilities and funding.” Shirley took time to comment on
Watt's contribution to the sport,
describing her as "one
of the unsung heroes of Scottish sport". "While there has been a great
fuss about Willie Wood's eighth games, And Shirley has one more memorable Games moment to come. In 1994 when she returned from the Games with her gold medals she was greeted at the airport by a very young Jen, shown at right. When the new Commonwealth Ladies champion returns at the weekend history will have come full circle.
Colin Watson would like to thank all those who made coverage of the Games campaign so up to the minute and ahead of other media sources. Special thanks go to Graham Rudd for his diary and those coaches and athletes who helped out with their help, information, early morning texts and "error-checking" to provide the best, fairest, and most accurate coverage of a historic campaign both here and in print, radio and television. SSRA.co.uk: Bringing you the latest news, views and results in Scottish target shooting from Denwood to Dortmund to Delhi.
Jon Hammond has won his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games with victory in the final of the 50m Men's Prone event. Hammond scored 696.9 after the final round to edge out
Australia's Warren Potent who scored 695.4 for the silver medal. The bronze went
to Northern Ireland's Matthew Hall with 694.1 while Hammond's “It was just a great day," said Hammond, pictured centre right with Warren Potent and Matthew Hall. "Yesterday was fantastic, winning the pairs with Neil. Today I just wanted to have a good match and see what happened. I would have been pretty delighted just to have got a medal and come away with a medal in each event. To win it and to beat Warren in the final, who one of the best shooters in the world; is really satisfying.”
And there were more medals today: Angus McLeod and Ian Shaw took the silver medal in the pairs full bore open final.
Two golds in 24 hours for Jen McIntosh who scored a fantastic 597 to win the Women's 50m
Prone this morning, coming three points clear of India's Tejaswini Sawant
and four clear of Wales' Johanne “I don’t really know how to differentiate between the two [golds]," she added. "Yesterday was great because I got to share the moment with Kay in the pairs, which is something that you don’t get to do all that often in shooting. This one is really special though." Not to be outdone, Neil Stirton and Jon Hammond took Pairs gold with a score of 1181, seeing off England's Mike Babb and Richard Wilson who scored 1178 as well as the Australian pairing of Warren Potent and David Clifton who had 1174. “It was a tricky day today with the wind, and all the scores were a bit lower than we were expecting,” said Hammond. “We had to fight through it and I’m glad we came out on top. It’s great to have gone up one step at a time. To collect a full set of medals at my first Commonwealth Games is really special and it’s something I’ll cherish forever.” Once again Scottish shooters are to the fore with widespread media coverage on radio, television, the web and in print. Wednesday will see Hammond and Stirton back in action in the individual event. Results are available here
"It was pretty tough. It wasn't easy out there," said
McIntosh. "The wind was up. It was quite strong. It is an absolutely incredible
feeling to win. Very satisfying. I hoped we were capable of gold but I didn't
quite expect it." Copland said: "It's a total shock to win." Their victory means the title stays in Scottish hands after
Susan Jackson and Sheena Sharp won the the event in Melbourne in 2006. Jen
follows in the footsteps of her mother Shirley who won a gold in the 1994 Games
in Victoria, Canada. . “I’m thrilled to bits with the two of them," said coach Donald McIntosh. "Jen shot really well. It was a really controlled performance and I’m really happy with that. Kay had a bit of a tough time with the wind, which was a bit of a surprise because she’s a very experienced and very tough wind shooter. One thing about these Commonwealth Games pairs is that you don’t know what anyone else is doing, and every point matters. She dug in and finished with three tens, which was what she needed to take gold." And he is busy preparing the pair for Tuesday's Prone individual shoot: “They need to go and get their heads together. Jen is coming off the back of a great score and Kay is coming off the back of what was a relatively poor score for her, so there’s conflicting emotions. Our job is to get them rested, and get their heads in the right place for them to have a crack at it.”
For detailed results click here. Picture courtesy Steve Lindridge/Ideal Images
Jon Hammond netted the smallbore team's first silver medal
today in the Men's 3P rifle. His score of 1164 + 91.3 for a total of 1255.3 in
the final got the better of England shooter James Huckle's 1254.9, while “I didn’t feel I had the best of finals so to come away with the silver medal is great,” said Hammond, who is based in Virginia. "It’s been a fantastic start to competition for me with medals in my first two events. I’ve been working really hard on my 3P scoring for the past two or three years to try and improve. It was a great experience for me to reach a final, and compete against some of these guys.” Referring to the Prone events which begin on Tuesday he added: "The prone is my favoured event, and I’ve qualified for the Olympics events before so I’ll look to carry on from here.” There was also silver for Scotland's clay shooters too thanks to Shona Marshall in Trap.
"We’ve both been shooting really well and we had high hopes for today, but it’s a great feeling to come away with a medal in my first match at a Commonwealth Games," said Hammond. “It came down to the wire," said Stirton. "We tied with England and lost out on inner tens so that’s less than 1mm over 240 shots. It’s very close so we’re slightly disappointed not to take the silver, but we’re both delighted to come away with a medal anyway. It’s another medal for Team Scotland so hopefully it’ll boost morale within the team and make everyone proud at home.” Results: India 2325 points (106 x-bulls), England 2308 (105x), Scotland 2308 (104x), Malaysia 2289 (84x), Australia 2277 (86x), Bangladesh 2277 (86x), St Helena 2277 (83x).
In her second quest for medals this week, Jen McIntosh made it to the final of the Women's Three-Position rifle, only to finish in fifth place with a final ten shots of 96.0. She qualified for the final in fourth place with a score of 571. Her partner in pairs glory on Tuesday, Kay Copland, just narrowly missed out in the qualifying round, her score of 567 leaving her in 11th place. The event was won by Alethea Sedgman of Australia with an overall score of 575+101, with Singapore's Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei second and compatriot Aqilah Sudhir taking the bronze medal. For detailed results click here to download the PDF(select the Reports drop-down menu and click on Results)
Coach Sinclair Bruce advises that this course is now fully booked for 16-17 October
Edinburgh's Graham Rudd came up short in his bid for 10m air
rifle glory, finishing 11th in qualification with a score of 584. "I felt
the performance was good considering the amount of changes I've made recently
(new cheekpiece, sights, tube, shooting glasses and hand position!). It's
beginning to feel really steady at times so with more training I think my scores
will improve greatly," he said.
Kay Copland, left, and Jen McIntosh took the bronze in the Women's 50m 3P Pairs, an event won by Singapore with India second.
After picking up her first Commonwealth Games medal McIntosh said: “I’m obviously delighted to have won a medal, though it’s a bit disappointing to come away with bronze rather than silver or gold." And Copland added: "I'm really happy with the result. I had no idea it was so close, but it's a great feeling to come away with a medal." McIntosh was one of the first shooters to complete all three positions, leaving her with the unenviable task of watching her partner finish. It was a tense half hour with the medal places changing after almost every shot. “It was absolutely terrifying watching Kay shoot that last sequence,” she said. “It’s always the worst part for me”. Despite being alone in action, Kay was aware that there could be a lot riding on her last few points: “It was running through my head that there could be just a few points between gold; silver, bronze and fourth, but I was trying not to think about it too much." Jen’s dad and coach, Donald McIntosh was proud of the pair’s performance, saying: “It was a pretty tough day and the scores are actually pretty low. The girls fought well through the wind and came away with a medal which is great. There was the pressure of the occasion to deal with as well and a level of expectation about medals. There was plenty of adrenaline flowing between the two of them today.” The duo will be back in action on Thursday in the 50m 3P singles event. For detailed scores on this event visit the Sius Ascor site. For details on the event scheduling during the Games, please visit the Commonwealth Games site. And click on the logo for the first part of the exclusive SSRA diary from Delhi.
Aberdeen's Neil Stirton savoured the evening's spectacular opening ceremony and declared: “To step out into the stadium again for Scotland was an incredible feeling. Looking up and seeing the saltires in the crowd brought back some warm memories, and the show was truly spectacular. It’s great knowing that the Games are underway, and I can’t wait to get out to the range to start competing.” Cyclist Ross Edgar led Team Scotland into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as the XIX Commonwealth Games officially got underway. It was, said Edgar, “a really proud moment, and up there with the best experiences I’ve ever had in sport.
F urther to the article from 9 January 2010 on the plans for an ISSF Judges course on these shores, it has now been agreed that a Rifle Judges course will be run at Bisley on the weekend of 4-5 December 2010.Additionally, a course for Pistol Judges has also been set up with a date of 20-21st November confirmed. According to SSRA Council member Jim McIntosh, the Games organisers would like Scotland, as the host nation, to provide more than 50 per cent of all officials. In excess of 127 officials may be required for the various categories of Juries, Appeal, Full Bore, ISSF, Pistol, Shotgun and Classification. You won't get a medal but you could lend your experience to ensure that the Games go smoothly and the sense of satisfaction in doing that will be as good as a podium place. Perhaps you already have a level of experience in ministering over shooting events, or perhaps you would like to step up to the plate and gain it. Either way, your help and enthusiasm will be needed. If you would like to apply for the judging course follow these instructions: Go to http://www.britishshooting.org.uk/content/view/243/39/ Fill in the application form British Shooting application form on screen. Save it to your computer, and then send it as an attachment to the e-mail address on the form, judges@britishshooting.org.uk
Jon Hammond, left, with Neil Stirton
Team Scotland’s
shooting team have arrived safely in Delhi. The athletes were whisked through
the accreditation process quickly and smoothly to find their luggage waiting for
them and transport on hand to transfer them to their accommodation in the
Village and after a short 40 minute, traffic-jam fr Jonathan Hammond commented: “The Village has been a pleasant surprise. We were concerned about it but the Management Team has really taken care of things and everything seems comfortable and welcoming. I think we have everything we need to be able to get down to some training and focus on our events.” Team Scotland Chef de Mission Jon Doig was the first to welcome them to their new home for the next three weeks and said: “We are all delighted to be able to welcome the first of Team Scotland’s athletes to Delhi today. Our General Management Team have been working hard to ensure facilities are in a suitable condition for the athletes, and now that the Team has started to arrive it feels like our hard work is really paying off.”
Jennifer McIntosh says her goodbyes to her younger sister Seonaid at Glasgow Airport Photograph: Craig Williamson/SNS Group
Dave Caughey took yet more honours when he won the Fife & Kinross Outdoor Open, hosted by the Perth range. Results are available here
It has been confirmed that Scotland's shooting teams will
begin their journey to Delhi on Saturday 25 September, putting an end to
concerns that the departure would be delay
Commonwealth Games Scotland is aware of the shooting incident
on a tourist bus in north Delhi on the morning of 19 September and received a
security briefing along with the other home nations.
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Scottish Smallbore Rifle
Association
Sarah Bates, currently based in Edinburgh but due to move to Caithness
shortly, emerged triumphant from the latest SSRA Grand Prix, held at Thurdistoft,
the venue for the NSRA Scottish meeting, in the third GP of the season. Tucking
into a well-earned cake from the excellent local WRI service, Sarah explained
that she only travelled to the area on Friday and showed her strength in the 50m
event, coming out on top in the ISSF-style final. Look out for the detailed results here
soon.
Alloa and District's Sinclair Bruce has won the Earl Haig
competition at the NSRA Scottish meeting in Caithness.
Bruce, recently appointed
a full-time coach through Sportscotland, took his medal haul of 12 trophies last
year a stage further with victory in the Haig. The one-time Commonwealth Games
shooter, also a member with Balerno & Currie, may now been under some
good-natured pressure to enter the Scottish 50m championships in Denwood after
all at the end of the month after his great achievement. His traditional hurl in
the Earl Haig chair from the other finalists was topped off with a medicinal
dram - and a celebratory Tunnock's teacake from the SSRA hack. It's hoped to publish still pictures and
video from the Earl Haig ceremony soon. Pictured left, Sinclair Bruce is carried
high, after a chat with his canine pal, Willow, right. Video of the Haig
ceremony can be viewed
Pictured
left: The Scotland Main team of JG Shedden,
L Thomson,
AS Bruce, J Henderson, WT Vaughan, J Cole-Hamilton, STM Malone, RG Spence, H Simpson
and I Burton (reserves:JF Smith, Miss SE Brown). At right, Scotland ladies: SE
Brown, FE Shedden, S Sharp, M Bexley, M Melvin 
The SSRA Freuchie competition, a traditional event held
during lunchbreaks at the Scottish, reached a conclusion today when Bill
Vaughan, Cliff Ogle and Jim Cole-Hamilton held their nerve in the blustery winds
of Caithness to reach the final where Cliff Ogle emerged triumphant and
was awarded the impressive Wilkinson sword trophy. The C&D final was contested between
Steve Gemmell, Adam Dove and Michael Baker and Adam Dove came away with the
title.
The
second year of Alloa & District Rifle Club's Triple Dewar saw an increased entry
from the 2010 debut, 35 from 28. More and more target shooters it seems are
taking the opportunity to use the event's proximity to the NSRA Scottish meeting
as a worthwhile preparation competition and this year's entries brought
competitors from as far away as London. Alloa shooters cleared the boards,
explained organiser Willie McAulay, and interestingly five out of the six
competitions were won by shooters using RWS ammunition.
in the
eight-man final with Aberdeen's Neil Stirton sixth and James Henderson from
Caithness seventh.
Aberdeen,
they told us that very clearly. So we're keen to work with the athletes, to work
with the governing bodies, to look at how a part of the legacy can be a
fit-for-purpose training facility in a reasonably easy to access location and
hopefully we can take these discussions forward."
Dave
Caughey came through to win the second SSRA Prone Grand Prix of 2011 - an
ideal confidence booster for his forthcoming World Cup trip to Munich.
Jen
McIntosh won the Women's 3x20 event and Andrew Ross the Men's 3x40 event in the latest SSRA 3P Grand Prix
in Denwood.
Matthew
Thomson and Jonathan Hammond's bid for glory in the Men's 50m Prone at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning,
Georgia fell short in the qualifying round after scores of 595 and 593
respectively. Austria's Christian Planer who scored 599 and Sergei Martynov of
Belarus on 598, led the way into the final where 596 marked the cut. In the
final, Germany's Henri Junghaenel emerged victorious with 597+105.6, landing
gold ahead of Martynov (103.1) and Serbian Nemanya Mirosavljev with 597+103.3.
or visit the British Shooting site.
James Paterson,
left, won the Men's title and Wales' Sian Corish the
Ladies title at the Scottish Open Air Rifle Championships
held at the Scottish
Police College in Tulliallan over the weekend. 
were
run according to the latest ISSF rules clarifications with a fairly slick
operation set up to ensure the scores were collected, although Cyril de
Jonckheere did his best to keep everyone on their toes by forgetting that each
finals shot was permitted a full 75 seconds and not 45....
A
recent B squad training session took place at Denwood in Aberdeen, with an
opportunity to start some outdoor training but the oddball Scottish
weather had other plans to test them, writes coach Jim Cole-Hamilton.
form sent to you.
Scotland's superb team performance in Delhi was tonight
honoured at the Commonwealth Games Scotland Sports Awards Dinne
r in Glasgow.
Following
on from our news that a course 
with all 12 candidates
passing their assessments. Thanks also go to the unsung heroes from the
probationary ranks at at B&C who gave up their spare time to volunteer as guinea
pigs......
The
Commonwealth Games has drawn to a close but one final honour was bestowed on
Scotland's target shooters: Jon Hammond was the flagbearer for the team with Jen
McIntosh in the flagbearer party along with team leader Joan Watt and swimmer
David Carry. Just as Jen's mother Shirley flew the flag in
Victoria in 1994 as the squad's most successful athlete so did Hammond, for w
Joan is attending her ninth," Shirley went on, "she has acted as physio, lead
physio and shooting team manager over the last 32 years. She has been a staunch
supporter of shooting and has been involved with shooting since before I can
remember. Her own sport was athletics and she has been heavily involved in the
SAF for many years also.
team mate Neil Stirton finished in fifth with 693.7. England's Mike Babb finished fourth with
693.9.
Brekke. McIntosh's score is a new
Commonwealth Games record, beating the previous mark of 590 set by Carolyn
Quigley of Malaysia in 1998. Kay Copland improved on her score of yesterday with
a 583 and finished 13th in a strong field. "It feels amazing to have won it and I am just going to enjoy
it," said McIntosh.
Jen McIntosh and Kay Copland notched gold at the
Commonwealth Games today in the Women's Prone Pairs after a nailbiting set of
scores saw them edge out England.
India's
seemingly-unbeatable Gagan Narang won gold with 1166+96.2. Neil Stirton just
missed out on a place in the final with 1135.
Neil Stirton and Jon Hammond picked up bronze medals in the
Men's Three-Position Rifle Pairs, narrowly beaten to silver by the England
pairing of James Huckle and Ken Parr by a single X-bull. The bronze was the
first in this event since Bill Murray and Alister Allan's achievement in
Victoria, British Columbia in 1994.The gold was won by India's Gagan Narang
and Imran Hasan Khan.
Forward
thinking is paying off for the team in Delhi as training continues for next
week's events at the two Games venues.
The
heat will be more bearable for some, with Jonathan Hammond seeing it as an
advantage over some of the competition. The 50m Rifle shooter, who has lived in
the USA for eight years, and has benefited from a number of bespoke training
sessions, including Team GB preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. 
ed
by problems at the athletes' village. While the teams for Boxing, Wrestling and
Sevens Rugby will be delayed, the shooters will travel along with the
teams for Archery, Lawn Bowls, Tennis and Weightlifting.There are indications that the Delhi Government under the leadership of
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is taking responsibility and driving concerted
action to resolve the issues in the Games Village.