From: "bob blake", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I must disagree with Bob, Mick's average score in UIT
>Centrefire, Freepistol and Standard Pistol (as well as
>Air Pistol) were all above 550. I have been shooting
>next to Mick on at least two occasions when he broke
>the British UIT Centrefire record. Is it any wonder
>he can't win a quota place with restrictions on practice!
There are no quota places for Centrefire and Standard
Pistol as they are not Olympic events, the only Olympic
events that are restricted in England are Free Pistol
and Rapid Fire for men and Sport Pistol for women.
Mick's average in Centrefire and Standard was much
higher than Free Pistol. Mick's 1997 GB Squad averages
(for 1998 squad) were Centrefire 583.33, Standard
DNC, Free Pistol 557.67.
>Even when Mick did win a quota place in one discipline
>we sent another shooter instead I believe (this was at
>the last Olympics).
I fully agree, but the quota place belongs to your
country, not you.
>everal of our pistol shooters could have attended but
>didn't (the overall competitor numbers at some of the
>Olympic shooting events was pretty low and I can't
>believe it was because of lackof range space and time).
The Olympic events have a limit on competitors, Free
Pistol 30, Air Pistol 30, Rapid Fire 20, Ladies Sport
Pistol 25 and Ladies Air Pistol 30. No British Pistol
Shooters could have attended as GB did not have any
Pistol Quota places.
Full details of how the Olympic Shooting events work
can be found on the ISSF website.
Regards
Bob Blake
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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