Commonwealth Games

tac foley

dCorbus wrote: »

That's probably why the Koreans aren't there either (or the Americans for that matter, who were also part of ye olde Empire too once upon a time - But I'd be very surprised if anyone invited them along).:D;)

This post, thanks to me screwing it up by mentioning TWANG-type shooting rather than BANG-type shooting, has drifted quite aways from the original posit, and may be getting on some folks' nerves with all this mentioning of former associations, now long dead and gone.

Let's just get back on track and I promise not to interfere with the real direction of the thread again.

tac

PS - emoticons are wasted on me, so I'll make no assumptions as to what they represent by ignoring them.

demonloop

dCorbus wrote: »

An invite is all very nice and all.....but there's still the "minor technicality" that Ireland is not in the Commonwealth, well not since we chose to remove the Saxe-Coburgs from our letterhead and to opt out of "free association" with the British Empire from 1948 anyways.

For sporting reasons, it would be nice to have the opportunity to compete at such a widely-entered event, but not being in the commonwealth kinda stymies that one. That's probably why the Koreans aren't there either (or the Americans for that matter, who were also part of ye olde Empire too once upon a time - But I'd be very surprised if anyone invited them along).:D;)

Now if we could only persuade Australia to leave the Commonwealth...

rrpc

demonloop wrote: »

Now if we could only persuade Australia to leave the Commonwealth...

That's a slippery slope

demonloop

Just a reminder folks, Gary and Matt shoot in the pairs tomorrow at 12.00, Louise Aiken shoots at 9.00

Don't know if those times are local or what the story is. I assume so.

Hopefully some action here...

http://results.sius.com/Championships.aspx

It wasn't me!

Looking forward to seeing how the two of them get on. If those training photos haven't been too selective it'll be a good show.

demonloop

It wasn't me! wrote: »

If those training photos haven't been too selective it'll be a good show.

Aye, noticed they were only shooting 100's

It wasn't me!

demonloop wrote: »

Aye, noticed they were only shooting 100's

No harm in that.

rrpc

demonloop wrote: »

Aye, noticed they were only shooting 100's

Or only photographing them

demonloop

Just posted this on another forum

Confirms times for BBC coverage.

Louise Aiken shoots in the 50m prone women at 9.00 (4.25 GMT) and will be on the BBC Red button - might try and catch this.

On Wednesday Matt & Gary both shoot in the individual event. Qualification at 9.00 (0845 GMT) Will be on the BBC Red button - a more social hour

rrpc

Gary and Matt were just pipped for a medal by 3 centre tens! They finished with a score of 1174 (61x) just behind the Australia pairing of Waren Potent (joint WR holder) and David Clifton with 1174 (64x) and England's Mike Babb (triple WC winner) and Richard Wilson with 1178 (59x).

Scotland's Neil Stirton and Jonathan Hammond won the event with a score of 1181 (74x).

Behind Gary and Matt were India's Gagan Narang and Hariom Singh with a score of 1173 (53x)

Sparks

Damn, that's fustrating

FLOYDSTER

Balls,balls,balls lol!!, must try harder!!;)

It wasn't me!

Well done Gary. Hope tomorrow goes well for you now. Fourth is still a cracking result given who you were beaten by, to say nothing of the ones you beat.

tac foley

A great hoorah! for ALL the Irish shooting team. You can all truly hold your heads up. :=)

tac

rrpc

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Balls,balls,balls lol!!, must try harder!!;)

I think yourself and Matt must have used up all your tons in training

FLOYDSTER

rrpc wrote: »

I think yourself and Matt must have used up all your tons in training

The range was a completely different animal today!!;), good to see although not easy to shoot!

rrpc

By the way, that is the highest place finish for NI in the event and equal highest score. Previous best place was 6th which was done three times: 1982, 1994 and 1998. 1174 was scored in 1998.

So you're both the new record holders, congratulations! :cool:

rrpc

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

The range was a completely different animal today!!;), good to see although not easy to shoot!

Figured as much from the scores. Highest was 594 (Warren Potent) which is a long way shy of his best :eek:

It wasn't me!

Now head out and sort them in the singles tomorrow Gary. That Potent fella's looking smug, give his shoulder a shunt.

demonloop

Gary & Matt safely through to the final, a fantastic achievement in itself!

1 264 HAMMOND Jonathan SCO 99 100 99 100 98 99 595-43x
2 21 POTENT Warren AUS 100 100 99 99 98 98 594-41x
3 228 HALL Matthew NIR 99 99 98 98 100 99 593-32x
4 85 BABB Mike ENG 99 98 100 98 100 97 592-37x
5 275 STIRTON Neil SCO 99 99 100 99 98 97 592-31x
6 227 DUFF Gary NIR 100 99 98 99 98 98 592-30x
7 146 SINGH Hariom IND 98 99 98 99 98 99 591-36x
8 302 SAMARAKOON Mangala SRI 98 100 98 98 98 98 590-31x

Kicking off now, not on TV

Coronal

Looks like it has the makings of an excellent final!

demonloop

"After five shots in the 50m men's prone rifle final, it's Scotland's Jon Hammond in the lead from Australian Warren Potent. Scotland's Neil Webb in bronze medal position."

I'm guessing 'Neil Webb' is either Babb or Stirton

demonloop

Jon Hammond wins Scotland's seventh gold medal of the Games in the men's 50m prone rifle final, with Northern Ireland's Matt Hall claiming bronze.:D:D

Coronal

Well done to Matt! Fantastic result

demonloop

Final reply here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/live/9086358.stm

demonloop

I'm hoping this is true lads, watching the final replay Matt's in 6th after 4 shots??

Tis true - great final!

rrpc

demonloop wrote: »

I'm hoping this is true lads, watching the final replay Matt's in 6th after 4 shots??

Tis true - great final!

Fantastic result! Another Northern Ireland CG shooting record broken. Cliff Ogle was the last man to make a CG final and finshed fourth I think?

How did Gary do? BBC won't show me vids because I'm in 'another territory' :rolleyes: and the results aren't up on the CG website yet.

Edit: OK, it's up there now, Gary finished sixth!

It wasn't me!

That's an awesome result. Congratulations to both of you guys. Hope you enjoy the rest of the competition and have a handy trip home.

FLOYDSTER

Really well done to Matt!, an 8 at 6 oclock for a 98 in my last string did my chances no good today! lol;), very low scoring final from everyone today too!
Glad its all over although coming home over a stone lighter wont do me any harm!!:D

Sparks

Damn fine result FLOYDSTER, though how you lost a stone despite that pucker factor I'm not sure