Shooting
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Maltese shooters in Italy trap competition
A team of shooters from the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF) were in Italy last weekend to take part in The Fulignio Trap Grand Prix 2008. The competition was on 125 clays with the best six shooters qualifying for the final barrage. Frans Pace...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008 by
Valhmor Camilleri
Eighth placing a stimulus for the future - Chetcuti
Malta's most prominent Olympian, William Chetcuti, reckons the eighth placing he achieved in Beijing is no disappointment but a stimulus for his career and better results on the international scene. Chetcuti, 23, was speaking to The Times on his...
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Friday, August 15, 2008 by
Reuters
Cainero wins gold in downpour
Italy's Chiara Cainero won a three-way sudden death shoot-out in pouring rain to take the Olympic gold medal in skeet shooting yesterday. Cainero hit both her targets despite conditions more suited for duck-hunting. American Kimberly Rhode then...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 by
Reuters
American deer hunter plays safe with burgers
A bad ham sandwich in Sydney eight years ago taught Walton Eller an important lesson - stick to American hamburger and pizza. The deer hunter from Texas won the gold medal in the men's double trap yesterday, a lop-sided victory that erased painful...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Final just eludes eighth-placed Chetcuti
William Chetcuti had looked on course to gain a place in the final of the double trap shooting competition in Beijing yesterday but his bright chances of a top-six finish suffered a hammer blow with three consecutive misses in the concluding stages...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by
Reuters
Finn wins women's trap
Finland's Satu Makela-Nummela won the Olympic gold medal in the women's trap shooting with a nail-biting victory over Zuzana Stefecekova, of Slovakia, at the Beijing shooting range yesterday. American Corey Cogdell won a dramatic four-way shoot-off...
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Monday, August 11, 2008 by
Reuters
Czech wins trap gold in rain
David Kostelecky of the Czech Republic won the Olympic gold medal in the men's trap shooting yesterday with a brilliant final round in splendid duck-hunting weather to surge past a nervous Alexey Alipov of Russia. Kostelecky, who had never won a...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008 by
Reuters
Victorious Pang restores China pride
China's Pang Wei won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol yesterday, restoring the host nation's pride hours after compatriot Du Li wilted under the enormous pressure of home crowd expectations in her event. Pang, the 2006 world...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by
Reuters
Australia's Mark says bring on the smog
Australian shooter Russell Mark is a rarity among the competitors at the Beijing Games - the more smog and pollution the better for the former Olympic double trap champion. Mark, 44, said the hazy conditions that have blanketed the Chinese capital...
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Evergreen Pace hits 145 to set national trap record
Frans Pace set a national trap scoring record when hitting a stunning total of 145 from 150 clays last weekend to win the Horace Micallef Ent. trophy at the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF) ranges in Bidnija. Pace showed off his excellent form...
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Pace wins All Malta Trap trophy
Veteran Trap shooter Frans Pace underlined his supremacy in the discipline at the Bidnija ranges yesterday when he won the All Malta Selection trophy, a competition over 125 clays, organised by the Malta Shooting Sport Federation. Pace managed...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008 by
Reuters
Indian Sodhi to miss out on Games
Indian Double Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, who matched two world records to win gold at last month's World Cup in Belgrade, will not be going to the Olympic Games after a request for a wildcard place was turned down. India's lone qualification berth...
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Farrugia on top at Bidnija
Junior shooter, Clive Farrugia, extended his winning form last weekend by winning the Skeet Selection shoot organised by the Malta Shooting Sport Federation at their ranges in Bidnija. Farrugia hit scores of 22, 23, 22 on Saturday and 24 and 23...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 by
Reuters
Al Maktoum takes aim at sports chiefs
The United Arab Emirates' only Olympic medallist has taken a shot at the country's sports bosses for wasting the legacy of his gold at the Athens Games. Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, the Double Trap gold medallist in 2004, is furious at the country's...
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Pace, Farrugia obtain MQS scores in Nicosia
Shooters Frans Pace (trap) and Clive Farrugia (skeet) both achieved ISSF Minimum Qualifying Standard scores in their respective categories during the European Championships in Nicosia, yesterday. Competing in the trap event for seniors, Pace, who on...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Pace, Farrugia in action at Euro Championships
The European Shooting Championships continued yesterday in Cyprus with Frans Pace representing Malta in the trap competition while upcoming Clive Farrugia made his debut in the junior skeet event. In the seniors' trap, Pace was involved in the...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Chetcuti gears up for Beijing with barrage slot
Maltese Double Trap shooter William Chetcuti finally got in gear on the international scene following a fine display in the European Championships, currently under-way in Nicosia, Cyprus. In his build-up to next month's Olympics, Chetcuti had failed...
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Friday, July 4, 2008
All Malta Trap Selection
The 2008 All Malta Trap Selection will be staged at the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF) ranges in Bidnija on the weekend of July 12-13. The competition will be on 125 clays plus a 25-clay final. Participants will shoot at the first 75 clays...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
European federation president Caricato in Malta visit
Last Sunday, the Malta Airgun Shooting Club (MASC) held the second round of the 2008 Air Rifle Benchrest competition. Present for the occasion was the president of the European Rimfire and Airrifle Benchrest Shooting Federation (ERABSF) Carlo...
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Pennoni wins Grand Prix
The Malta International Grand Prix came to a close yesterday with the remaining 25 clays and the final barrage from the 125+25 trap competition, held at the Bidnija ranges over three days. Nazzareno Attard started the day in first place with a score...