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We are 45 mins from Birmingham, 2x 100m ranges, 3 x 50m ranges who do we make contact with do you think?

Thorney wrote:We are 45 mins from Birmingham, 2x 100m ranges, 3 x 50m ranges who do we make contact with do you think?

Are you thinking that you could host events there?

Which ones do you think you have facilities for?

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Thorney: Read up on the Glasgow Games results. From memory there is 300m Full bore rifle 25 and 50 pistol 50 m small bore rifle 7 and 10m air pistol and air rifle plus the various airgun events., I've forgotten the name of the bloke in charge but think he was e same as had been in charge at the London olympics. Failing that contact Sport England.

Robert303 wrote:From memory there is 300m Full bore rifle

The full-bore rifle is 300 to 1000 yards.

Here are some photos of facilities at recent and forthcoming Games (note the target numbers):

Air range at Delhi



One of the Pistol ranges at Delhi



One of the Clay ranges at Gold Coast (Amber Hill about to win her CSF Final)



Full-bore Range at Gold Coast



Finals Hall at Gold Coast (configured for 50m prone rifle)



Finals Hall at Gold Coast (configured for pistol)

...and today's letter from the CEO of the CGF seems to firmly slam the door in shooters' faces:

CGF PUBLIC LETTER: Optional Sports at 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Yeah so that. Oh well.

Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please get it into your heads that there are no circumstances that there will be any shooting in Birmingham.

Egg on Leggs1 wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please get it into your heads that there are no circumstances that there will be any shooting in Birmingham.

Unless the shooting organizations do that in-spite of what the CWG do & hold a 'CWG' clays at? , fullbore at Altcar, air at Aldersley SBR at somewhere etc etc if we accept & do nothing there will be nothing but its not beyond the ability of the NRA, NSRA, CPSA etc to do that if there is a will to do it & stand up for our sport! they don't even need to do it together, just at the same time but it would be better if they could collaborate.

I challenge them to do so...............

Egg on Leggs1 wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please get it into your heads that there are no circumstances that there will be any shooting in Birmingham.

Perhaps not Legal shooting..... but given that Birmingham is a rough city, out on the streets there are bound to be a few incidents

"and the CGF President will shortly meet the ISSF to discuss their future plans and ambitions to continue the development of shooting disciplines throughout the Commonwealth.........."

Why?? They've made it quite plain they don't give a rats arse..........

Pete