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Commonwealth Games 2002

This page was originally published on the website of the former Scottish Target Shooting Federation, and has been re-published here in order to maintain the archive.

This page will keep you up to date with the Scottish Shooting Team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.  Click on the pictures for the full size versions.

Hurly Burly, Edinburgh

For the Scottish team, the final curtain came down on the 2002 Commonwealth Games with a black tie dinner & ceilidh - otherwise known as the Hurly Burly - held in Edinburgh on Friday 4th October. Nine of the shooting team were able to attend, along with team manager Hamish Hunter and head physio Joan Watt, and are shown adjacent in all their finery, and again below right with partners and other supporters. The picture below shows Alice Ogilvie, having just worked out what "thundersticks" are for.  A prize may be available for the best caption if any submitted - click here - are printable!

Athlete's Reception, Glasgow

The First Minister, Jack McConnell, hosted a reception for members of the Scottish Team in Glasgow City Chambers on Thursday 8th August.  A number of the Shooting team attended, including silver medallist Sheena Sharp who arrived with some of the other medal winners on an open-top bus.

Closing Ceremony

Ten members of the Shooting squad attended the Closing Ceremony in Manchester.  True to form the rain fell and fell, and the athletes - seated in the temporary part of the stand - were drenched for over two hours. The Ceremony was followed by a party at the Scottish Centre in the Thistle Hotel in Manchester. We hope you have enjoyed the pictures and found the information here useful - please let us have some feedback either by e-mail or on the discussion forum. Roll on Melbourne 2006!

Competition Day 8

Scotland completed the shooting competitions at Bisley with a third medal, in this case for Mike Thomson in the Skeet.  Mike, winner of the CSF Championship last in 1997 & 2001 entered the final in second place after two rounds of 23 on the second stage of the qualification round and produced a round of 25 to secure the medal - the only one for the men in the team!  Ian Marsden also qualified for the final, ending up in sixth place. In the Women's Prone, Susan Jackson was unfortunate to miss out on a second medal, losing the Bronze on countback. Scotland's two silver and one bronze medals are an improvement on the three bronze medals won in 1998, and have contributed to an excellent overall performance of 30 medals for the whole Scottish team. The final medal table for shooting is shown below also.

Final Medal Table (Shooting)

Competition Day 7

Scotland picked up a second medal in the shooting events on the penultimate day at Bisley.  Edith Barnes, a recent convert to ISSF Skeet, picked up a Bronze medal in the Women's individual event. In the Men's Skeet Mike Thomson is in the lead after three rounds on day 1, with Ian Marsden in fourth place.  The remaining two rounds prior to the final will take place tomorrow morning. The results summary for the events which completed today is given below:

Competition Day 6

There were some good Scottish performances today, although no medals were forthcoming.  Colin Will and Stuart Cumming both produced personal best scores in the Men's Double Trap, in Colin's case just two points away from making the final.  Both men are recent converts from non-ISSF "Sporting" events, and have been competing in Double Trap for around six months. David Lewis, sporting his kilt, produced a personal best in the Free Pistol, shooting with a Standard Pistol due to a mechanical breakdown prior to the commencement of the Games.

Competition Day 5

Day 5 was the first full day of the individual matches, and David Gillies was the first Scot to qualify for a final in the Trap.  Team mate David Marello was involved in a shoot off for the last place in the final, but was unfortunate not to qualify. With the short range sections of the fullbore now competed the Scots are in the middle of the pack, Alice Ogilvie three points behind the leader with Ian Shaw a further two points behind.

Competition Day 4

Scotland earned its first shooting medal of these Games, with Silver for Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson in the Women's Prone Rifle - the event in which Susan won Bronze with Shirley McIntosh in 1998. After three rounds in the Men's Trap David Gillies is lying in fourth place, while in the Fullbore Rifle Ian Shaw is one point behind the leaders.  The Trap concludes tomorrow, with the fullbore having two days left.  The results summary is as follows:

The medal table for the shooting events after the completion of the pairs events looks like:

Competition Day 3

There were no medals for Scotland in the third day of competition, with last year's Commonwealth Champions Mike Thomson and Ian Marsden the closest in the Skeet.  The results summary is as follows:

Competition Day 2

There were no medals for Scotland in the second day of competition.  The results summary is as follows:

Competition Day 1

Day one of the competition did not produce any medals for the Scottish team, with David Rattray and Robin Law coming closest with 4th equal in the Men's Air Rifle Pairs.

Opening Ceremony

The majority of the shooting team, shown on the right, attended the Opening Ceremony in Manchester on 25th July, watched by an audience of approximately 9 million across the UK, and many millions more across the world.  Below are a few images taken in the lead up to and during the ceremony.

Badge Matches, Day 4

The final day of the badge matches produced one more medal for Scotland, with Donald McIntosh taking the silver in the Men's 3 Position Rifle.  Ian Marsden came very close in the skeet, losing out on bronze in a tie shoot after 14 shots.  The results for today listed below. Tomorrow (Thursday 25th July) the majority of the team travel north to Manchester for the Opening Ceremony.  The shooting competitions proper commence on Saturday 27th.

Badge Matches, Day 3

Scotland won it's first medals in the badge matches today, with Gold and Bronze for Alice Ogilvie and Ian Shaw respectively in the Fullbore Rifle. The results for today are shown below:

Badge Matches, Day 2

The badge matches continued today, with some competitors, primarily from the England team, continuing not to complete matches.  The results are as follows:

Men's Free Pistol 1 M Gault ENG 565 2 R Daniel TRI 563 3 S Jung IND 560 17 K Gray SCO 509 20 D Lewis SCO 498 Men's Trap 1 M Diamond AUS 98 2 P Murphy NIR 95 3 A Vella AUS 92 13 D Marello SCO 87 15 D Gillies SCO 86   Men's Prone 1 S Petterson NZL 594 2 N Day ENG 593 3 S McCabe NZL 590 4 S Bruce SCO 589 10 J Cole-Hamilton SCO 586 Women's Trap 1 T Borrell NZL 47 2 L Goddard ENG 45 3 N Jenkins AUS 43 Women's Air Rifle 1 A Bhagwat IND 396 2 S Srirum IND 395 3 S Bowes CAN 393 Women's Air Pistol 1 D Hare CAN 374 2 F Mo MAS 373 3 S Chaudhary IND 372

Badge Matches, Day 1

The Badge Matches have commenced on Sunday July 21st.  The Badge Matches don't form a formal part of the Games, and are used by the competitors for a number of different purposes - for example in the Men's Air Rifle the English pair both fired 59 sighters and 1 shot to count, while the Australian Smallbore Rifle competitors haven't appeared at all to date.  For what they are worth, a summary of the results are shown below:

The Fullbore Badge Match is held over two days, day one being a Queens Stage 2 (10 shots at each of 300, 500 and 600 yards) and day two being a Queens Stage 3 (15 shots at each of 900 and 100 yards).  After day 1 the results are as follows:

Early Days

Some early shots from Bisley.  The shooters version of the Scottish Centre at the clubhouse of the Honourable Artillery Company is now being set-up, with the athletes' area now available for use.  Our first visitor from the remainder of the team in Manchester, Doctor Harry Burnett, made a visit to Bisley on the 20th.

Team Gallery

Over the next few days it is intended to build up a library of all of the team in action on this page.  Click on the small picture for the larger version.

Scottish Team Enters Village

The Scottish Shooting Team has started to arrive at the Commonwealth Games village in Guildford, with all athletes scheduled to be in residence by the weekend when the pre Games "Badge" matches start.  Some early attempts are being made to decorate the Scottish residences, as shown on the right. Pre-Games training has commenced on the 25m and 50m ranges, with the 10m, Clay Target and Fullbore ranges due to be in action within the next day or two.

CGCS Confirms Scottish Team

The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland has confirmed the Scottish team to participate in the 2002 Commonwealth Games.  This team includes a record number of target shooters, 24, covering the following events:

The Team Manager is Hamish Hunter.