Month End - Number of Posts per Olympic Sport

No news on tickets yet. We had a letter from Sportsworld, letting us know that there would be a delay in allocation of tickets as the response had been 'unprecedented'. With so many Britains making there own may to Greece in 2004 and not needing to pay Sportsworld's handling fee as tickets were available direct from the organising body, I hope that there will be enough to go around.

This end of month is significant because it sees the closure of the first round of the ticket allocation. Our list of requests went into Sportsworld several weeks ago, and now we must wait on tenderhooks to see what we will get!

Coming up in August we have;

• Modern Pentathlon, World Championships, 14-22 August, Berlin, Germany
• Equestrian, European Jumping Championships, 15-19 August, Mannheim, Germany
• Hockey, EuroHockey Nations Championships, 18-26 August, Manchester, England
• Rowing World Championships, 26 August-2 September, Munich, Germany
• Equestrian, European Dressage Championships, 27 August-2 September, Turin, Italy.

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	Boxing	2 posts		Canoe - Kayak Flatwater	7 posts
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	Cycling - Track	13 posts		Diving	2 posts
	Equestrian	3 posts		Fencing	1 post
	Football	2 posts		Gymnastics - Artistic	7 posts
	Gymnastics - Rhythmic	2 posts		Gymnastics - Trampoline	0 posts
	Handball	3 posts		Hockey	6 posts
	Judo	6 posts		Modern Pentathlon	3 posts
	Rowing	5 posts		Sailing	10 posts
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	Volleyball	1 post		Water Polo	2 posts
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Nine British Golds at European Youth Olympics

British Athletes put in some excellent performances at the European Youth Olympics in Belgrade. British team members won 9 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze Medals in the competions for under sixteen year olds. This placed Great Britain second in the overal medal table

British athletes took part in the Swimming, Athletics, Road Cycling, Artistic Gymnastics, Judo, Table Tennis and Tennis competitions.

British Gold medallist are listed below;

Roberto Pavoni	swimming	200m medley	2:06.96 PB
Aimee Willmott	swimming	200m individual medley	2:19.37 PB
George Atkins	cycling	criterium race
Aimee Willmott	swimming	400m individual medley	4:50.32
Gavin Evans	table tennis	men's singles
James McLean, Wayne Ashall, Eugene Ayanful & Andrew Robertson	athletics	4 x 100m men's relay	41.62secs
Jessica Thielmann	swimming	800m freestyle	8:53.48
Roberto Pavoni	swimming	400m medley	4:28.19
Sophie Ward	swimming	200m butterfly	2:17.43

Thirteen Medals at European Under 23 Athletics Championships

Great Britain won Six Gold, Three Silver and Two Bronze Medals at the European Under 23 Atheletic Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Simeon Williamson	Men's 100m	Gold
Craig Pickering	Men's 100m	Silver
Rikki Fifton	Men's 100m	Bronze
David Greene	Men's 400m hurdles	Gold
Gary White	Men's Triple Jump	Gold
Ryan Scott, Craig Pickering, Rikki Fifton & James Ellington	Men's 4 x 100m realy	Gold
Montell Douglas	Women's 100m	Silver
Abby Westley	Women's 1500m	Gold
Lizi Brathwaite	Women's 1500m	Silver
Laura Kenney	Women's 5000m	Gold
Jessica Ennis	Women's 100m hurdles	Bronze

Jon Hammond secures Olympic place at European Championships

Jon Hammond secured a rifle quota place for Great Britain at the Olympic Games by finishing fourth in the Men’s 50m Prone Rifle event at the European Shooting Championships, in Granada, Spain.

A new Personal Best score of 597 put the 1998 World Junior Champion into the ten-shot final, in equal second place. Marco De Nicolo retained his qualification lead to secure the title on 701.7. Artem Khadjibekov of Russia was second with 700.7, Espen Berg-Knutsen of Norway third on 700.6 with Hammond finishing on 700.0.

The Men’s 50m Prone Rifle event takes place on 15th August 2008.

Silver Medal and Olympic Places for British Archery Men

The British Men's team won the silver medal at the Archery World Championships. Led by 1992 Olympic Bronze medallist Simon Terry, the British team had qualified in second place behind South Korea and made it to the final with elimination victories over Sweden, United States and Poland, but found the South Koreans to be a different proposition in the final losing 214-224.

Simon Terry and Alan Wills have both qualified for the semi-finals of the individual competition. Lawrence Godfrey, the fourth placed competitor in Athens was eliminated at the 1/64 round.

Korea, Canada, Ukraine, Chinese Taipei, Italy, Poland, USA and Great Britain all qualified for the team event at Beijing 2008. Additionally they will have three competitors in the individual competition.

The Men's Team event takes place on 11th August 2008.

Bronze Medal and Olympic places for Women's Archery Team

Charlotte Burgess, Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson won the Bronze Medal in the team event at the Archery World Championships. Having lost to South Korea 213-216 in the semi-final, Great Britain clinched victory over Italy by 213-210.

On Friday, with Olympic qualififiaction places at stake, the British Women's team had to come back from behind in the 1/8th match against North Korea. Having qualified in fourth place, the team found themselves 96-101 and then 146-150 behind. They managed to tie the match at 197 after the 24 regular arrows, and then again after the first shoot-off. With the third arrow of the second shoot-off Burgess scored a 10 against a 9 for the opponent, to secure three Olympic places also for the British girls.

The eight teams that will compete in the Beijing Olympics are : South Korea, France, India, Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Chinese Taipei and China. These teams and Colombia (ranked 9th) also qualify three competitors into the individual competition.

The semi-finals and medal rounds of the Women's Archery competition take place on 10th August 2008.