Olympic hopeful Gorgs aiming to strike gold in Munich
Thursday 26th January 2012Devon shooting ace and Olympic hopeful Gorgs Geikie is gunning for gold at an international airgun competition being held in Germany.
The 26 year old from Okehampton - who last year won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and is aiming to fill one of the two slots now available to Team GB for the Ladies Pistol event - is competing in the Munich International Airgun Competition, which is taking place until Saturday (January 28).
Gorgs, the reigning British Air Pistol Champion, shot a season's best in the European Cartridge Championships in Belgrade in August, and in the process achieved the required Olympic qualifying standard and earned Great Britain a second quota place in the 2012 Women's 25m Pistol Event. As the "Host Nation" Great Britain had been allocated one quota place for this event.
Rory Mac Neice, a Partner in the Sports Law team of Ashfords LLP, which is sponsoring Gorgs to help her in her Olympic quest, said: "We are proud to support Gorgs and wish her the very best of luck in the competition. She is a role model for any aspiring athlete and a pleasure to work with."
Gorgs said: "Every shooting event is an excellent opportunity for me to prepare and practice should I make it to the Olympics. I would like to thank all of my sponsors as I no longer get any British Shooting Funding and, without the support of firms such as Ashfords, I would not be able to take part in international competitions".
For more details, please visit www.gorgs4gold.com or www.ashfords.co.uk
