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Great Aim At Bisley
Jon, Liz, Adrian, Danny, Richard, Mara and I went down to Bisley for our rifle and pistol shooting. Bisley is made up of 3000 acres of countryside and offers just about every (legal) shooting opportunity you could imagine. We were … Continue reading
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RS Archery Club and I
Jon, Rianna and I travelled to Welwyn Garden City for our archery sessions at the RS Archery Club. We met Steven Davies there – who runs RS Archery – and some fellow Gold Challengers – which is always great pleasure. … Continue reading
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The One You’ve All Been Waiting For
Finally the day of my high dive arrived. I’d been dreading it for months and I couldn’t concentrate on my work all morning. In the end I had to resort to playing old tunes on Spotify at very high volume … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer research uk, charity challenge, dan thompson, Diving, fundraise, gold challenge, london 2012, nspcc, olympic, Olympic Games, olympic sports, olympics, oxfam, paralympic, paralympic sports, paralympics, raise money for charity, right to play, scope, Swimming, the olympic games
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Behind (And Above & Around) Bars
Back to Hendon Leisure Centre with Jon for three more gymnastic apparatuses with the ever patient Adel. : parallel bars; asymmetric bars ; and the high bar. We started with the parallel bars where, somewhat to our surprise, we actually … Continue reading
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A Fascinating Sport With A Fascinating Coach
To Gillingham for goalball with Rob Comber at the Medway Park Sport Centre. Apart from watching a video of goalball online I’d never seen or played the game so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. What I found was … Continue reading
Not quite a crack shot – but a shot at least!
Went with Richard and Adrian to the A1 Shooting Club to start my shotgun training. The club is one of the Olympic training venues and is spread out over 30+ acres on the A1 just north of London. Unlike Richard … Continue reading
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Every Point Counts With Boccia!
Jon and I travelled to Haverhill in Suffolk for our Boccia with Dan Bentley of Bentley’s Boccia . Dan is a Boccia gold medallist from Beijing 2008 and was just back from the European Championships where he took individual gold. In … Continue reading
Training with the London Wheelchair Rugby Club
Wheelchair rugby this week with Jon and Rowley Douglas (rowing gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and Gold Challenge participant.) It’s a sport I’ve never played or even seen before so I was really looking forward to learning about it. … Continue reading
The Fear
When I took on my challenge, I knew it was going to be very physically demanding. 110 events including a triathlon, a marathon, 10km of open water swimming and a very long bike ride or two was never going to … Continue reading
Our Olympic Stadium Event
We launched the Gold Challenge Olympic Stadium Event yesterday– an amazing opportunity for some lucky Gold Challengers to run the 100m in the Olympic stadium on 1stApril 2012. Not only that, but you could also walk the official opening ceremony route in … Continue reading
