The 28th May is getting ever closer, when the British Olympic Shooting will be announced. But until then and no matter what the outcome, training goes on!

London hosting a shooting World Cup is something I never thought possible, but that's exactly what appeared to happen relatively smoothly in the middle of chilly April. It was a unique experience as a British Pistol Shooter for many reasons. Firstly being amongst the worlds best shooters and competing on home soil. Also shooting at a World Class venue, better than anything I've ever competed on before and completely unlike any of our current facilities in the UK. And finally, particularly with my .22 Sport Pistol, not only competing but just shooting in front of anyone on home soil was a great privilege. I was able to get tickets for my parents and a few friends to spectate. It was great for them to see first hand what I do and equally great for me to see familiar faces in the stands who wouldn't be able to be watching usually. All preparing me psychologically, if I do make it to the Games themselves.

My performance at the London World Cup was inconsistent. Room for a lot of improvement, so back to Devon and my training plan!

I now find myself in Hannover Airport, where I've just competed. With German efficiency, my gun and I were checked in, in 15mins! A rare pleasure! My performance out here proved that as I'd planned, all is coming together at the right time. In a tense Air Pistol Final, I missed out on the bronze medal by the smallest of margins, just 0.1points! But that's sport and what makes me more determined to achieve.

After staying in Hannover for a few extra days training camp, I look in my diary to the 21st May. In the morning I will be honoured to carry the Olympic Torch through my home town of Okehampton, Devon. Then straight back to earth and to drive my GoTeamGregory car Steve, (my car's nick name!) up the A303 to Gatwick where I fly to Munich for the World Cup.

What busy and exciting times myself and 'TeamGorgs' are living in! But I always try to take a moment to stop and open my eyes. What fun, and that's what its all about!

Gorgs is competing in the International Shooting Event Hanover results will be available here:

Results

Gorgs is competing at the ISSF World Cup in London this week, with only 99 days until the Olympics start, it is being hosted at the Olympics site at Woolwich.

First competition is the 10M Air Pistol, which takes part at Thursday 19th 12:00.

The second competition is 25M Pistol, which takes part on Sunday 22nd.

More details : ISSF

Results: Live Results

Gorgs was also interviewed on BBC Radio Devon Yesterday, and you can listen again here: BBC Radio Devon (2:55:00 onwards)

Gorgs is competing in  ISAS International, Dortmund, GER this week on Wed 21th March, and Thursday 22nd March

The full list of competitions is available here: ISAS Timetable

I’ve likened my progression to the 2012 Olympics as literally my journey to London from my home in Devon. When I woke up on January 1^st 2012 I realised I’d wiggled up the A303, past many a landmark and had now joined the M3!

I was in the fortunate position, having achieved the Sport Pistol Olympic Qualifying standard at the Europeans in Belgrade last season, to be able to experiment with my Air Pistol technique up till Christmas. I’d reached a plateau last season (shooting 380/400 seven times) so in order to raise my game, something needed to change.

My carefully planned three months resulted in new specially crafted Air and Sport Pistol grips from Switzerland and a modified Air Pistol technique. Bring on 2012!

January and February saw the beginning of the International Air Gun season. This highlighted that my new technique just wasn’t trained enough and simply didn’t withstand the competition pressure. But keeping the faith and training hard things are starting to improve!

At the end of February, a weeks training camp was held in Qatar with the British Squad. It was lovely to dig out my summer clothes! The facilities were absolutely amazing. One of the best in the world. Having had a break from my Sport Pistol over the winter, it was a great opportunity to do volume training. With the restrictions of training in the UK and the poor facilities in comparison, this was a great kick start to my Sport Pistol season.

So you know which city you reach at the end of the M3………………………………LONDON!