Gorgs for Gold
UK Ladies Champion pistol shooter, Georgina (Gorgs) Geikie, hit the target at the 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships, held recently in India. Flying the flag for Chagford, Devon, England and the UK, Gorgs scooped four medals, two individual bronzes and a silver and bronze in the team events.
“The Indians looked after us brilliantly and the facilities were world class,” said Gorgs, still glowing from her success “I’m fired up for the Commonwealth Games in October and hope to improve on this achievement”.
The Indian organisers were also grateful to her. Having forgotten to arrange flags for all the participating countries, they were saved by Georgina who showed remarkable foresight by producing from her bag a St Georges flag bought from a store in Okehampton and it proudly flew at the opening ceremony in lieu of the ‘official’ version.
Back at her ‘day’ job behind the bar of the‘Ring o’ Bells’in Chagford, Gorgs proudly showed off her medals last week. “I’m going for gold at the 2012 Olympics,” she said, without a hit of self-consciousness or self-doubt. On current form, it looks like there’s a good chance she’ll be adding gold to her silver and bronze collection in the summer of 2012.
Helpful Holidays is one of a number of local sponsors of Gorgs. Details of her achievements can be found on her website www.gorgs4gold.com
Pictures : Georgina Geikie
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