British Shooting slams Olympic budget cuts

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British Shooting slams Olympic budget cuts

British Shooting has hit out at UK Sport’s announcement that the budget for 2012 Olympic shooting is to be cut considerably

By Selena Masson, News Editor

Friday, 26 December 2008

British Shooting’s performance director John Leighton-Dyson has hit out at UK Sport’s shock announcement that the budget for 2012 Olympic shooting is to be cut considerably

Mr Leighton-Dyson said: “When the Government changed the [firearms] law after Dunblane, they crippled the sport of pistol shooting in this country. This is another attack.” A meeting with UK Sport is scheduled for the second week of January to determine how much money will be allotted to shooting sports.

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