lahti 2002

29th June 2002 - The Team has now left Australia and is heading for Finland.

As the days progress you will hopefully see the results added to this page. Should you wish to see more of the official World Championships website, then follow the link at

http://www.ampujainliitto.fi/shooting2002wch/

We wish all our shooters well and look forward to their return with the stories and photos.

A "Hero-Fax" can be sent to the Team Manager - Anne Bugden at the Hotel Mukkula in Lahti on
0015 358 3 882 3603

*The World Championships Rifle Team*
Susan Carlyon	Womens Prone
Kim Frazer	Womens Prone, Womens 3P
Susan McCready	Womens Air Rifle, Womens 3P
Susannah Smith	Womens Prone, Womens Air Rifle, Womens 3P
Robyn Van Nus	Womens Air Rifle

Hugh Beanland	Junior Mens Prone
Ben Burge	Mens Air Rifle
Malcolm Christie	Junior Mens Air Rifle
Warren Grenness	Mens Prone
Morgan Henry	Mens Prone
Glenn Kelley	Mens 3P
Matthew Inabinet	Junior Mens Air Rifle
Timothy Lowndes	Mens Prone, Mens 3P, Mens Air Rifle
Lachlan Potter	Junior Mens Prone
Robert Wieland	Mens Air Rifle
Sam Wieland	Mens 3P

Anne Bugden	Team Manager
Gordon deGroen	Assistant Manager
Miro Sipek	Coach

Below are the days and events to watch. Only events in which Australians are participating have been included (this is particularly relevant to the junior events). See below the programme for a bird's eye view of the Lahti surroundings.

*Date*	*Event*	*Who*	*Results*
Tuesday 2 July	Junior Mens Prone (61)	Hugh Beanland Lachlan Potter	1st Joseph Hein USA - 589 Lachlan Potter - 575 (37th) Hugh Beanland - 556 (61st)
Wednesday 3 July	50m Mens Prone - (139) Elimination + Team (38)	Warren Grenness Morgan Henry Timothy Lowndes	Timothy Lowndes - 590 (10th) Morgan Henry - 584 (49th) Warren Grenness - 568 (125th) Team - 28th - 1742
	50m Womens Prone - (95) Elimination + Team (25)	Susan Carlyon Kim Frazer Susannah Smith	Susan Carlyon - 577 (48th) Kim Frazer - 575 (59th) Susannah Smith - 572 (67th) Team - 18th - 1724
Thursday 4 July	50m Mens Prone (64) + Final	Morgan Henry Timothy Lowndes	1st Matthew Emmons USA - 596 Morgan Henry - 588 (32nd) Timothy Lowndes - 585 (51st)
	50m Womens Prone (62)	Susan Carlyon Kim Frazer	1st Olga Dovgun KAZ - 597 Susan Carlyon - 584 (35th) Kim Frazer - 577 (53rd)
Friday 5 July	50m Womens 3P (104) Eliminations + Team (27)	Kim Frazer Susan McCready Susannah Smith	Kim Frazer - 563 - (49th) Susannah Smith - 561 (61st) Susan McCready - 550 (81st) Team - 20th - 1674
Saturday 6 July	50m Womens 3P + Final (62)	Kim Frazer Susannah Smith	1st Petra Horneber GER - 579 Kim Frazer - 563 (33rd) Susannah Smith - 549 (55th)
	50m Mens 3P (99) Eliminations + Team (29)	Glenn Kelley Timothy Lowndes Sam Wieland	Sam Wieland - 1145 (47th) Timothy Lowndes - 1144 (49th) Glenn Kelley - 1104 (89th) Team - 22nd - 3393
	10m Junior Mens Air Rifle (78)	Malcolm Christie Matthew Inabinet	1st Dirk Leiwen GER - 593 Matthew Inabinet - 577 (59th) Malcolm Christie - 575 (64th)
Sunday 7 July	50m Mens 3P + Final (62)	Timothy Lowndes Sam Wieland	1st Marcel Burge SUI - 1161 Timothy Lowndes - 1139 (28th) Sam Wieland - 1117 (59th)
Monday 8 July	10m Womens Air Rifle (122) + Final. Team (32)	Susan McCready Susannah Smith Robyn Van Nus	1st Katerina Kurkova CZE - 399 Susan McCready - 393 (29th) Robyn Van Nus - 386 (85th) Susannah Smith - 385 (94th) Team - 22nd 1164
Tuesday 9 July	10m Mens Air Rifle (132) + Final Team (32)	Ben Burge Timothy Lowndes Robert Wieland	1st Jason Parker USA 597 Ben Burge - 586 (65th) Timothy Lowndes - 583 (85th) Robert Wieland - 568 (122nd) Team - 26th 1737

Team is now in transit in two directions - those going to the Commonwealth Games are heading to a week long training camp in Germany and the others are either home already, or on their way home arriving in the early hours of Friday morning. Hope you enjoyed the updates.