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Tourism, Culture and Recreation
May 4, 2009
The following is being distributed at the request of Sport
Newfoundland and Labrador:
NL Shooter Sets Two Provincial Records at European Competition
Brenda Greene, of St. Joseph�s - St Mary�s Bay, has returned to
Germany competing in the 3rd annual International Shooting
Competition of Hannover in Germany (www.i-s-c-h.de). This year 1,100
aspiring and respective national team shooters from 23 countries came
together to compete in 13 Olympic shooting events.
For the second time this season, Greene has reset the provincial
record for women�s air rifle shooting with a 387 / 400. This score put
her in 34th place in the overall standings and is a top half
finish. In the women�s 50 metre prone event, she finished 48th
out of 64 competitors with a 579 / 600. On her third consecutive day of
competition, she shot the 50 metre 3 X 20. With a score of 562 / 600,
she set another provincial record for herself in this competition. This
placed her 46th in a field of 62 competitors. Overall, Brenda
has been shooting significantly better than she did this time last year.
Currently Brenda trains at the Frank Zahn High Performance
Marksmanship and CSCA Training Facility, located in Memorial
University�s School of Human Kinetics and Recreation. She is coached by
both Gary Piercey and Dave Woolridge.
Brenda began shooting with the Enwright Memorial Army Cadets in St.
Catherine's. She is a two time Canada Winter Games athlete and with a
bronze medal in the women's rifle team event in 2003. This February she
took a silver medal as an expert at the Canadian Air Gun Grand Prix in
Toronto. There is no doubt that Brenda is the top ISSF (International
Shooting Sports Federation //www.issf-shooting.org/ ) rifle athlete
in the province today.
Coach to and teammate of Brenda, Dave Woolridge said, "I have been
training with Brenda for many years now. She is bar none the best small
bore target shooter in the province."
As a result of her performance at last year�s ISCH, Brenda was
offered a position on Canada�s CISM (Conceil International du Sport
Militaire,
//www.cism-milsport.org/eng/001_HOME/001_homepage.asp )
development shooting team. Brenda is using this match to hone her skills
for the CISM trial in Fort Benning Georgia, this June. Success at the
trials will earn her the opportunity to represent Canada at the CISM
World Championship in Zagreb Croatia this August.
On Tuesday Brenda will be in Plzen, Czech Republic competing in the
same three events at the 40th Grand Prix of Liberation.
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Media contact:
Dave Woolridge
709-778-0405
dave.woolridge@mi.mun.ca
2009 05 04 3:25 p.m.
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