Please click on the picture to go to the Paralympic TV website where you will be able to watch live and recorded footage from The Beijing Paralympics once they start.If you're unlucky enough, i may be on there :)
Monday, 18 August 2008
More Coverage
Please click on the picture to go to the Paralympic TV website where you will be able to watch live and recorded footage from The Beijing Paralympics once they start.If you're unlucky enough, i may be on there :)
Thursday, 14 August 2008
BBC Paralympics Coverage
ParalympicsGB Team Beijing 2008
BBC Coverage of Paralympics
BBC television coverage of the Paralympics will be more extensive than ever before, action will be streamed live for six hours a day through the red button and via broadband.
There will be live terrestrial/red button coverage at the weekends and the opening and closing ceremonies will also be broadcast live including the handover to London moment on the final day.
Daily midweek programmes on BBC2 between 7pm and 8pm will be available on high definition (HD) and on iPlayer.
Clare Balding and Steve Cram will present the programmes from the Bird's Nest stadium.
There will be more live coverage than from Athens 12 different sports in all and there will be two BBC roving crews to record additional material.
Athletics, swimming, cycling, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby will comprise the backbone of the BBC's TV coverage throughout the Games, but will be supplemented by coverage of other sports, particularly those in which ParalympicsGB have strong medal hopes like equestrian and wheelchair tennis.
GB have two football sides competing and adaptive rowing is a new Paralympic sport.
Commentators and reporters include Paul Dickenson, Bob Ballard, Eddie Butler, Ronald McIntosh, Nick Mullins, Eddie Butler, Phil Jones, Rishi Persad and Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes.
They will be joined by Paralympians Tanni Grey-Thompson, along with Ade Adepitan and Marc Woods as guest commentators.
All the coverage will be streamed on the BBC's award-winning Disability Sport website, where there will also be a daily blog written from Beijing as well as reports and photos on all the main action, results and medal table bbc.co.uk/paralympics.
BBC Radio 5 Live will bring all the news throughout the Paralympic Games with a dedicated team of reporters in Beijing. There will also be live commentary from some key events featuring strong British interest.
Other programmes covering Paralympic stories include: News, Olympic Diaries, Blue Peter and Radio Five Live to name just a few.
BBC Coverage of Paralympics
BBC television coverage of the Paralympics will be more extensive than ever before, action will be streamed live for six hours a day through the red button and via broadband.
There will be live terrestrial/red button coverage at the weekends and the opening and closing ceremonies will also be broadcast live including the handover to London moment on the final day.
Daily midweek programmes on BBC2 between 7pm and 8pm will be available on high definition (HD) and on iPlayer.
Clare Balding and Steve Cram will present the programmes from the Bird's Nest stadium.
There will be more live coverage than from Athens 12 different sports in all and there will be two BBC roving crews to record additional material.
Athletics, swimming, cycling, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby will comprise the backbone of the BBC's TV coverage throughout the Games, but will be supplemented by coverage of other sports, particularly those in which ParalympicsGB have strong medal hopes like equestrian and wheelchair tennis.
GB have two football sides competing and adaptive rowing is a new Paralympic sport.
Commentators and reporters include Paul Dickenson, Bob Ballard, Eddie Butler, Ronald McIntosh, Nick Mullins, Eddie Butler, Phil Jones, Rishi Persad and Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes.
They will be joined by Paralympians Tanni Grey-Thompson, along with Ade Adepitan and Marc Woods as guest commentators.
All the coverage will be streamed on the BBC's award-winning Disability Sport website, where there will also be a daily blog written from Beijing as well as reports and photos on all the main action, results and medal table bbc.co.uk/paralympics.
BBC Radio 5 Live will bring all the news throughout the Paralympic Games with a dedicated team of reporters in Beijing. There will also be live commentary from some key events featuring strong British interest.
Other programmes covering Paralympic stories include: News, Olympic Diaries, Blue Peter and Radio Five Live to name just a few.
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Back
Arrived home at around midnight last night, my head feels like it's filled with fluid..bleh i hate jetlag.
Looking back I would say the Korea trip was a great success for me. I shot well and as it was my first tournament of the year i really was unsure how it would go. The shooting felt good, the arrows were going (roughly) where i aimed them and i bagged myself my first medal of the year, well it was a trophy but you know what i mean. The qualification round went smoothly and i shot a 603 which i was quite happy with. The ground was VERY uneven which made it harder than usual to get good stability for shooting. I ranked 2nd in my class in the qualifying which gave me a bye in the first round of the elimination matches.
My first elimination match i won quite easily scoring 101 for the 12 arrow pass, i shot even better in the quater finals where i managed a respectable 103.
The semi finals weren't so good, i just couldn't get a stable footing and lost the match with a sorry 94. This put me in the Bronze medal match where i managed to shoot a 98, luckily this was enough to take the Bronze.
I made some good friends out there and am looking forward to catching up with them again in Beijing. The Trophy is probably one of the nicest ones i've seen, it's certainly the nicest i've ever won.
Although i was initially quite reluctant to go to Korea for this shoot, overall i think it was a really good experience. here are some more piccies. 
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Inspirational
Before we came to Korea, some of us were wondering why on earth we were coming here for a training camp. I actually thought it would be more beneficial to go and shoot in the heat of the Arizona Cup, at least that would have been nearer the conditions we would be shooting in at the Paralympics.
Well, today we had a day off and had a walk around the Olympic village (constructed for the Seoul Olympics) and it just twigged! I get the feeling that it was to inspire us and i really think it has.
Seeing all the Olympic buildings and visiting the Olympic museum has really increased my determination to get to Beijing and be a part of it, it's just plain awe-inspiring!
Well, today we had a day off and had a walk around the Olympic village (constructed for the Seoul Olympics) and it just twigged! I get the feeling that it was to inspire us and i really think it has.
Seeing all the Olympic buildings and visiting the Olympic museum has really increased my determination to get to Beijing and be a part of it, it's just plain awe-inspiring!
Monday, 24 March 2008
Free time goings-on
For those that know me well, know that my other passion besides archery is Computer gaming. Before my health got too bad i was a game developer in the USA, I worked on the Unreal Mission Pack, Star Trek- Deep Space 9, Rune, Rune Viking Warlord (PS2), Unreal Tournament 2003 and my last project was "Prey". Sadly due to the deterioration of my health and extremely long hours involved i had to give it up and thats basically why i took up Archery.
Why are you telling us this? i hear you yawn. Well in my spare time (which is surely going to deminish the closer we get to August) I play an online game called "Lord of the Rings Online" this is a game where you create a character and build it up by completing quests and killing monsters. It is also a great way to meet some fantastic new friends.
You do have to be careful though as it is very addictive and before you know it hours have passed in the blink of an eye. I have a few characters in the game and i am a member of a "Kinship" which is simply a group of like-minded people who get together and basically have fun and help each other get the most out of the game.
The Kinship i am in is called "The Hard Biscuits" and they are the nicest and most friendliest group of gamers you could wish too meet.
Lou, my wife also plays and when we play together i play a Minstrel (a healer) whos job it is to keep her character alive. So seeing as Lou is also my performance coach it's in my interest to make sure her character doesn't come to any harm :)
And my Characters, well like i said i have a few but my highest level character is level 50, the maximum level currently obtainable what is he? He's a badass with a bow of course :) If i could shoot as well as him, a Gold Medal in Beijing would be a shoe-in..
Meet Aelluin..the Hunter
Why are you telling us this? i hear you yawn. Well in my spare time (which is surely going to deminish the closer we get to August) I play an online game called "Lord of the Rings Online" this is a game where you create a character and build it up by completing quests and killing monsters. It is also a great way to meet some fantastic new friends.
You do have to be careful though as it is very addictive and before you know it hours have passed in the blink of an eye. I have a few characters in the game and i am a member of a "Kinship" which is simply a group of like-minded people who get together and basically have fun and help each other get the most out of the game.
The Kinship i am in is called "The Hard Biscuits" and they are the nicest and most friendliest group of gamers you could wish too meet.
Lou, my wife also plays and when we play together i play a Minstrel (a healer) whos job it is to keep her character alive. So seeing as Lou is also my performance coach it's in my interest to make sure her character doesn't come to any harm :)
And my Characters, well like i said i have a few but my highest level character is level 50, the maximum level currently obtainable what is he? He's a badass with a bow of course :) If i could shoot as well as him, a Gold Medal in Beijing would be a shoe-in..
Meet Aelluin..the Hunter
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Video Analysis
As promised in one of my earlier posts, here is the video footage of me shooting at squad training camp back in February.
The red numbers you may be able to make out is where the arrow landed on the target eg. 9@5 means the arrow scored a Nine in the Five o'clock position on the target face. (the X is dead centre) The target distance was 70m.
We also found out that it wasn't really going to be zero degrees in Korea, more like somewhere between 7 and 15, so although it's not going to be that warm, it's a heck of a lot better than i thought. :) Only just over 2 weeks to go before we set off. There's going to be a good tournament while we are out there so we'll be able to shoot against the Koreans again and apparently the Japanese team will also be there..good fun!!
The red numbers you may be able to make out is where the arrow landed on the target eg. 9@5 means the arrow scored a Nine in the Five o'clock position on the target face. (the X is dead centre) The target distance was 70m.
We also found out that it wasn't really going to be zero degrees in Korea, more like somewhere between 7 and 15, so although it's not going to be that warm, it's a heck of a lot better than i thought. :) Only just over 2 weeks to go before we set off. There's going to be a good tournament while we are out there so we'll be able to shoot against the Koreans again and apparently the Japanese team will also be there..good fun!!
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
2008 World Rankings
I have just received a copy of the 2008 IPC World Rankings. I have moved up just one place this year to 11th and have to admit i am a little dissapointed. My goal was to be in the top ten..ahh well!
One positive thing is that the guy ranked 3rd (Kimimasa Onodera. JPN) was the guy i beat in the 1/16ths in the World Championships in Korea last year.
Just goes to show that anything is possible in the Elimination matches and rankings don't really count for much when it's just you, your opponent and 12 arrows!
One positive thing is that the guy ranked 3rd (Kimimasa Onodera. JPN) was the guy i beat in the 1/16ths in the World Championships in Korea last year.
Just goes to show that anything is possible in the Elimination matches and rankings don't really count for much when it's just you, your opponent and 12 arrows!
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