An open invitation to join together and cheer on our Paris Paralympian gold medal hope and Whittlesey rifle club president Matt Skelhon at a community event:.
Thursday 5th Sept (am) at the Straw Bear pub,
(Drybread Rd) 09:30-12:00.
A special event for his last competition final, which is being televised at 10:45. A Free tea or coffee provided. Bar and kitchen open for paid drinks and food.
Please come for some Flag waving and fun to support our world champion target sports shooter.
Matt knows about the local event and is really pleased to have the towns support as he aims for Paralympic Gold in Paris Paralympics.
Aged 39, he learned to shoot at the rifle club before famously winning a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, followed by silver and bronze at London 2012.
After a tough few years with no medals at the subsequent games, he has fought his way back to form.
He is representing team GB, competing in the R3 10m air rifle prone contest on September 1st. On September 5th he will be taking part in the outdoor R6 50m rifle prone competition, where he is both European and world champion, which also helped secure his Paralympic team selection.
Whittlesey has had a rifle club in the town for around 100 years and the current club building, which was built by Fenland District Council, has been run by volunteers as a community amateur sports and social club for nearly 50 years.
The club won a High Sheriff award this year for services to the local community.
