Robertson: Bisley deserves fair hearing as Olympic shooting venue

The Shadow Olympics Minister wants Bisley to be given a fair hearing as they bid to host the shooting in 2012.

Commenting on the news that the Olympic Board will make a decision on the 2012 shooting venue tomorrow, Shadow Olympics Minister, Hugh Robertson said:

“There is a considerable groundswell of opinion amongst the shooting and defence fraternities that Bisley should be confirmed as the London 2012 shooting venue. This is compounded by the fact that shooting had its funding cut as a result of the government failing to deliver the £600m for elite sport promised by Gordon Brown in his 2006 Budget.

I hope that the Olympic Board will look sympathetically at Bisley during their meeting tomorrow. It would be wrong if political hostility to shooting or organisational inflexibility denied Bisley a fair hearing.”