Charlotte impresses in Porec, and proves she can shape up against the world's best
12th May 2006by Peter Jones PRO
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Britain's Charlotte Burgess claimed her best finish yet at an international archery tournament when she was placed 10th in the individual recurve event at archery's first World Cup tournament.
The event - in Porec, Croatia - is combining with the first European Grand Prix of the season, and 18 year old Charlotte was Britain's best performer in the individual tournament.
After a convincing victory over Belgium's Kim Verhoeven, Charlotte then gained a one point success over Poland's Justyna Mospinek in the round of 32, before losing to Turkey's Natalia Nasaridze by 106-105.
But she was placed 10th overall, and that delighted GB Performance Director Barry Eley. "That's a fantastic peformance by Charlotte, and it's very encouraging. It's her best yet at this level, and once again she is showing us what a great competitor she is."
Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson both made it through to the knock-out stages, but both fell at the first hurdle: Naomi losing out to Urusla Niemiec of Poland by 103-102, while Olympic bronze medalist Alison met her match against China's Ling Zhao.
In the men's recurve, Larry Godfrey, Michael Peart, Roy Nash and Alan Wills all made it to the knock-out stages, but only Alan got past the first round.
Larry and Roy could both count themselves unlucky, taking their opponents to a shoot out in their respective matches. Alan overcame Belgium's Steven Clart, before losing by two points to the impressive Swede Magnus Petersson.
In the men's compound, Liam Grimwood, Chris White and Neil Wakelin all made it past the first hurdle. Chris won an all British contest against Neil in the next round, before falling in the round of 16 to Dave Cousins of the United States. Liam lost to Frenchman Dominique Genet by 116-113 in the round of 32.
This is the first of four World Cup events during the next four months, with the Grand Final taking place in Mexico in September. It attracted 323 archers from 44 countries.