Burton fires off appeal after omission from GB Shooting squad

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23:17 GMT, 28 May 2012

Shooter Abbey Burton has lodged an appeal against the decision not to select her in the Team GB squad.

Ten other places were announcedon Monday by the British Olympic Association but the decision on the 11th – to compete in the women's Trap – was delayed while Burton's appeal goes to an independent tribunal.

Shooting for glory: James Huckle, Jennifer McIntosh, Richard Faulds, Peter Wilson, Richard Brickell, Georgina Geikie and Rory Warlow of Great Britain pose with some beefeaters during the announcement of the Olympic shooting squad

No go: Abbey Burton will appeal her non selection from the squad

Charlotte Kerwood is 13th in the world rankings, making her Great Britain's highest ranked competitor for that discipline and most likely to have been selected ahead of Burton.

But Burton, 25, who is 34th in the world, won gold in shotgun at the ISSF World Cup in Italy and hoped she had put herself in contention for an Olympic place.

Burton told Sportsmail: 'I read through the selection policy and put it forward – although I haven't personally dealt with it.

'As a competing athlete it's not right for me to get involved with the politics of it. It's in hand and I'm waiting to hear the same as the others. We should find out in the next couple of weeks.'

Selected: Veteran Richard Faulds

Team GB Shooting team leader Phil Scanlan said: 'I completely understand, it's really tough to get to an Olympics and this is in our home country.

'Some decisions are terribly close. There's always a winner and a loser. You expect those athletes who are close to appeal. It can be a life-changing decision.'

Reload: Peter Wilson is the world No 1

An announcement on the final place is expected in early June.

The team will be led by former double Olympic champion Richard Faulds, 35, who has been selected for his fifth successive Games.

He will be competing against world number one Peter Wilson, 25, in the men's Double Trap, who recently set a world record in the event.

Elena Allen, a 2010 Commonwealth Games double gold medallist, will represent Team GB in the women's Olympic skeet class.

There will be Olympic debuts for Jennifer McIntosh, 20, and James Huckle, 21, who are the youngest members of the British shooting squad.

The other members are Richard Brickell, Georgina Geikie, Jonathan Hammond, Ed Ling, and Rory Warlow. And Scanlan is confident of bringing back some medals.

He added: 'I really do believe we have some great opportunities for medals. We've got a nice blend of youth and experience in the team. The team is really well balanced.'

Team GB will compete across all three disciplines on the Olympic shooting programme – shotgun, pistol and rifle – at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.'

TEAM GB OLYMPIC SHOOTING SQUAD

Elena Allen – Olympic skeet
Richard Brickell – Olympic skeet
Rory Warlow – Olympic skeet
Peter Wilson – Olympic double trap
Richard Faulds – Olympic double trap
Georgina Geikie – 25m pistol
Jonathan Hammond – Prone rifle
James Huckle – Three position rifle
Ed Ling – Olympic trap
Jennifer McIntosh – Air rifle