Derek Burnett
The trap shooting competitive reflects on a competitive event
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Burnett misses out on men's trap final
Derek Burnett missed out of the final of the men's trap shooting at the London Olympics after a highly competitive qualifying round.
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Olympics Day 10: Irish in Action
Plan your Olympic viewing and support of the Irish team on the tenth day of London 2012.
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Olympics Day 9: The Irish in Action
Plan your Olympic viewing and support of the Irish team on the ninth day of London 2012.
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Peter Wilson claims shooting gold for GB
Shooter Peter Wilson claimed gold for Great Britain in the men's double trap.
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Derek Burnett
Derek Burnett: Olympic trap
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Longford's Burnett reaches Olympics
Derek Burnett has qualified for the London 2012 Olympics after the Irish Clay Pigeon Shooting Association received a quota place in the Olympic Trap event.
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Cheating row erupts in shooting
A judging row flared on the Olympic shooting ranges after Australian veteran Russell Mark alleged that Chinese judges had helped a local win the Double Trap bronze medal.
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Burnett bows out in Beijing
Ireland's Derek Burnett failed to make the final and bowed out of the traps shooting competition on Sunday.
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Shooting: Czech wins, Russian crumbles in final
David Kostelecky of the Czech Republic won the Olympic gold medal in the men's trap shooting on Sunday after Russia's Alexey Alipov stumbled badly in the finals held in the rain.
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Shooting: Burnett's hopes fade
Derek Burnett's chances of reaching the final of the Men's Trap appear slim after he ended the first qualification event in 15th place.
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Shooting success for USA and Bulgaria
Kimberly Rhode of the United States bagged the second Olympic gold medal of her career after blasting her way to victory in the women's double trap, while Bulgaria's Maria Grozdeva won the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol event.
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UAE's al-Maktoum wins historic gold
Ahmed al-Maktoum entered the Olympic record books as the first ever medallist from the United Arab Emirates when he blasted to men's double trap shooting gold yesterday.
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Australian Balogh wins women's trap
Australia's Suzanne Balogh won the Olympic women's trap shooting after battling shifting winds on a mountain-top range outside Athens.
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Sharp shooter Burnett makes promising start
Ireland's sole clay pigeon shooting representative at the Olympic Games, Derek Burnett, is currently in joint ninth position after the first qualifying session of the Trap event.
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Sport: Ireland take gold in Finland
Ireland have won the team gold medal in Olympic Trap in the 48th ISSF World Shooting Championships in Lahti, Finland.
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Olympics: Malone and Burnett fail to make trap shooting final
Ireland's Derek Burnett and David Malone failed to make the final of the Men's Trap shooting competition this morning when qualification continued from yesterday.
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Olympics: Irish shooters fail to hit target
Ireland's Dave Burnett and Dave Malone finished joint 16th in the qualification round of the men's trap shooting evenet in Sydney today.