MR MICK GAULT'S SPORTING RECORD

Early day motion 1012, tabled 3 April 2003 by Frank Cook (Labour). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes with considerable admiration that Mick Gault, having served his country dutifully in the Royal Air Force for 24 years, has maintained consistently since 1990 his position as Britain's top international pistol shooter, that he currently holds record scores in five distinct British and four Commonwealth shooting categories, that he is current champion in four Commonwealth, one British, one English and one Welsh discipline, that he has represented his country at three Commonwealth games i.e. Victoria, Kuala Lumpur and Manchester, honouring it in remarkable fashion by winning eight golds, one silver and two bronze, to which he has added two World Cup bronze medals; further notes that to date he is the most successful individual competitor in the history of the Commonwealth Games; notes also that he has achieved this in strict law abiding fashion by commuting great distances to train without infringing the current legislative restrictions in this country on target pistol shooting, that this has incurred enormous cost to both him and his family in terms of time, money, energy and commitment and that it has been done without personal public complaint; and therefore registers the opinion that such devotion to his duty, sport and country should be acknowledged formally and publicly by the award of an appropriate honour in the future list.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, Conservative 3, Liberal Democrat 3.