2008 news
17 Dec 2008
Best wishes and a prosperous New Year from all at ELEY Limited.
Please note the company breaks for Christmas on 24th December 12 noon, returning Monday 5th January 2009
03 Dec 2008
ELEY would like to congratulate triple Paralympic gold medalist Jonas Jacobsson in being awarded the "Bragdguld" medal, Sweden’s top sports honor.
28 Nov 2008
Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia made his annual visit to ELEY’s Customer Range in November to make his selection of Tenex for the forthcoming season.
04 Nov 2008
ELEY has once again confirmed its status as the manufacturer of the most accurate .22 cartridge in the World, with its top line product TENEX winning 11 medals at the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final, more than any other manufacturer proving the Tenex accuracy can not be matched.
03 Nov 2008
The World’s best shooters have embarked on Bangkok, Thailand to compete at the ISSF World Cup Final in Rifle and Pistol. Olympic medallists from Beijing, World Cup final defenders and the best eight shooters from the World Cups have qualified for this prestigious event.
30 Oct 2008
The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final starts this weekend at the Huamark Shooting Range in Bangkok Thailand, the second consecutive year the venue has played host to the concluding event of the 2008 World Cup season. ELEY’s Daniel Olley will be attending this year’s event supporting the many shooters who will be using ELEY ammo at the competition.
21 Oct 2008
After consultation with Bert’s family, it is with great sadness that I write to confirm Bert Brookes, ELEY’s Customer Range Officer passed away at his home Sunday evening aged 68 years. A much loved figure in the shooting fraternity, Bert will be sadly missed by his many friends, colleagues and family.
20 Oct 2008
Teams representing England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have returned from the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games which took place in Pune, India.
14 Oct 2008
The England Shooting Team sponsored by ELEY Limited have bagged their first Gold Medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India with James Huckle taking gold in the 50m Rifle Prone event.
07 Oct 2008
ELEY attended the 2008 ELEY / NSRA Finals Competition which were held at the Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley. The final of the Prone Rifle and 3P events as well as the Lightweight Sport Rifle (Precision) Lightweight Sport Rifle (Timed), 10m Air Rifle, 10m Air Pistol, Benchrest Rifle and Cartridge Pistol were shot over the weekend of 4th and 5th October.
02 Oct 2008
ELEY has launched a brand new range of branded clothing.
29 Sep 2008
Junior shooter, Noah Johns from Amity, Arkansas is taking Benchrest by storm, after posting some impressive scores and setting new records with ELEY Team ammo.
23 Sep 2008
ELEY employee Martyn Buttery has been selected to represent the England Team competing at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships in Gibraltar this weekend.
10 Sep 2008
ELEY sponsored silhouette shooter Cathy Winstead-Severin has won both SB Championships at the World Championships in Heinola, Finland, where she won the aggregate of both Championships by 10 points.
08 Sep 2008
ELEY attended this year’s German Nationals held at the Olympic shooting range in Garching – Munich, during the first weekend Olympic bronze medalist Rajmond Debevec visited the ELEY trade stand with his bronze medal won in the Men’s 3Positions event in Beijing, two weeks earlier.
05 Sep 2008
It was announced on 2nd September that Mike Semens-Flanagan has left his post as ELEY’s Managing Director, following his promotion to MD of Artform UK, part of IMI plc.
27 Aug 2008
ELEY representatives have returned from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, with a fantastic medal count making Beijing the most successful Olympics for the ammunition manufacturer in recent times.
25 Aug 2008
Recent Customer Range visitor Sheena Sharp of Bon Accord club in Aberdeen became only the second woman to win the British Prone Small-Bore Rifle Championship for the Earl Roberts Trophy on Saturday 16th August.
18 Aug 2008
Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia, the current world and Olympic record holder was the highest-ranked shooter after qualification with a score of 1176, which was one point short of the Olympic record that he set at Sydney 2000. Debevec finished with a final score of 1271.7 to take the bronze medal in the Men’s 3-Positions.
15 Aug 2008
Artur Ayvazian of Ukraine won the gold medal in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone with a total of 702.7 points, ahead of ELEY sponsored shooters Emmons and Potent taking the silver and bronze medals. All men on the podium shot ELEY Tenex.
14 Aug 2008
ELEY has had a great start to the Olympic Games winning all three Gold medals in the Pistol and Rifle events!
12 Aug 2008
Men’s free pistol results in from Beijing, with Jin Jong Oh of Korea claiming Gold plus all three podium positions won with ELEY Tenex.
11 Aug 2008
Representatives from ELEY Limited, have flown out to Beijing Olympic Games, to attend the Shooting Competition where over 75% of competitors are expected to be shooting ELEY cartridges.
08 Aug 2008
Catch up with the latest news from GBR shooter Jonathan Hammond by visiting www.hammond4gold.com.
06 Aug 2008
The first ever World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Championships took place in Milan, Italy from 27 July to 3 August 2008, a staggering 98% of shooters were reported to be shooting ELEY cartridges at the event.
10 Jul 2008
The British Junior Women’s Prone team have claimed the silver medal at the 2008 Junior European Shooting Championship held in Plzeň, Czech Republic.
06 Jul 2008
The Scottish National Small-bore Rifle Meeting took place from Saturday 28th June to Friday 4th July, at Bank End, near Dumfries. Over 230 shooters took part in the programme of events organized by the National Smallbore Rifle Association.
04 Jul 2008
British shooter Neil Stirton and coach Donald McIntosh will be spending six days in Macau and Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games as part of the BOA's Olympic Ambition 2012 programme.
02 Jul 2008
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today selected Shooting members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
27 Jun 2008
World Champion and two times Olympic bronze medalist Sergei Martynov visits ELEY to batch test
02 Jun 2008
The second leg of the ISSF World Cups held in Europe took place at the “Tiro a Segno Nazionale” shooting club in Milan, Italy from 22 to 30 May. ELEY was the top choice for the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event with the top eight finalist all shooting ELEY.
30 May 2008
The third stage of the ISSF World Cup was held in Germany at the Munich Olympic shooting range, from 15-22nd May 2008. ELEY attended the event providing support to the many shooters using ELEY during the competition.
22 May 2008
Martyn Buttery, Team England squad member has been appointed Assistant Customer Range Officer at ELEY’s customer range.
19 May 2008
An amazing performance by young shooter Neil Stirton using ELEY Tenex, claimed him his first ISSF World Cup medal in Munich and the first by a British Rifle shooter since 2003. The talented shooter duelled against the current World Champion to the last shot in the Prone Final, finishing second only by one tenth of a point.
08 May 2008
Following the success of the first ever National Shooting Week in 2007, the second event will take place this year from Saturday 3rd May to Sunday 11th May 2008.
18 Apr 2008
Warren Potent - the current World’s number one in the 50m Rilfe Prone event confirmed his status by winning gold at the 50m Rifle Prone event and equaling the final world record at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing. Out of the top eight finalists, seven were shooting ELEY including Warren - testament to the outstanding quality of the .22 round and proving it’s still the choice of champions.
17 Apr 2008
A great start for ELEY at the much anticipated ISSF World Cup held at the Beijing Olympic venue, taking gold in the Men’s 50m Pistol, Women’s 25m Pistol and Women’s 3- Positions events.
08 Apr 2008
ELEY has invested over £100,000 in the design and installation of a new box and packing system for its top line .22 cartridge Tenex.
04 Apr 2008
The first ISSF World Cup event for 2008 for Rifle & Pistol kicked off on 22nd March at the “Ten.Guilherme Paraense” shooting range of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over 200 athletes from 44 different countries competed in ten rifle and pistol events over the six day event, the first World Cup of this Olympic year.
26 Mar 2008
Dan Olley, ELEY’s Business Development Manager reports in the latest’s news live from Rio de Janeiro at the first ISSF World Cup.
22 Mar 2008
International shooters attended the 24th Annual ISAS event held in Dortmund 10.3.08 – 16.03.08 , the first major competition of the season. ELEY Tenex was the choice of champions, taking podium positions in the Prone and 3-Positions events during the six day competition.
21 Mar 2008
ELEY’s specialist customer range based on the factory site in Minworth recorded its 2000th visit this month.
21 Mar 2008
ELEY attended the 35th Annual IWA & Outdoor Classics show held in Nuermberg, Friday 14th – Monday 17th March, the event recorded over 31,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries.
26 Feb 2008
Visit the ELEY stand 4-335 at IWA 14-17 March
25 Feb 2008
ELEY attended the 30th Annual Shot Show exhibition, held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre from 2-5 February 2008.
25 Feb 2008
Over the past two months Range Records have been broken and equalised during batch testing at ELEY’s specialist customer range facility based in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands UK.
02 Jan 2008
Current World Record holder and Olympic Gold medalist, Rajmond Debevec visited ELEY’s customer range to select his medal winning ammunition.
01 Jan 2008
ELEY is proud to announce with effect from 1st January 2008, the new re-branded product range, which features a rationalized product choice and introduces “Team” a new .22 calibre cartridge.
