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BBC News
02-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Twins target 2032 Olympics after 'child prodigy' archery award
Identical twins who won an international "child prodigy" award in archery say they have set their sights on the 2032 and Amber Snell, who are 14-years-old, are known as the "archery twins of Gloucester" and have broken 13 national twins received an award for being "Global Child Prodigies" in archery on 26 June in the Houses of Parliament in to the BBC at the event, the girls said they have their "fingers crossed" for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, Australia, adding they "definitely want to try and get there together". Amber said: "It's such an amazing achievement for both of us and when we started we thought it would just be something fun for us to do. "But it's grown into this, and we never thought it would."Ava said: "[It's] an amazing achievement. Very, very shocked when we heard about it."Their interest in archery began in 2019 during a school event where they could try the sport, and an instructor told their parents Jason and Zoe Snell "they've got a good eye".The twins then joined their local club, and years later they were talent spotted by double Olympian and triple world champion in archery Patrick Huston who is now their train between three to four days a week, balancing archery with homework and competitions "mostly every weekend", Ava said. Mrs Snell said: "We've never looked back."For them to be recognised, let alone win an award, is absolutely fantastic."Mr Snell said: "We're over the moon with what they've achieved so far and this is a great recognition of that."They train at Newnham Archery Club where the girls brought their award back to show the rest of the club.
News.com.au
14-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Karl Vilips could be one of the greats of Australian golf according to the coach who took Jason Day to world No.1
Karl Vilips put his child prodigy days behind him with a PGA Tour win in his rookie season and his coach says the young Australia is certainly something special and could be 'one of the greats'. Col Swatton, who steered Jason Day to world No.1, has been a key part of Vilips' team since his college days at Stanford and declared the 23-year-old Australian was 'definitely ahead of the curve' having already netted two professional wins, including a PGA tour breakthrough, in just 12 months since turning pro. Vilips is one of seven Australians teeing it up at this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina and in a final few sessions in Florida last week, Swatton reaffirmed his young charge had a 'superpower' that sets him apart from other young players. 'I think it's his maturity and his ability to process information but also be honest in what was happening with his game,' Swatton said. 'I reminded him of this before he came to Quail Hollow. I said his ability to be honest enough and brutal enough in what happens from a week-to-week perspective on tour ... that allows him to grow. I told him that was one of his superpowers. 'That questioning (of his game) allows him to be in a position where only a few are at his age.' A meeting at the start of the year where Vilips spoke about how he would play in one of the $30m Signature events at RBC Heritage, an event he wasn't qualified for and would likely need a win beforehand to get into, particularly struck Swatton. Vilips then went and won his first PGA Tour event in Puerto Rico that not only got him into the RBC but into the majors and secured paying rights in the US until the end of 2027. 'I thought to myself, he's a kid that saw himself somewhere months before it happened, and it's the law of attraction, what you will focus on will become your belief and your future,' Swatton said. 'I told him he will have a better career on the PGA Tour than he will at Stanford. From here on in it's a matter of trying to continually improve … but we also have to not be overzealous in our expectations.' Expectations are, however, growing for Vilips, who Swatton said was far more progressed than Day at the same age. 'He hasn't played that many professional events, but he's won two times in the past six months,' he said. 'He's definitely on a trajectory and a curve. I said to him it even took Jason Day three years to figure out how to win on the PGA Tour, he (Vilips) already has within his first four events. 'He is definitely ahead of the curve and he could be really, really special given the right environment, the right people around him, the right information, he could be one of Australia's great golfers.' US PGA Championship Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina 2024 champion: Xander Schauffele Past Aussie winners: Jim Ferrier (1947), David Graham (1979), Wayne Grady (1990), Steve Elkington (1995), Jason Day (2015) TV times: Live 3am-9am Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo. A ustralians in the field Cameron Davis World ranking: 68 Previous appearances: 4 (2021-2024) Best finish: T4 (2023) Jason Day World ranking: 32 Previous appearances: 15 (2010-2024) Best finish: 1st (2015) Min Woo Lee World ranking: 27 Previous appearances: 3 (2022-2024) Best finish: T18 (2023) Adam Scott World ranking: 40 Previous appearances: 24 (2001-2024) Best finish: 3rd (2018) Cameron Smith World ranking: 148 Previous appearances: 9 (2015, 2017-2024) Best finish: T9 (2023) Elvis Smylie World ranking: 206 Previous appearances: Nil Karl Vilips World ranking: 117
