Loss of leg not holding shooter back

Losing a leg after a freak accident on the Antarctic ice 27 years ago
failed to dent Greg Reid's lust for life.
The Featherston amputee is taking aim at the London Paralympics in 2012 and has
strengthened his chances of being picked as a shooter by a stand-out
performance at the World Championships in Croatia.
Reid, 48, finished eighth overall in the air rifle prone 10m competition in a field of more than 60, a result that puts him right in line for selection, although he can't take that for granted.
His fine performance follows achieving qualifying scores in both Germany and France and from one of the proudest moments in his life _ standing on the podium at the Oceania Championships in Sydney last year to receive a bronze medal while the New Zealand national anthem played.
A former teacher, Reid was working a holiday job in Antarctica in 1983 when an ice face broke away sending him toppling and badly smashing his right leg.
The leg was ``put back together'' and for nearly a decade he persevered, amid pain and serious sleep deprivation until he finally decided to part company with it and  had his leg amputated below the knee.
He had been teaching in Wainuiomata and said two hours of sleep a  night was not enough for either himself or his students whom he feared had to grin and bear the results of his injury.
 Reid moved to Featherston about  five years ago, buying his own home, and commutes each day to his research job in Lower Hutt.
He was encouraged to try out for selection as a paralympian shooter by a colleague, having previously been involved as an indoor .22 calibre shooter.
Reid said the sport was not a cheap one to pursue as he has had to find the money to travel to Australia, Germany, France and Croatia but ``wild horses'' couldn't keep him
away from London if he is lucky enough to be chosen in the team.
``The London Paralympics are definitely my aim,'' he said.