IN JUST two months' time pistol shooter Georgina Geikie from South Tawton will be realising her dream when she competes in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

'I'm ecstatic, completely over the moon,' she told the Times. 'The Olympics was always on the horizon but now it's here and I can't wait to be a part of it.'

Gorgs, as she likes to be known, heard on Monday that she had been selected for Team GB.

Despite her ranking as Britain's No.1 lady pistol shooter, her Olympic quota place in the 25m pistol after a stirling performance at the European Championships last year and a bronze medal with teammate Julia Lydall at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, being selected was not written in stone.

She said:?'It's all about a combination of performances on specific days. If you have an off-day then you don't make the team.

'To be part of London 2012 is very exciting. It feels like all the hard work and all the help I have had from people around me has all come together.

'Performing in front of a home crowd is going to be very special, especially with my parents and friends there. Because of restrictions on guns they are not allowed to see me train and for them to watch me compete is going to be fantastic. It's my chance to really show everybody what I do.'

Gorgs, 27, a former pupil of South Tawton Primary School and Okehampton College, will compete in the .22 sport pistol and air pistol events during the first week of the Olympics at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

Her sporting career started with Chagford Pony Club at the age of five, then tetrathlon (running, swimming, shooting and riding) and modern pentathlon before concentrating on her main strength of shooting once she finished university.

Despite training all over the world, Gorgs still lives and works in the Okehampton area, juggling several part-time jobs to help fund her training.

She said that without the encouragement of the late Pip and Patrick Bugg and Arthur Harvey from her pony club days she would not be where she is today.

'So many people have made this possible. People who raise money for me from the Sticklepath Pram Race and Gregorys Haulage at North Tawton, who sponsor my car so I can get to training, and Helpful Holidays at Chagford. They have all been fantastic.'

Carrying the torch on the third day of its UK tour in her home town of Okehampton last week was a wonderful experience for the young sportswoman, who said she was bowled over by the massive crowd.

'I have tried to imagine what it will be like walking out into the Olympic stadium for the opening ceremony and on competition day, and carrying the Olympic torch is probably the nearest I have got to this in terms of support and atmosphere.

'I think it will be amazing but I need to make sure I stay focussed and perform well. I think living down here in Devon has kept me grounded. I just need to get my head down and go for it.'

Bernard Rendle, of Okehampton Smallbore Club, where Gorgs still trains, said from a young age she stood out as a major talent and deserved her place in the Olympic team as she had worked incredibly hard.

'She is very dedicated and has the talent to go all the way. She has won two Commonwealth medals and we hope she can do the same or better at the Olympics.'