The BOA had a deputy lawyer – Shahhab Ubbin – in the selection panel room as an observer and Hunt, who suggested that it would take a least 24 hours to carefully consider the outcome, said he was awaiting Ubbin’s report.
However, GB Taekwondo were still quibbling until late on Tuesday night over the conditions insisted by the BOA for this third meeting.
The BOA believe selectors have previously considered undue weight on a head-shot rule and insisted this time all factors were considered with equal weighting.
Cook had earlier written to the Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson and Lord Moynihan expressing his concerns ahead of Wednesday's Olympic selection meeting. He wrote the letter complaining of the process, before he was given less than 24 hours notice to prepare for the latest selection meeting, held in Manchester.
The 21 year-old sent the letter to Robertson before he was informed at 11am on Tuesday of the selection meeting, which began at 7.15am on Wednesday.
A spokesman for Cook wrote on his website: "We can confirm that Aaron Cook wrote a private letter to Lord Moynihan yesterday morning, copying both Sue Nicholls from UK Sport and Hugh Robertson MP, the Minister for Sport & Olympics, expressing his concerns for the current selection process of British Taekwondo for the -80kg spot for Team GB in the Olympic Games and his treatment.
"We can also confirm that, following this letter, Aaron and his coach Patrice were told of today’s selection meeting at 7.15am and had less than 24 hours to prepare”.
“Aaron is disappointed to hear that Lutalo Muhammad has received hate mail. No real fan of Aaron Cook would send such mail. We have always stated that we see Lutalo’s involvement in this mess as being a direct result of the decision by the Performance Team of British Taekwondo to recommend Lutalo for selection – wrongly in our opinion.
"Like Aaron, Lutalo is also a victim. Lutalo is an athlete of immense promise for the future.
“We have only ever discussed facts. Lutalo’s record as a Taekwondo athlete in the Olympic category of -80kg does not compare to Aaron’s. Lutalo has never won an international event in the Olympic weight category of -80kg.
"There was not one athlete in Lutalo’s -87kg victory at the European Championships who will be at the Olympic Games. Lutalo is not ranked in the Top 100 according to the Olympic ranking. Aaron won the European & Olympic Test Event in the -80kg Olympic weight category.
"Aaron has beaten seven of the Top 15 of his Olympic Rivals in their most recent fights and lost to one, whilst Lutalo has not beaten any of them. Aaron is ranked Number 1 in the World and Olympic Rankings because he is the best Taekwondo athlete at his weight class in the world. These are all facts, not opinion.
“We hope that the Selection Panel today think long and hard about their individual votes and that their votes are based on results and performance, as per the Selection Criteria of British Taekwondo and the guidance of both the BOA and Sports Resolution.
“The sport of Taekwondo needs a fair and equitable process today. There will be a lot of pressure on the Selectors to be able to justify their decisions.”
Vauxhall buff Alisdaire completes drive of his dreams - thesouthernreporter.co.uk
IT took Selkirk veteran car enthusiast Alisdaire Lockhart 22 years of painstaking work to recreate the famous Prince Henry Vauxhall, writes Andrew Keddie.
But all that toil and attention to meticulous detail paid off in spades last week when Alisdaire fulfilled a lifelong ambition by driving his remarkable vehicle on a 620-mile journey through rural Sweden.
In so doing, he emulated the feat of Vauxhall’s legendary founding managing director Percy Kidner and celebrated in style the centenary of the model’s participation in the inaugural Great Swedish Winter Reliability Trial of 1912.
Back in April, we told the story of Alisdaire, who lives in the town’s Ettrick Terrace, as he prepared for his date with destiny.
Only 60 21-horsepower, three-litre Prince Henry models – widely acknowledged as the first British sports cars to exceed 100mph – were ever manufactured by Vauxhall and only a handful exist today.
In 1988, Alisdaire, at that time resident in Bedfordshire and a passionate afficionado of the famous UK motoring marque, set his sights of following in the tyre tracks of Kidner 100 years on.
Using original parts specially transported from Australia, he began the re-creation of the famous model, finally completing the task in Selkirk, where he relocated five years ago. And his dream of taking part in the commemorative centenary reliability trial in Sweden, organised by the Kungliga Automobil Klubb (KAK), has finally come true.
Having travelled with his prized vehicle on the ferry from Harwich, Alisdaire lined up for the first day of the trial at the Tjoloholm Rally, south of Gottenburg, on Sunday, May 20.
He told us: “The following morning, we drove along the southern route of the original event, through Jonkoping and Linkoping, arriving in Stockholm on the Tuesday for a reception at the KAK headquaters where the car was photographed with the original trophies for the event. Thereafter, the car was driven back to Gotheburg by the northern route for the return to the UK on Saturday, May 27.
“On the commemorative run, I was accompanied by Kay Mordza of the Svenska Vauxhall Register, who was a great help with all the arrangements in Sweden, and my co-driver Andrew Duerden of the Vauxhall Heritage Centre in Luton.
“In total, we covered 620 miles in 22 hours of driving time spread over four days. With the open roads and low volume of traffic in Sweden, it was easy to cruise at 55-60mph without any mechanical trouble, with fuel consumption of around 30 miles per gallon.
“To my immense pride and pleasure, my Prince Henry, now safely back in its garage in Selkirk, proved a nimble little runner and was great fun to drive with easy gear changes and a lively performance.
“It must have been very impressive in its heyday of just over 100 years ago.”
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