Jane Sixsmith is to retire from international competition after spearheading the Great Britain attack in Sydney.

Sutton Coldfield-based Sixsmith, 33, feels the time has come to bow out after more than a decade as Britain's leading marksman.

Sixsmith, who leads the attack in Sunday's opening match against the hosts Australia, said: "No-one is going to talk me into carrying on with Britain or England."

Sixsmith, who will continue to play for Sutton Coldfield, is competing in her fourth Games and won bronze in Barcelona in 1992.

She believes that Britain have an excellent chance of a top three finish in Sydney - despite their daunting start against the hosts in front of what will be a partisan crowd.

She added: "I can honestly say that any of the 16 players we will use are as capable as any of the others. We feel very confident after having a very good preparation.

"This is the best of the four Olympic teams that I have been in and I will be really disappointed if we do not get into the top three.

"We went within an inch of the bronze in Atlanta four years ago and hopefully that is not going to happen again. Australia will be a tough start but this might be the time to play them before they have really got into the competition."