Last updated: 1st March 2010
Welsh Airgun Association News
Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship 2010 - New Delhi, India 
(Added 1st March 2010)
Al Green and Steve Pengelly took 2nd place in the Centre Fire Pistol Pairs with a new Welsh Record score of 1131x1200, and followed with 3rd place in the
Standard Pistol Pairs with another Welsh Record score of 1096x1200.
Dani Jones and Nicola Wilson competed in the 10m Air Pistol Womens event and took 3rd place in the Pairs event.
Jenny Corish, Siān Corish and Rhian Floyd competed in the 10m Air Rifle Womens events.
The Association's congratulations go to the Welsh medal winners and competitors who completed in the smallbore and clay target events.
Full results are available from the Sius Ascor results web site.
British Airgun Championship 2010 (Added 1st March 2010)
Teams
The team of Rachel Gravell, Karen Morris and Coral Kennerley took the Women's Home Countries Pistol Championship.
Rifle
Junior Men's Air Rifle Championship
Michael Bamsey went into the Final in 4th place and moved up to 2nd place.
Pistol
Junior Women's Air Pistol Championship
Coral Kennerley entered the Final in 4th place and fought her way to 2nd before ending the Final in 4th place.
Junior Men's Air Pistol Championship
Craig Auden entered the Final in 3rd place and retained 3rd place at the end of the Final. Michael Bamsey also gained a Final place in the pistol Final in addition to
his air rifle Championship podium place.
Women's Air Pistol Championship
Rachel Gravell and Kathy Gaunt made the Olympic Final.
Intershoot 2010 (Added 1st March 2010)
Wales sent a small team of 10 (compared to a team of 31 in 2009) to Intershoot. Five people travelled from Birmingham, four from Cardiff, with one person making thier
own travel arrangements.
Links page updated (Added 2nd January 2010)
ISSF link amended.
Malta Autumn Grand Prix 2009 (Added 6th December 2009)
Malta was the destination of a Team to compete in the Malta Autumn Grand Prix at the end of November.
The event proved very successful for Wales, with six 1st place results out of eight matches along with a number of new Welsh Record Scores set:-
- 10m Air Pistol Women (60 shots) & Junior Women (60 shots) - Danielle Jones - 558x600
- 10m Air Pistol Women (40 shots) - Nicola Wilson - 376x400
- 10m Air Pistol Women Pairs - Nicola Wilson and Rachel Gravell - 727x800
Welsh Airgun Open 2010 (Added 15th November 2009)
The 2010 Welsh Airgun Open will held over the weekend of 29 - 31 October 2010 in the Main Hall at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff.
Record Scores page updated (Added 15th November 2009)
Team Nomination Policy document amended (Added 15th November 2009)
Issue 11 of the WAA Team Nomination Policy document has been published and is available on the Documents page.
Welsh Airgun Open 2009 (Added 10th October 2009)
The 2009 Welsh Airgun Open was held over the weekend of 3 - 4 October in the Main Hall at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff.
The 2009 Open Pistol Champion is Stewart Nangle and the 2009 Open Rifle Champion is Chris Hector. In the Junior category, the 2009 Open Pistol Champion is Craig Auden and the 2009 Open Rifle Champion is James Huckle.
This year saw the use again of Megalink electronic targets for the Olympic Finals. Finals prizes for the four Finals were awarded to the competitors by Harry Preston, Steyr GB.
In the Welsh Closed Championships, Alan Green took the Air Pistol title and Rhian Floyd the Air Rifle title.
Coral Kennerley equalled the Welsh Record Score of 375x400 for the 10m Air Pistol Women event and the 10m Air Pistol Junior Women event.
Full results may be downloaded from the Competition Results page, including graphical score cards from the Olympic Finals.
With three weeks to go, the 2009 Open was fully booked and an extra squad was organised for Friday afternoon with a limited number of firing points to
accommodate the people who had just made it on to the waiting list - shooting took place whilst the rest of the firing points were being put up in the Main Hall. There is no guarantee that a Friday afternoon squad will take place in future years.
It is likely that a deadline date for entries for the 2010 Open will be set.
CSF(ED) 2009 Isle of Man (Added 30th September 2009)
The team travelled from by ferry and air to Douglas, Isle of Man, for the 2009 Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division) Championships. Al Green travelled from Switzerland and most likely had to incur excess baggage costs for the medal haul he took back.
Rhian Floyd and Siān Corish set a New Welsh Record Score of 779x800 in the 10m Air Rifle Womens Pairs event, eclipsing the previous score of 768x800 set by Rhian Floyd and Julie Daltrey at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.
Airgun events took place at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, with the cartridge pistol being shot on the Slieau Host range at Windy Corner, the smallbore rifle at the Sinclair Range and the clay events at Blue Point. The Full-bore rifle events were shot at Bisley.
Event
10m Air Rifle Women Gold Rhian Floyd
10m Air Rifle Women Silver Siān Corish
10m Air Pistol Women Gold Rachel Gravell
10m Air Pistol Women Bronze Nicola Wilson
25m Centrefire Pistol Gold Al Green
25m Standard Pistol Bronze Al Green
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold Steve Pengelly
10m Air Rifle Women Pairs Gold Rhian Floyd and Siān Corish
10m Air Pistol Men Pairs Silver Craig Auden and Ian Harris
25m Standard Pistol Pairs Gold Steve Pengelly and Al Green
25m Rapid Fire Pairs Gold Steve pengelly and Al Green
Other medals were won by Wales in the smallbore rifle, clay and full-bore rifle events.
New Womens 10m 60-shot Air Pistol record score (Added 16th September 2009)
Nicola Wilson, shooting at the September BPC meeting at Bisley, posted a new Welsh Record Score for Womens 10m 60-shot Air Pistol event of 557x600, and (at the the NSRA Pistol meeting) has attained a Commonwealth Games MCS.
5 Nations Cup 2009 - France (Added 24th June 2009)
The 2009 5 Nations Cup competition was held this year over the weekend of 19 - 21 June at Eurostand in the Lorraine region of France, and this year was hosted by France, who also won the 2009 Cup.
The coach travelled through the Channel tunnel, through France, Belgium and Luxembourg to the hotel in the south of Luxembourg City. It was, as usual, a long trip, taking some 13 hours.There were lots of roadworks on the roads, but, luckily, there were no major holdups.
Some good shooting in the airgun and cartridge pistol events resulted in one Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals.
Dani Jones won the 10m Air Pistol Junior Womens competition with a new PB and a new Welsh record Score (375x400) in both the Junior and Senior Womens 10m Air Pistol events.
Chatch (Charlotte) Furneaux and Hanni (Hannah) Jones were presented with their Colours by John Dallimore, Team Manager, for their first representation for Wales in a WTSF competition.
Although not listed below, there were medals won in the smallbore rifle events. There was some confusion over the clay target competitions, but trap shooting did take place on the Sunday morning - one Bronze medal won.
Event
10m Air Pistol Junior Women Gold Dani Jones
10m Air Pistol Women Silver Nicola Wilson
10m 5-Target Women Bronze Karen Morris
25m Standard Pistol Bronze Al Green
25m Centre Fire Pistol Bronze Al Green
The 2010 4 Nations Cup will be hosted by Wales in Cardiff, France (Lorraine) having decided to pull out of the Cup for the foreseable future.
New 25m Pistol record score (Added 12th June 2009)
Nicola Wilson, shooting in the April 2009 GB Trials in Switzerland, posted a new Welsh Record Score for 25m Pistol of 555x600.
Calendar page updated (Added 12th June 2009)
Changes to funding levels for some International matches.
AGM Notice and Grant Aid reminder (Added 18th April 2009)
Notices for the 2009 AGM have been sent out to members who have paid their subscription for 2009. Only Members who have paid their 2009 subscription may vote at the AGM.
Members are reminded that in order to receive Grant Aid, attend Squad training sessions or represent Wales at matches, they must have paid their current year's subscription.
Scottish Air Pistol Championships 2009 (Added 7th April 2009)
A small team of four travelled up to Scotland to compete in the 2009 Scottish Air Pistol Championships. Craig Auden entered the Junior Mens Championship Final in 1st with a clear lead and remained in 1st to take the top podium place.
Ian Harris took 3rd place in the 5 Target Falling plate match with a new Welsh Record score and also 3rd place in the the Standard Pistol match.
North Wales Airgun 2009 (Added 7th April 2009)
Ellesmere College, in Shropshire, was the host over the weekend of 28th and 29th March to the North Wales Airgun 2009, and was organised as part of the Association's commitment to the promotion of airgun shooting within the Principality.
Entries were reasonable for a competition new to the calendar, with some good results, especially from a couple of the juniors.
A demonstration Summer Biathlon event involving running and Anschütz LaserPower rifles was also organised over the weekend.
The results may be downloaded from the Competition Results web page.
Updated: 1st March 2010 2010
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