Sheree Cox has set a new British Junior Record of 498.6 in the Junior Women's Air Rifle on Day three of Intershoot in The Hague.  A Personal Best of 396 in the Qualification Round took the seventeen year old into the final in second place, which she retained after a closely contested additional ten shots.  Not to be outdone, Ken Parr raised the British record he set two days ago, with a total of 694.0 today good enough for second place, with James Huckle coming fifth.  There were senior finalists also, with England's Louise Minett seventh in the Senior Women's event and Scotland's Graham Rudd eighth in the Senior Men's match.

 

In the Junior Women's Air Pistol Zoe Franklin was third with a score of 370 + 94.2, with Catriona MacGregor of Scotland equalling her PB of 367 and adding 94.0 in the final for fifth, with Victoria Mullin and Hannah Polak in sixth and seventh respectively.  The British team of Georgina Geikie, Julia Lydall and Kathryn Pearson have broken the British record in the in the Senior Women's Air Pistol team match, raising the score by two points to 1128.  All three women qualified for the final, Gorgs the best placed at fourth with 381, which she retained after a tie-shoot against double Olympic Champion Maria Grozdeva of Bulgaria.  Mick Gault completed the British interest with third in the Senior Men's match.

 

Day One Summary