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Written by Donald McIntosh   
Sunday, 17 May 2009
The 2009 World Cup season kicked off for Richard Faulds much as it finished in 2008, with his fourth consecutive  World Cup medal and sixth consecutive final appearance including the Olympic Games.

Shooting in the Men's Double Trap on the newly refurbished Munich Shotgun ranges - the venue for next year's World Championships - Faulds qualified for the final in sixth place, after shooting a qualifying stage of 143, and winning the three-man shoot off against Australia's Russell Mark and Hungarian Roland Gerebics.  A closely fought final saw Hakken Dahlby of Sweden lose his two point lead, with Richard moving in and out of the medal zone before settling in joint second one target behind Joshua Richmond of the USA, and tied with Rashid Al-Altba of Qatar.  The first pair of targets quickly decided the shoot-off, Faulds winning 2:1.
 
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Earlier in the week, Charlotte Kerwood narrowly missed out on the final of the Women's Trap, coming 10th after a seven way shoot-off for two places in the final.  Ed Ling was the best placed in the Men's Trap with 114 and 57th place.

Yesterday in incredibly high scoreing matches, Ken Parr was the highest placed Briton in the Men's Air Rifle, with a disappointing 587 and 69th place, although Neil Stirton - a novice at this event - set a new Personal Best of 585 in the MQS match.  Sheree Cox produced a steady 394 for 42nd place, her best performance at this level of competition.

Earlier today Mick Gault was 20th in the Men's 50m Pistol with 559.  Gorgs Geikie followed on from her British Record performance in Hannover two weeks ago with an excellent 578 in the Women's 25m Pistol for 17th place.

Tomorrow sees the qualification round of the Men's 50m Prone Rifle, with all three Britons through to the second stage after today's elimination rounds.  Jon Hammond produced an excellent 597 for 5th highest score in his relay, Graham Rudd also through in the same relay with 592, while Neil Stirton moved through with 591 in the second squad.
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