British shooters in the 50m and 25m events failed to make it past the qualification events in the World Championships (Rifle and Pistol) in Cairo, Egypt.
With the top four places getting places in Paris (with the caveats that athletes that already earned a place were not eligible, and each country could only get one place per event), there was a lot on the line.
In the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Dean Bale and Michael Stephen Bargeron entered for GB. With places in the qualifiers limited to seventy, elimination relays took place, with the maximum score after sixty shots six hundred. Bale entered the first of the two, coming 24th with 580, while Bargeron came thirtieth in the second with 576. Both scores were good enough to make the qualifiers, where sixty shots would take place and the top eight would go through. Both Brits were next to each other on 584, with Bale 46th and Bargeron 47th.
In the Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol, Kristian Michael Smeeton Callaghan and Sam William Gowin represented our colours, and there was no pre-qualifying here. Gowin was the top Brit in 35th on 573, with Callaghan 47th on 567.
Moving over to the women’s side, with the 50m Rifle 3 Positions, and Seonaid McIntosh and Katie Gleeson represented us. McIntosh was in the first qualification relay but did not start, with Gleeson advancing after coming fifteenth in the second with a score of 581. In the qualification ‘proper’, she came 39th, again scoring 581.
Finally, in the women’s 25m pistol, Jess Liddon was our sole entrant, coming 47th with a score of 574.
The next chance to see shooting is the European 10m Championships in March next year, while the European Games in Poland three months later is the next chance to see shooting in this event.
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