Hemingway retains Welsh title at Tondu

A female athlete takes aim in the standing position with a silver target rifle. She wears a red and green shooting jacket, red ear defenders and a blue visor. Credit: Niall Evans
by Web Teamin Competition News

Richard Hemingway retained his title at the Welsh 50M Championships this weekend at Tondu Target Shooting Club.

Saturday dawned overcast but calm for the Open. Richard Hemingway topped qualification and X-Class with a score of 618.9, followed by Chris Hunter (617.1) and Joshua Culshaw (616.4). The wind picked up after lunch and in the Open Championship final, scores tumbled and fortunes were turned. Chris Hunter held on to the top spot with 612.8, followed by Sian Corish (612.4) and Liam Webster (610.9).

Anna Maughan was top Open Junior and Aidan Healy was top Welsh Junior. Fred Brown took top Veteran.

Sunday morning dawned flat and drizzly as the Welsh finalists assembled for the Confined Championship. A deceptively gentle start gave way to some tricky wind changes in the last fifteen minutes. After an early lead Richard Hemingway was overtaken by Sian Corish, with the two trading places into the last string. After 60 shots however, the line up was a repeat of 2023 with Richard retaining his title with a score of 617.5. Sian Corish was runner-up on 615.0 and Liam Webster placed third on 614.1.

The Open 3×20 was well attended and closely fought. Sian Corish took the title on 579, with Alan Bain and Alun Evans having to be split on inner-tens having tied on 567.

Our immense thanks goes to Dave Phelps for organising; Rob Warnes for managing the electronics; the volunteers who helped put the range together and pack away on Sunday; and to Tondu TSC for the generous use of their range. We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 Championship.

Full Results

  • A man in a red and white top presents a trophy to a female athlete in a grey jackets and black tracksuit bottoms. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A man in a red and white top presents a trophy to an athlete in t-shirt and shorts. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A man in a red and white top presents a trophy to an athlete. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A female athlete takes aim in the standing position with a silver target rifle. She wears a red and green shooting jacket, red ear defenders and a blue visor. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A female athlete takes aim in the prone position with a silver target rifle. She wears a black and grey shooting jacket and a red visor. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A wheelchair athlete takes aim with a black target rifle. They wear a red and black shooting jacketand a red visor. A welsh flag is visible on their sleeve. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A female athlete takes aim in the prone position with a silver target rifle. She wears a black and grey shooting jacket and a red visor. Credit: Niall Evans
  • A male athlete takes aim in the prone position with a silver target rifle. He wears a red and green shooting jacket and ablack glove. Credit: Niall Evans
  • Athletes shoot from a covered firing point on an outdoor shooting range. Nearest the camera are two para athletes shooting from wheelchairs. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A smiling man with a moustache and wearing a high viz jacket stands on a shooting range supervising a competition. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A female target shooter aims her rifle from the kneeling position on an outdoor shooting range. She wears a heavy black and white jacket to steady her aim. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A man wearing a black top with red trim is illuminated by the glow from a screen as he administers a target shooting competition. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • Target shooting competitors take aim on the covered firing point of an outdoor range. In the foreground, a shooter fires lying from the floor. They wear a grey jacket and orange visor. Beyond them, a disabled athlete shoots from a wheelchair. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A monitor for an electronic shooting target sits on the firing point of a grassy range. In the distance a bank of targets are visible in front of an earth berm and concrete walll. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • Competitors fire target rifles from a kneeling position. The range is outdoors but the firing point is covered. They wear stiff, multi-coloured jackets and trousers to help support the rifles. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A target shooter reloads their rifle during a Championship match. The small .22lr round is visible in their fingers as they place it in the breech of their bolt action rifle. Credit: Richard Hemingway
  • A male target shooter aims his rifle from the kneeling position on an outdoor shooting range. He wears a heavy black and red jacket to steady their aim. Credit: Richard Hemingway