Tondu shooters Sian Corish and Alun Evans dominated the Welsh 50Metre Rifle Championships this year. Sian became Welsh Prone Confined Champion and Open 3-Position Champion. Alan was Prone Open Champion and runner-up in the 3P. The event was well attended again this year, with a fourth Prone elimination detail added on Saturday, and Sunday’s 3-Position Rifle event fully subscribed. With Tondu hosting the British 50M championships later in June, many national shooters were keen to dial into the range and entrants came from across the UK, including from Northern Ireland and Jersey.
Saturday dawned with classic Tondu winds, leaving scores down across the board. Sian Corish had the highest result in an elimination detail with 615.5, followed by Louise Aiken and Chris Hunter with 613s. Many shooters were ten points off their average, although Chloe John-Driscoll managed a PB and new Welsh Junior Women’s Prone Record with her qualification score of 601.9.
The top 15 from the four eliminators progressed to the Open Final, another 60-shot match. Winds had calmed somewhat in the afternoon and scores climbed with more competitors breaking 610. Alun Evans made the best of it scoring 619.4, followed by Tim Jeffery on 615.5 and Chris Hunter on 615.3. Paige Fryer was Open Junior Champion, and Chris Brown was leading Veteran.
The top 15 Welsh competitors gathered for the Confined Final on Sunday morning with conditions bright, and the wind still tricky but more settled than Saturday. Sian Corish bagged her first medal and the DWF Phelps Trophy with a score of 612.6. Adam Gabrys was runner up with 607.3 and the battle for third was particularly tight with John Moore’s 606.6 just beating out Richard Hemingway’s 606.5 and Fred Brown’s 606.4.
The Three-Position Rifle was a Welsh lock-out. Sian Corish was gold medal position, with Alun Evans and Aidan Healy picking up Silver and Bronze. Scotland’s Neil Sinclair was fourth, a single point behind Aidan. Alun’s 573 was a British Shooting Para-Sport Minimum Consideration Score, helping him on his Paralympic ambitions.
The Association thanks Tondu TSC for the generous use of their range, and to all the volunteers who made the meeting a success.
Full results available at Megalink Results.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Open Prone | Alun Evans – 619.4 Tondu TSC | Tim Jeffery – 615.5 Havant RC | Chris Hunter – 615.3 Down Hatherley |
| Confined Prone | Sian Corish – 612.6 Tondu TSC | Adam Gabrys – 607.3 Torfaen RC | John Moore – 606.6 Penarth RC |
| Open Three-Position | Sian Corish – 577-26x Tondu TSC | Alun Evans – 573-19x Tondu TSC | Aidan Healy – 566-17x Bookham RC |
| Junior Prone | Paige Fryer – 607.6 Jersey Outdoor | Libby Hart – 604.7 Jersey Outdoor | Louis Norman – 603.7 Budleigh Farm TSC |
| Veterans Prone | Chris Brown – 606.2 Leicester District | Fred Brown – 599.7 Tondu TSC | Terry Thomas – 594.3 Tondu TSC |
| Open Prone Pairs | Sian Corish David George | ||
| B/C Class Prone Pairs | Alan Ainge Steve Gurner |
