The Great Britain squad travelled to the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH) to compete in the first 50m events of the year. ISCH is an IPC approved competition so any MQS shot will be recognised.
Here's a summary of the results so far:
R6 – 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Mixed
Matthew Skelhon led the qualification with score of 621.8 but finished 4th in the final behind
Suranji Laslo of Serbia, Carlos Garletti of Brazil and London 2012 Paralympic silver medallist Juan Antonio Saavedra of Spain
Karen Butler was placed 7th in qualification with a score 617.1 and finished 8th in the final. The other GB scores and positions were:
Ben Jesson finished 15th – 610.3
Mandy Pankhurst - 17th - 609.9
Lorraine Lambert - 20th - 607.2
Lesley Baldwin - 30th - 595.1
Owen Burke - 32nd - 593.8
The R6 Team of Matt, Ben and Lorraine won Gold ahead of Slovakia and Korea.
R8 - 50m Rifle 3 positions SH1 Women
Karen Butler finished 4th with a finals score of 421.3. She was placed 7th with a score 554 in the qualification. The Gold was won by Xiaohong Bai of China and Silver went to Veronika Vadovicova from Slovakia
Lorraine Lambert finished 6th in the final, she was placed 3rd in qualification with a score of 566. Lesley Badwin was 9th with a score of 534.
The GB Team (pictured) of Karen, Lorraine and Lesley won Gold.
R7 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 Men
Owen Burke finished 10th with a score 1117
R4 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Mixed
Kyrun Spraggs finished 15 with a score 623.9
R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1
Matthew Skelhon won the Bronze after qualifying for the final in second with a score 636.3.
Veronika Vadovicova from Slovakia won the Gold and Massimo Croci from Italy won the Silver.
Lesley Baldwin finished 18th – 628.6
Ben Jesson – 25th - 626.6
Lorraine Lambert - 28th - 626.3
Mandy Pankhurst- 31st - 624.3
The R3 Team of Matt, Ben and Lorraine won Silver behind Slovakia and ahead of China.
P5 – 10m Air Pistol Standard
Roy Carter won the Gold with a score 357 ahead of Frank Heitmeyer of Germany who shot 346 and Geraldo Rosenthal of Brazil
P4 - 50m Pistol SH1 Men
Stewart Nangle was second in qualification with a score of 535. He finished 5th in the final.
P1 - 10m Air Pistol Men SH1
Stewart Nangle won the bronze. He was 4th in the qualification with a score 565. Oleksil Denysiuk of Ukraine won the Gold and Silver to Chao Yang of China.
Roy Carter finished 19th with a score 544.