Shooting: Second medal for Stanton but team-mates miss bullseye

8.15am

MANCHESTER - A 15-year-old from England denied Nadine Stanton her second Commonwealth Games gold medal on what proved to be a disappointing session for New Zealand at the Bisley Shooting Range today.

Stanton won silver when she really wanted gold while major hopefuls like Stephen Petterson, Tania Corrigan, Jocelyn Lees and Greg Yelavich fell short of their targets on a day that promised plenty.

Most notable was Petterson, who couldn't win his third consecutive 50m prone rifle gold medal, finishing fourth in a strong 40-man field.

Stanton, 26, will return to New Plymouth with two medals, adding her silver in the women's double trap singles competition to the doubles gold she won with Teresa Borrell on Sunday.

Her overall score of 134 points out of 160 was eclipsed by the prodigiously-talented Charlotte Kerwood's total of 141. Canadian Cynthia Meyer was third with 132.

Kerwood, at 15 the youngest shooter at the Games, trailed Stanton by two points through the first half of competition after the New Zealander recorded an impressive 70 out of 80.

However, her final qualifying session of 31 out of 40 saw her drop back to a three-point deficit and she then had little chance of catching Kerwood, who shot beyond her years with 37 in the final.

"I was a little bit disappointed I let myself down in the third round, I just lost it," Stanton told NZPA.

"But I held on, I didn't let them come up and take silver off me.

"I was hoping and wanting gold but I was expecting definitely top two. I told people not to talk to me if I got bronze or worse."

Stanton beat Kerwood on a countback in the pre-Games badge match and was hoping to repeat the dose in what is her specialist event.

"Being so young I was hoping her confidence might dwindle but it didn't, she shot wonderfully. She's a very talented young lady, she's got a big future ahead of her."

"I was working very hard but things weren't flowing as they normally would. But I think I can go home saying I've done all right over here."

Petterson said he simply wasn't good enough to get among the medals today.

Australian Timothy Lowndes won with a total of 699.8, followed by England's Michael Babb and South African Jaco Henn.

Petterson shot well in the final but couldn't improve on his fourth placing from the qualifying rounds and totalled 696.3 points, 1.4 behind Henn. New Zealand's Sean McCabe improved one place in the final to finish seventh with 692.7.

Aucklander Petterson, who turns 45 tomorrow (Eds: Aug 2), said it was always going to be difficult to defend his title a second time, which would have earned him a record-equalling fifth gold medal.

"It's hard enough to win one so to get two (in the 50m prone rifle) was really good," he said.

"Three was going to be difficult I suppose. I guess I'll have to be happy with fourth place."

Corrigan and Lees, who won five medals between them at Kuala Lumpur four years ago and snared a bronze in the 25m pistol pairs yesterday, couldn't quite reach the podium in the 10m air pistol today.

Lees was fourth with a total of 474.3, a full two points short of the bronze medal. Corrigan finished ninth, missing out on the top-eight final on a countback after shooting a score of 370 in qualifying.

The event was won by former Russian shooter Lalita Yauhleuskaya, now competing for Australia, with 479.4.

In the men's 50m pistol event, Yelavich was 10th with his score of 538 just three points short of qualifying for the final. Alan Earle was 21st with 507.

Brian Wistrand was 11th in the men's double trap with a score of 128 while New Zealand team-mate Scott Wilson finished one point back and one place behind.

New Zealand have now snared a medal of each colour at Bisley but today's results may mean their final haul doesn't match their high expectations.

Men's 50m Rifle Prone - Singles Qualification: 1 Michael Babb (Eng) 597
2 Jaco Henn (Rsa) 596
3 Timothy Lowndes (Aus) 595
4 STEPHEN PETTERSON (NZL) 593
5 Michael Thiele (Rsa) 593
6 Harry Creevy (Iom) 590
7 David Phelps (Wal) 590
8 SEAN MCCABE (NZL) 589
9 Gary Duff (Nir) 588
10 Subbaiah Airira Pemmaiah (Ind) 587
11 Sabki Hj Mohd Din (Mas) 587
12 Sinclair Bruce (Sco) 585
13 Mohd Erman Zakaria (Mas) 584
14 Gale Stewart (Can) 583
15 Neil Day (Eng) 583
16 Jim Cole-Hamilton (Sco) 582
17 Saiful Alam (Ban) 581
18 Abhijeet Konduskar (Ind) 581
19 Warren Grenness (Aus) 581
20 Michel Dion (Can) 580
21 Alan Lewis (Nir) 580
22 Adrian Joseph Lugnani (Gib) 580
23 Phil Glover (Iom) 579
24 Taran Deosaran (Tri) 577
25 Kevin De Gruchy (Jer) 577
26 Colin Tomlinson (Gib) 576
27 Ross Roberts (Ber) 575
28 Satyadeo Tiwari (Tri) 573
29 Robin Hilborne (Wal) 571
30 Ahmed Mumthaz (Mdv) 571
31 Marlon Best (Bar) 570
32 Carl Anthony Reid (Ber) 569
33 Kamrul Islam (Ban) 566
34 Benjamin Joseph Miller Mason (Sam) 565
35 Jose Nunez (Jam) 564
36 Keith Hammond (Jam) 553
37 Musawwr Ahmad (Uga) 538
38 Eric Anthony Phillips (Bar) 534
39 Michael Mungoma (Uga) Did Not Start
40 Ahmed Naseem (Mdv) Did Not Start

Men's 50m Rifle Prone - Singles Final: 1 Timothy Lowndes (Aus) 699.8
2 Michael Babb (Eng) 699.0
3 Jaco Henn (Rsa) 697.7
4 STEPHEN PETTERSON (NZL) 696.3
5 Michael Thiele (Rsa) 694.3
6 David Phelps (Wal) 693.5
7 SEAN MCCABE (NZL) 692.7
8 Harry Creevy (Iom) 690.8

Men's 50m Pistol - Singles Qualification: 1 Michael Gault (Eng) 559
2 Samresh Jung (Ind) 558
3 Daniel Francois Van Tonder (Rsa) 547
4 Frederick Willem Van Tonder (Rsa) 547
5 David Moore (Aus) 546
6 Roger Daniel (Tri) 544
7 Tariq Manzoor (Pak) 542
8 Jean Pierre Huot (Can) 541
9 Robert Doak (Nir) 539
10 GREG YELAVICH (NZL) 538
11 Friedhelm Sack (Nam) 536
12 David Lewis (Sco) 531
13 Vivek Singh (Ind) 529
14 Frank Wyatt (Eng) 527
15 Wayne Salhany (Can) 527
16 Bruce Quick (Aus) 527
17 Andre Malherbe (Nam) 524
18 Irshad Ali (Pak) 519
19 Gamini Walgama (Sri) 513
20 Suranga Fernando (Sri) 512
21 ALAN EARLE (NZL) 507
22 Floyd Fitzgerald Reid (Bar) 503
23 Bernard Mcdonald Chase (Bar) 502
24 Kevin Gray (Sco) 498
25 Musawwr Ahmad (Uga) Did Not Start

Men's 50m Pistol - Singles Final: 1 Michael Gault (Eng) 657.5
2 Samresh Jung (Ind) 652.8
3 Daniel Francois Van Tonder (Rsa) 644.3
4 Frederick Willem Van Tonder (Rsa) 639.3
5 Tariq Manzoor (Pak) 636.6
6 Roger Daniel (Tri) 636.4
7 Jean Pierre Huot (Can) 634.4
8 David Moore (Aus) 634.2

Women's 10m Air Rifle - Singles Qualification: 1 Anjali Bhagwat (Ind) 398
2 Suma Shirur (Ind) 397
3 Louise Minett (Eng) 393
4 Sharon Bowes (Can) 390
5 Susan Mccready (Aus) 389
6 Pushpamali Ramanayake (Sri) 386
7 Roslina Bakar (Mas) 386
8 Jacklyn Mecredy (Can) 386
9 Suraiya Akter (Ban) 386
10 Nurul Hudda Baharin (Mas) 385
11 Donne Potgieter (Rsa) 384
12 Susannah Smith (Aus) 384
13 Sabrina Sultana (Ban) 384
14 Julie Daltrey (Wal) 383
15 Victoria Eaton (Eng) 383
16 Marilena Constantinou (Cyp) 381
17 Fani Theofanous (Cyp) 381
18 Rhian Floyd (Wal) 380
19 Heloise Manasco (Gib) 380
20 Esmari Van Reenen (Rsa) 376
21 Cheryl Mayers (Bar) 370
22 Kumari Pussella (Sri) 363
23 Jacquelyn Elaine Forde-Brome (Bar) 323
24 Cleopatra Mungoma (Uga) Did Not Start

Women's 10m Air Rifle - Singles Final: 1 Anjali Bhagwat (Ind) 500.8
2 Suma Shirur (Ind) 500.0
3 Louise Minett (Eng) 494.8
4 Sharon Bowes (Can) 490.7
5 Susan Mccready (Aus) 489.8
6 Pushpamali Ramanayake (Sri) 487.7
7 Roslina Bakar (Mas) 485.7
8 Jacklyn Mecredy (Can) 484.8

Women's Double Trap - Singles Qualification: 1 Charlotte Kerwood (Eng) 104
2 NADINE STANTON (NZL) 101
3 Cynthia Meyer (Can) 98
4 Susan Nattrass (Can) 98
5 Evangelia Kakoyianni (Cyp) 92
6 Suzanne Balogh (Aus) 92
7 Suzie Trindall (Aus) 89
8 Helen Slack (Eng) 85
9 Carolyn Trehearne (Wal) 83
10 Rosemary Johnston (Nir) 75
11 Debbie Bader (Nir) 63

Women's Double Trap - Singles Final: 1 Charlotte Kerwood (Eng) 141
2 NADINE STANTON (NZL) 134
3 Cynthia Meyer (Can) 132
4 Susan Nattrass (Can) 130
5 Suzanne Balogh (Aus) 124
6 Evangelia Kakoyianni (Cyp) 123

Men's Double Trap - Singles Qualification: 1 Rajyavardhan Singh (Ind) 142
2 William Chetcuti (Mlt) 141
3 Russell Mark (Aus) 141
4 John Bellamy (Eng) 139
5 Richard Faulds (Eng) 139
6 Ali Khan Moraad (Ind) 137
7 Michael Diamond (Aus) 136
8 Colin Will (Sco) 134
9 Kirk Reynolds (Can) 133
10 Andreas Mastrou (Cyp) 131
11 Stewart Cumming (Sco) 129
12 Wung Yew Lee (Sin) 128
13 BRIAN WISTRAND (NZL) 128
14 SCOTT WILSON (NZL) 127
15 Philip Murphy (Nir) 126
16 Chee Keong Tan (Sin) 124
17 Neil Parsons (Iom) 120
18 Jake Keeling (Iom) 116
19 Frank Kurenda (Can) 116
20 Thomas Allen (Nir) 109
21 Milton Bradley (Nfi) 88
22 Saul Pitaluga (Fai) 68
23 Yiannos Toppouzis (Cyp) Did Not Start

Men's Double Trap - Singles Final: 1 Rajyavardhan Singh (Ind) 191
2 Russell Mark (Aus) 190
3 William Chetcuti (Mlt) 189
4 John Bellamy (Eng) 186
5 Richard Faulds (Eng) 185
6 Ali Khan Moraad (Ind) 181

Women's 10m Air Pistol - Singles Qualification: 1 Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Aus) 384
2 Annemarie Forder (Aus) 380
3 Dorothy Hare (Can) 379
4 JOCELYN LEES (NZL) 377
5 Irina Maharani (Mas) 377
6 Shweta Chaudhary (Ind) 375
7 Helen Preston (Eng) 371
8 Pei Chin Bibiana Ng (Mas) 370
9 TANIA CORRIGAN (NZL) 370
10 Irene Panteli (Cyp) 369
11 Kim Eagles (Can) 368
12 Sian Megan Lewis (Wal) 367
13 Sheila Kanungo (Ind) 363
14 Anoma Wickramasinghe (Sri) 356
15 Shyamalie Wijesooriya (Sri) 355
16 Kathryn Pearson (Eng) 345
17 Savita Beatrice (Tri) 307
18 Carmelita Donald (Png) Did Not Start
19 Cleopatra Mungoma (Uga) Did Not Start

Women's 10m Air Pistol - Singles Final: 1 Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Aus) 479.4
2 Dorothy Hare (Can) 477.9
3 Annemarie Forder (Aus) 476.3
4 JOCELYN LEES (NZL) 474.3
5 Irina Maharani (Mas) 472.8
6 Shweta Chaudhary (Ind) 467.1
7 Helen Preston (Eng) 466.8
8 Pei Chin Bibiana Ng (Mas) 463.5

- NZPA

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