Target Shooting at the Commonwealth Games
With all shooting events having been removed from the Commonwealth Games programme for Birmingham 2022 (despite rigorous protests from shooting organisations throughout the Commonwealth) the alternative Commonwealth Archery & Shooting Championships have been agreed for January 2022 to be held in Chandigarh, in the Northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. This is a separate event from the Commonwealth Games, however medals won at this event will be added to medal tallies from those Games.
There is very little known about the dates, venue or Qualifying and Selection Criteria for the event, and the world-wide Covid-19 crisis has now added further uncertainty to the event.
As at July 2020 the advice from NZSF is that any NZ athletes who have aspirations towards this event should attend the usual Designated Matches from 1st August 2020 through to 2021, as these scores can then be used for qualifying and MQS's as required.
Click here for Designated Matches 2020-21
The Women's 50m Prone match was shot on 12th April, with our two NZ shooters only split by 0.4 points!
Janet Hunt has placed 10th on 608.2, with Sally Johnston only just behind in 11th on 607.8.
Click here to go to the Offical Results page for the Womens 50m Prone Match
Well done to Ryan Taylor, shooting in the Mens 50m Prone at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
Ryan shot on 10th April and qualifed for the Final in 2nd place, with a score of 619.4, then placed 5th in the Final.
Click here for full results of the Mens 50m Prone Qualification Match
Our 3 TSNZ rifle shooters will soon be heading off to Australia for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
All the best to Ryan Taylor, Sally Johnston and Janet Hunt,
who are all competing in 50m Prone events.
Men's 50m Prone is on Tuesday 10th April, 11am (NZ time) with the Men's Final at 3pm (NZ time),
Women's 50m Prone is on Thursday 12th April, 4pm (NZ time),
at the Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane.
- Click here for a full Schedule of all Shooting Events -
Shooters have now been named for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games -
congratulations to Ryan Taylor, Sally Johnston and Janet Hunt,
who will all be competing in 50m Prone events.
Click here for the full NZOC announcement
Commonwealth Games 2018 - Gold Coast, Australia
The selection period for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia in April has now closed, with the last TSNZ Designated Match for selection being held on 10th December. At closing there were 11 shooters over the NZSF disciplines of Smallbore, Pistol, Clay Target and Shotgun who have achieved both the domestic and international MQS (Minimum Qualification Score) required, and these shooters will now enter the next stage of the selection process for the 8 places currently available.
The TSNZ shooters who have qualified for this next stage are Janet Hunt, Sally Johnston, and Ryan Taylor.
We wish everyone the very best, and look forward to finding out in early 2018 who will be representing TSNZ and NZ at the Gold Coast Games.
(Go to RIFLE - 2018 Commonwealth Games Five Match Ranking, click on dropdown arrow and select the 2018 list)
Commonwealth Games 2014 - Glasgow
Sally Johnston
GOLD in the Women's 50m Prone
| MEN: | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| 50 m rifle prone | ||||||
Martin Hunt | 615.4 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
Ryan Taylor | 619.3 | 6 Q | 118.5 | 6 | ||
| WOMEN: | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| 10 m air rifle | ||||||
Jenna McKenzie | 403.8 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
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Jenna McKenzie | N/A | 612.2 | 14 | |||
Sally Johnston | 620.7 GR | GOLD | ||||
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Jenna McKenzie | 568 | =7 Q | 385.6 | 7 | ||