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Chateauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in France.

France’s National Sports Shooting Centre (CNTS) in Chateauroux played
host to the first major international shooting Para sport competition The
Chateauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup took place from
24-29 September. It featured rifle, pistol and shotgun competitions, as
well as demonstration events for vision impaired (VI) athletes.

235 athletes from 43 countries from Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Amer-
icas competing in France.
Nineteen shooters from 12 countries also took part in the Visually Im-
paired (VI) events. Vision impaired? The competition challenges accuracy
and control. Shooters use air rifles to fire a series of shots at a stationary
target.
Athletes use an audio signal to guide them in their aiming with the audio
signal rising in pitch as the point of aim moves nearer to the centre of the
target.

Congratulations to the 3 members
of the Rifle Team with
Natalie Smith taking Gold and the
Quota Place for 2020 in 10m Air
Standing SH1

Glen McMurtrie in the final of the
R1 10m Air Rifle Standing coming
5th overall with 612.9 and

Anton Zappelli who posted a PB of 620.5;
Anton had won a Quota place at the preceding competition

Many thanks must go to Miroslav Sipek for his relentless work to ensure Australia is well represented; tremen-
dous work and our special thanks to his delightful wife, Masada, for her support. Enjoy retirement.

Stop Press: (that’s an expression as old as the cover masthead) Date for your diary: 31st August 2020! The day
the #shootingparasport action begins at Tokyo 2020 http://bit.ly/2D018Q0

Follow all the action/rules/rankings in between at https://www.paralympic.org/shooting