India finishes last in Commonwealth Fullbore tourney

April 24, 2010 03:53 pm | Updated 03:54 pm IST - New Delhi

New Zealand's John Snowden and Michael Collings after winning the Queens Pairs event in the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship in Gurgoan, Haryana on April 24,2010. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

New Zealand's John Snowden and Michael Collings after winning the Queens Pairs event in the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship in Gurgoan, Haryana on April 24,2010. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

The Indian team of Amit Khanna and Proween Dahiya disappointed as it finished at the bottom of the heap in the Queens Prize Pairs category of the eighth Commonwealth Fullbore Shooting Championship at the Kadarpur Shooting Range today.

New Zealand bagged gold in the category after John Snowden and Michael Collings shot a total of 585.55v. The Australian team of Geoffrey Grenfell and James Corbett finished second with a total of 577.51v.

Northern Ireland got the bronze in the event.

Khanna and Dahiya finished last with a total of 519.21v.

In the Queens Prize Badge category, Ross McQuillan of Northern Ireland finished at the top while Brian Carter of New Zealand and Daniel Richardson of Jersey were runner—up and first runner—up respectively.

In the Queens Prize Individual category, Gareth Morris of Wales claimed the top spot, scoring a total of 397.42v. South African Petrus Haasbroek won sliver and Australian James Corbett got the bronze, a release said.

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