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William Chetcuti and Brian Galea are well in contention for a place in Thursday’s trap final after the opening day of qualification at the Budva Shooting Ranges. The participating shooters had to contend with a nervous wait before starting proceedings as viChetcuti, Galea in contention for final berth in trap at GSSE
William Chetcuti and Brian Galea are well in contention for a place in Thursday’s trap final after the opening day of qualification at the Budva Shooting Ranges. The participating shooters had to contend with a nervous wait before starting proceedings as visibility in the shooting ranges was scarce due to a thick cloud of fog that covered the venues. After almost two hours of wait, the first round was held and here Chetcuti made his intention clear with a clinical display hitting a straight before adding 22 and 24 to finish with 71 from 75 clays. That left Chetcuti in second place, just one adrift of Montenegro’s shooter Ivo Stanisic who compiled identical scores of 24 to end with 71. The remaining four berths in the top six were filled by Daniel Dandreis, of Luxembourg, Cypriot duo Nikolas Kyriakou and Andreas Makri, and surprise entrant Alessandra Perilli, of San Marino. Perilli, the San Marino top female shooter, was not expected to compete in the men’s event. However, the organisers decision to scrap the female trap event forced the Mediterranean Games gold medallist to make a request to the organisers to be included in the men’s field where also includes her husband Gian... Read more