Jen McIntosh, Neil Stirton and Jonathan Hammond took gold for Scotland in another enthralling day of action at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. 

Fresh from winning gold in the 50m prone pairs competition yesterday, Jen took the singles competition with another fantastic performance. Not to be outdone by the girls, Neil and Jon also picked up gold in the 50m prone pairs competition. 

Jen was first on the range this morning, where she put in an exemplary performance to take the gold. Only dropping three points during the entire match, Jen equalled the world record, and set a new Commonwealth Games record of 597-42x. 

Following her shoot, Jen couldn’t contain her excitement at claiming her second gold of the Games: “It went more than according to plan today. I’m absolutely stunned. I don’t think I have the words for it; it’s just incredible.” 

“I wasn’t really aware of where I was in the medal standings but I knew how well it was going. I finished in around 30 minutes, and at that point only two girls were capable of matching me. After about five minutes they had dropped enough, and I got to relax!” 

This medal has a particular significance to Jen, whose mother Shirley won the event at the 1994 Games in Victoria. Jen spoke to her mum shortly after finishing: “my mum called to say how proud she was of me”, she said. 

With two gold medals around her neck in her first Games, Jen says she couldn’t really pick her favourite: “I don’t really know how to differentiate between the two. Yesterday was great because I got to share the moment with Kay in the pairs, which is something that you don’t get to do all that often in shooting. This one is really special though.”

Neil Stirton and Jonathan Hammond picked up bronze last week in the 50m 3P pairs event, and were once again on the podium in the 50m prone pairs. With a combined score of 1181-74x the Scots took gold, three points ahead of England. This was a sweet revenge for Neil and Jon, having lost out on silver to England by a single inner ten score in the 3P competition. 

Jon now has a full set of medals from the 2010 Games, which is a fantastic achievement. “It was a tricky day today with the wind, and all the scores were a bit lower than we were expecting”, said Jon. “We had to fight through it and I’m glad we came out on top. It’s great to have gone up one step at a time. To collect a full set of medals at my first Commonwealth Games is really special and it’s something I’ll cherish forever.”

Jon and Neil will compete again tomorrow in the 50m prone singles competition, where they’ll be looking to hear ‘Flower of Scotland’, played one last time at the small-bore range.