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Guernsey shooter Guillou wins two World Masters medals
Guernsey shooter Paul Guillou says winning a gold and a silver medal at the World Masters Games is one of his finest achievements in the multiple Island Games medallist won the Men's Over 60's 10m air pistol and was second in the 10m air rifle at the event in won team gold in the air rifle at the Island Games in 2023 as well as three silver medals and a bronze. "It definitely ranks well up there," he told BBC Radio Guernsey."It was the World Masters Games so I was up against people who had been potentially very, very good in their younger days."The person who won the rifle event had competed in a world event in 1994, so it was good to be able to rub shoulders with people who have been at that level."Guillou won the air pistol by two points but was 2.6 points off gold in the rifle only took up the sport at the age of 45, with his wife, but has become one of Guernsey's top marksmen over the past few years, representing the island at five Island Games going back to 2011. With shooting not being included in the programme of sports at this summer's Island Games in Orkney, Guillou said competing at the event in Taiwan - where there were more than 25,000 competitors across a range of sports - was a great chance to test himself. "I like to participate at a high level," he explained."I took part in the British Open in February, I didn't shoot as well as I wanted to, but I do like to compete at a the top level that I can."Given there was no shooting in the forthcoming Island Games, why not go to the World Games."
