b'SportGolf Academy SuccessMany congratulations to Ellesmere College Golf Academy Player Marcus Wildblood on his trophy win at Shrewsbury Golf Club - picking up both the Schweppes Shield with a gross of 74 and the ADA Trophy with a gross of 75. He was also awarded the Donald Watson Cup by his home club Belton Park Golf Club Lincolnshire which is a long standing trophy given to the player with the most dramatic improvement during the year, and voted for by the Captain and Match Committee!Well done Marcus - fantastic achievement!Francine on target for international shooting successFrancine Gilmore is on target for success after achieving medal after medal on the international stage with four gold medals at InterShoot, an annual air gun competition in Holland, last week.It follows her first individual international medal in the 10 metre air pistol competition in Luxembourg in December and a gold in the British Pistol Club Open Championships last month. In the most recent competition the 16-year-old from Cressage travelled to the town of Ockenburgh, near the Hague. In three individual junior competitions she qualified in first place then went on to take the gold medal in the finals - as well as getting a gold in a team competition. In December at the Federation Luxembourgeoise De Tir Aux Armes Sportives annual air gun competition, Francine came away with both a gold - after a 17 to 15 win over a Swedish competitor - and a bronze medal. In January she won bronze in the mixed pairs and gold in individual competition at the British event.Her dad Lance Gilmore said: I am very proud of her. She works very hard and is doing very well in all the competitions she enters. She would love to represent team GB again and is working hard to be picked.Francine is hoping to be picked for team GB to take part in the Junior World Cup in May, as she did last year, is aiming to be picked for the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2026, and would love to represent GB in the Olympics one day.The Year 12 student is a member of the Shooting Academy and boards at Ellesmere College during weekdays in order to fit in her training schedule of two to three days a week in the Academy facilities. Academy Coach Tom Rylands is notFrancine is coached by Margaret Thomas, one of the few surprised at Francines success: women to compete at the Olympics, and competes every What an exceptional talent! Francine richly deserves herthree weekends out of four. She also shoots rifle for the successher work ethic is incredible both academically andschool team and Lance added: Shes very committed to her in her sportshe is ranked among the top GB Senior Pistoltraining, whether it is at school, travelling to Aldersley near shooters, let alone Juniors and leads by exampleafterWolverhampton or online too, she works very hard.returning from Holland, a day later she was on the CollegeOf course, her school work is equally as important and she team leading them to victory in the National Schoolshas got a lot of work to do, the school are very good about Championships run by British Shooting. And to cap it all sheit and understand her schedule, they do everything they can went on to win the individual final for her 6th Gold medalto accommodate. Her tutors supply her with all the work in a week! she misses and as long as it gets done they are happy.EllesmereCollellesmerecollellesmere_college12'