The Philippine shooting team, preparing for the Southeast Asian Games, picked up two silvers and a bronze medal in the recent Taipei International Grand Prix’s rifle and shotgun events.
Amparo “Ampao” Acuna, the top-performing Filipina in the 47th Southeast Asia Shooting Championships in Bangkok, led the way as Team Philippines captured the women’s 50m rifle 3-positions team silver medal.
She was with teammates Denise Basila and Venus Lovelyn Tan.
On the other hand, the Philippine women’s pistol team took the silver medal, through the performances of Franchette Quiroz, Christine Valdez and Maritess Guerrero
The Philippines women’s shotgun trap team claimed a bronze medal, behind team members Lydia Cuyong, Valerie Levanza, and Cathy Levanza.
The men’s trap squad of Jethro Dionesio, Eric Ang, and Hagen Topacio finished in fourth place.
Acuna’s silver-medal finish with her teammates, comes a month following her stint in the 47th Southeast Asian Shooting Association (SEASA) Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where she earned a silver and a bronze and broke her own national record.
Back then, Acuna’s silver medal came in the prone position women’s 50-meter rifle event, while she and her teammates Basila and Tan also brought home a bronze medal.
Acuna, who is competing with the support of the Atletang Ayala program, said their participation and performance keep them focused for the coming campaign in the SEA Games.
