Falkirk shooter Jennifer McIntosh broke a long standing Scottish record, held by her mother Shirley, in last week's Rifle and Pistol World Cup event in Fort Benning, USA.

This was her first World Cup and the Aberdeen based 18 year old broke the Scottish senior and GB junior women's 3x20 record in the Three-Position small bore event with a score of 581.

McIntosh qualified for a shoot-off eliminator to get into the final stage, between five competitors for just three places, but just missed out and finished tenth.

"For my first World Cup to come tenth, brilliant is the only word for it," she said. "I'm pretty happy with my shoot, although obviously a little disappointed to miss out on the final.

"It's been a great experience and great fun and I'm looking forward my next competition, the British Championships at Bisley and the next World Cup in Belgrade."

Said her coach, Sinclair Bruce: "This was overall a fantastic result for Jen in her first ever World Cup.

"These competitions attract all the top shooters and are the top level of regular competition through the season.

"Shooting a PB and showing that she can be competitive at this level first time out demonstrates the progression she is making in her sporting career."

McIntosh has produced a series of victories and results which have given her qualifying scores in three events for October's Delhi Commonwealth Games*

In March she had met the Scottish team's pre selection result for both Prone and 3P and in last month's Scottish Airgun Championships she met the qualifying criteria in all of her events.

Becoming a full time athlete this season has made a big difference for McIntosh. Integral to her programme is the Grampian Institute of Sport, part of sportscotland's institute network which focuses on preparing Scotland's best athletes to perform on the world stage by providing high performance expertise. Fellow institute supported athletes from Aberdeenshire who made have World Cup teams are Neil Stirton for Men's Prone and 3P, Shona Marshall for the Women's Trap.