One of the team's strongest events came in the men's R1 10m air rifle standing SH1 as Nathan Milgate (pictured) held off teammate and Beijing 2008 Paralympic champion Matt Skelhon for victory.

Skelhon had finished the opening rounds one point ahead of Kent's Milgate but the man from Kent shot 101.8 in the final to take the gold with a total of 688.8 ahead of his compatriot, who took silver with 686.

Bronze went to Germany's Norbert Gau with 684.9.

The British pair then repeated their success in the falling target rifle mixed SH1 with Milgate taking his second gold, Skelhon his second silver and Russia's Nadeia Fedoseeva claiming the bronze.

The duo then went on to claim team gold together as the R3 classification title went to the trio of Milgate, Skelhon and Deanna Coates.

Coates also took the gold in the women's R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 with a total score of 494.9 to hold off silver medallist Monica Lillehagen of Norway with 488.4 points, and bronze medallist Nadejda Fedoseeva of Russia, who claimed 484.5 points.

There was a superb international personal best for Halesowen shooter Richard Davies, who took gold in the men's R 4 10m air rifle standing mixed SH 2 ahead of Italy's Massimo Dallacasa and Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk respectively.

There was another British gold for Beijing Paralympian James Bevisin in the men's R5 10m air rifle prone SH2 – a competition which saw an all British podium finish as Bevisin teammates Rob Mcleary and Ryan Cockbill picked up silver and bronze respectively.

Sarah Wood claimed victory in the FTR 2 falling target rifle mixed SH2 competition as she beat Ukrainian Vasyl Kovalchuk into second and team-mate Richard Davies into third.

Meanwhile, British newcomer Pam Grainger (pictured) took bronze in the women's P2 10m air pistol as she finished behind gold medallist Marina Klimenchenko of Russia and silver medallist Olga Mustafaieva of the Ukraine.

It was a great performance from Grainger, an RAF corporal, who lost the use of her arm in a motorbike accident.

Following the accident, Grainger got into the sport through the Battle Back programme, which is a joint scheme between ParalympicsGB and the Ministry of Defence that plays a key role in helping wounded service personnel return to an active life with the help of adventure training and sport.

Disability Target Shooting Great Britain (DTSGB) head coach and team manager Pasan Kularatne said: "This is the first world cup for this season and I am very pleased with the performances of the GB team.

"We were able to achieve these results due to the hard work of all shooters, all technical coaches and all other staff over the last six months and I would like to recognise their efforts."

The event offered the shooters the chance to reach the minimum qualification standard for the London 2012 Paralympics, as does the next World Cup meeting which takes place in Turkey next month.

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