More than 300 competitors from 23 different nations have participated in Shotgun, Rifle, Pistol, and Fullbore events from October 31 to November 7 at the Belmont Shooting Complex in Brisbane, which will host the 2018 Gold Coast events, and home hopes have been raised by a succession of podium finishes for Australians.

Anderson finished his competition at the trial for the Gold Coast Games with a total of 559, seven shots clear of his fellow Australia Team A colleague Sergei Evglevski.

Anderson and Evglevski’s performance was sufficient to earn overall victory for Team A over Australia Team B, for whom Garry Heinrich finished third with 549.

Heinrich’s Team B colleague Mike Giustiniano, who combined with Bruce Quick and Kel Vickers to set the Oceania team record of 1706 in 1993, finished sixth and last with 542.