GB World Championship rifle shooter Christina Cumming was recently featured as the 'Women who work in Rural' profile for May. The article details Christina's many shooting successes as well as talking about how Christina first starting rifle shooting;

'Christina first got involved in shooting through the cadet force at school at the age of 14, where an excellent ex-Marine coach introduced students to the sport and worked hard to make the team welcoming and accessible, particularly for girls entering what remains a heavily male-dominated discipline. Through school she was selected for the GB Under-16 and Under-17 teams, touring to Canada and Jersey to compete against international cadet rifle teams. She later went on to Durham University, where she captained the rifle club while voluntarily spending her Easter and summer holidays coaching her old school team back at Bisley.'

'[Christina] is now part of the GB squad training towards the 2028 World Championships and is due to tour Australia with the GB team in October 2026. Again, in a squad of twenty, only three are women. It is a statistic Christina mentions not as a complaint, but as a reminder that visibility matters. One of the biggest barriers to entry in shooting is simply the assumption that it is “not for people like me.” She hopes that by competing, coaching, and remaining visible within the sport, more young women might feel encouraged to give it a go.

'Outside shooting, Christina now works as a trainee accountant in London. Balancing work alongside international competition is not always glamorous and generally involves annual leave disappearing into training weekends and trying to explain to colleagues why she occasionally flies across the world to spend days lying on the floor looking through iron sights.'

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May Profile: Christina Cuming — Women Who Work In Rural