That sounds like a very encouraging win you had there.
I agree that women do often have an edge when shooting. My wife hardly ever goes to the range these days; but she seems to not need practice to shoot well. If she did take it seriously, she would probably blow my socks off in competition.
My daughter will be starting to learn next year when she's 7. So I'm starting to look for 2 air rifles; one I can shorten the stock for her and another for my wife and I.