The 63rd National Shooting (Rifle/Pistol) competition will be organised from December 7 to January 4 at the world-class Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy, located in Gaura village near Bhopal.
The competition will start on Saturday in the presence of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari at 11.00 am.
Sports and Youth Welfare Director, SL Thoussen, on Friday visited the Shooting Academy and reviewed the arrangements made for the competition. He informed that 7 thousand 472 shooters from all over the country are participating in this tournament.
This is the first time when the 63rd National Shooting (rifle/pistol) competition is being organised at Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy. It is noteworthy that all the sports facilities are being provided to the players in the shooting academy which conform to the standards set by the NRAI for national and international competitions.
In view of this, the competition has been organised by NRAI.
Meanwhile, the player of Madhya Pradesh State Boxing Academy, Divya Pawar, has reached the semi-finals in the 4th Elite Women's National Boxing Competition being played in Kannur, Kerala from December 2 to 8, 2019. The semi-final match will be played on Saturday.
In the quarter final match of the 54 kg weight category of the competition, Divya Pawar defeated Punjab player Riya Rani 5-0 to enter the semi final. Earlier, Divya beat the Chandigarh player 5–0 in the pre-quarter final match.
Divya is participating in the competition under the guidance of Roshanlal, the chief instructor of theacademy.