Army Marksmanship Unit, Mhow is conducting the national coaching camp for the Indian Big Bore Rifle squad shooters for the first time under the aegis of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
The coaching camp is being conducted as preparation for the coming Indo – Bhutan Big Bore Shooting Championship in March 2014 proposed after the visit of Crown Prince of Bhutan Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk to India in April 2013 when he participated in the 57th Big Bore 300mtr National Shooting Championship Competition held at Hyderabad.
A total of 25 shooters are participating in the coaching camp including 16 men and 09 women shooters who would be training under the guidance of the current Indian National Rifle coach Kanwar Randhir Singh assisted by Amitabh Chatterjee and DS Chandel in the panel of coaches of NRAI and technical support staff provided by Army Marksmanship Unit. Six shooters from AMU have been selected for the camp.
The coaching camp being conducted from November 18 to November 28 would be prelude to the preparation of the Big Bore shooters for XX Commonwealth Games to be held in 2014 at Glasgow, Great Britain where this 300mtr Non Olympic event takes the form of the ‘Queen’s Event’ fired at a distance of 900 yards.
The Army Marksmanship Unit located in Mhow has the world class infrastructure and facilities provided by the Army for achieving the aim of winning Olympic medals for the nation.