The 13th State-level Shooting Championship was concluded here on Friday in the presence of State Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra.
The championship was organized under the joint aegis of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rifle Association (CPRA) and Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl) at 4th Battalion Shooting Range situated at Mana village to encourage and prepare budding players of the State for national and international level competitions.
The championship had got format of different categories.With their outstanding performance, Ravindra Singh Sando, Anand Goyal, Yashwardhan Agrawal, Harleen Kaur Sando and Navani Sisodia secured their position in All India GV Mavlankar Pre-national Shooting Championship.
While Ravindra qualified in .032 center fire pistol event and 0.22 standard pistol event, Anand shined in .032 center fire pistol event and 1.77 air pistol event. Similarly, Harleen and Navani qualified in sports pistol event while Yashwardhan qualified in 1.77 air pistol event.
The pre-national championship in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) will be organized by National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) from October 5 to 15, this year.Paikra honoured winners of different events by bestowing them prize, medals and certificate.CPRA secretary, Rakesh Gupta and the joint secretary, Durgesh Washishtha were present on the occasion.
Notably, inaugural ceremony of the championship had witnessed Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal as the chief guest and BJP MlA (Aarang), Naveen Markandey as guest of honour.