The 15th State-level Shooting Championship concluded here on Friday.
Eight players were selected for 'East Zone' tournament scheduled at Asansol in West Bengal from October 19 to 24 this year.
The 7-day State-level competition was held at 4th Battalion shooting Range, Mana, Raipur, in which 159 participants took part.
Chief Guest for concluding and prize distribution ceremony was Principal Chief Conservator of Forest AA Boaz.
Pradeep Gupta, IGP, Raipur Range was also present on the occasion.
Boaz congratulated the winners and lauded Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rifle Association for organising the event. He expressed the need for holding these kinds of events on a regular basis so that more players could come forward and sharpen their shooting skills.
The selected players are: Sanket Samuel 50 M Small Bore Rifle, Anil Kumar Sahu (50 M) Open Sight Rifle Prone, Ravinder Singh Sando 25 M Centre Fire Pistol 25 M Standard Pistol, Anand Goyal 10 M Air Pistol 25 M Standard Pistol, Ashish Nath 10 M Air Pistol, Yashwardhan 10 M Air Pistol Shruti Yadav, 10 M Air Pistol and Jyoti Sahu 10 M Air Pistol.
Jindal Steel & Power ltd. (JSPl) along with Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rifle Association has been organizing shooting championship in Raipur for the past 15 years.