Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal on Thursday inaugurated the 13th State-level Shooting Championship at the 4th Battalion Shooting Range situated at Mana village here.
The Speaker fired inaugural shot of the Championship being organised under the aegis of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Rifle Association (CPRA). BJP MlA (Aarang), Naveen Markandey was the guest of honour at the inaugural function.
Unit Head of Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl, Raipur), Pradeep Tandon besides Prakash Tare and the vice-president N Kumar marked their presence as special guests.
For this week-long Championship, CPRA developed the Range according to the international norms. The competitions have got format of different categories which considers 50 metres, 25 metres, 10 metres, prone, three positions, open side, peep side and in categories of Rifle and pistol with various age groups.
An event for veteran players and some show matches in defined categories will also be held. On the occasion, CPRA joint secretary and the head coach, Durgesh Washishtha informed that the qualifiers have to secure medals with distinction to go for All India GV Mavlankar shooting championship.
The national-level championship in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) will be organised by National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) from October 5 to 15, this year. Agrawal wished good luck to all the players ahead of the Championship.