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PATIALA: Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Shooting Championship (Indian Masters 2008) to be held here from 25th to 30th March 2008.
While addressing a news conference, Gurbir Singh Sandhu, President of the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association, said the championship is being held, under the aegis of the National Rifle Association of India and the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association, at the New Moti Bagh Gun Club (NMBGC) Patiala Shooting Range. Regarding NMBGC Sandhu said that the NMBGC shooting range commissioned in 2007 is designed by Serena of Italy and caters to all disciplines of shotgun, namely Trap, Skeet and Double Trap. It conforms to International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) specified standards and is authorized to be used by the competent State Authorities. It is affiliated to the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association and NRAI. On view during the championship will be top shooters of the country. Prominent amongst them being: *Manavjit S Sandhu* - *World champion in Trap shooting , Col Rajya Vardhan Rathore*- won India's first individual silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics , Mansher Singh*- Asian Games Silver Medalist at Busan 2002. *Participants for Masters 2008* *Trap * Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Mansher Singh, Anwer Sultan, Birendeep Sodhi, Vikram Deo Singh, Zoravar Singh Sandhu,Gautam Gianchandani, Nayab Khan, R. Prithviraj Thandsiman, Darius Chenai, Raninder Singh, Ronajit Norbis, SM Faizal, Anant Shivan Pratap Singh, Anirudh Singh, Seema Tomar, Shagun Choudhary, Varsha Tomar, Bharti Singh,Shreyasi Singh *Double Trap * Col. R.V.S. Rathore, Himanshu, Vikram Chopra, Mohammad Ashab, Sangram Dhaiya, Ronjan Sodhi, Ajay Mittal,Yogender Pal Singh, D.B. Thapa, Mahesh Singh, Arsad Ali, R. Prithviraj Thondiam, Seema Tomar , Varsha Tomar,Shreyasi Singh, Bharti Singh *Skeet* Mairaj Ahmad Khan, A.D. Peoples, Man Singh, Sumit Singh, Capt.SaravdeepMann, Naveen Jindal, Capt. P.P. Singh,Mohammad Sheraz Sheikh, Baljeet Singh, Amit Sanghi, Harinder Bedi, Saniya Sheikh, Rashmee Rathore,Randeep Mann, Aroz Pal Singh Sandhu, Balendu Singh, Shivendra Bhel, Hari Simran Sandhu, Rahul Rai, Anil Langan *CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME* MARCH 2008 25th 0900 - 1655 Official Trap Practice 26th 0800 - 1555 Trap Match Day 1 1650 - 1715 Ladies Trap Final 27th 0800 - 1155 Trap Match Day 2 1250 - 1325 Men's Trap Final 1405 - 1800 Official Double Trap Practice 28th 0800 - 1315 Double Trap Match Day 1 1335 - 1410 Ladies Double Trap Final 1430 - 1505 Men's Double Trap Final 1525 - 1820 Official Skeet Practice Day 1 29th 0800 - 1035 Official Skeet Practice Day 2 1055 - 1700 Match Day 1 Skeet 1720 - 1755 Ladies Skeet Final 30th 0800 - 1555 Match Day 2 1615- 1650 Men's Skeet Final 1700- 1800 Tea & Prize Distribution |