Skeet & Trap Nationals 2008
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:33 pm
For 2008 Nationals for Skeet and Trap events in Jaipur, Dec 14 onwards, a number of shooters are already in Jaipur, but quite a few are training at the Karni Singh Range in Dubai.
I was there with them yesterday, watching them and training with them. The blokes are doing well under the coach Mr. PS Sodhi.
Sodhi Sir has kindly accepted to take me under his wings as well for training in Skeet and Trap with the 2009 tournaments in view.
Our boys are landing up scores of 111 to 120 during the training rounds, which is often a Gold medal grade score.
Watch out for
Sheikh Shiraz
Danny
Man Singh
in skeet. These guys are very good and have the potential to bring a few laurels to India. They have won the Junior Asian Championships Gold in Japipur earlier this year already. Danny won the silver in SAF games in Pakistan this year.
However problems persist. All shooters are short of cartridges at this crucial time. Import permits are still with the Babus of this worls under processing. Shortage of clays, NRAI not returning yet cartridges it borrowed from shooters for Mavlankar and other events, they too have not recieved their consignment, only one range working etc. etc.
Our boys train hard all day, bring their own food, use poor chaning rooms, have no locker rooms and poor sanitation, yet they match best in the world.
Nationals - this is equal to Ranji Trophy in cricket ? Why our Govt. cannot provide accomodation and food for our shooters by asking the cash rich BCCI to bear the expenses in Jaipur remains a question.
I was there with them yesterday, watching them and training with them. The blokes are doing well under the coach Mr. PS Sodhi.
Sodhi Sir has kindly accepted to take me under his wings as well for training in Skeet and Trap with the 2009 tournaments in view.
Our boys are landing up scores of 111 to 120 during the training rounds, which is often a Gold medal grade score.
Watch out for
Sheikh Shiraz
Danny
Man Singh
in skeet. These guys are very good and have the potential to bring a few laurels to India. They have won the Junior Asian Championships Gold in Japipur earlier this year already. Danny won the silver in SAF games in Pakistan this year.
However problems persist. All shooters are short of cartridges at this crucial time. Import permits are still with the Babus of this worls under processing. Shortage of clays, NRAI not returning yet cartridges it borrowed from shooters for Mavlankar and other events, they too have not recieved their consignment, only one range working etc. etc.
Our boys train hard all day, bring their own food, use poor chaning rooms, have no locker rooms and poor sanitation, yet they match best in the world.
Nationals - this is equal to Ranji Trophy in cricket ? Why our Govt. cannot provide accomodation and food for our shooters by asking the cash rich BCCI to bear the expenses in Jaipur remains a question.
