Gun For Glory Shooting Championship: Report Day 1

Maharashtra shooters take centre stage on Day One

Pune, August 4: Maharashtra rifle and pistol shooters took leading position in the NR competition at the Gun for Glory Shooting Championship on the first day at the Balewadi Ranges here on Thursday.

Shooters in action during the 1st gun For Glory Championship 2011

Teenager Virbhadra Salokhe was the toast of the day among the rifle shooters as he took top position in the 10m air rifle event for men as well as in the Youth Men category with a total of 384 out of 400 in the qualification rounds.

Salokhe began with a 95 in the first detail and then fired excellent rounds of 97 and 98 before a 94 pegged him back. DGQA shooter Amlyan Saha shot a series of 93, 93, 95, 97 to be six shots behind Salokhe in the second position.

In the women’s section, Sania Khan of Madhya Pradesh and Neha Chaphekar of Maharashtra shot two points better than the men shooters to be at the top with 386. Anuradha Khude, also of Maharashtra, was following the leaders with 386.

In the 10m Air Pistol competition, Railways’ Amol shot 367 to lead the field followed by Prathmesh Chivte (366) and Dhanraj Jadhav, both from Maharashtra.

Women pistol shooter, however, struggled with low scores as Jayashree More of Maharashtra managed 348 with a modest series of 85, 88, 87, 88. Sangeeta Ghatak of Bengal and Jyoti Singh of Punjab were in the second and third positions respectively with scores of 347 and 342.

Fan shooting get huge response

The unique Fan Shooting competition received a thunderous response with over 150 enthusiasts managing to shoot at the specially decked up range on Thursday.

The volunteers were at hand to help and even though the fans had to wait for about an hour to finally get to shoot with weapons that international shooters use, they waited with patience for their turn to come.

The organizers have received more than 500 entries for the fan shooting, which is being organised for the first time anywhere in India, thanks to Gun For Glory Shooting Academy of Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation.

Results:

NR Competition:

10m Air Rifle (top 8):

Men: 1. Virbhadra Salokhe (Mah) 384, 2. Amlyan Saha (DGQA) 378, 3. Anil Pande (Mah) 376, 4. Hrishikesh Pundlik (Mah) 375, 5. Pradeep Khaire (Mah) 373, 6. Subhashis Samanta (DGQA) 373, 7. Anubhav Pratap Singh (UP) 372, 8. Nagmani Kumar (Jhar) 371.

Women: 1. Sania Khan (MP) 386, 2. Neha Chaphekar (Mah) 386, 3. Anuradha Khude (Mah) 381, 4. Jeevitha Sachidananda (Kar) 381, 5. Manali Bokil (Mah) 379, 6. Riya Shah (Guj) 377, 7. Chahat Deep Kaur (Chd) 376, 8. Prajakta Khot (Mah) 374.

Junior Men: 1. Brahma Gauswami (Guj) 384, 2. Parul Kumar (UP) 383, 3. Mukesh Kumar (NCC) 379, 4. Pranav Patil (Mah) 371, 5. Umesh Pandey (Mah) 371, 6. Dhananjay Patil (Mah) 369, 7. Shaun Hanvey (Mah) 365, 8. Sourabh Khot (Mah) 362.

Junior Women: 1. Jeevitha Sachidananda (Kar) 381, 2. Riya Shah (Guj) 377, 3. Mrunmayi Kamat (Mah) 370, 4. Shruti Rane (Mah) 362, 5. Rashi Juneja (Del) 358.

Youth Men: 1. Virbhadra Salokhe (Mah) 384, 2. Agasti Lawand (Mah) 370, 3. Ashay Bhave (Mah) 369, 4. Koushal Mahadik (Mah) 368, 5. Parth Kapoor (Del) 368, 6. Mukund Agarwal (Raj) 368, 7. Vijender (Har) 365, 8. Suraj Bhardwaj (Mah) 364.

Youth Women: 1. Anuradha Khude (Mah) 381, 2. Chahat Deep Kaur (Chd) 376, 3. Jashan Reet (Pun) 370, 4. Jidnyasa Pantwalawalkar (Mah) 369, 5. Shivani Shingne (Mah) 365, 6. Mansi Panwar (UP) 362, 7. Anushka Bhende (Mah) 358, 8. Akansha Bhende (Mah) 357.

10m Air Pistol (top 8):

Men: 1. Amol (Rlys) 367, 2. Prathmesh Chive (Mah) 366, 3. Dhanraj Jadhav (Mah) 363, 4. Gurpratap Randhawa (Pun) 363, 5. Shakti Rana (Har) 362, 6. Manvendra Prasad (UP) 361, 7. Sambhaji Patil (Mah) 361, 8. Arup Chauhan (Mah) 360.

Women: 1. Jayashree More (Mah) 348, 2. Sangeeta Ghatak (Ben) 347, 3. Jyoti Singh (Pun) 342, 4. Sulekha Doshi (Mah) 340, 5. Harsha Ukhare (Mah) 331, 6. Priyanka Ranbagle (Mah) 323, 7, Anam Mirza (AP) 319, 8. Neelam Chandaliya (Mah) 311.

Junior Men: 1. Haresh Kamble (Mah) 365, 2. Chetan Jaiswal (Mah) 361, 3. Shivam Nirgude (Mah) 348, 4. Harshal Patel (Guj) 347, 5. Ameya Singh (Mah) 346, 6. Vinit Kumar (UP) 345, 7. Pranav Kumar (Chd) 342, 8. Anmol Rattan Singh (Chd) 340.

Junior Women: 1. Kirandeep Kaur (Pun) 349, 2. Amrita Agarwal (Mah) 334, 3. Renu Choudhary (Raj) 330, 4. Anam Mirza (AP) 319.

Youth Men: 1. Akash Deep (UP) 363, 2. Gurpratap Randhawa (Pun) 363, 3. Sambhaji Patil (Mah) 361, 4. Pranay Chalke (Mah) 360, 5. Dev Kumar (UP) 358, 6. Sachin Tokas (Del) 356, 7. Tejaswi Singh (J and K) 354, 8. Rahul Patil (Mah) 352.

Youth Women: 1. Dakshata (Mah) 342, 2. Harsha Ukhare (Mah) 331, 3. Kiranjot Kaur (Pun) 327, 4. Nehmat Mongia (Del) 323, 5. Vaijayanti Ajinkya (Mah) 322.