Three members of the Savli Taluka Rifle Association won medals at the recently concluded Trap Shooting Competitions

Three members of the Savli Taluka Rifle Association won medals at the recently concluded Trap Shooting Competitions. The shooters won laurels in Khel Mahakumbh and Ahmedabad District Trap Shooting Competitions.

Asif Patel won Gold Medal in Single Trap Open Men Individual Category in 1st Khel Mahakumbh in Shotgun Events organised by Govt. of Gujarat. He also won Gold in 1st Ahmedabad District Trap Shooting Competition organised by Gujarat State Rifle Association. Asif also won Silver medal in Single Trap team event. Prakshal Tailor another shooter from the club won Bronze Medal in Single Trap (Team Event) and Stavan Bhatt won Silver Medal in Double Trap Open Men Individual Category.

The Govt. of Gujarat included the Olympic sports of “Single Trap” & “Double Trap” for the first time this year in its Khel Mahakumbh sports extravaganza. The competition was held at ARASA (Aamsaran Rifle & Adventure Sports Academy) at Mehmedabad from 1/12/16 to 7/12/16. The competition was inaugurated by Kuldeep Arya, District Magistrate, Nadiad and the Prize Distribution was presided over by Manoj Daxini, Commissioner, Sports, Youth & Cultural Affair, Govt. of Gujarat.

The Ahmedabad District Rifle Association organised this competition for the first time in Ahmedabad district where shooters from all across Gujarat came to compete in a friendly spirit of fair sportsmanship.