Delhi gets world-class 10m Shooting Range in Guru Harkrishan Public School

New Delhi:  The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the apex body for shooting in the country, through its affiliate SportzCraft Inc, launched its 2nd 10M Shooting Range in Guru Harkrishan Public School (Punjabi Bagh) here at an impressive Opening Ceremony on Friday.  

Ace shooter and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Vijay Kumar inaugurated the second NRAI-Sportzcraft 10m Range, a joint venture of Delhi Gurudwara Prandhak Committee and NRAI through SporzCraft, in front of a packed audience comprising hundreds of school students, Chief Guest, Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development & Revenue, Delhi Govt., President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), Shri S. Paramjit Singh Sarna, senior NRAI officials and sports afficianadoes.

Earlier, Union Sports Minister Shri Ajay Maken had inaugurated the NRAI-Sportzcraft initiative – the 1st 10m Range in East Patel Nagar, which currently provides training and coaching facilities to 200 shooting aspirants.

On the occasion of launching the 2nd Range, Vijay Kumar said, “I’m happy that NRAI and its affiliate SportzCraft is providing a great platform to youngsters to take up shooting and help them realise their dreams.”

Shri Lovely said, “I am very excited to see the excellent facilities and congratulate the management of the school and am hoping that we will discover a lot of medal winners through this initiative.”

Shri Sarna said, “I congratulate the SportzCraft team for their commendable effort. We will support shooting in various GHPS institutions in the coming year.”

NRAI through its affiliate Sportscraft plans to launch 200 modular 10 M Air Pistol and Rifle Shooting Range, to give opportunity to youngsters to take up shooting at affordable price. The air-condition ranges are equipped with all the facilities for young shooters like mini-gym, consumables like targets & pellets, world-class weapons and trained coaches and are operational on all seven days from 8am to 8pm. Three more ranges are being opened at Guru Harkrishnan Public Schools in the next few months starting from the launch of the 3rd range at GHPS Nank Piao, G T Karnal Road on October 14, 2012.



By Indian Sports News Network