Pune, 1 November: Abhishek Patil of Thane and Samarjit Ingle of Kolhapur both shot 24 out of 25 in the second round of the ISSF trap events at the 41st Maharashtra State Shooting Championship on Sunday.
Abhishek leads the men’s trap on 46 after two rounds. Samarjit leads both the youth men and junior men categories on 47 out of 50.
The shotgun events are being held at the Balewadi-Mahalunge shotgun range at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Krida Sankul. The Maharashtra Rifle Association is organising the championship, and the Pune Shooting Sports Association is conducting it.
Musale and Ingale lead the women
Anika Musale of Solapur stayed top of the youth women and junior women categories on 37, and is third in the women’s event. Rajkuwar Ingale of Kolhapur leads the women on 43.
Shooters from Kolhapur, Thane, Solapur and Satara fill most of the top places. There are ties in two categories: Ranveer Shinde and Vihang Shedge are level on 36 for second in the junior men, and Krishna Dabhade and Ravindra Singh Dhami share third in the master men on 38.
Samarjit and Anika also led after the opening round of the trap competition.
Standings after round two
- Men: 1 Abhishek Patil (Thane) 46, 2 Prithviraj Ingle (Kolhapur) 43, 3 Bhushan Musale (Kolhapur) 42
- Women: 1 Rajkuwar Ingale (Kolhapur) 43, 2 Aishwarya Patil (Kolhapur) 38, 3 Anika Musale (Solapur) 37
- Youth men: 1 Samarjit Ingle (Kolhapur) 47, 2 Vihang Shedge (Satara) 36, 3 Harsimran Singh Dhami (Kolhapur) 34
- Junior men: 1 Samarjit Ingle (Kolhapur) 47, 2= Ranveer Shinde (Solapur) and Vihang Shedge (Satara) 36
- Youth women: 1 Anika Musale (Solapur) 37, 2 Smita Sawant (Kolhapur) 33, 3 Riya Patil (Kolhapur) 26
- Junior women: 1 Anika Musale (Solapur) 37, 2 Smita Sawant (Kolhapur) 33, 3 Riya Patil (Kolhapur) 26
- Master men: 1 Bhushan Musale (Kolhapur) 42, 2 Uday Mali (Thane) 39, 3= Krishna Dabhade (Kolhapur) and Ravindra Singh Dhami (Kolhapur) 38
