Sunday 29 October 2017

Jaspal Rana's Son Yuvraj and Daughter Devanshi Rana Clinched Gold Medal in Delhi


NEW DELHI : 29 OCTOBER (NATIONAL24NEWS) Ace Shooter Jaspal Rana's son Yuvraj Singh Rana and daughter Devanshi Rana both are performing well in the shooting championships. Devanshi won a Gold medal in 10 meter pistol junior women event of 1st South Delhi Distt. Open Shooting Competition with a good score of 381 at Sirifort sports complex shooting range, while Yuvraj won gold medal in 10 meter pistol youth men event with 363 score. Shooter Ronjan Sodhi's wife and the famous nutritionist Ruchika Sodhi sponsored the competition and offered her free services to the medal winners of this shooting championship. 

According to Anupam Kamal, President of SDDRA, this association was established to promote shooting sports amongst youth and adults with the uniqueness that it is governed by national-level and renowned shooters in various rifle, pistol and shotgun events, with all office-bearers being medal-winners in shooting at either State, Zonal or National level! The unwavering support by Shri Jaspal Rana, Chairman and Shri Rajiv Sharma, Hony. Secretary of Delhi State Rifle Association was instrumental in organising and conducting this competition.

The day-long competition fulfilled the association’s basic objectives as it saw participation by enthusiastic shooters – the youngest being 9 years old and the eldest 64 years. The competition was graced by several dignitaries who gave away prizes to the winners.  Shri Santosh Pal, Leader of the House, EDMC; Shri NS Rana, a sports veteran and first sports minister of Uttarakhand, Chhaya Adak, Arjuna Awardee and Shri Jaspal Rana, Padmashree, Arjuna Awardee and Chief Coach of the Indian Junior Pistol Team, were amongst those present. 

According to Nishant Mangla, General Secretary of SDDRA, there were more pistol shooters than rifle shooters.  In the men’s Pistol events, according to their respective age categories, the gold medal winners were Yuvraj Singh Rana, Shaurya Sarin, Suraj Bhambhani and Jagroop Singh. Silver medal winners were Agneya Kaushik, Siddharth Rawat, Sanskar Gupta, and Kabeer Arif. Bronze medal winners were Shrey Sarin, Ayush Bhatt, Aditya Garg, and Anurag Khanna. The Senior & Veteran category (aged 40+) the gold medal was won by none other than the President of SDDRA, Anupam Kamal, silver medal by Arjun Chandra and bronze by Ishwinder Jit Singh.

In the men’s Rifle events, the gold medal winners were: Soham Garg, Mohd Sufian Ahmed, Mirza Mohd Mustafa; the Silver medal winners were: Dhruv Singh and Nitesh Prakash; and Bronze medal winners were: Devyansh Shandilya, Deepak Kumar Saini.

In the women’s Pistol events, the gold medal winners were: Parnika Bhalla, Mahima Singh, Devanshi Rana, Lovleen Kaur and Nirmal Yadav. Silver medal winners were: Prarthana Khanna, Rishika Verma, Aarzoo Saifi and Amandeep Kaur Dhawan. The Bronze medal winners were: Naaz Khan, Maria Tausif and Kim Michael.  In the women’s Rifle events, the gold medal winners were: Sohni Gujral, Jahnvi Madan and Kapila Dabas, while the Silver medal winner was Manya Bhargava.

The President of SDDRA was also presented with the NAGRI Cup by Capt. Rakshi Sharma and Abhijeet Singh of the National Association for Gun Rights India for the promotion of shooting sports.  Besides this Rolling Trophy, prize money will be awarded to best shooting teams of Delhi. The SDDRA plans to conduct such Open Shooting Competitions every quarter and include the youngsters in the 10-12 age groups as well. 

The South Delhi District Rifle Association (SDDRA), a non-profit registered shooting association affiliated to the Delhi State Rifle Association, conducted its first South Delhi District Open Shooting Competition 2017 in Air Pistol and Air Rifle events at the Siri Fort Sports Complex (Shooting Range) on 28 October 2017
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