The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSFSL) has called for entries for the National Rifle and Pistol championships that will be held from November 12 to 21 at the Navy Small Bore Range in Welisara.
Entries close at 4 pm on October 25 at the NSSF office, PO Box 33, Old Sports Ministry Building, Colombo 7.
The championship will include 16 events in three different categories -Youth, Junior and Open. The age categories have been determined as 12 to 18 for Youth, 18 to 21 for Juniors and 21 and above for Open. Among the events lined up are Youth and Junior male and female in both pistol and rifle, Open events in pistol, rifle, 50m rifle, 3x40 for both male and female. The Open male pistol events are 50m, 25m STD and 25m rapid fire, while a 25m sports pistol event is on cards for Open female.
Among other events lined up are mix air pistol and air rifle Open, mix junior air pistol and rifle, which will be open also for youth as events will be conducted under individual and team segments.