1st Hawk-Eye Sports Academy Open Shooting Championship: Rich haul of medals for Mysuru shooters

The shooters from the Mysore District Rifle Shooting Association (MDRSA), representing the district in the 1st Hawk-Eye Sports Academy Open Shooting Championship-2018 held at Bengaluru recently, bagged a rich haul of medals by winning a total of 30 medals (7 gold, 17 silver & 6 bronze) in the Championships. Following are the medal winners: 10m Open Sight Senior Men: L. Shiju - Individual gold and team silver (Team members - Shiju, Imran and Farman); S. Keerthan - 4 Individual gold medals (U-12, U-14, U-16 & U-18), 1 silver (U-21) and 4 silver medals (U-14, U-16, U-18 & U-21) in Team event (Team members - Keerthan, Jeet, Nishant). Gyan Ponnappa - Individual bronze in 10m Peep Sight (Sub-Juniors); Rakshith Shastry - 10m Air Pistol - Individual gold, Mixed Pistol - Gold, Champion of Champions - Silver & Senior men's team ISSF - 1 bronze (Team members - Varun, Rakshit, Sumukh); Varun - 2 bronze medals; M.S. Nagendra - 10m Air Pistol (Para) Individual - 1 gold - ISSF and 1 gold - NR.