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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by Katana » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:13 am

Briha,

For information sake, her father was the late Digvijay Singh, formerly President of the NRAI.

AS of today, India ranks highest in the medal tally in shooting, narrowly beating England. http://results.glasgow2014.com/sports/sh/shooting.html
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by mundaire » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:32 am

Many congratulations to our shooters whose perseverance and individual effort is paying dividends at these games!
anubhav_rulez wrote:Kudos to all of them...they certainly have made India proud. Keeping fingers crossed hope this changes government view towards shooting fraternity.
As far as the government babus and others are concerned, you aren't a 'shooter' unless you compete in formal state & national level events or better still qualify as a 'renown shot'.

For them Hobby shooters/ enthusiasts don't count for anything, so any 'benefit' given to shooters isn't likely to trickle down to the level of the ordinary hobbyist/ enthusiast. For that to happen we need a change in mindset of those wielding power...

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by TC » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:56 pm

For them Hobby shooters/ enthusiasts don't count for anything, so any 'benefit' given to shooters isn't likely to trickle down to the level of the ordinary hobbyist/ enthusiast. For that to happen we need a change in mindset of those wielding power...
Tenth ring on that Abhijeet.
And it basically means only those and children/ relatives of those who have access to the best of weapons and training facilities will continue to enjoy the benefits and shine as shooters while thousands of men, women and children who may actually have better physical and mental qualities to become ace shooters will never make it simply because they don't have the money and the right connections.
Do you remember how a group of 50 and 60 year old women from a remote village in Rajasthan (or Gujarat may be) stole the limelight at a shooting competition specially organized some 10 or 12 years ago, I still remember the India Today photo of an elderly lady shooting a Walther, dressed in traditional attire and old those silver jewellery. It was such a treat for the soul :D

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by brihacharan » Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:02 pm

TC wrote:
For them Hobby shooters/ enthusiasts don't count for anything, so any 'benefit' given to shooters isn't likely to trickle down to the level of the ordinary hobbyist/ enthusiast. For that to happen we need a change in mindset of those wielding power...
Tenth ring on that Abhijeet.
And it basically means only those and children/ relatives of those who have access to the best of weapons and training facilities will continue to enjoy the benefits and shine as shooters while thousands of men, women and children who may actually have better physical and mental qualities to become ace shooters will never make it simply because they don't have the money and the right connections.
Do you remember how a group of 50 and 60 year old women from a remote village in Rajasthan (or Gujarat may be) stole the limelight at a shooting competition specially organized some 10 or 12 years ago, I still remember the India Today photo of an elderly lady shooting a Walther, dressed in traditional attire and old those silver jewellery. It was such a treat for the soul :D
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For them Hobby shooters/ enthusiasts don't count for anything, so any 'benefit' given to shooters isn't likely to trickle down to the level of the ordinary hobbyist/ enthusiast. For that to happen we need a change in mindset of those wielding power...

Sadly enough 'the power wielders' are oblivious to the fact that 'It's the enthusiasts & hobbyists' who turn into match shooters and bring glory to our country!!!
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by StampMaster » Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:59 pm

Sport is always in our blood. Only that it is not encouraged by the family, school, government etc we are lagging back.

Parents are schools have made book education so important and mandate that a holistic way of learning and living is deteriorating every day.


Congrats on winning the medals. And making us all proud.
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by Hammerhead » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:55 pm


AS of today, India ranks highest in the medal tally in shooting, narrowing beating England. http://results.glasgow2014.com/sports/sh/shooting.html
So as of politics, medals are won by the people where guns are basically banned. Bravo to the people.

Our CBC and other media never mentioned "SHOOTING" as they were tallying medals, no surprise !!!
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by bennedose » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:14 pm

Still more medals as Indian shooters on a roll
http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-ne ... 45415.aspx
Gagan Narang bagged the silver with a score of 203.6 in the final of the men's 50m rifle prone event. He missed the gold narrowly, as Australia's Warren Potent shot a 204.3 to win the event.

Jitu Rai and Gurpal Singh made it another momentous day for the Indian shooting contingent at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold and silver, respectively, in the 50-metre men's pistol finals at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre in Glasgow on Monday.

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by Commonwealth_of_PA » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:37 pm

Two completely different yet equally classic reactions by the Champions :)

Congratulations!

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by TC » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:19 pm

bennedose wrote:Still more medals as Indian shooters on a roll
http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-ne ... 45415.aspx
Gagan Narang bagged the silver with a score of 203.6 in the final of the men's 50m rifle prone event. He missed the gold narrowly, as Australia's Warren Potent shot a 204.3 to win the event.

Jitu Rai and Gurpal Singh made it another momentous day for the Indian shooting contingent at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold and silver, respectively, in the 50-metre men's pistol finals at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre in Glasgow on Monday.
Dear Bennedose
If I take your ghee shakkar wali statement seriously I will die of high blood sugar by the time the games come to and end ROTFL ROTFL

Bravo Indian shooters !

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by brihacharan » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:02 pm

TC wrote: Dear Bennedose
If I take your ghee shakkar wali statement seriously I will die of high blood sugar by the time the games come to and end ROTFL ROTFL
Bravo Indian shooters !
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> I sincerely hope that these achievements opens the eyes of the 'Babus' to make RKBA a reality :D
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by TC » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:45 pm

> I sincerely hope that these achievements opens the eyes of the 'Babus' to make RKBA a reality :D
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Agree with every word in body and spirit

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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by Katana » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:35 am

Results as on 30th. July for shooting here http://results.glasgow2014.com/sports/sh/shooting.html

Surprisingly, we do not seem to have a single entry for full bore/ big bore.! The lone winner of Indian origin could be him! http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/ ... patel.html

Meanwhile, Lajja has done my home state proud http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/ ... swami.html

As results come in for other sports India has slipped to the sixth place in ranking http://results.glasgow2014.com/medals.html

Currently, of the 36 medals won by Indian athletes, 17 are from shooting!
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Re: Indian Shooters win medals at CWG

Post by TC » Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:13 pm

Currently, of the 36 medals won by Indian athletes, 17 are from shooting!

Thanks Katana for the statistics....

You do have a very important point there on the big bore....

But as of now its :skeet: :skeet: :skeet: :skeet: :skeet:

Mods can't we have a Bhangra smily for occasions like these when we all want to shout Balle Balle ?

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