Brunei withdraws from shooting c'ships
Brunei withdraws from shooting c'ships
JAKARTA (JP): Following Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Brunei
Darussalam yesterday officially withdrew from the eighth Asian
Shooting Championships, slated to be held here between Oct. 2 and
Oct. 8. Thus, as of yesterday, 28 countries remain on the
participating list.
As of yesterday afternoon, the Omani, Qatari and Kuwaiti teams
arrived here. India, Macao, Japan, South Korea and the United
Arab Emirates were also scheduled to arrive yesterday evening.
Thailand fields the biggest team of 67 sharpshooters, host
Indonesia 55, South Korea 54, China 50, Kazakhstan 36 and the
Philippines also 36.
The Asian championships feature 19 events, 15 of which are
regular events contested at the Olympic Games. The other four,
which are yet to be included at the Olympic Games, are center
fire, women's standard prone, standard pistol and women's running
target, according to Ignatius Bambang Irawan of the Indonesian
Target Shooting and Hunting Association.
The Asian championships will serve as the last UIT-designated
qualification competition to attain minimum qualification scores
(MQS) for 10 men's and five women's shooting events of the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta. UIT is the world shooting governing
body.
The 10 men's events are free rifle 3x40 shots, free rifle 60
shots prone, air rifle 60 shots, free pistol, rapid fire pistol,
air pistol 60 shots, running target, trap 125 targets, double
trap 150 targets, skeet 125 targets.
The five women's events are standard rifle 3x20 shots, air
rifle 40 shots, sport pistol, air pistol 40 shots and double trap
120 targets.
Of the 55 sharpshooters Indonesia will field at the
championships, only seven have reached minimum qualification
scores as of June 28.
Four of them are qualified in the double trap 120 target event
which set a minimum qualification score of 90 points.
They are Sarmunah (103 pts), Sarmunah Silimang (91 pts),
Supadmi (104 pts) and Sylvia Siliman (90 pts).
The rest are qualified in the air rifle 40 shots event whose
minimum qualification scores are 375 points. They are Yuniarti
Ilyas (385 pts), Shanti Dewi Supradjono (386 pts) and Maris
Aurora (381 pts). (arf)