{"id":55976,"date":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=d6d811c3308897d7249c27ccd0004bc4"},"modified":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"300-top-shooters-set-to-partake-in-his-highness-crown-prince-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/300-top-shooters-set-to-partake-in-his-highness-crown-prince-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"300 top shooters set to partake in His Highness Crown Prince tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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— Up to 300 renowned shooters are scheduled to partake in His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mihsal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual Shooting Tournament due to kick off on Thursday.<\/P>
The participating shooters will represent Kuwait and a number of member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the three-day championship.<\/P>
Issa Bu Taiban, Treasurer at Kuwait Shooting Club, organizer of the competition, said in a press statement on Tuesday that the club put all its resources at disposal of securing success of the tournament.<\/P>
The grand championship that marks inauguration of the club sports season (2021-2020) will witness contests in pistol, rifle, trap, skeet, archery and arrow, involving male and female adults and juniors, Bu Taiban said.<\/P>
Currenty, the club premises have been hosting a number of the contenders training in preparation for the highly prestigious sports event.<\/P>
Tomorrow (Wednesday) will witness launch of official training courses for the participating athletes, including women shooters set to contend in skeet, trap, pistol and 10-m air rifle, in addition to launching the preliminary contests for men champions in pistol and the 10-m air rifle.<\/P>
Other competitions will be held as scheduled until end of the tournament on Saturday, he added.<\/P>
Bu Taiban expressed deep gratitude to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal for his endless support for the national sports, namely the shooting game.<\/P>
Meanwhile, the head of the archery and arrows section at the club, Fahad Al-Rashidi, said in a statement that the steering committee organized a competition for the juniors in the archery category ahead of the official inauguration of the tournament at the club shooting range in the district of Al-Jahraa to give a chance to the largest number possible of contestants.<\/P>
Mohammad Madi came as the top winner, followed by Mohammad Al-Mutairi, while Karim Al-Saeed ranked third — all members of the club<\/P>
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Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/P>
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