publish time

02/05/2017

author name Arab Times

publish time

02/05/2017

Winners, officials & guests pose for a group photo after the awarding ceremony of the recently held late Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Shooting Championship.
The late Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Shooting Championship concluded at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympics Shooting Complex with the honoring of the winners of the championship on the final day.In a statement issued during the ceremony, the Director General of Directorate General for Civil Aviation and Honorary Chairman of Kuwait Shooting Club Sheikh Salman Al-Hamoud praised the distinguished work of the club’s board council in the management of the shooting sport, which has achieved many accomplishments for the Kuwaiti sports sector.Sheikh Salman Al-Hamoud congratulated the head, members and affiliates of the club for the lifting of the ban that was imposed on the Kuwaiti shooting sports.He wished them further success and victories in the upcoming shooting tournaments so that Kuwaitis can raise the flag high during prominent international, continental and regional games.The three-day shooting championship involved top-class Kuwaiti shooters of both genders.Abdullah Al-Tureiqi Al-Rashidi came first in the men’s skeet category, Talal Al-Rashidi came first in the men’s trap category and Saad Al-Mutairi took first place in the men’s double trap category.The shooter Abdullah Al-Harbi came first in the men’s ten-meter air rifle category, Hamad Al-Namshan took first place in the men’s ten-meter pistol category and Faisal Al-Rashidi took first place in the Olympic archery category.Majed Al-Dhufairi came first in the men’s 50-meter prone rifle category, Abdullah Al-Harbi came first in the 50-meter rifle (three positions) category and Hamad Al-Namshan won the 50-meter pistol category.Meanwhile, Shahad Al-Hawal won first place in the women’s trap category, Afrah Adel won the women’s skeet category, Munira Al-Anjeri won the women’s air rifle category, and Yasmine Al-Tamimi won the women’s air pistol category.