KUWAIT: Tournament of the shooting school was concluded Saturday night by a ceremony attended by President of Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations, Chairman of Kuwait Shooting Sports Club Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi, Secretary General Obaid Al-Osaimi, Assistant Treasurer Adnan Al-Ibrahim and Minister of Public Works, State Minister of Municipality Affairs, KSSC board member Eng Hussam Al-Roumi.

Eng Al-Otaibi said Kuwait Shooting Sport Club give special attention to the shooting school with the aim of discovering skilled shooters, especially youngsters as they are the future of the sport in the country.

Al-Otaibi who spoke to the press during the closing ceremony which was held at the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting complex lauded the efforts and performance of the shooters who made good scores.

He said the club will give the outstanding shooters their own weapons and will receive all the necessary support to continue practicing the sport.

Al-Otaibi appreciated the support Kuwait shooting enjoys from the political leadership of the country which resulted in major achievements the latest of which in the Asian games in Indonesia and World Cup in South Korea.

Al-Otaibi said that as trap shooter Adbelrahman Al-Faihan already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, he will receive special attention and training to prepare him for the most important sports event in the world.

Results of the tournament were as follows:

In the 10m air rifle: Hussein Al-Roumi

10m air pistol: Ali Sabti

Frees shooting: Abdelrahman Al-Hamad

Meanwhile in the women's category:

10m air rifle: Moudhi Al-Marzouq

10m air pistol : Aseel Al-Mutoutah

Free shooting: Sundus Al-Hamad.

In the Olympic Archery, juniors: Adel Al-Rasheedi.

By Abdellatif Sharaa