Khanna-Praween duo 8th in Full Bore Shooting C`ship

New Delhi: India`s Amit Khanna and Praween Dahiya scored 236.2 points to be placed in the eighth position

in the Queen`s Prize pairs event at the ongoing VI Commonwealth Full Bore Shooting Championship here on Wednesday. Apart from the pairs event, Dahiya shot a cent percent 50/50 to find himself in the 15th position in the Queen`s Prize badge category. In the QP pairs event, South African pair of Jan Jonck and Petrus Haasbroek again came up with perfect shots and improved their position to be placed at the first spot with 250 points. The South African duo were followed by Michael Collings and John Snowden of New Zealand with 247 points and Geoffrey Grenfell and James Corbett of Australia with 247 points. In the QP badge event, the first position was being shared by seven shooters with cumulative points of 100 points each. Northern Ireland`s David Calvert, Morris Gareth of Wales, Australian Geoffrey Grenfell, Jan Jonck and Petrus Haasbroek of South Africa, New Zealand`s John Snowden and Daniel Richardson of Jersey leads the chart in the QP badge category. However, despite scoring a cent percent in 500 yards with a cumulative score of 98 points, India`s Dahiya lie in the disappointing 15th spot in the category. Meanwhile in the QP individual event, Australian shooters James Corbett and Geoffrey Grenfell and Garreth Morris of Wales share the first positions with 170 points each. They were closely followed by Canada`s James Paton with 169 points. The championship is being considered as a test event for the Commonwealth Games to be held here later this year. PTI