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68th National Shooting C’ship competitions get underway amidst record participation
The Statesman Kolkata
|December 02, 2025
The 68th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) got underway at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range here, with a record 16,000 plus shooters qualifying to participate across categories in rifle, pistol and shotgun events.
The NSCC traditionally heralds the beginning of a new season for Indian shooting and Group 5 Trap qualifiers in the Shotgun discipline were the first to fire.
The previous 67th NSCC saw 13,522 shooters qualify. All top Indian shooters have entered the fray and the schedule, spread over one month, has been finalised, keeping in mind the ISSF World Cup Finals, which will take place in Doha between Dec 04-09 and where 15 Indians have qualified to compete.
Alongwith Shotgun, the Pistol events will also be conducted at the Karni Singh Ranges while the Rifle events will be held at Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy in Bhopal. The Pistol events will begin on 11 December and will run until 4 January, 2026, while the Rifle events will also start on 11 December and conclude on 2 January, 2026.
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