Rathore favours change in rules of double trap

Ace Indian shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore favours change in rules of double trap shooting event, aiming at cost cutting to make it less expensive and draw more participants.

The double trap event proves too costly. Even during the practice the shooters have to spent so many cartridges. It has been proposed that the change in scheme of machines throwing birds might prove help in cutting the cost,” said Rathore, who won a silver medal at Athens Olympic to script a new chapter in Indian shooting.

“It may help the sport reach more shooters and broaden the base of the event. The major change will be that the birds will be thrown randomly from any line of machines and this would cut down the cost during practice because less number of practice sessions will be suffice,” said Rathore, who is in the city to discuss the change of rules in double tap event.

Rathore and Ronjan Singh will make suggestions to the International Shooting Federation, ISSF, regarding their views on the change of rules, which would be implemented from next year.

The new rules would not be favourable to any particular country but they will suit us because more people would come into shooting. The ISSF would take a final decision next year. The double trap shooters of country including me and Ronjan Sodhi will make our suggestions and then NRAI would take the matter to ISSF,” he said. National Rifles Associatio of India Baljit Singh Sethi said it was too early to say any thing. 

The ISSF would meet in April next. But we have done our home work. I am the member of the committee which would decide the matter. We have talked to asian countries and hope to take matter through. The rules will be good for poor country like us,” said Sethi.