The Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy in Dimapur has been selected as a Khelo India Centre under the nation’s Khelo India scheme.
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 5 (MExN): The Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy has been selected by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) as a Khelo India Centre under the nation’s Khelo India scheme.
The centre was approved by the Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Nagaland on 5, informed a press release from Merang Jamir, founder and proprietor of the academy, adding that the delayed announcement is due to the pandemic which prompted the academy shut for the last few months.
The Aries Rifle and Pistol Shooting Academy was started with a 4-lane indoor shooting range in 2010 at NST Colony Dimapur. The academy has been able to promote young shooters to participate in various competitions outside the state with promising results over the years. The academy also organises various shooting competitions within the state from time to time.
The academy got a major impetus when its founder, Merang Jamir, received the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) B- Judge Certificate in 2016. Only two years later he was again awarded the D-Course Coach Certificate in 2018.
The academy follows the modern shooting sport rules as prescribed by the International Shooting sport Federation (ISSF). The shooting ranges of the academy are also modelled on the lines of international standards with some lanes having ISSF approved electronic scoring target systems, SIUS HS10 Hybridscore.
The academy has so far constructed a full-fledged 10m, 25m and 50m shooting ranges at Bamunphukuri-1, Dimapur, where the 4th North East Zone Shooting Championship 2016 was conducted under the aegis of the National Rifle Association of India.
Meanwhile, with the current relaxations of restrictions by the government, the academy is looking forward to resume its regular training sessions from October.
