Johor to shoot ahead with new range

11/11/2001

THERE were no spectactular results in the third day of the Tun Tan Siew
Sin Trophy or the SportExcel-NSC-NSAM-JSA junior tournamant at the
National Shooting Range in Subang yesterday.
But there was good news for the sport in Johor as, the organisers of
both the tournamants Johor Shooting Association (JSA), have almost
realised their dream of having a state-of-the art shooting range in Batu
Pahat.
JSA president Robert Lim Wan Sia said yesterday work on the shooting
range in Batu Pahat wil start in the middle of the month and is expected
to be completed in March next year.
"At last we will have a good shooting range in Johor to kick-start the
sport in the State. We bought our own land and the National Sports Council
(NSC) gave us RM1 million to build a complex.
"We will utilise RM500,000 on construction and the rest to buy
equipment," said Robert.
Johor were handed the task of organising both the championships and
since their complex is still not ready, they used the Subang Shooting
Range instead.
"This was a good opportunity and we did not want to let it go, so we
suggested the Subang Shooting Range and the National Shooting Association
of Malaysia agreed to our proposal," said Robert who is also the vice-
president of NSAM.
Robert was instrumental in getting shooting into the Malaysia Games
calendar by writing to the 1994 hosts, Ipoh, to include the sport.
"They replied by saying that if I can get eight States to submit teams,
the sport will make its appearance in the Malaysia Games. I managed to get
10 States and now it is a permenant fixture in the Games," said Robert.
With the new range in Batu Pahat, Johor hope to make an impact in the
Sabah Malaysia Games.
"The priority will be junior development and once the range is ready, we
will start preparing a team for the Sabah Malaysia Games."
Johor have four other shooting centres in Muar, Kluang, Johor Baru and
Segamat but thaey are not of international standard and according to
robert "We will be upgrading the sport from tatched roof to the modern era
and hopefully, in a few years time, Johor will have a strong pool of
juniors for international duty."
Yesterday, Kelantan lad Mohamed Zainul Akmal shot down three golds and a
silver but his scores were nothing to shout about.
In the Tun Tan Siew Sin Trophy, Zainul won gold in the Small Bore Rifle
Three Position team and silver in the individual event.
In the SportExcel category, he won gold in the Small Bore Free Rifle
Three Position individual and team events.
RESULTS: Tun Tan Siew Sin Trophy - Men's Centre Fire Pistol: 1 Hasli
Izwan Amir (Perak) 559 points, 2 Zakaria Ishak (Kel) 554 (shootoff 143), 3
Mohamed Hashim Desa (Police) 554 (shootoff 136).
Centre Fire Pistol Team: 1 Police - Marzuki Man (554), Mohamed Hashim
Desa (554), Abdul Rahim Rajuli (554); 2 Kelantan - Zakaria Ishak (554),
Baharuddin Hashim (535), Mohamed Saipuddin Yusoff; 3 Johor - Ker Pok San
(469), Wong Siong Jhang (445), Tay Chiow Sia (358).
SB Rifle Three Position: 1 Mohamed Emran Zakaria (Armed Forces) 1,238.6,
2 Mohamed Zainul Akmal (Kel) 1,216.6, 3 Mohamed Sabili Din (Armed Forces)
1211.3.
SB Rifle Three Position Team: 1 Kelantan - Mohamed Zainul Akmal (1,123),
Khairuddin Sidek (1,095), Asri Mohamed (1,097); 2 Selangor - Ivan
Jayavenkatesh (1,112), Wang Wen Chuen (1,097), Ong Poh Teck (1,104); 3
Armed Forces - Mohamed Emaran Zakaria (1,141), Mohamed Sabiki Din (1,120),
Mohamed Khusaimi Shariff (1.043).
SportExcel-NSC-NSAM-JSA Junior Shooting Championship - Men's Sport
Pistol: 1 Hafiza Adzha (Sel) 543, 2 Mohamed Syahrul (KMPP) 536, 3 Bibit
Nyoget (Sarawak) 536.
Sport Pistol Team: 1 Selangor - Nicholas Aw Kai Fong (535), Omar Sheriff
(528), Alif Fazally Omar (483); 2 Johor - Zulhakim Ahmad (525), Nohamed
Radi Wahab (508), Mohamed Syawal Othman (494); 3 Pahang - Mohamed Sobri
(506), Mohamed Khalis Kadir (495), Khairul Azri Roslan (485).
SB Free Rifle Three Position: 1 Mohamed Zainul Akmal (Kel) 1,123, 2 Ivan
Jayavenkatesh (Sel) 1,112, 3 Ong Poh Teck (Sel) 1,104.
SB Free Rifle Three Position Team: 1 Kelantan - Mohamed Zainul Akmal
1,123, Asri Mohamed 1,097, Khairuddin Sidek 1,095, 2 Selangor - Ivan
Jayavenkatesh 1,112, Ong Poh Tech 1,104, Wang Wen Chuen 1,097; 3 Sarawak -
Christopher Pintos 1,094, Almond Aldrian 1,038, Alvin Elser Naftali 1,006.
Women's Air Pistol: 1 Siti Sarah Ibrahim (PMKL) 367, 2 Leong Wai Si
(Perak) 363, 3 Haslinda Hassan (Sar) 360.
Air Pistol Team: 1 Sarawak - Haslinda Nosan (360, Agnes Taiji (352),
Christine Helen (351); 2 KMPP - Joseline Cheah (356), Se Lim Ai Lin (354),
Leong Ho Ming (349); 3 Selangor - Leong Wai Si (363), Nur Fatihah Zolkefle
(345), Noor Asmah Ishak (338).
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