Veteran Teh eyeing Brunei slot

05/03/1999

WITH rifle and pistol events being scrapped from the Brunei Sea Games in
August, skeet and trap shooters will take centre stage at the Tun Haniff
Omar Cup starting today at the Subang Shooting Range.
And veteran skeet campaigner Richard Teh aims to grab the opportunity.
Teh, who last donned national colours in 1991 and won a team gold at the
Philippines Sea Games, wants to be among the six the National Shooting
Association of Malaysia (NSAM) will name to the Brunei Games.
"After the Philippines Games I had to stop active participation for
personal reasons. Now I am back and the first thing to do is win medals at
the Brunei Games and then prepare for the 2001 Games," said Teh.
Shooting won four golds at the 1997 Games in Jakarta, but Brunei will
only have the clay target, individual skeet and trap, and double trap
events - a blessing as far as Teh is concerned.
For the 35-year-old scuba diving instructor, who has been a regular at
the range of late, the Tun Hanif Cup will be his first major tournament
since 1991.
"Judging by current form, I pick Goh Kek Chuan and Ricky Chee as sure
bets for Brunei so that leaves only one skeet ticket which I aim to
claim," said Teh.
The golden shooters in Jakarta were Azmi Zakaria (10m air rifle
individual); Azmi, Abdul Mutalib Razak and Aziz Berahim (10m air rifle
team); Nurul Hudda Baharin (50m sport pistol individual) and Nurul,
Roslina Bakar and Sarihati Awang Akhbar (50m sport pistol team).
With indoor events out in the cold, Malaysia will not be able to defend
the four golds won at the Jakarta Games.
They may be out of the Sea Games but Nurul and and company are likely to
compete in seven major international shooting championships this year,
with the Tun Haniff Cup as the curtain raiser.
"The NSAM Council will meet next week and, among others, we will decide
on international assignments," said NSAM assistant secretary Mej Jasni
Shaari.
Nurul, who finished third behind Roslina Bakar and Noriha Rani in the
last Tun Hanif Cup, will take part in the air rifle today and is expected
to come out tops.
Today (all finals at 2pm): Air rifle, rapid fire pistol, free pistol,
trap, skeet, air rifle; Tomorrow: Air pistol, centre fire pistol, small
bore free rifle prone, trap, skeet, small bore rifle three-position,
standard pistol.
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