17 Jun 2019
The Rajkumar College , Rajkot, (the first public school of the country) ,is again hosting another prestigious IPSC championship in its glamorous campus .We are organising for the second consecutive year the shooting championship. Last year ,it was for the Boys , and now, the Championship for the Girls under various categories ( U-14, U-17 and U-19), to be held from 17Tth June to 19th June,2019.
Under the tenure of our Principal, Mr Shankar Singh Adhikari, RKC has been blessed with a new state of the art, and a fully air conditioned shooting range. A total of 9 prestigious schools of our country are taking part in the three day mega event. The participating schools are – Yadvindra Public School , Patiala, The Daly College ,Indore, Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, Lawrence School, Sanawar, Emerald Heights International School, Indore, Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ Public School, Jodhpur, Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School, Jaipur, Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai ,Haryana and the host school – The Rajkumar College, Rajkot. Altogether 119 shooters in the various categories will be taking part in the Air Rifle and Pistol Shooting Championship .The teams are accompanied by 15 coaches and staff members.
When a shooting championship is on who else could have been a better Chief Guest than a war veteran of the Indian Army Brigadier Sanjiv Dutt , Group Commander at NCC Group Headquarters , Rajkot. Recipient of the Sena medal, he was commissioned in JAKLI( Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry) in the Indian Army in 1985.
The support of the management, led by the Principal, Shri Shankar Singh Adhikari, has been immeasurable and has ensured that no stone was left unturned in making this event a memorable one!!
