Morne Malan is Shooter of the Year

THE Shooting Union of Namibia hosted its annual fun day for all shooting disciplines at the Luiperdsvallei Shooting Range on Saturday.

The day turned out to be a great success with 32 shooters competing for the Most Talented Shooter of the Year Status and Floating Trophy 2007, which was won by Morné Malan. The different shooting codes, namely Bisley, Clay Target, Pistol and .22 Silhouette, decided to sponsor a prize for the best shooter from another discipline.The sponsors of the prizes included Ahrens Guns, Andreas Doepke, Deon Gous and .22 Silhouette Club.The day started at the Bisley Range, where the contestants shot from a range of 300 metres in a prone position, with telescopes.The top score in this discipline was shot by Sven Pauly, who came out with 34 out of 35 points.Moving over to Clay Target Shooting, the top score by a non-clay shooter was 8/10 shot by youngster Dominique Denker.In the Pistol Shooting discipline, Morne Malan and Sven Ahrens were tied with a score of 64/100.In the .22 Silhouette discipline, Guenther Jacobs and Fritz Geldenhuis both shot 4/10 and the winner had to be determined in a shootout – won by Jacobs.The idea of this day is to bring all the shooting disciplines together and introduce the sport of target shooting to the public.It was the fourth year that the SUN has hosted such an event and according to the organisers, the popularity of this day is growing.For more information on shooting, contact Boelie Malherbe (secretary general) or Hasso Ahrens (president).The different shooting codes, namely Bisley, Clay Target, Pistol and .22 Silhouette, decided to sponsor a prize for the best shooter from another discipline.The sponsors of the prizes included Ahrens Guns, Andreas Doepke, Deon Gous and .22 Silhouette Club.The day started at the Bisley Range, where the contestants shot from a range of 300 metres in a prone position, with telescopes.The top score in this discipline was shot by Sven Pauly, who came out with 34 out of 35 points.Moving over to Clay Target Shooting, the top score by a non-clay shooter was 8/10 shot by youngster Dominique Denker.In the Pistol Shooting discipline, Morne Malan and Sven Ahrens were tied with a score of 64/100.In the .22 Silhouette discipline, Guenther Jacobs and Fritz Geldenhuis both shot 4/10 and the winner had to be determined in a shootout – won by Jacobs.The idea of this day is to bring all the shooting disciplines together and introduce the sport of target shooting to the public.It was the fourth year that the SUN has hosted such an event and according to the organisers, the popularity of this day is growing.For more information on shooting, contact Boelie Malherbe (secretary general) or Hasso Ahrens (president).