Shooting awaits BNSC recognition

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Taking aim: Shooter during the recent Pigeon Clay competition PIC: GABORONE RIFLE CLUB

Rifle shooting is one of the oldest sports in the country, but remains unrecognised by the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC).

Gaborone Rifle Club chairperson, Jon Smuts said they are not able to get registered as an association. “We have followed and provided all the necessary, required paperwork for us to get registered but to no avail.

Hence we decided to join South African shooting clubs to be able to shoot competitively at an international level, under the umbrella of those clubs,” he said. Smuts explained that Botswana is the only country in Southern Africa that does not recognise shooting as a sport. He said the sport is recognised in South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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