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PNSA to host Southeast Asian Shooting Association
The Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) will host the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championships from November 24 to December 14, 2024.
This is the 46th edition of the event in which it will feature competitions in practical shooting, sporting clays, bench rest, and Olympic shotgun which includes both trap and skeet shooting.
About eight to nine neighboring countries are expected to participate in the three-week meet comprising around 300-350 shooters.
According to PNSA secretary-general Iryne Garcia even though this is not their first time in the Philippines to hold such a big event, all of them including the organizers are filled with joy and happiness in the upcoming event.
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“It’s almost like a fiesta. We’re pretty excited about it, although a bit tiring to prepare. It’s not really our first time to host it, but it’s going to be the biggest multi-shooting event that the Philippines will be hosting for the year,” said Garcia in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday.
The tournament will be held in coordination with the Philippine Practical Shooting Association (PPSA).
“We just want the whole shooting community to work together, because at the end of the day, Filipinos love to shoot, we really do. And we really excel in shooting,” Garcia added.
The Philippine team will also highlight our very own trap shooters namely: Hagen Topacio, Eric Ang, and Olympian Jethro Dionisio, while the skeet event features Enrique Leandro Enriquez and another Olympian in Bryan Rosario.
Among the shooters in the distaff side include Valerie Levanza, Abby Cuyong, Amparo Acuna, Franchette Quiroz, among others.
Garcia also said that the PNSA expects a lot of podium finishes for the Filipino shooters in the upcoming tournament as they vie against entries from top Southeast Asian countries in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
“This will also gauge how we’re doing in Southeast Asia for the SEA Games next year,” said the PNSA official.
There are four different shooting ranges are going to be utilized for the event starting with practical shooting on Nov. 24 to Dec. 2 at the Magnus-Frontsight Firing Range in Lipa City, Batangas, followed by the bench rest at the Marine Corps Training Center in Taguig City from November 25 to December 5.
On November 25 to 30, pistol events will likewise be held in the same venue in Taguig shooting range, while sporting clays fires off on November 30 to December 9 at the NCSAP Firing Range, Laperal Farm in Lipa City, Batangas.
