More than 100 people took part in the Open Cup on shooting
Open Cup of BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov on bullet shooting of the Belgorod region, dedicated to the Victory Day, took place on May 7 and 8 at the regional flagship university.
BSTU students and students of other universities took part in the competition. More than 100 people competed for the highest result.
The purpose of the event was to promote healthy lifestyles, popularize and develop bullet shooting and familiarize young people with sports at BSTU.
Marina Bondarenko (group PB-41, Chemical Technology Institute) showed the best results in shooting in exercise VP-2 (an exercise in shooting from a pneumatic rifle standing, 20 test shots), gaining 173 points. Alexander Shaparenko (GP-11, Institute of power engineering, information technologies and management systems), who scored 185 points, was the best shooter among male participants.
The Chief judge of the competitions, the Merited Coach of Russia, the master of sports in bullet shooting Alexander Krivtsov shared: «Thanks to such competitions our students are being raised to be a patriotic. Many of them compete in serious competitions, win prizes».
Also, Alexander Sergeevich said that the shooting gallery has been functioning for a long time. In recent times, new sports equipment was purchased for students. This allows us to hold competitions of high rank in the best conditions. «Our shooting gallery holds competitions of the all-Russian level, since the law on the TRP was signed, the popularization of shooting has significantly increased».
For the current year about 170 students of the flagship university are engaged in bullet shooting on a regular basis.