28 Nov 2018 Dear Shooter, I take great pleasure in inviting you to participate in the 10th Lakshya Cup 2018 to be held on 31 Dec 2018. Lakshya Cup is a premier tournament ‘by invitation only’ open to the top 20 rifle shooters of (as per the latest ranking on NRAI website on the day of the tournament announcement). As most of you know it has been the first of its kind competition encouraging gender equality where men and women compete together for the all real silver rotating cup (currently held by our Silver Medalist - Deepak Kumar). Dronacharya Awardee and former National Coach Prof. Sunny Thomas has kindly agreed to be the Chief Guest of the Event… Looking forward to seeing you! Truly Suma Shirur - Olympic Finalist, World Record Holder, Arjuna Awardee

Prize Money 10th LAKSHYA CUP 2018 Match no. 1: All India TOP 20 Air Rifle Men-Women Invitational Lakshya Cup (ISSF) (Match fees Rs. 1000) Position Senior Junior

Rs. 1,00,000/- & 1 Rs. 50,000/- All Silver Rotating Lakshya Cup

2 Rs. 60,000/- Rs. 30,000/- 3 Rs. 40,000/- Rs. 20,000/- Special Prize 1 Max Inner Tens Rs. 10000/- Special Prize 2 Best Series Rs. 10000/- Special Prize 3 Max 10.9's (Bulzeye) Rs. 10000/- Please find below information about RR Lakshya Cup 2017: 1. Suma Shirur had conceptualised the event since 2008 as an Air Rifle Men-Women Mix match (not mixed team). 2. There shall be only two categories. (Junior Shooters will be allowed to only chose one category, multiple entry not allowed) a. Senior Air Rifle Mix Match b. Junior Air Rifle Mix Match 3. Matches will be 60 shot ISSF decimal format on exclusive Megalink Electronic Targets. 4. Top 8 shooters from both categories each will qualify for the Finals. 5. Junior Finals will be followed by Senior Finals on the same day. 6. The Finals will be followed by Prize Distribution Ceremony. 7. Match fees: Rupees One Thousand only Venue: Lakshya Shooting Club, Karnala Sports Academy, Behind HOC Colony, Panvel,

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Contact persons: Siddharth Shirur (Organising Secretary) +91-9820042952, Pratik Deshmukh (Competition Manager) +91-9819949743, Ramesh Mali (Coach – Lakshya Shooting Club) +91-9987988025

Tentative Programme for RR Lakshya Cup 2018 on 31 Dec. Free Training on 30 Dec Qualification Rounds Finals Detail 1: R.T 8.00 - M.S 8.30 Junior Final: R.T 14.45 Detail 2: R.T 10.00 - M.S 10.30 Senior Final: R.T 15.45 Detail 3: R.T 12.00 - M.S 12.30 Prize Distribution Ceremony: 17.00 Thereafter Gala Dinner – (New Year’s Eve Celebration) Glimpses from 9th RR Lakshya Cup 2017 – Part 1

Winners of 9th RR Lakshya Cup 20167 (Senior Category) 1st Place: Deepak Kumar (C) (2018 Asian Games Silver Medallist) 2nd Place: Anjum Moudgil (R) (World Championship Silver Medallist 2018, Tokyo Olympic Quota Place Winner, National Champion ARW 2018) 3rd Place: Simrat Chahal (L) (World University Champion Rifle Shooting 2016)

Shri. Sanjay Chakraverty, Dronachary Awardee 2018, coach and mentor to many Indian Shooting Stars giving away the Rotating All Silver Lakshya Cup to Deepak Kumar as the runners up Anjum Moudgil and Simrat Chahal look on.

Winners of 9th RR Lakshya Cup 2016 (Junior Category) 1st Place: Shahu Mane (C) (Youth Olympic Games 2018 Silver Medallist, Jr. World Cup Medallist) 2nd Place: Nupur Patil (L) (National Squad member, Indian Shooting Team) 3rd Place: Vinay Kumar Patil (R) (International Junior Shooter)

Guest of Honour at 9th RR Lakshya Cup 2017 (L to R) Deepali Deshpande (Arjuna Awardee, Medallist) Anjali Bhagwat (Former World no.1, Khel Ratna Awardee) Shri. Sanjay Chakraverty (Dronachary Awardee 2018) Suma Shirur (Founder – Lakshya Shooting Club, Olympic Finalist, World Record Holder and Arjuna Awardee)

We look forward to your participation in the 10th RR Lakshya Cup 2018 and the New Year’s Eve bash thereafter planned especially for participants.

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------All The Best ------

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