The NRAA has received notification from Shooting Australia’s President, Cath Fettell, that the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board, at their meeting in London on 21-23 February 2020, approved the Commonwealth Games India (CGI) proposal, supported by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the Government of India, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and World Archery, to hold a Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships in India in 2022.
The event will be held in Chandigarh, the capital of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, and is scheduled to be staged in January 2022.
The decision confirmed that Chandigarh 2022 and Birmingham 2022 will be two separately organised and funded Commonwealth Sport events.
The medal tally for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will include results from the Chandigarh 2022 Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
The CGF is in the process of preparing and will soon issue a Press Release with more information. At this stage we understand the 2022 event in India will include all the ISSF and Full-bore events contested at Gold Coast 2018.
Shooting Australia will continue to keep Member Organisations informed of further developments.
