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SAARA is the OFFICIAL and ONLY National Controlling Body for Air Rifle shooting in South Africa as recognised by the South African Shooting Sport Confederation (SASSCo), the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA).
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24. 09. 30
We had a very successful 2024 SAARA National Championship that was hosted by the Western Cape Province on 27 and 28 September 2024. As expected, we did not have a high turnout, but our top athletes were all present with some excellent shooting, particularly from our ladies and both the 10m Olympic final matches were exciting and closely contested matches.
The 2024 National champions for the various disciplines are:
Anke Cronje – 10m Sporter Women
Charl Kotze – 10m Sporter Men
Isabella Cilliers – 10m Olympic Women
Dylan Drysdale – 10m Olympic Men
Thanks to the Western Cape team for hosting a fantastic event, the SAARA exco who assisted and worked in the background to make sure everything is ready, the officials on the range and working in the stats office that kept thing going. A special thanks to the provinces, athletes and parent for your participation and support.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants for the excellent sportsmanship. You can all be proud of your achievements at the match and throughout the year in preparation for Nationals.
Johan Pienaar
SAARA Pesident
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24. 09. 01
Records keep tumbling with strong competition among the ladies for the spot on the SAARA ranking. Jo-Ann Serfontein set a new SAARA National Junior Ladies record in the 10M Olympic discipline in the second 10m relay at the 2024 SAARA OVL2 Open on 31 August 2024. Jo-Ann shot a score of 621.5 improving the previous record with a margin of 3.3 points. Congratulations on this excellent performance Jo-Ann. Keep up the good work ladies, we are looking forward to an excellent performance at the upcoming SAARA Nationals.
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24. 07. 29
With a second record falling on the same day Lyjani Schonken set a new SAARA National Senior Ladies record in the 10M Olympic discipline in the second 10m relay at the 2024 SAARA WC Open on 27 July 2024. Lyjani shot a score of 625.3 improving the previous record she held by 2.8 decimal points. Congratulations on this excellent performance in a high scoring event where the cold and wet weather kept everyone inside. We are all very proud of you. Keep up the good work by lifting the standard in air rifle shooting in South Africa.
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24. 07. 29
Emma Bornman set a new SAARA National Junior Ladies record in the 10M Olympic discipline in the first 10m relay at the 2024 SAARA WC Open on 27 July 2024. Emma shot a score of 618.2 on a cold and windy day in Cape Town. Congratulations on this excellent performance in a high scoring event that resulted in personal best and provincial records as well. We are all very proud of you and it is nice to see the standards improving as the hard work of our athletes are being rewarded. Keep it up.
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24. 04. 21
Congratulations to the athletes who qualified for selection to the SAARA team that will represent South Africa at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany from 31 May to 8 June 2024.
From left to right. Lyjani Schonken, Suné Boshoff, Jo-Ann Serfontein, Isabella Cilliers and Emma Bornman.
Because of the Olympic games there is no ISSF World Cup event in Suhl scheduled for this year and we therefore decided to include the junior Athletes who qualified for their junior Protea colours in the team.
They are, from the left: Jo-Ann Serfontein, Emma Bornman, Isabella Cilliers, and our reserve athlete, Anya Theart, as we can unfortunately only enter 5 athletes for the event.
All of the best with your preparations. It should be a very exiting experience as this event is just before the Paris 2024 Olympic games and we may see some of the best athletes in the world using this event as preparation for the Olympics.
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24. 02. 25
Isabella Cilliers set a new SAARA National Junior Ladies record in the 10M Olympic discipline at the 2024 SAARA NW Open on 24 February 2024, with a score of 618.0 in the decimal scoring system. Congratulations on this excellent performance in a high scoring match that had the spectators on the edge of their seats. We are looking forward to seeing many more performances like this and we are all very proud of you.
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