Today, Saturday 8 October, the opening ceremony of the 150 Years Italy Trophy is taking place in Turin in the afternoon at the National Shooting Game.
The ceremony began at 15.00 pm today and the intervention of numerous political, sporting and military authorities, the President of the Italian Shooting Union, Ernfried Obrist and the President of the TSN Section, Giuseppe Masino, is expected.
With today's cerimona, the competitions will officially begin which will cover the Olympic and non-Olympic shooting specialties as well as muzzle loading and ex ordinance. The races will take place on different weekends starting from 8 and 9 October for all weekends of the month.
The city of Turin in 1863 was the site of the first documented shooting competition and the TSN Section, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Italy and of Shooting, wanted to remember this important historical moment.
Source: UITS