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31 | SUNDAY • 20 MAY 2018 maltatoday SPORTS SHOOTING RANGE PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOI The Malta National Shooting Range in Ta' Kandja was officially opened just in time for next month's world cup event MALTESE sport should aim for success and not simply be satisfied with participating in events, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said. His call for better results came as he inaugurated the professional shooting range at Ta' Kandja, which will be used for the shooting world cup next month. "Government will continue investing in infrastructure and clear strategies to achieve re- sults of an international cali- bre, not on one-off occasions, but in a regular fashion," Mus- cat said. Addressing the Maltese shooters who will be compet- ing in the upcoming interna- tional event, Muscat said Mal- tese athletes in this sport were of an international level and deserved to have infrastruc- ture that respected this. The shooting range was built by the government after a pri- vate-public partnership for a range in Mosta was scrapped in the wake of public outcry over the location. Muscat said the decision to stop the Mosta project was good and the new range in Ta' Kandja helped find the right balance. The range will also be used by the disciplined forces for firing practice. Muscat said Malta could be- come a destination for sport tourism by attracting the best athletes through quality pro- jects that were economically viable. "This is why the govern- ment is working on a new race course for horses, a mo- tor sport track and an indoor pool," he said. Sport Parliamentary Secre- tary Clifton Grima said the shooting range was a dream come true for the hundreds of shooting athletes and enthusi- asts Malta National Shooting Range officially opened Government will continue investing in infrastructure and clear strategies to achieve results of an international calibre, not on one-off occasions, but in a regular fashion - Joseph Muscat