Mother-daughter duo guns for glory beyond Meghalaya Games

The mother-daughter duo of Marbarisha M. Pdah’-Toiaibha M. showed with their zeal at the six-day 5th Meghalaya Games inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu on January 15. The duo was among the 3,000 athletes who vied for medals. Both shooters participated in the senior women’s category – the former in the 10m and 50m air rifle events and the latter in the 10m and 25m air pistol events

Toiaibha M. Pdah pushed her mother to take up shooting as a sport.

A bronze medal for her daughter at the 5th Meghalaya Games has now made Marbarisha M. Pdah’s target a podium finish at the next event in the State or beyond.

The mother-daughter duo did not set the shooting range on fire but they made up for their “not-so-good” show with their zeal at the six-day event inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu on January 15.

The shooting event was among 23 disciplines of the Meghalaya Games organised at 16 venues in Tura, the second-largest city of the hill State.

Ms. Marbarisha and Ms. Toiaibha were among the 3,000 athletes who vied for medals. Both shooters participated in the senior women’s category – the former in the 10m and 50m air rifle events and the latter in the 10m and 25m air pistol events.

Ms. Toiaibha, 24, managed to win the bronze in the 10m air pistol while her 44-year-old mother missed a medal in both events by a whisker. “I will try to be closer to the centre of the target for a medal at the next event,” Ms. Marbarisha told The Hindu on Friday, January 19, from Tura.

The second-largest town of Meghalaya, Tura is about 220 km southwest of Guwahati.