The Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation was forced to cancel national team\u2019s Australia tour for Commonwealth and Oceania Shooting Federation Championships as the local authorities refused to allow them carrying weapons, officials said on Friday. The competition is scheduled from October 30 to November 7 in Gold Coast, the host city of next year\u2019s 21st edition of Commonwealth Games.
\nBSSF said the Queensland Police authority did not issue the permission for Bangladeshi shooters to carry their weapons, which forced them to cancel the tour.
\nShooters Abdullah Hel Baki, Risalatul Islam, Rabbi Hasan Munna and Arnab Sarar and pistol shooter Shakil Ahmed and their Danish head coach Klavs Christensen were supposed to leave on Thursday.
\n\u2018It\u2019s really sad for us not to compete in the
\ncompetition,\u2019 Christensen said.
\nRisalatul, who managed gold in the 10metre air rifle event of just-concluded National Shooting Championships, was also disappointed for not getting the opportunity.
\n\u2018Actually we considered this competition as one of the preparatory events for the next year\u2019s Commonwealth Games,\u2019 Risalatul said.
\n\u2018We also had a good preparation for this tournament but for some unavoidable reason federation had to cancel the participation.\u2019
\nBangladesh team will now prepare for the forthcoming 10th Asian Championship and Asia Youth Olympic Games Qualification as the both competitions will be held in Wako City, Japan from December 6 to 12.<\/p>\n

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