The Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPC) is proud to announce that Mohamad Shariff A Hamid and Mat Zain Yusoff have been appointed as Shooting Classifiers for the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) 2011 Shooting World Cup (Paralympic Qualifiers), to take place in Sydney Australia next year.

Participants of the shooting events will need to place a series of shots inside the centre ring of the bull's-eye. The target is comprised of 10 concentric scoring rings with a score grade of one to 10, the central ring giving 10 points. In the final, the rings are subdivided into more score zones with 10.9 being the highest possible score.

Shooting competitions are divided into two major events: Air Rifle and Pistol competitions at three distance: 10, 25 and 50m. The rules depend on the gun, the distance, the target, the shooting position, the number of shots and the time limit. Competitors accumulate points for the value of their shots.

Each competition consists of a qualification and a final round. The score in the final round is added to the athlete's score in the qualification round. The winner is the competitor who gathers the most points by the end of the competition.

The event will take place from 11-13 November 2011, with six of the shooting events being open to both women and men, while three are open to women only and three are open to men only.

In order to become a classifier, a person needs to either be a medical doctor or physiotherapist, and attend a two day classifiers’ training workshop.