Shooting
- 18 March - Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder win bronze in the Men's 25 m Standard Pistol Pairs at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
- 20 March - Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder win bronze in the Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs at the Commonwealth Games
- 21 March - Diane Swanton wins gold in the Women's Trap at the Commonwealth Games
- 23 March - Esmari van Reenen wins silver at the Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions at the Commonwealth Games
- Byron Swanton wins silver at the Men's Double Trap at the Commonwealth Games
Read more about this topic: 2006 In South African Sport
Famous quotes containing the word shooting:
“I’ll tell you one thing. If a little green man pops out at me I’m shooting first and asking questions later.”
—Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1922–1978)
“Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)