Guyana’s rifle shooters endured mixed fortunes on the opening day of individual competition at the West Indies Fullbore shooting championships at the Paragon ranges in Christ Church, Barbados yesterday.
Following early morning showers and sometimes tricky winds, the Guyanese shooters found the conditions tough at the 300 and 500 yards ranges. Up to press time scores were not available.
Reigning Caribbean Individual champion Lennox Braithwaite shot two possibles but he said he believes that while his score might be decent among regional shooters it may not stand the test against the other international competitors on show.
Braithwaite said he needed more Vs in his shoot yesterday after he recorded a possible 50 points with 3Vs at 300 yards and another possible 75 points and 10 Vs at 500 yards.
The tournament is attracting shooters from Guyana, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Antigua/Barbuda, host Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago.
National champion Ransford Goodluck and national captain Mahendra Persaud also performed creditably.
The Guyanese will be back in action tomorrow afternoon for the second day of individual shooting.
The other members of the Guyana team are United States-based Sigmund Douglas, vice captain Dylan Fields, Dane Blair, Paul Slowe, Peter Persaud, Leo Romalho, Lt. Col. Terrence Stuart and Charles Deane.
Guyana are the defending regional short and long range title holders and according to captain Mahendra Persaud the Guyanese will be going all out to retain their title.
