There was a changing of the guard when Lennox Braithwaite and Peter Persaud were declared the Senior and Junior champions at the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) National Senior and Junior Fullbore shooting Championships which ended Sunday at the Timehri Rifle and Pistol ranges.
Braithwaite who is also the reigning West Indies Individual champion won ‘X’ Class championships with a grand aggregate of 398 points and 43 Vs in the championships shot only at 300, 500 and 600 yards ranges over the three days of competition.
Braithwaite shot 144 with 10 Vs in Sunday’s competition after starting the final day on 254 points with 29 Vs with scores of 50.6, 44.3 and 50.5 at the three ranges. Last year’s winner Ransford Goodluck took top honours on the final day with 144 points with 12 Vs and individual scores of 50.7, 49.4 and 48.1 but he had to settle for second position with a grand aggregate of 395 with 31 Vs.
National captain Mahendra Persaud placed third with 394 points with 25 Vs. He had a final day score of 146.11 and individual scores of 50.4, 50.4 and 46.3.
Leo Romalho finished fourth with a grand total of 391 with 28 Vs and recorded 145.11 on day three with scores of 46.1, 50.6 and 49.4 while fifth place went to vice captain Dylan Fields who shot a grand aggregate of 387.30 and final day scores of 48.4, 48.3 and 48.3 (!44.10).
In the ‘O’ Class Peter Persaud reigned supreme with a grand aggregate of 378 points with 24 Vs two points better than the second place finisher although he was upstaged by Inspector Dane Blair who was the final day winner with 142 points with Vs.
Persaud shot 135.6 while Lt Col. Retired Terrance Stuart was overall second place with 376.22 edging out Sherwin Felicien who recorded 376.18 to end third.
Blair was fourth with 361.20, Major (ret’d) Chaflin Velloza was fifth with 231.4 and Colin Loncke sixth with 201.2
Prizes will be presented to the winners during the annual presentation ceremony billed for next month.
