Rifle shooting had a commendable year

Mahendra Persaud

Guyana’s Rifle shooters won an unprecedented fourth West Indies fullbore title at the regional championship in Barbados but it was the fifth place finish in the pairs competition at this year’s Commonwealth Games in India that threw the spotlight on the sport locally.

The reigning Caribbean individual champion Ransford Goodluck and current National champion and fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud produced a stellar performance at the X1X Commonwealth Games against some of the world’s finest riflemen.

The two shooters were the backbone