Veteran marksman Ransford Goodluck snatched the National Senior Rifle Shooting championships from arch-rival and reigning regional champion Lennox Braithwaite when the curtains came down on the championships Sunday at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.
Goodluck ended the three-day tournament with a grand aggregate of 387 points which, coupled with 28 V’Bulls helped him take championship honours after he led on the first two days of the competition.
However, the final day’s top scorer was Dylan Fields who ended the day on 142 points with nine Vs followed by Braithwate on 139 points with 10 Vs and Goodluck on 139 with nine Vs.
Fields shot 47.4 at 300 yards, 48.4 at 600 yards and 47.9 at 1000 yards to finish on 142.10 and a grand aggregate of 384.22 to take third position overall.
Braithwaite was runner up to Fields on Sunday with scores of 48.4, 48.5 and 43.1 to secure 139.10 and a grand aggregate of 384.30 while Goodluck recorded scores of 466.3, 46.4 and 47.3 at the three ranges.
Sherwin Felicien was the top shooter in ‘O’ Class with a grand aggregate of 362 points with 17 Vs and also took top honours among the juniors on the final day with an overall score of 135.9. He shot 47.4 at 300 yards, 44.3 at 600 yards and 44.2 at 1000 yards.
Second position went to Peter Persaud who shot a grand score of 361 with 21 Vs and was second to Felicien on the final day with scores of 48.3, 48.1 and 35.0 to finish on 131.4 while Lt. Col. (ret’d) Terrence Stuart placed third with 326 with 11 Vs and recorded 116.5 on the closing day. Ryan Sampson who did not participate on the second day recorded a grand total of 244.11 and had scores of 44.2, 43.0, and 33.1 (120.3).
Robert Tewari and Gordon Richards who competed in the Tryo Class (Beginners) shot only two ranges. Tewari recorded 70 points with two Vs while Richards secured 64 with 1 V.
