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May 12, 2013 Sports
By Franklin Wilson in Barbados compliments of…
Reigning Individual Fullbore King of the Ranges in the Caribbean, Guyana’s Lennox Braithwaite, ended day one on a high, failing to drop a single point at the 300 and 500 Yards Ranges when competition got going in the 2013 edition of the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Championships at the Paragon Ranges in Barbados, yesterday.
Following a simple but symbolic opening ceremony and the first shot to officially signal the start of competition, which was fired by Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defense Force, Alvin Clinton, shooters
from 9 countries, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, Channel Islands, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Great Britain, Jamaica and Guyana got down to the business that they are all here for, shooting.
Subtle and tricking wind was the order of the day following overnight and early morning showers, but nature had to take care of business as did the shooters.
Braithwaite shot with the second detail and recorded scores of 50 Points and 3V-Bulls at the 300 Yards and 75 Points and 10V-Bulls at the 500 Yards Range, the only two ranges that were contested yesterday.
Given the number of countries that are competing, the organisers decided to have morning and afternoon sessions to accommodate the large numbers.
Guyana Captain Mahendra Persaud commented on the performance of his charges: “At 300 and 500 yards there were changes with the wind but all in all from an individual point of view I think that Lennox had a fantastic day. He had a 50 at 300 and 75 at 500, the other guys had a decent day, I don’t think we are doing that bad but I think from tomorrow (today) we will see an overall improvement from the guys.”
Team Guyana suffered a scare when O-Class champion Leo Ramalho had to be rushed to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell. Ramalho had to take saline and underwent checks for malaria after tests for dengue fever returned negative. Ramalho returned to the team hotel in the early afternoon and was in high spirits and will be shooting today.
Persaud said that he was happy that Ramalho was on the recovery as he is a vital member of the unit for the Team Championships.
Scores of the day were not available up to press time; also, no details of the ranges that will be shot from today were available up to press time.
Meanwhile, Speaking on his opening day’s performance, the modest Braithwaite said that it was a good day’s work but he would not be surprised if someone else got more V-Bulls, even though he scored the maximum points, he fell down on V-Bulls. He also made mention that with shooters the caliber of those from Australia and Great Britain, the race will be tight.
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