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Jul 26, 2013 Sports
The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) had three representatives at this year’s Bisley Imperial Shoot, in England, where 795 shooters from around the world participated. The local Team was lead by Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud with current West Indies Champion Lennox Braithwaite and USA based Sigmond Douglas attending.
At the end, the Imperial Meet Grand Aggregate showed Mr. David Luckman of England as winner with a score of 698 out of possible 705 points. Guyanese shooter Lennox Braithwaite was the best of the West Indians in attendance with a score of 674, followed by Mahendra Persaud with 672, West Indies Full Bore Shooting Council President Norris Gomez of Trinidad and Tobago shot 667 and Jamaican David Rickman shot 662 and Sigmond Douglas
shooting 623 points.
Persaud had possibles in the Daily Times 75 Points 6 V-Bulls and the POW 75 Points 11 V-Bulls. Braithwaite shot possibles in the Daily Times 75 Points 10 V-Bulls, Times 50 Points 5 V-Bulls and also qualified for the Queens First Stage where he shot two possibles, 35 Points 5 V-Bulls and 35 Points 6 V-Bulls at 300 and 600 and 33 Points 2 V’s at 500.
In the Queens 2nd Stage, he shot 49.6 at 300; 48.6 at 500 and 48.5 at 600 placing 110th, however the cutoff for the finals was the first 100 shooters. The Queens Prize Finals was won by James Corbett of Australia.
The West Indian shooters participated in two Team shoots. They won The Junior Mackinnon carting off the Challenge Cup and six gold medals. The Team shot 377 points out of 400 with Malaysia taking Silver and Germany Bronze.
They won Silver in The Junior Overseas team shoot with 398 points, being edged by one point by Malaysia who shot 399 out of 420. In both Team Shoots, Mahendra Persaud had the highest scores or 95 out of 100 and 103 out of 105 respectively.
Persaud and Braithwaite also participated in the 2013 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship, held July 23 – 25 which is a prelude for the Commonwealth Games next year. Up to press time, the results were not available. The standby shooter at the games was Ransford Goodluck whose participation in the Imperial Meet was hampered by the GNRA’s financial situation.
Meanwhile, the GNRA wishes to thank Commodore Gary Best, Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defense Force, Commission Leroy Brummel of the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Revenue Authority, Crown Mining Inc, Queensway, the Guyana Olympic Association and all those persons who assisted in making this tour possible. The shooters are expected home this weekend.
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