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Goodluck maintains excellent form in practice ahead of Regional action
Leading local marksman Ransford Goodluck was bang on target once again in last Sunday’s Recorded Shoot as the local riflemen heightened their preparation for the National Rifle Shooting championships which will get cracking this weekend at the Timehri Rifle ranges.
The shooters are also gearing for the Caribbean Championship in Barbados next month.
Mahendra Persaud
Ransford Goodluck
Goodluck squeezed past Fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud in a close duel by four V-bulls after both shooters ended on similar points over 300, 500 and 900 yards ranges as both men burned up the Timehri Ranges.
Both tallied scores of 116 points out of a highest possible score (HPS) of 120 points.
Goodluck recorded 116 points with 14 Vs while Persaud secured 116 points with 10 Vs.
On a day with the wind constantly switching direction as well as increasing and decreasing in strength on a regular basis, the two shooters recorded scores of 48:5Vs at 300 yards.
They then shot 34:5 and 34:2 respectively at 500 yards and 34: 4 and 34:3 at 900 yards.
There was also another close battle for third position with seasoned campaigner Richard “Dickie” Fields and Lt. Colonel Terry Stuart both securing 113 points with 7 Vs.
However, Fields got the nod for third place on a count back, having shot a higher score at the longest range.
The only possible of the day was shot by Vice Captain Dylan Fields with 35:5 at 900 yards.
The other top performers were Claude Duguid with 113.5 in fifth place, Dylan Fields 112.12 (sixth), Ryan Sampson 108.8 (seventh) and Inspector Dane Blair 108.7 (eight).
According to Fullbore captain Persaud, these recorded shoots form part of Guyana’s preparation for the upcoming West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships to be held at the Paragon Rifle Ranges in Barbados from May 23 to 31.
Guyana is presently the defending Champions for both the Short Range Formerly known as the BWIA Cup and long Range (Milex) Trophies.
In Barbados, Guyana will be seeking to make it an unprecedented 4 in a row, for the Short range title having won it for the last 3 years – 2007 in Guyana, 2008 in Jamaica and 2009 in Trinidad. The Local shooters will be attempting to win the Short Range Title in Barbados, something they have not achieved in a very long time.
Meanwhile, the National Rifle Shooting Championships will get underway on Sunday and continue on Saturday April 24 and end on Sunday 25th at the Timehri ranges.
The emphasis will then be on the Recorded Team Shoots over all the ranges from 300 yards to 1,000 yards in the time remaining before the WIFBSC Championships in Barbados, Persaud disclosed.
The final scores for last Sunday’s shoot.
PLACE NAME 300 500 900 TOTAL
1stT RANSFORD GOODLUCK 48:5 34:5 34:4 116:14
2nd MAHENDRA PERSAUD 48:5 34:2 34:3 116:10
3rd RICHARD FIELDS 46:3 34:2 33:2 113:07
4th L/COL TERRY STUART 47.3 34.3 32.1 113:07
5th CLAUDE DUGUID 48:4 33:1 32:0 113:05
6th DYLAN FIELDS 45:4 32:3 35:5 112:12
7th RYAN SAMPSON 45:4 32:3 31:1 108:08
8th INSP. DANE BLAIR 42:1 33:2 33:4 108:07
9th EVERAD NELSON 45:3 28:1 33:3 106:07
10th PETER PERSAUD 48:3 31:1 22:0 101:04
11th CHARLES DEANE 43:2 26:0 28:1 97:03
12th RAKESH PERSAUD 35:0 25:1 24:0 84:01
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