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Sep 12, 2012 Sports
Former National champion Lennox Braithwaite shot three possibles in a fine display of precision shooting at last Sunday’s Guyana National Rifle Association Recorded Shoot as the National squad continues preparation for the West Indies Fullbore championships to be hosted by Guyana next month.
Braithwaite recorded a grand total of 150 points with 15 V-bulls out of a Highest Possible Score of 150 points and 30 V-bulls in a remarkable performance at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.
He shot 50 with five Vs at 300, 50 with four Vs at 500 and 50 with six Vs at 900 yards.
National Vice captain Dylan Fields secured second position with 144 points and 13 Vs with 49.5 at 300, 48.5 at 500 and 47.3 at 900 yards.
Third place went to captain Mahendra Persaud with 142 points and 10 Vs, while Ransford Goodluck placed fourth with 141.9, Ryan Sampson fifth with 135.4 and Claude Duguid sixth with 120.3. Richard Fields, the other shooter in the X Class, only shot one range.
Lt. Col Terrence Stuart was first in the “O” class with 130.7, Peter Persaud second with 128.7 and Charles Deane third with 121.2.
Meanwhile, Vivian Grant of Durban Street, Lodge was the winner of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) fund-raising raffle held last weekend at Olympic House.
Second place went to Dwayne Bancroft of Tucville with Alex Persaud of Brickery, East Bank Demerara claiming the third prize.
The other prize winners were S. Sawh of Mon Repos, Kevin Husband of GGMC, Cathyann Henry of C&V Shipping, Ravin of Grove, R. Chetty of Bel Air Village and Gloria Caesar of Waamard Village.
The GNRA would to express gratitude to all patrons of the raffle and Bar-B-Que as the association prepares to host the West Indies Fullbore championships next month.
The overall results were:
‘X’ Class
300 YARDS 500 YARDS 900 YARDS TOTAL
Lennox Braithwaite 50.05 50.04 50.06 150.15
Dylan Fields 49.05 48.05 47.03 144.13
Mahendra Persaud 50.05 8.04 44.01 142.10
Ransford Goodluck 50.04 45.03 46.02 141.09
Ryan Sampson 43.01 45.00 47.03 135.04
Claude Duguid 44.02 46.01 30.00 120.03
Richard Fields 45.03 47.03 – 92.06
‘O’ Class
Lt Col Terrence Stuart 42.02 47.02 47.03 130.07
Peter Persaud 44.01 45.06 39.00 128.07
Charles Deane 40.01 37.00 44.01 121.02
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