Local shooters perform creditably in Suriname

Nov 13, 2014 Sports

The Guyana National Rifle Association’s smallbore shooting team performed

Left – Right: Smallbore captain Dale Hing with IPSC Regional Director Harold Hopkinson, Dr. Johan DaSilva, Gordon Richards and Ray Beharry.

creditably at last weekend’s Suriname Level 111 Open IPSC sanctioned shooting championships in the neighbouring republic and plans are afoot for further development of the local shooters in 2015.
National smallbore captain Dale Hing, who spearheaded the team, said the tournament recognized by the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) attracted shooters from the Caribbean, South America and North America.
Hing said the tournament was of a very high standard and although the local shooters did not win medals it was a great learning experience for the entire team.
The team comprised Hing, Harold Hopkinson, Gordon Richards, Murtland Smith, Dr. Johan DaSilva and Ray Beharry.
In the results, – the “Open Division”, where the use of firearms nicknamed “Race Guns” was used, Lesgar Murdock of Jamaica was declared winner.
The “Production Class” was won by Canadian Trenton Sukovieff, while Jamaican Ronald Brown took top honours in the “Standard Division”.
Shooters from Aruba, Barbados, Canada, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica and Suriname were in action in the tournament.
The Local shooters returned home and expressed gratitude to the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Crown Mining Supplies and Industrial Safety Supplies Inc. for their assistance.
Meanwhile, Guyanese veteran shooter and administrator Harold Hopkinson was appointed a Regional Director for IPSC with overall responsibility for Guyana.
Hopkinson will coordinate all handgun, shotgun and Air action shooting competitions locally. There are also plans for Guyana to host a Level 111 Championships next year.
IPSC shooting blends accuracy, speed and power to achieve maximum scores in competition.