Persaud is top Caribbean marksman

Jul 23, 2015 Sports

Guyana National Rifle Association (Guyana NRA) Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud ended the 146th Imperial Meeting held at Bisley Shooting Centre, Surrey, as the top Caribbean shooter.
Hosted by The National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom (NRA) which is the governing body of fullbore rifle and pistol shooting sports in the United Kingdom, the championships was held from June 18 to July 18, 2015.
The second best Caribbean shooter was Trinidad and Tobago’s Norris Gomez, who is also the President of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council and a member of the West Indies team that will contest this year’s world championships set for Ohio, next month.
Persaud ended with and Grand Aggregate of 683.66v while Gomez recorded 654.52v. The Grand Aggregate is a total of all the matches contested. He described this year’s performance as one of his best performances ever if not the best in the 12 years he has been competing at Bisely.
Persaud noted that conditions were very challenging with winds up to 25MPH at times, changing swiftly at times during

Mahendra Persaud at the National Championships November 2014.

competition. Following is the list of times that Persaud made the Prize List.
Competition Total
Admiral Campbell 102.10v
Clementini Smith 169.21v
Daily Telegraph 72.11v
Donaldson Memorial 191.18v
Donaldson Memorial final 70.7v
Duke of Campbridge 49.6v
Elkington 145.15v
Falklands 73.6v
Faunthorpe 102.10v
Foster 73.6v
Kenya 683.66v
Loder 102.10v
Monro Memorial 72.7v
OTF LONG Range 169.18v
Palma Aggregate 191.18v
Pavey 921.87v
Police Rifle 121.9v
Saturday Aggregate 166.19v
Stickledown Aggregate 238.23v
Sudan 145.15v
Tucker Aggregate 238.21v
Weekend Aggregate 336.34v
Grand Aggregate 683.66v