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Mar 28, 2017 Sports
Seasoned campaigner Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson and Jamaine Braithwaite emerged as the best senior and junior shooters when the 2017 season of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Smallbore Section

Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson (center) pose with other top shots and competitors of the GuyanaNRA Smallbore .22 Precision Pistol Shoot.
commenced on Saturday last at the Tactical Services Unit Range of the Guyana Police Force.
The .22 Precision Pistol shoot saw competitors taking on each other in three stages of shooting from 5m to 15m.
When all was over and the scores were tallied, veteran marksman Harold Hopkinson did not allow his age to be a deterrent as he racked up 231 points out of a possible 250 to take the top spot in the senior competition, while ruling the roost among the juniors was Jamaine Braithwaite who managed 217 points.
Following are the full results:
Senior Category
Name Points Position
Harold Hopkinson 231 4Vs 1st
Surujbali Persaud 205 3Vs 2nd
Joshua Ramlakhan 187 3Vs 3rd
Junior Category
Jamaine Braithwaite 217 5Vs 1st
Randy Barnwell 205 1V 2nd
Erwin Chapman 194 2Vs 3rd
Meanwhile, Hopkinson and Rajiv Latchana are slated to compete at the Amazon Shoot set for Suriname from March 31st.
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