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Queen’s Prize Pairs Finals – Day 1… Braithwaite and Goodluck 7 off the pace, 11th of 16 nations
The Guyanese shooting team Down Under from right, Lennox Braithwaite, Paul Slowe and Ransford Goodluck.
The Guyanese duo of Lennox Braithwaite and Ransford Goodluck are 7 points off the pace following day one of action at the Commonwealth Games Fullbore Championships – Queen’s Prize Pairs Finals.
Competing at the Belmont Full Bore Range, the pair ended the day with a total of 293 points and 29 Vs, ending the day with the distinction of being the only Caribbean nation to shoot possible on a day when the big guns held the sway.
At the 300 yards range, Goodluck shot a possible 50:6, while Braithwaite only dropped a single point 49:5. At 500 yards, it was Braithwaite who shot a possible 50:5, while Goodluck only dropped one point, 49:6.
It was at the 600 yards range that the Guyanese lost a combined 5 points, Braithwaite losing three (47:4) and Goodluck, 2 (48:3). It was a good day for the local sharp shooters given the high level of competition in Australia and they also ended the day as the top Caribbean nation.
The Jamaican pair of Denis Nelson and David Rickman is 13th on the grid with 280:12, followed by Barbados’ Richard Arthur and Jason Wood (274:20) in 14th, Trinidad and Tobago’s Michael Perez and Delborn Joseph (268:12) in 15th and Antigua and Barbuda’s Edworth Benjamin and Desroy Maile (266:11) in 16th.
Three nations are separated by Vs at the top having dropped a single point, England 299:39, South Africa 299:37 and Australia 299:35. Scotland and Northern Ireland are 4th and 5th on 298:31 and 298:30, respectively.
Wales and Jersey are next on 297:34 and 297:23, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Guernsey on 296:34, 295:33 and 294:30. Yesterday, the Pairs Championship was set to be completed with the 900 and 1000 yards shoot. The Individual competition will commence after.
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