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WIFBSC 2023 Short Range Team Match Guyanese win every range to take back short range trophy
Magnificent shooting from the Guyanese marksmen led by Peter Persaud who dropped three (3) points from a possible 150, including the only possible of the day at 500 yards (50.4), coupled with excellent Coaching by Mahendra
Persaud, Captain Dylan Fields, and Lennox Braithwaite, ensured Guyana fired its way to victory in the Short Range Match at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council 2023 championships which ended at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol Range, yesterday afternoon.
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Persaud’s performance earned him the Wogart Trophy which is for the shooter recording the highest score for the day. It was a vintage performance by the Guyanese who had lost to host nation Jamaica last year by a single point. However, this year, the team was determined not to let anyone come remotely close and from the first range, the dye was virtually cast.
Captain Fields and Roberto Tiwari each dropped five (5) points out of the possible 150 and reigning Individual champion Lennox Braithwaite six (6) to ensure that from the start, 300-yard range, a solid foundation was set which the team built on at the 500-yards and 600-yards ranges.
At 300 yards, no Guyanese shooter went below 44 points, and when the final shot rang out and the scores tallied, Guyana was well ahead with 375 points and 25 V-Bulls, with the closest nation being the host with 365 points and 19 V-Bulls.
At 500 yards, the Guyanese took it up a few notches, led by Peter Persaud’s possible, 50.4, tallied 378 points along with 21 Vs, the home team again being the closest 6-points back. The Antiguans fought bravely but the deficit was way too much to overcome, the Guyanese being very focused and determined to reclaim the trophy.
The 600 yards range produced another fabulous shoot from the Guyanese as they fired their way to 366 points and 15 Vs, another unbeatable score that propelled them to victory at this 2023 edition of the competition organized by the Antigua and Barbuda Rifle Association on behalf of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council.
Guyana tallied 1119 points
