Reigning national rifle shooting champion, Mahendra Persaud has began his quest for top honours at this year’s Bisley shooting championships and will be looking to improve his performance when the individual competition starts this weekend in Great Britain. Persaud, who is also the national fullbore captain, said conditions in Great Britain are cold and wet but he has been warming up at a few target rifle shooting events at 1000 and 1100 yard ranges ahead of individual competition which begins tomorrow.
According to Persaud he was due to take part in the RAF Team match yesterday while he is scheduled to compete in the British Commonwealth match today.
Last year, Persaud performed creditably in the St. George’s international shooting Match at Bisley finishing 40th overall from a field of 875 shooters in the prestigious tournament which attracts the world’s leading marksmen. Persaud had shot 73:8 at 900 yards for a total of 148:15 to place a creditable 40th place and was elevated to Class “X” moving from his previous “A” classification.
The national rifleman also has his sights on the West Indies Fullbore championships to be hosted by Guyana later this year at the Timehri Rifle ranges.
The regional tournament will attract teams from Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua/Barbuda, Bermuda and host Guyana in one week of shooting action including two days of team competition.
It is expected that regional shooters will be shortlisted following the competition to compete against Great Britain, the reigning world long and short range champions who will be sending a 16-member team to the Caribbean in April next year.
