The Guyana National Rifle Shooting team which is set to compete at this year’s West Indies Full-bore Shooting Championships in Trinidad and Tobago is still in need of corporate assistance.
On Monday, the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) received a donation of track suits and jerseys from the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).
The donation of gear by the GOA was based on a request for assistance from the GuyanaNRA a press release stated.
.Vice-Captain of the team, Dylan Fields, accepted the donation in the presence of two other team members. Fields, the release stated, expressed the association’s gratitude to the GOA for the donation and stated that they are looking forward to future collaborations with the GOA.
Fields said the donation will add to the professionalism the team…” as we will be well uniformed as ambassadors of our country,” he stated.
Of the team’s preparation for the West Indies Full-bore Shooting Council’s, Individual, Long and Short Range Championships, Fields said that the shooters have been training hard each Sunday for the past few months and that some of them were beginning to peak.
This Sunday will be the last Team training before the team departs October 19 for Trinidad and Tobago.
Guyana will compete against the hosts, Barbados, Jamaica, Antigua & Barbuda in what is anticipated to be another fierce battle across the various ranges.
Yassin, in brief comments, said he was happy that the GOA was able to outfit the rifle team which has done Guyana proud over the years.
He added that he was equally happy to hear that Captain Mahendra Persaud will join the team this year as Coach.
Meanwhile, GuyanaNRA Honorary Secretary, Ryan Sampson, said that while the team was able to secure their airfare through fundraising, they are still seeking corporate assistance to offset the accommodation and entrance fees.
He stated that letters were sent out but responses have been slow and that the association has received a mixture of positive and negative responses
“The national team is therefore appealing to corporate Guyana to assist us to once again fly the Golden Arrowhead with pride at the Caribbean level.”
Guyana has been the most dominant nation in Short and Long Range shooting among its Caribbean rivals with its marksmen making up more than half of the West Indies team at International events.
