Guyanese marksman Lennox Braithwaite is on course to retain the West Indies Individual shooting title although he trailed Canadian Geoff Woodman by three points at the end of two days of competition at the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Championships being held at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol Ranges in Antigua/Barbuda.
After six events, Braithwaite has recorded 309 points with 23 V-Bulls trailing the Canadian Woodman who has amassed 312 points with 34 V-bulls.
On day one Monday, Braithwaite shooting in the Master Class recorded 30.1 at 300 yards, 74.5 at 500 and 48.4 at 600 yards. Yesterday the Guyanese sharpshooter shot 74.7 at 300, 49.4 at 500 and 43.2 at 600 yards.
His closest Caribbean rivals are Anderson Perry of Antigua/Barbuda and Jason Wood of Bermuda who are nine points adrift while National Fullbore captain Dylan Fields has amassed 295.14 and US-Based Guyanese shooter Sigmund Douglas 294.15 and he leads the ‘O’ Class shooters. They are also in the hunt for regional supremacy going into the final day of Individual competition today.
Fields recorded 30.0 at 300 yards, 69.3 at 500 and 46.3 at 600 Monday while yesterday he shot 70.4 at 300 yards, 47.3 at 500 and 33.1 at 600 yards.
The other Guyanese scores recorded are Robert Tewari 280.9, Vice-Captain Leo Romalho 274.12, Sherwin Felicien 272.10, Ryan Sampson 270.12, Peter Persaud 266.13, John Fraser 244.6 and Ransford Goodluck 204.8. The final three events today will also be shot over 300, 500 and 600 yards’ ranges to determine the overall winner with 42 shooters in contention for honours.
The team match is set for Saturday to bring the curtains down of the regional championships.
