DOCTOR Johan Da Silva, K. Harripersaud and Gordon Richards won their respective division at last weekend’s Modern Optical-sponsored Pistol Shoot championships staged at the Timehri ranges. Dr Da Silva secured victory in the ‘A’ Class after staving off a strong challenge from Joseph Chin and Dale Hing, all representing the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) handgun team.
Chin had secured victory in the first stage, but Dr Da Silva bounced back to secure top honours in the second and third stages of the competition.
Harripersaud of Presidential Guard proved too strong from his colleague D. Tularam while Col. Persaud of the Guyana Defence Force placed third in the ‘B’ Class category.
Richards of GNRA battled to first place in the ‘C’ Class category, beating into second position Lieutenant White of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) while G. Pertab of Presidential Guard placed third.
Managing Director of Modern Optical Service, Dr Jose Da Silva Sr, who sponsored this year’s competition made a commitment to sponsor the event annually and also expressed pleasure in witnessing different organisations coming together to participate in one of the most disciplined sporting events locally.
The competing teams were GNRA, GDF, Guyana Police Force and  Bank of Guyana Security and the shoot was a practical pistol event made up of three stages, while there was a classification shoot to place all shooters into their respective category of A, B or C classes.
Below are the results of the three stages and their categories.
Class A 
Stage 1 – Joseph Chin, Dr Johan Da Silva and  Dale Hing
Stage 2 – Dr Johan Da Silva, Ryan McKinnon and Joseph Chin
Stage 3 – Dr Johan Da Silva, Joseph Chin, H. Harry
Class B  
Stage 1 – K. Harripersaud, D.Tularam & Col. Gaskin
Stage 2 – M. McLean, W. Lambert, D. Tularam
Stage 3 – K. Harripersaud, Col. Persaud, Col. Terry Stuart
Class C  
Stage 1 – Gordon Richards, V. Chanderballi, Cpl. Abrahams
Stage 2 – Gordon Richards, G. Pertab, Lt. White
Stage 3 – Lt. White, Gordon Richards, G. Pertab.