REIGNING West Indies fullbore individual shooting champion Lennox Braithwaite showed ominous form in taking day one honours in ‘X’ Class at the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) National Senior and Junior Fullbore shooting championships at the Timehri Rifle and Pistol ranges.

Braithwaite dropped just one point in testing conditions to be four points clear of his closest rival while Peter Persaud held a slim lead over Lt. Col (retired) Terrence Stuart in ‘O’ Class.
The in-form Braithwaite shot two possibles (50 points with six V-bulls each at 500 and 600 yards) and recorded 49.6 at 300 yards to end the day with an aggregate of 149 points with 18 V-bulls. He also won the prestigious Valladares Trophy for winning at the 500 yards range.
National vice-captain Dylan Fields was in second position with 145 points and 12 V-bulls with scores of 47.4 at 300 yards, 50.4 at 500 yards and 48.4 at 600 yards.
Defending champion Ransford Goodluck held the third position with 145 points with 11 bulls with scores of 48.1, 48.5 and 49.5 while National captain Mahendra Persaud was fourth with 145.8 (47.3, 49.4, 49.1) and Leo Romalho fifth with 143.11 (46.2, 49.4 and 48.5).
The ‘O’ Class proved to be intriguing with Persaud leading Stuart on a count-back as the two shooters were tied on points and bulls but Persaud nipped ahead with a higher score at the 600 yards range.
Persaud shot 45.2, 48.4 and 48.3 to end on 141.9 with Stuart recording 45.2, 50.3 and 46.4 for an overall aggregate of 141.9.
Sherwin Felicien held the third position with 138.10.