GUYANA and West Indies individual fullbore shooting champion Lennox Braithwaite secured the major prizes when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) held its 2014 Presentation ceremony Saturday at Olympic House on Main Street.Ryan McKinnon, National smallbore captain Dale Hing, and Peter Persaud were also among the leading awardees.

Braithwaite captured the National senior championship trophy, the Sigmund Douglas trophy for winning the grand aggregate, the Neville Denny Club Championship trophy as well as the prestigious Wood Davis Cup, the Lushington trophy among others.
Ransford Goodluck who was dethroned by Braithwaite was also among the top awardees.
Peter Persaud was named top Junior shooter following his success at the National Championships while Leo Romalho was voted most improved shooter for 2014.
There were also prizes for National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud, Dylan Fields, Terrance Stuart and Dane Blair.
In the smallbore section, McKinnon was in top form winning the senior division of the .22 Pistol shoot as well as the Standard Division in the Practical Pistol championships.
Hing won the Production division at the championships and finished second to McKinnon in the .22 shoot while Ray Beharry was third.
In junior category of the .22 match, Ray Amjad was first, followed by Surujbali Persaud and Ray Amjad second and third respectively.
Hand Qualification Certificates were presented to the following (Expert Rating) Colin Merriman, Shawn Smith and Compton Serabo, (Sharp Shooter Rating) – Annbelle Sharma and Ray Beharry, (Marksman First Class) Totaram Bisundat, Azaad Hassan, Surujabali Persaud, Randy Sarjoo, Joshua Ramlakhan, Rajiv Lashana and Sekani Fredericks.
There were also Appreciation awards for sports journalists Franklin Wilson of Kaieteur News, Stefan Sookram of NCN and Troy Peters, Public Relations Officer of the GNRA.