THE Guyana Sport Shooting Federation (GSSF) will be hosting the first Costume Steel Challenge Shooting Match on Halloween Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the GDF Timehri Range. The themed competition has been exclusively sponsored by B.M Soat Auto Sales and is expected to be a keenly contested one, with participants expected to don costumes of their liking.
Costumes can range from very simple, such as funny hats, special shoes, to the more elaborate and even terrifying, in keeping with the theme.
The rules of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association, a sister body of the United States Practical Shooting Association, are expected to be adhered to, along with safe firearm handling throughout.
This action-packed handgun shooting sport, presented by the GSSF, attracts Guyanese pistol shooters from all around the country on a regular basis and on October 31 it will be no different, as various ‘characters’ will come out to participate.
Steel Challenge Shooting is considered to be the fastest practical shooting competition in the world. The upcoming competition promises to be an exciting one and consists of three stages where competitors will shoot at 5 individual steel targets per stage.
Shooters will be scored using an electronic timing device, penalties of added time are applied for any misses and the total resultant time is used for score.
Ultimately, the shooter with the lowest time recorded overall in the match will be declared the winner.
At the small ceremony at the Showroom of B.M. Soat Auto Sales, located at Lot 9 Croal Street, Georgetown, president of the GSSF, Ms Vidushi Persaud, in accepting the kind sponsorship, conveyed thanks to Mrs Priya Mohamed, manager of B.M. Soat Auto Sales.
The Federation’s Match organising committee reported that everything is all set for Saturday’s match. Thanks to B.M. Soat Auto Sales, trophies have been secured for two SCSA Divisions: Wildcat and Limited. The prizes will be awarded to the top three overall in each division.
Wildcat Division will see competitors use .32ACP and other calibre pistols lesser than 9mm while those in the challenging Limited Division will shoot 9mm or higher calibre hand guns.
More information can be found online at GSSF’s website – www.GuyanaSportShooting.com