Guyana maintain status as Long Range Kings of the Caribbean

THE excellent shooting, led by the younger brigade in Roberto Tiwari, Sherwin Felicien, and Peter Persaud, coupled with the tested, tried and proven marksmanship of seasoned campaigners the likes of captain Dylan Fields, Leo Romalho, and Caribbean Individual Champion, Lennox Braithwaite, saw Guyana retain their status as the Long Range Kings of the Caribbean on Friday at the Twickenham Park Range, St Catherine, Jamaica.

As has been the norm over the years, the Guyanese contingent, missing the USA duo of Sigmund Douglas and John Fraser, still kept the rich tradition going by blowing away the opposition with a solid combined performance.

COVID-19 had put paid to the championships like other sports over the past two years but the Guyanese marksmen proved that they are still the team to beat in this part of the world. Tiwari and Felicien contributed the same points, but Tiwari had 7 V Bulls to Felicien’s 3. They were the two leading shots for the lads from the Land of Many Waters.

The host nation, Jamaica, also known as the Land of Wood and Water, brought up the rear as Canada and Antigua & Barbuda, ended ahead of them as the below table shows. The curtain was set to come down on this year’s championships yesterday with the Short-Range competition.

Guyana
Name 1st Detail 2nd Detail Total
Roberto Tewari 47.3 46.4 93.7
Sherwin Felicien 47.3 46.0 93.3
Peter Persaud 45.1 46.4 91.5
Dylan Fields 45.2 45.4 90.6
Leo Romalho 43.2 46.3 89.5
Lennox Braithwaite 44.2 43.2 87.4
Ryan Sampson 41.0 45.3 86.4
Ransford Goodluck 42.1 44.0 86.1
Total: 715.35

Canada 682.32
Antigua & Barbuda 665.22
Jamaica 652.16