“Lara Croft”, “Gold Tooth Gangster” shine in 3rd Annual B.M. Soat Costume Practical Shoot

The Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF)/ BM Soat Auto Sales held their 3rd Annual Halloween Costume Practical Shoot, and exceptional marksmanship was shown by Pravesh Harry “The Gold Tooth Gangster”; as well as by Vidushi “Lara Croft” Persaud-McKinnon and others.
The Timehri Rifle Ranges came alive on Saturday, 27th October, as competition was contested within the confines of the safety rules and under the watchful eyes of Range Master Dallas Thomas and his team of range officials.
Shooters were in the Halloween spirit, as the likes of Hunter, a Sport-Shooter, a Construction Worker, a Rifle Shooter, the Black Panther, a Biker, Lara Croft, the Gold-Tooth Gangster and even Count Dracula risked the afternoon sun to come out and exhibit their skills.
The bevy of local marksmen was simultaneously placed in two squads shooting two stages: ‘Related” with 9 IPSC Targets and 4 Steel poppers set out behind various screens; and “Big Barricade Mash Up”, which consisted of 10 metric

targets, 7 no-shoot targets, 5 plates and 4 poppers.
Participants then converged on the final and third stage for the afternoon “Quad Standards”, which seemed like a final easy stage to end the afternoon with 4 targets set up down-range and 3 shooting lines set up at varying distances in front of them.
The first line set up started from 120 feet away from the targets, and had to engage the targets with only one round, make a mandatory reload and then engage again with only one round freestyle. The gunners then had to proceed to Line 2, engage with only one round, make a mandatory reload and then engage with only one round strong hand only. Finally, participants had to proceed to Line 1 which was set 45 feet from the targets, engage with only one round, make a mandatory reload and engage with only one round weak hand only.
In the end, only 2 shooters managed to secure a positive hit factor in this stage, thereby changing the dynamics of the possible match outcome, with Persaud-McKinnon and Lennox Braithwaite being the survivors.
When the smoke had cleared in the Limited Division, it was Harry with 212.547 points in the first place, closely trailed by second place David Dharry with 209.0814 points; followed by Braithwaite in third place with 206.478 points.
In the Production Division, “Lara Croft” Persaud-McKinnon amassed some 262.0026 points to clinch the 1st place, while GSSF President Ryan McKinnon

was forced to settle for second despite shooting a total of 245.623 points, leaving Dallas Thomas to languish in third with 108.1096 points.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Practical Shooting Committee, Match Director David Dharry, expressed appreciation to the Management of BM Soat Auto Sales. The Board of Directors wishes to commend the Match Director, Range Master, Stats Officer, Range Officers and the shooters for ensuring an efficient event.
Special thanks also to the Guyana Defence Force, Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West, Commissioner of Police Mr. Leslie James, OC Mr. Guy Nurse, the ranks of TSU and the Guyana Police Force, the Media, the Management of Clear Waters and GSSF members for their support in promoting practical shooting locally. Sincere thanks are also extended to Mr. Rameez Mohamed of BM Soat Auto Sales. (Clifton Ross)