Practical Pistol

The Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation’s Practical Pistol Section commenced shooting activities for 2017 on Saturday 21^st January, 2017, when they hosted yet another fun and exciting P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants sponsored Practical Pistol Match at the GDF Timehri Range. The event saw local practical shooters testing their skills in four dynamic stages setup by the GSSF Match Committee competing for the top 3 prizes.

The Inaugural Trinity Resources sponsored Multi-Gun Practical Shooting Match proved to be challenging and fun for local practical shooters competing under the USPSA Practical Shooting Handgun Rules at the G.D.F.’s Yarrowkabra Range. Every G.S.S.F. Practical Shooting Match is made up of stages that seek to measure a shooter’s ability in all three elements of the sport and are coordinated under strict safety guidelines marshaled by experienced Range Officials. The Match held last Saturday 1^st October, 2016, was no different as shooters competed in 5 stages, considering technical aspects and shooting positions to take based solely on target presentation. Targets a mere few yards away to some 25 yards away, each stage’s target array tested various different skills for the shooters of different levels.

Queensway Security Service Inc. is the latest corporate agency to support the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation. The leading security company has over the years continued to recognise shooting as a sport and gives the company's commitment to fostering the continued growth of the sport in Guyana. This was highlighted as Queensway Security Service gave sponsorship to the growing Foundation for their upcoming Practical Shooting competition.

At a simple hand-over ceremony at the Company’s Head-Office at 153 Regent Road and Oronoque Streets, Bourda Georgetown, Chief Operations Officer of QSS, Mr. Lancelot Khan, presented the sponsorship funds to GSSF Chairman of the Practical Shooting Committee, Mr. David Dharry who thanked the security company for the usual support given to the G.S.S.F. In an invited comment Mr. Khan highlighted that he is happy to be involved and that he has seen first hand the discipline and high level of safety surrounding the sport not only in Guyana but also around the Caribbean and further afield. He also mentioned the added benefit sport shooting brings to practical shooters with regards to the training element for safe and accurate firearm use in a totally dynamic environment. 

As a part of the Guyana’s 50th Independence Activities the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation and the National Sports Commission successfully featured Practical Shooting in the NSC’s 50 Shades of Games  sports programme on Saturday 27^th February, 2016. 

Practical Shooters were given the opportunity to display their Accuracy and Speed while managing Power at the Practical Pistol Match, held at the G.D.F’s Timehri Range as new and experienced shooters alike showed up to test their skills against each other in four challenging courses of fire in celebration of Guyana's Golden Jubilee.