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Cadet Shooting Team
shock officers... |
| Officers were
at a loss for words -especially excuses - on Saturday Feb 16 when the
scores were tallied in their first .177 Air Rifle match against the newly
established Cadet Shooting Team at Waterford..
Despite fielding a seven person team- one person
short of the officers' team, the Cadets accumulated a total score of 2289
to comprehensively beat the adults' paltry 2259.
Sgt Nurse lived up to his billing of top gun to top
score with 438, while SLt. Morris was top scorer for the Officers with
374.
Cadet Commandant, Lt Col Browne commented after the
match, how impressed he has been with the progress made by the cadets in
their short time in the unit. |
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Coach
Best has final words with the cadet team before the contest commenced. |
| He also
complimented Coach, Mr. Marlon Best on his excellent work so far and on
the dedication and hard work put into the task. |
The Cadets
were notably restrained in their victory, (some present felt that this was
partly due to the fact that the Commandant was a part of the losing
officers team, and that the cadets were wisely intent on maintaining their
present rank and status.) |
| Coach Best
praised the cadets for the effort and detailed the weekly improvements
that was evident in their performances. He invited the officers to do some
work on their skills and 'come again' whenever they felt up to it (meaning
'able to take some more licks...') |
This program,
which is sponsored by the Barbados Olympic Association and the Barbados
Rifle and Pistol Federation has been very successful and, according to
Lt Col Browne, exceeds the level of progress that he had anticipated to
date.
Officers attached to the program are Capt Maria
Moore, OCdt D. Smith and OCdt King. |
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SCORES |
| Cpl Rollins
269 Cpl Shurry
371
Sgt Nurse
438
L\Cpl Johnson
342
Cdt Squires
237
L/Cpl Jackman
213
L/Cpl O'Neale
419 |
Capt Brathwaite
343 Lt Col Browne
360
Capt Charles
293
OCdt Smith
306
Capt Moore
215
SLt Morris
374
Lt Alleyne
204
OCdt King
164 |
| Cadets
2289 |
Officers
2259 |
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Capt Brathwaite certainly looks
the part...but only pellets count. |
The
cadets were cool and collected - and 'equipped' to the max. |
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Lt Alleyne and OCdt King
experienced their first shooting competition |
Capt
Charles, Capt Moore and OCdt Smith during the competition |
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The Cadets did not seem at all
surprised at their easy win |
...while the Officers seem at a
loss for words. |