{"id":1633,"date":"2026-04-16T00:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishtwenty.org.uk\/westindies2026\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:25:19","slug":"april-15th-lets-get-this-party-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishtwenty.org.uk\/westindies2026\/2026\/04\/16\/april-15th-lets-get-this-party-started\/","title":{"rendered":"D+2 – Lets get this party started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of the team were awoken slightly earlier than planned by biblical quantities of rain thrashing on the hotel tin roof at 4am. By 6:45am it had cleared and the team met for breakfast under hot, humid, but clear skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:15 and everyone was aboard the trusty team bus driven by the ever calm Godfrey Heinz. After a couple of inevitable false starts due to missing kit we headed off to Timehri Range, a mere ten minutes away, without the need for a police escort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifles were retrieved from our friends at the GDF (Guyana Defence Force) and re-assembled followed by a quick inspection of the impressive 1000 yard range. The president of the GNRA, and Chief of Defence Staff, Brig Omar Khan, then made his arrival, landing in a helicopter between 900m and 1000 yards. When the chopper was spotted on approach there was initially some chat that it might be Jumbo Lewis making an unscheduled appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speeches then commenced, followed by a prayer and then a ceremonial first shot fired by the Brigadier to open the Guyana individual championships. After a short zeroing session the first shoot of the day was at 300 yards with high heat, humidity and a tricky little wind producing a mixed bag for the team with Ed Feast coming out on top with 50.5 (ICFRA targets).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunch was followed by 500 yards, where once again the competitors were tested by the elements, with your diarist deciding to bracket his target by scoring a V bull on the targets either side of it. We then progressed back to 600 yards for the final shoot of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, Ed Feast took top gun with another \u2018possible\u2019 50.4 which, although this requires confirmation, most likely wins him the day with a 147.15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special shout out to the members of the Guyana team for their organisation and supplying the huge quantities of water and a well recognised \u2018rehydration\u2019 drink which will be unnamed as they didn\u2019t sponsor us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depositing the rifles back into the hands of GDF we made the short trip back to \u2018barracks\u2019 and our first \u2018sundowners\u2019 meeting before dinner and (for most) and early night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lollipops awarded : 9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lollipops to date : 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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