Richmond’s Bobby Reid has added to his already impressive 2018 airgun competition season with a second place in the BCTSA provincial championships.
Bobby, 14, came second in the U16 Sub Junior Male Air Pistol category at the tournament in Kamloops last weekend.
He will now be training with BCTSA coach Julie Bryson at the Richmond Rod and Gun facility on River Road in preparation to join the BC Junior Team later this year.
The Richmond News reported earlier this year how Bobby, a Grade 9 student at JN Burnett secondary, won gold in his category at the inaugural running of a tournament in Richmond, named after his late grandfather, Paul Alexander.
Bobby was presented with his medal by his mother, Tracy, who is Richmond Rod & Gun Club’s airgun match director.
Tracy said at the time that her father was the “builder of the sport in Richmond,” who was placed onto the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame at the Olympic Oval in 2016.
“He brought a lot of the sport to Richmond, including when the BC Summer Games were held here and the Fire & Police Games.
“He worked with and sat on the sports council for many years and was also an official with the Shooting Federation of Canada.”
