Henares dominates National Shooting Open

MANILA, Philippines - San Miguel Beer assistant team manager Dan Henares hauled two gold medals and two silvers to become the winningest marksman in the Philippine National Shooting Association’s National Open Rimfire Event at the Marine Range, Taguig City recently.

Henares teamed up with businessman Gene Manalastas to score 1460 and take the gold in the team bench-rest light varmint class.

In the team bench-rest heavy varmint class, this time with Tommy Canto as his double, their score of 1469 proved enough to secure the gold.

Henares also shot in the individual HV and LV classes which resulted in two silver medals.

Bench-rest rifle is a precision rifle event requiring the shooter to hit a one-millimeter target at a distance of 50 meters. Henares holds the Philippine record for the light varmint class with a score of 747 out of a possible 750.

“I always try to come prepared for the National Open, but you can never be sure how your rifle is going to perform. Sure enough, the other expert shooters did well and came to compete. But I’m happy with the results. It’s always good to have a gold from the National Open,” said Henares.

Drama unfolded in the individual heavy varmint class when team gold medalists Henares and Canto both scored a 727.

Canto won the individual HV gold medal via the tiebreak.