He scored a maximum-possible 105 points over three ranges, 300, 500 and 600 yards, with 15 of his 21 shots finding the innermost ‘V-bull’ ring.
That left Morris tied on points with the likes of Dr Glyn Barnett, a mainstay of Great Britain’s crack team and one of a handful of riflemen to have won the Sovereign’s Prize three times.
The remaining Guernsey qualifiers were Stephen Penrose, Adam Jory and Huw Nippers on 104 points, Alexander Stewart on 103, and Nick Mace, Rory McKenna and Otto Roussel just inside the qualifying score of 102.
In the St George’s Vase competition – generally regarded as second only in status to the King’s Prize – Alexander Stewart, now a student at Exeter University, scored 74.9v to lead the team’s 11 Stage II qualifiers, which included Nick Thompson, last year’s first-stage winner, and 15-year-old Seb Steer, shooting his first Imperial Meeting.
Today the Guernsey team will compete against Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Kenya, Jersey and the United States in the Kolapore international match.
The second stage of the King’s Prize will follow to determine the top 100 men and women who will contest tomorrow afternoon’s King’s Prize Final.
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