Shooters from Negombo Rifle Shooting Club (NRC) and Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo (CTSCC) shared the honours at the NSSF Trap Open Championship concluded at the CTSCC Shooting Range in Payagala.
Ending on top was Kaushan Samaranayake of NRC the overall champion ahead of CTSCC shooters Johann Fernando and Jeremy Fernando.
Samaranayake, who was in prime form, overpowered the rest to claim the gold medal in the main event as Johann claimed the silver followed by Jeremy who annexed the bronze medal.
The trio were among Ambrith Samaranayake, Shiyam Dias, Kaveesh Jayasuriya, Dilanjan Jayasooriya, Nivantha Vaas, Charith Rajakaruna, Adrian Daniels and Johann Daniels who competed in the final round.
From left: Jeremy Fernando (bronze medallist), overall champion and gold medallist Kaushan Samaranayake and Johann Fernando (silver medalist)
However, Johann pocketed the gold medal in the Open category, while his CTSCC team mate Jeremy settled for the silver medal.
NRC shooters once again dominated the Masters Category, as Ambrith Samaranayake became the champion and gold medal winner. Following close in was his team mate Shiyam Dias, who settled in with the silver medal as Dilanjan Jayasooriya of CTSCC had to be satisfied with the bronze medal by a narrow margin.
In the Junior category, NRC’s Dimitry Livera claimed the gold medal in the Junior Male followed by his team mate Devdun Tissera who clinched the silver.
Anitra Dharmaratne of CTSCC won the gold medal in the Junior female segment.
The gold medal of the Team category was won by Team NRC Alpha, which included Kaushan Samaranayake, Ambrith Samaranayake and Shiyam Dias.
They were well ahead of silver medallists in Clay Target SCC that included Johann Fernando, Jeremy Fernando and Lakshan Hettiarachchi.
Claiming the bronze medal were NRC Charlie, that included Nihal Perera, Nivantha Vaas and Kaveesh Jayasuriya.
Over 50 shooters competed at the NSSF Trap Open Championship 2024, conducted annually by the National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF).
Shooters representing Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo, Negombo, Magnum, Puttalam, Siyane, Hill Country and Wayamba rifle shooting clubs contested the competition which also served as a trial for updating the national pool and for future international events.
