National Trap Championship from October 26 to 28
With the successful conclusion of the National Skeet Championship, the National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) will hold its National Trap Championship from October 26 to 28 at the National Shotgun Range in Payagala, Kalutara.
Renowned as one of the keenly participated shotgun competitions in the country, the National Trap Championship has already attracted over 100 shooters from leading clubs. With the assistance of experts Jonathan Martenstyn and Mohan Gilbert, the NSSF has been eagerly promoting shotgun sports and the recent couple of years have witnessed productive results.
Over 100 shooters are expected to take part - File pic
The forthcoming National Trap Championship will be one of the four shotgun events planned for 2017. The NSSF in its annual calendar has included a total of eight meets with four each from shotgun and air rifle and air gun events.
The NSSF in an official communiqué revealed that participants ranked in the Top 30 in the concluded NSSF Open Meet 2017, will be slotted into details to their rankings to shoot on the second day of the meet.
“All other participants and clubs will be allocated slots to fill on the first day of the meet. A competitor must shoot their first 50 clays on the first day and after that, shooters with the 12 highest hits will be slotted according to rankings, to shoot at further 75 clays on the final day. The top six shooters from the total of 125 clays will then move on to shoot the finals as per current ISSF format, where any tie breaks will also be settled. The scores from the first two rounds will be considered for the team award,” the release issued by NSSF said.
The overall winner of the Individual Open event will receive a challenge trophy in addition to the gold medal and a certificate. The next top two finishers will receive silver and bronze medals respectively with certificates. The winners of the Team event will also receive the similar set of awards. In addition to the two main events Youth, Ladies and Masters categories are also slotted to take place depending on the number of entries received.
Mohan Gilbert has been nominated as the Match Director while Jonathan Martenstyn will act as the Range Master while maintaining statistics at the National Trap Championship 2017. The medal winners of both National Skeet and Trap Championships 2017, will be awarded at the annual NSSF Awards Ceremony to be held in November.