Clay Target shooting resumes in Payagala with CTSCC Club Day
After a lapse of more than a year, the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo (CTSCC) resumed shooting activities with its first Club Day, which was held last Saturday at the clay target shotgun range in Payagala. The Club Day not only signified the resumption shooting sports, which was forced to stall activities due to a circular issued by the Ministry of Defence in 2019, but also as an opportunity to the members of CTSCC who had not taken part in any sort of shooting sport activity.
The day was filled with activities of clay target shooting, an Olympic sport in which Sri Lanka has the potential to claim global recognition. The shotgun range in Payagala, managed and operated by the CTSCC is a venue where many national clay target shooters compete and train prior to international events.
“The Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo was delighted to have its Club Day after many months of closure spearheaded by the previous administration of the country. It was a very pleasant sight to see the members interact with each other and enjoy a beautiful day of clay shooting, followed by fellowship and lunch,” the CTSCC, issuing a statement, said.
Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo possesses the only purpose-built clay target shotgun range in the country, and is the venue for National Trap and Skeet Meets of the National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF). CTSCC is an active affiliate of NSSF, who also suffered a huge setback by closure of many shooting ranges throughout the country during the past administration.
But with the camaraderie function of CTSCC held last Saturday, it indicates that shooting sports in Sri Lanka are ready to resume, with the hope of making an entry at the 2024 Olympics.
