NSSF Skeet and Trap Open Meets from this weekend
The National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) will conduct its Skeet Open and Trap Open Meets for 2025 during the latter part of March at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo, Payagala Range. The first of the two events, the NSSF Skeet Open Meet 2025, will be held this weekend, followed by the NSSF Trap Open Meet 2025 from March 27 to 30.
Sri Lanka’s top clay target shooting athletes of all categories are expected to join the dual meet that will be considered for updating national pools as well as trials for future international competitions. Shooters representing Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo, Negombo Rifle Club, Magnum Sport Shooting Club, Wayamba Sport Shooting Club, Hill Country Sport Shooting Club, Cambrian Shooting Club, Scorpion Shooting Club, Police Shooting Club, Army Small Arms Association, Sri Lanka Navy Musketry, Sri Lanka Air Force Shooting Club, Athugala Sport Shooting Club, Siyane Rifle Club, Sports Shooting Club of Nuwara Eliya and Magam Sport Shooting Club are expected compete for honours.
Both competitions will be held under four categories – Junior, Senior, Super Senior and Ladies – where winners will be awarded with medals and certificates, as well as for the first three positions of the Overall and Team segments. During the NSSF Skeet Open Meet, all athletes will be allocated slots to shoot two series of 25 clays for a total of 50 clays, and the Top 12 scores will be detailed to shoot three more series of 25 clays on the final day to shoot a total of 125 clays.
The same amount of clays will be allocated during the NSSF Trap Open Meet to be held from March 27 to 30, but with the overwhelming number of entries athletes will be allocated to shoot two series of 25 clays each during the first three days of the meet. The Top 18 athletes who achieve the minimum requirement of 50 percent after the first round, will be detailed to shoot three more series of 25 clays each to total 125 clays, on March 29 and 30.
On the first three days all participants will be allocated slots to shoot two rounds of 25 clays, for a total of 50 clays. Participants with Top 18 of the first 50 clays will be then detailed to shoot three more rounds of 25 clays, to shoot a total of 125 clays commencing from the third day, March 29th.
“In case if there are multiple athletes with the same score to qualify for the Top 18, a ‘tie break’ will be conducted as per ISSF competition regulations. The top six shooters of the 125 clays will then move on to shoot a maximum of 50 clays at the finals as per ISSF format. Any further tie breaks will be conducted as per ISSF rules for Olympic Trap,” clarified NSSF Secretary General, Pradeep Edirisinghe.
NSSF will allow only firearms of 12 gauge with restrictions in over-and-under, side-by-side and semi-automatic during the competition. The entire competition will be conducted in accordance to the latest ISSF rules and NSSF competition rules due to limitation of cartridges and will be open to only NSSF member clubs and affiliations. Under the leadership of NSSF President Shirantha Peiris, both meets will be conducted with the able assistance of Competition Director Mohan Gilbert and Assistant Competition Director Dinesh Lionel.