Entries are rolling in to the National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) for the Trap Open Championship, which will be held at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo’s Shotgun Range in Payagala, Kalutara from March 11 to 14.
Under the leadership of Shirantha Peiris and purview of experts Mohan Gilbert as Match Director and Dinesh Lionel as Range Master, the Trap Open 2021 is NSSF’s second event in the 2021 calendar year where 11 meets are lined up.
“The NSSF Skeet Open was held earlier this month and it was a great success, given the fact that we were able to have events back after many months. Unlike the Skeet Open, we have many inquiries from those eager to take part. Already over 65 entries have been received and interestingly all of them are from civil clubs,” said Pradeep Edirisinghe, the General Secretary of NSSF.
Participants will be allocated slots to shoot two rounds of 25 Clays for a total of 50 Clays on the first day.
“Shooters with Top 18 scores above 25 out of the first 50 Clays will be detailed to shoot three more rounds of 25 Clays to shoot a total of 125 Clays. The top six shooters from the total of 125 Clays will then move on to shoot in the finals as per the current ISSF format, where any tie breaks will also be settled. The scores from the first two rounds will be considered for the Team, Masters and Ladies categories,” Edirisinghe added.
The NSSF will finalise the dates and time slots for clubs which will be circulated by March 7.
The overall winner of the Individual Open event will receive a gold medal and certificate while the next top two finishers will receive silver and bronze medals respectively with certificates.
The winners of the Team event will also receive a 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.