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, began on March 15 , 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.
“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-SL Secretary General, Pradeep Edirisinghe.
