Laing, Aliana McMaster rule at PWD Sporting Clays

Brandon Laing and Aliana McMaster topped a very exciting PWD Winter Open Sporting Clays Tournament on Sunday, February 9 at the Tru-Juice Estate in St Catherine.

More than 130 gunners travelled to the venue for the tournament.

Laing’s victory was his first at a sporting clay tournament in 10 years, while McMaster successfully defended her 2024 title Their wins only came after the Super-Six showdown which took place among the top shooters from the main event 100 bird shoot

Laing had a good start getting five of the six targets on his first station and went on to clean up 10 of the other 16 stations but was pegged back on station five, getting only one of the four targets for that station. During the Super-Six shoot-off, he held his nerve to be joint leader with Geoffrey Ziadie after three rounds which forced an additional round between them, which Laing won comfortably.

“It feels absolutely amazing. It’s something I didn’t expect but I can just say I feel great,” Laing said after his win.

The shooters in the Super-Six entered with scores of: Laing 89, Ziadie 89, Craig Hendrickson 89, Robert Yap 88, Nicholas Chen 88 and wild card Aliana McMaster 87.

McMaster bagged all six targets on nine of the 17 stations while getting two out of four on the tricky station five that few persons mastered.

“I just came out today to just come and enjoy myself and just enjoy the sport for what it is and all of the benefits I gain from it. The outcome was honestly just a result of the hard work that I put in behind the scenes and I don’t really ever think about going into a tournament as defending something because, to be honest, that’s kind of saying that, the prize is already mine, but it isn’t. I still have to work as hard each time to regain what I earned before” said McMaster.

Justin Samuda, who is the driving force behind the PWD Hunting & Sporting Club, praised the high turnout of shooters and the support of the many sponsors.

“This is tremendous. It’s a tremendous turnout. It’s been a huge step forward, the sponsorship came out as a result. Scotia Investments, CRISS Marine, Desmond Meyer and Associates, Toyota with their ARB accessory line, station sponsors (such as) Tile City, Fontana – I can’t name them all but it’s a huge turnout. The clubbers turned up and I’m so grateful for the effort from them all,” Samuda said.