Simpson, McMaster Win Sporting Clays Titles

The Shackman Tank-Weld 200 Bird Sporting Clay shoot ended on the weekend after two days of competition at Worthy Park sugar Estate in Ewarton, St. Catherine.

Craig Simpson battled the top six shooters to be crowned national sporting clay champion, while Aliana McMaster got the better of the ladies to retain the title for the third consecutive year.

The shooters with the top six scores were then engaged in a shoot off to determine the national sporting clay champion.

The shooters with the six highest scores after the regulation 200 bird shoot were Simpson 162, Chad Zaidie 159, Christian Sasso – 156, Andrew Hopwood – 156, Roman Tavares-Finson 154 and JJ Ralston – 154.

The Super Six shoot-off consist of a 25-bird target shot over three rounds.

After the three rounds, Simpson and Ziadie were tied at 178 each so they had to engage in another shoot-off to determine the highest overall winner.

That led to another three rounds of eight targets each because after two rounds they were tied at 190.

It took the third shoot-off to break the tie when Ziadie bagged six of the eight birds.

Under extreme pressure Simpson took his time to pick off seven of the targets to clinch the championship by just one bird.

Craig Simpson.

The Ladies champion was McMaster with a score of 142 after posting 79 and 73 on the first and second days respectively.

Aliana McMaster.