Continuing their form from a fortnight, Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo (CTSCC) dominated the
NSSF Skeet National Championship 2021 but Airman Sandakalum Ranasinghe stole the
show clinching the overall championship with 27 points in the final round. The two-day competition was
held at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo’s Shotgun Range in Payagala, Kalutara.
CTSCC’s Johann Fernando with 23 points bagged the silver medal while his team mate and sibling
Jeremy Fernando accumulated 19 points to win the bronze medal. CTSCC shooters Shankar Dharmaratne
and Sajeev de Silva finished at fourth and fifth positions overall as Dallas Martenstyn of Negombo Rifle
Club (NRC) was placed sixth.
The Open category was also a show dominated by CTSCC with Shankar Dharmaratne claiming the gold
medal and Johann Fernando winning the silver medal. Overall winner Sandakalum Ranasinghe of Sri
Lanka Air Force however, finished close behind to settle with the bronze medal.
Other competitors who gave a close fight to the top three finishers were Jeremy Fernando, Sajeev de
Silva, R.G.P. Madushanka, E.D.M.M. Wijewikrama, Shehan Patterson, Kamal Dhanuka, Upul Kumara
and Dulan Dharmaratne. Dallas Martenstyn of NRC finished with 61 points to claim the gold medal in the Masters’ category whileCTSCC’s Shirantha Peries won the silver medal followed by Wimalaratna Rangala of Hill Country SC, who bagged the bronze medal. Senerath Menikdiwela and Johnston Fernando were the other competitors in this category.
CTSCC shooters dominated the Team event by winning the gold and bronze medals while Sri Lanka Air
Force bagged the silver medal after a close shave. The gold-medal winning CTSCC ‘A’ team consisted of experienced shooters Johann and Jeremy Fernando and Shirantha Peries. E.D.M.M. Wijewickrama,
Sandakalum Ranasinghe and R.G.P. Madushanka represented Air Force to help their team secure the
silver medal. Shankar Dharmaratne, Shehan Patterson and Sajeev de Silva were part of the CTSCC ‘B’
team that bagged the bronze medal.
The Skeet Nationals was held two weeks after NSSF successfully conducted its Trap Nationals, which
attracted a record number of clay target shooters. NSSF president Shirantha Peiris led his team
successfully to conduct both these events with the able support of Mohan Gilbert as competition director
and Dinesh Lionel as assistant competition director.
Final Results-
Masters
Gold: Dallas Martenstyn (NRC) 61
Silver: Shirantha Peries (CTSCC) 27
Bronze: Wimalaratna Rangala (Hill) 9
Open
Gold: Shankar Dharmaratne (CTSCC) 74+2
Silver: Johann Fernando (CTSCC) 74+2
Bronze: M.A.S.B. Ranasinghe (SLAF) 74+1
Team
Gold: CTSCC ‘A’ (Johann Fernando 30, Jeremy Fernando 27, Shirantha Peries 27) 84
Silver: SLAF (E.D.M.M. Wijewickrama 23, M.A.S.B. Ranasinghe 32, R.G.P. Madushanka 25) 80
Bronze: CTSCC ‘B’ (Shankar Dharmaratne 27, Shehan Patterson 21, Sajeev de Silva 26) 74
Top 6 (Shoot Offs)
Shankar Dharmaratne (CTSCC) 74
Johann Fernando (CTSCC) 74
M.A.S.B. Ranasinghe (SLAF) 74
Jeremy Fernando (CTSCC) 69
Sajeev de Silva (CTSCC) 67
Dallas Martenstyn (NRC) 61
Finals
Sandakalum Ranasinghe (SLAF) 27
Johann Fernando (CTSCC) 23
Jeremy Fernando (CTSCC) 19
Shankar Dharmaratne (CTSCC) 15
Sajeev de Silva (CTSCC) 10
Dallas Martenstyn (NRC) 4
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