Barnes tops Cridland Memorial
Published:Tuesday | October 25, 2016 | 4:03 PMShayne Fairman
Reigning national shotgun champion Shaun Barnes showed imperious form to hit a High Overall (HOA) score of 94 and win the 2016 Bernard Cridland Memorial Sporting Clays tournament at the Jamaica Skeet Club last Sunday.
The five-time national shotgun champion dominated a field of 98 shooters, finishing two points ahead of runner-up Bruce Duquesnay, 92, and A Class first, Ruel Chung, 92.
Barnes, who won the 2016 National Shotgun 200 sporting clays in July this year, returned after a three-month break to win again, convincingly, like he never left.
The event witnessed a turnout of 98 shooters, and according to Jamaica Skeet Club president Khaleel Azan, this was "10 per cent more than 2015, it's great for the sport and the Jamaica Skeet Club joins the Friendly Lodge 239 in thanking all the participants for their support".
He noted that the consistent performance of Barnes "must be congratulated".
Azan added that Oneal Brown and his team was setting a course totally on their own for the first time.
"The consensus was that it was an excellent first attempt that satisfied the wide cross section of shooters; A to Hunters' Class, Ladies, Juniors and Sub Juniors," he noted.
Meanwhile, there were class promotions for Omar Francis, to C Class and Jonah Subaran (13 years) to D Class.
Matthew Morin was promoted to the E Class, while winners in the C, D and E classes all shot in the 80s.
Winners
HOA Shaun Barnes 94
R/U Bruce Duquesnay 92
A Class
Ruel Chung 92
Robert Yap Foo 89
Errol Ziadie 89
B Class
Kingsley Chin 87
Nicholas Benjamin 87
Jordan Thwaites 84
C Class
Brandon Laing 84
Matthew Josephs (Jr) 84
Mark Harris 83
D Class
Omar Francis 83
Jordan Samuda 79
Danzell Knight (Jr) 79
E Class
Jonah Subaran (sJr) 81
Cameron Phang Sang (Jr) 80
Mark Benjamin 77
Hunters
Matthew Morin 78
Zaniel Knight (sJr) 72
Nikolai Azan (sJr) 70
Ladies
Renee Rickhi 74
Marguerite Harris 68
Isabelle Chin (Jr) 63
Juniors
Matthew Josephs 84
Peter Mahfood 82
Cameron Phang Sangh 80
Sub Juniors
Jonah Subaran 81
Mark Desnoes 79
Roman Tavares-Finson 79