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Chin NCB Junior Sporting Clays champ

Published:Sunday | June 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer
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Amir Azan in the NCB Capital Markets Junior Sporting Clays Competition at the Jamaica Skeet Club yesterday.
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Nathan Chin (left) of Campion college and Savannah Miller of St Andrew High School pose with thier individual plaques for winning the male and female section of the NCB Capital Markets Junior Sporting Clays which was held at the Jamaica Skeet Club in Portmore, St Catherine yesterday.
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Sub-Junior A champion Nathan Chin, upstaged his more fancied opponents to win the National Commercial Bank Capital Market National Junior Sporting Clays overall individual title at the Jamaica Skeet Club yesterday.

The Campion College student shot 93 of 100 birds to top his section and advance to the super six shoot-off with more experienced shooters, such as 17-20 age group winner and runner up, Zachary Chen (95) and Peter Mahfood (93), respectively Junior A champion, Roman Tavares-Finson (94), and Junior B winner and second -place Toby Hugh (91), and Amir Azan (90), respectively.

At the final of the three shoot off stations, the underdog shot a perfect eight from eight targets to end on 111, the same as Chen, forcing another shoot off, which he then won 6-5, to win the title 117 to 116.

Chin, who revealed that he had no practice leading up to the tournament, said he felt no pressure despite coming against more seasoned campaigners. "I have been in the super six already, so it wasn't that much pressure as last time. It wasn't that bad. I just did what I always do, try my best and focus hard," he said.

Copping the national junior title was also the first major accomplishment for the young shooter, who was somewhat unfazed despite upsetting his more senior and more successful compatriots. "I feel good that I won the super six and everything. It is the biggest achievement for me in a long while," Chin said.

 

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Meanwhile, Girls B winner Savannah Miller of St Andrew High School, won the overall girls title with a score of 84. The Girls A section top prize went to Hillel Academy's Leah Azan with 56, while Immaculate Conception High School's, Aliana McMasters, captured the Girls C category with 30.

Hillel's Zachary Josephs (81) won the boys' Junior C section. Thomas Gore (84) beat Ryan Lue (84) in a shoot-off for the sub Junior B class, while Kyle Read (33) took the Sub Junior C category. Hillel emerged as the champion school after their top four shooters amassed a total score of 369. Campion finished second with 360, and American International School of Kingston was third on 357.