All set for National Shotgun Champs

The two-day Stocks and Securities National Shotgun Championship will begin today at the Worthy Park course in St Catherine, starting at 10 a.m.

More than 60 shooters are expected to compete at this year's main event, which will see each person shooting more than 200 targets over both days.

Kirk Wall, Gladstan Simpson and John Barnes are among the top contenders for the C Class title. In the B Class category, Evan Thwaites and Paul Joseph are the leading candidates, while in A Class, Bobby Chung, Shawn Barnes, along with Robert Yap Foo are the main shooters.

Brett Thwaites, organiser of this year's event, said he was expecting an exciting championship because all the competitors were ready and raring to go.

Extremely competitive

"It is going to be extremely competitive because we have five persons who are vying for the national championship, and they are all within 10 points of each other, and this makes it really exciting," said Thwaites, the president of the Jamaica Skeet Club.

"This course is a very pleasant environment, because Worthy Park is 1,200 feet above sea level and the average temperature is far less than the other courses around the island, and I think the shooters will definitely enjoy it," Thwaites added.