Adam Vaz and Toni Barnes topped the Matrix Sporting Clay competition on Sunday at the Knolford Ranch in Bog Walk, St Catherine after getting the better of  more than 150  competitors  on the expansive driving course that was peppered with a multiplicity of targets to test their resolve and skill during a hot day of shooting.

Vaz’s win was as figurative as it was real, as his name was the first one on the scoresheet for the A Class shooters. It was also his first HOA (highest overall) designation but it was not an easy win as he was paired  with the four-time national shotgun champion Christian Sasso, the first winner of the Matrix shoot in 2024.

He picked off all six birds on station five where he started, then lost one each on six and seven, then back to cleaning up the stations all the way to station 14 before dropping another bird. He was perfect on nine of the 17 stations to post a top score 89 out of a possible 100.