Last of the Summer Skeet

English Skeet League Finishes

The sixth and final round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 21 competitors taking part in damp and windy conditions.

The leader after the first round was Dave Corlett who managed to hit all 25 targets for a straight, in second place on 24 was birthday boy Stan Cross with B class shooter Will Rand in third place on 23. At the end of the second round Alan Wright was in third place in C class with 33 points but we had a tie between Chris Workman and Orry Watterson for first place on 34. In B class George Davies and junior Joe Faragher tied for third place 43; junior David Cowin was second in B on 44 but taking B class with 46 points was Will Rand. In A class we had a three way tie for third place between Rachael Bowen Matthews, John Moore and Paul Mihailovits all on 42 points; in second place on 45 was Dave Corlett but top of the shop with 47 points was birthday boy Stan Cross.

Results

A Class

  1. S Cross (47)
  2. D Corlett (45)
  3. R Bowen Matthews (L) (42)
    J Moore (42)
    P Mihailovits (42)

B Class

  1. W Rand (46)
  2. D Cowin (J) (44)
  3. G Davies (43)
    J Faragher (J) (43)

C Class

  1. C Workman (34)
  2. O Watterson (34)
  3. A Wright 33

League Standings

In the overall league the winner of C class was Nicky Barnett on 24 penalty points with Barry Jones taking second place on 32 and Steven Rand in third place on 39.

In B class Madeleine Simpson was in third place on 18 penalty points but we had to have a shoot off for first and second places between Will Rand and Peter Kelly who both had 7 points. The shoot off was won by Will, scoring 23 to Peter’s 20.

In A class we also had a shoot off for third place between Dave Corlett and Paul Mihailovits who both had 9 penalty points. Both shot 22 in the round so a sudden death shoot off was required with pairs on stand four which Paul won 4-2. A shoot off was also required for first and second places between Rachael Bowen Matthews and Stan Cross who both had 3 penalty points. At the end of the full round Stan was the winner scoring 24 to Rachael’s 20.

In the 100 league the winner was Will Rand with 93 with Dave Corlett second on 92 and Paul Mihailovits third on 85. In the overall league Will Rand was third with 8 penalty points, in second place on 5 was Rachael Bowen Matthews with Paul Mihailovits the overall winner on 4.

A big thank you to the Bowen family for once again sponsoring the league.