Sunny Start to Second Rounds

DTL League, Round 2

The second round of the Tower Insurance DTL League was held at Meary Veg, Santon with 17 competitors taking part in dry cool conditions which also had the IOM Goats high gun cup and the Jack Harrison Handicap cups up for grabs.

The leader after the first round was junior Arran Wade who only dropped one target for 72 points, in second place on 68 was Phil Ward with John Moore third on 67. The leading B class shooter was George Davies on 61 with Jack Clague the leading C class shooter on 60.

At the end of the second round Mike Thomson finished in third place in C class with 73 points with Mark Barnett taking second place on 108 but winning C class with 117 points was Jack Clague. Rob Marshall was third in B class on 88 with Brian Faragher taking second place on 122 but winning B class with 128 points was George Davies. In A class Steven Craine finished in third place on 129 with John Moore taking second place on 131 but top of the class with 142 point and hitting the only straight of the day was Phil Ward who also won the IOM Goats Highgun Cup.

We had to have a shoot off for the Jack Harrison Handicap cup between George Davies and Brian Faragher which George won handsomely.

Results

Class A

  1. P Ward (48/142)
  2. J Moore (45/131)
  3. S Craine (44/129)

Class B

  1. G Davies (44/128)
  2. B Faragher (42/122)
  3. R Marshall (32/88)

Class C

  1. J Clague (41/117)
  2. M Barnett (37/108)
  3. M Thomson (25/73)
G Davies, B Faragher, P Ward, J Clague, S Craine, J Moore

Olympic Skeet League, Round 2

In the afternoon the second round of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic skeet league was held with a healthy turn out of 10 competitors taking part.

The leader after the first round was Stan Cross on 20 Dave Clague, James Bradley and Ted Davis all tying for second place on 18. At the end of the second round we had a tie for third place between Ted Davis and James Bradley on 36 and we also had a tie for first place between Stan Cross and Dave Clague on 38. With more than six shooters taking part a handicap prize was awarded and the winner was Peter Fabrizio with 52 points.

Results

  1. D Clague (18, 20)
  2. S Cross (20, 18)
  3. J Bradley (18, 18)
  4. T Davis (18, 18)
P Fabrizio, J Bradley, D Clague, S Cross, T Davis

ABT League, Round 2

Just to round the day off the second round of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league was held.

We had a three way tie for first place after the first round between Rob Corlett, Alan Wade and son Arran on 20. After the second round Mike Walker and Arran Wade were in equal second place with 37 points but winning with 40 points was Alan Wade. The handicap winner was Rob Corlett with 47 points.

Results

  1. A Wade (20, 20)
  2. A Wade (J) (20, 17)
  3. M Walker (18, 19)
Arr Wade, R Corlett, A Wade, M Walker

Double-Crossed Top Scores

Summer Skeet Medley

The Stan Cross Meary Veg Skeet Medley was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 14 competitors taking part in dull and nearly dry conditions.

The joint leaders after the English skeet section were Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross with 24 points, in equal third place were Stan Cross and James Simpson on 23 followed by John Moore, Will Rand, Peter Kelly and C  class shooters Mark Hepworth and Roman Sammer who were all on 22 points.

The next discipline was Skeet doubles and once again Michael Cross was top scoring along with Dad Stan and Will Rand with 24 points, Michael was also still in the lead on 48 with Stan in second place on 47 followed by Will Rand and James Simpson on 46. In B class we had a tie between Brian Faragher and Dave Corlett on 38 points and in C class Mark Hepworth was the leader on 41 with Roman Sammer in second place with 39 points followed by Chris Workman in third place on 38.

The final discipline was Olympic Skeet and in C class Mark Hepworth finished in third place on 48 points with Chris Workman taking second place on 49 with Roman Sammer taking the class with 40 points. In B class Dave Corlett was second with 52 points one point behind Brian Faragher in first place on 53. In A class we had a four way tie for third place between James Simpson, Paul Mihailovits, Will Rand and Jeff Corkill with 59 points, second place in A went to John Moore with 61 points with Stan Cross taking first place with 66 points one behind son Michael who was crowned the Meary Veg Skeet Medley Champion with 67 points – well Done Michael!

Results

Class A

  1. S Cross (23, 24, 19 = 66)
  2. J Moore (22, 22, 17 = 61)
  3. W Rand (22, 24, 13 = 59)
  4. P Mihailovits (24, 21, 14 = 59)
  5. J Corkill (20, 17, 22 = 59)
  6. J Simpson (23, 23, 13 = 59)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (21, 17, 15 = 53)
  2. D Corlett (20, 18, 14 = 52)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (22, 17, 11 = 50)
  2. C Workman (18, 20, 11 = 49)
  3. M Hepworth (22, 19, 7 = 48)

High Gun

  • M Cross (24 ESK, 24 SKD, 19 OSK = 67)
P Mihailovits, J Moore, S Cross, D Corlett, M Cross, W Rand, J Corkill, B Faragher, R Sammer, M Hepworth, C Workman

Breezy Start to Skeet League

English Skeet, Round 1

The first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet League was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in cold, breezy but dry conditions.

The leaders after the first round were A class shooters Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross who both recorded 25 straights with another  A class shooter Dave Corlett along with two C class shooters Mark Hepworth and Roman Sammer were in equal third place on 24 followed by Rachael Bowen Matthews and Stan Cross on 23.

After the second round shot on the right hand range we had a three way tie for third place in C class between Mike Walker, Roman Sammer and Brian Kelly on 41, second place in C class went to Chris Workman on 44 but the winner of  class with 46 points was Mark Hepworth. In B class Steven Rand was second on 38 with Brian Faragher taking B class with 41 points. In A class we had a tie for second place between Stan and Michel Cross on 47, but top of the class with 49 points was Paul Mihailovits.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (49)
  2. S Cross (47)
  3. M Cross (47)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (41)
  2. S Rand (38)

Class C

  1. M Hepworth (46)
  2. C Workman (44)
  3. M Walker (41)
  4. B Kelly (41)

Eight shooters carried on to complete 100 targets and again Paul Mihailovits was the winner on 92 with Dave Corlett and Rachel Bowen Matthews in equal second place on 90. Mark Hepworth who was shooting his first 100 target shoot in fourth place on 85, fifth place went to Roman Sammer on 81 with Chris Workman in sixth place on 79.

Summer Starts with DTL

DTL League, Round 1

The first round of the Tower Insurance Summer DTL League was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with fifteen competitors taking part in calm dry conditions.

The leader after the first round B class shooter Rob Marshall who hit 24 targets for 71 points, in second place on 69 were A shooters John Moore and Mark Riley with the leading C class shooter being Jack Clague on 63.

At the end of the second round Mike Thompson finished in third place in C class on 57 with Brian Kelly taking second place on 65 but winning C class by a country mile was Jack Clague with 124 points. Newly promoted Mark Sweetman finished in third place in B class with 102 points with George Davies in second place on 111 and taking B class with 120 was first round leader Rob Marshall. In A class Arran Wade was third on 125 with Mark Riley taking second place with 129 and the winner was Alan wade on 136.

Results

Class A

  1. A Wade (136)
  2. M Riley (129)
  3. Arr Wade (J) (125)

Class B

  1. R Marshall (120)
  2. G Davies (111)
  3. M Sweetman (102)

Class C

  1. J Clague (124)
  2. B Kelly (65)
  3. M Thompson (57)

Olympic Skeet League, Round 1

In the afternoon the first round of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet League was held and the winner was James Bradley with 38 points with Michael Cross in second place on 33  with Ted Davis in third place on 31 .The handicap winner was Giulio Fabrizio with 41 points.

Results

  1. J Bradley (38)
  2. M Cross (33)
  3. T Davis (31)

ABT League, Round 1

The first round of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT League was also held and the winner was Alan Wade with 44 points with Stan Skinner in second place on 43 followed by Arran Wade and Mark Riley in equal third place on 41. The handicap winner was Peter Kelly with 46 points.

Results

  1. A Wade (44)
  2. S Skinner (43)
  3. Arr Wade (41)
  4. M Riley (41)

Riley Wraps up Winter

2023 Club Winter All-Rounder

The last of the winter shoots at Meary Veg was the Winter All Round which was sponsored by the club its self. A healthy 22 competitors took to the stands in dry, sunny, cool conditions.

English skeet and DTL were shot simultaneously on the right and left had ranges and the leader after these two disciplines was Michael Cross on 133 points mainly down to a 25 straight in English skeet, in second place on 131 was John Moore with Mark Riley in third place on 129, Mark hitting a perfect straight in DTL. The leading B class shooter was Will Rand on 127 with Mike Walker second on 123. The leading C class shooter was Jack Clague with 114 points with Mark Sweetman second on 108.

Before the final discipline was shot the shoot offs for the English Skeet league took place with John Moore and Paul Mihailovits were  tying for first place and the result was a win for John Moore. We also had a three way tie for second place in C class between Roman Sammer, Chris Workman and Mark Hepworth and the person taking second place was Chris Workman with Mark Hepworth in third place.

In the Pro Sporting which was shot in reverse order we had Jack Clague taking first place in C class with 168 points with Mark Sweetman in second place on 153 and Roman Sammer in third place on 147. In B class Brian Faragher was third on 168 with Will Rand taking second place on 185 and winning B class with 186 was Mike Walker. Things got even tighter in A class with Paul Mihailovits taking third place with 190 points, in second place with 193 points was Michael Cross but one point ahead on 194 in first place in A was Peter Kelly but if he would of hit his very last target he would of beat Mark Riley who was the winner with 195 points – well done Mark.

D Corlett, P Mihailovits, C Workman, J Clague, J Moore, B Faragher, M Sweetman, P Kelly, N Barnett, R Sammer, M Hepworth, M Riley, R Corlett, M Corss, M Walker, P Ward, B Kelly

Results

High Gun

  • M Riley (54 ES, 75 DTL, 66 PRO = 195 Total)

Class A

  1. P Kelly (63, 65, 66 = 194)
  2. M Cross (75, 58, 60 = 193)
  3. P Mihailovits (69, 55, 66 = 190)

Class B

  1. M Walker (57, 66, 63 = 186)
  2. W Rand (63, 64, 57 = 184)
  3. B Faragher (51, 57, 60 = 168)

Class C

  1. J Clague (57, 57, 54 = 168)
  2. M Sweetman (36, 72, 45 = 153)
  3. R Sammer (63, 39, 45 = 147)

Next week is the first round of the Tower Insurance DTL summer league and in the afternoon are the first rounds of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league and the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet league.