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Cross Shines through Fog

Fabrizio Summer All-Round

The annual Fabrizio All Round Championship and kindly sponsored by Giulio Fabrizio was held at Meary Veg Santon in extremely misty conditions.

The leader after the first round which was English skeet was Michael Cross with a perfect 25/75 straight, in second place on 69 points was John Moore and Jeff Corkill followed by Mark Riley, James Bradley and Stan Cross on 66.

The next discipline was DTL and we had a new leader in Mark Riley with 137 points with Michael Cross in second place on 135 followed by John Moore on 133. Michael Cross was in the lead again after the ABT section on 204 with Mark Riley and Jeff Corkill now in equal second place on 197 followed by John Moore on 190. The next discipline to be shot was Olympic skeet and Michael Cross increased his lead scoring 66 for a running total of 270 ,19 ahead of Jeff Corkill and James Bradley in equal second place on 251 with James hitting a straight in this discipline, Mark Riley was next on 248 followed by John Moore on 241. The last discipline was Pro Sporting and Nicky Barnett finished strongly to take second place in C class with 186 points with Mark Hepworth taking C class with 203. Jeff Corkill finished in second place in B class on 278 with Stan Cross taking B class with 293. In A class James Bradley was second on 293 with Mark Riley taking A class with 308 but the top gun on the day went to Michael Cross who shot consistently all day to take the Championship by 31 points with a final total of 339 – well done Michael.

Results

Class A

M Riley (66, 71, 60, 51, 60 = 308)
J Bradley (66, 47, 63, 75, 42 = 293)

Class B

S Cross (66, 41, 69, 54, 63 = 293)
J Corkill (69, 59, 69, 54, 27 = 278)

Class C

M Hepworth (57, 53, 39, 18, 36 = 203)
N Barnett (63, 27, 39, 18, 39 = 186)

High Gun

M Cross (75 ESK, 60 DTL, 69 ABT, 66 OS, 69 PSP)

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

J Bradley, G Fabrizio, M Hepworth, M Cross, J Corkill, M Riley, S Cross, N Barnett

Ward Victorious

Single Barrel DTL Manx Championship

The Sadler Agricultural Supplies IOM Single Barrel DTL Championship was held at Meray Veg Santon in near ideal conditions.

The joint leaders after the first round were Phil Ward and junior Arran Wade with 24 points, in third place on 21 was Mike Walker. It was status quo after the second round with Wade and Ward in first place on 45 with Walker third on 44.

We had a clear leader after the third round in Phil Ward on 66 with Arran Wade now second on 64 followed by Mike Walker in third place on 63.After the forth and last round Wade finished in third place on 85 points with Walker taking second place on 86 but the clear winner and the only shooter to stay in the twenties all day was Phil Ward with 89 points.

Results

P Ward (24, 21, 21, 23 = 89)
M Walker (21, 23, 19, 23 = 86)
A Wade (J) (24, 21, 19, 21 = 85)

Next week is the Fabrizio cup All round Championship over 125 targets.
The entry sheets for the CM partners English skeet GP and the Meary Veg Sporting Gp are now up in the club house which is filling up fast, so to avoid disappointment get your name down ASAP.

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

P Ward (48/142)
J Moore (45/131)
S Craine (44/129)

Class B

G Davies (44/128)
B Faragher (42/122)
R Marshall (32/88)

Class C

J Clague (41/117)
M Barnett (37/108)
M Thomson (25/73)

Full Results

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

D Clague (18, 20)
S Cross (20, 18)
J Bradley (18, 18)
T Davis (18, 18)

Full Results

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

A Wade (20, 20)
A Wade (J) (20, 17)
M Walker (18, 19)

Full Results

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

A Wade (136)
M Riley (129)
Arr Wade (J) (125)

Class B

R Marshall (120)
G Davies (111)
M Sweetman (102)

Class C

J Clague (124)
B Kelly (65)
M Thompson (57)

Full Results

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

J Bradley (38)
M Cross (33)
T Davis (31)

Full Results

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

A Wade (44)
S Skinner (43)
Arr Wade (41)
M Riley (41)

Full Results

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

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

Class B

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

Class C

J Clague (57, 57, 54 = 168)
M Sweetman (36, 72, 45 = 153)
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.