Tag: DTL

Down The Line (DTL) is a popular variation of trap shooting – see our beginners section for more information.

Cross Retains All-Round Cup

Winter 2021 Finishes in Style

Twenty-two competitors took part in the Isle of Man Clay Pigeon Shooting Club’s annual Winter All-Rounder at Meary Veg, Santon, shooting three rounds in windy and increasingly wet conditions. 75 points were available during each round, with a hit scoring 3 points across all disciplines and a second-barrel hit scoring two points in Down the Line (DTL).

The combination of horizontal rain and unpredictable gusts of wind proved no match for class B shooter Micheal Cross, who only missed a single target on pad 4 in the opening round of English Skeet for an impressive score of 72. The same pad also proved tricky for Stan Cross, who dropped two targets and finished three points behind his son with 69. Continuing the trend of narrow margins were Neil Parsons, Will Rand and Mark Barnett, each bagging 22 targets and 66 points.

With two ranges at our disposal we were able to split the five squads between English Skeet and Down the Line, where the wind and rain continued to provide some interesting targets. None of this mattered to class B shooter Ted Davis, who missed just one target and hit the rest with his first barrel, setting the bar at 72 points. Standing firm in joint second place were Dave Corlett and Mark Riley, both class A competitors with 68 points a piece, followed by Neil Parsons, Will Rand, and Brian Faragher – all on 67 points.

To keep the adrenaline building we reorganised all 22 competitors into four squads based on their scores so far, before embarking on the final challenge of the day, a very wet and windy round of Pro Sporting. Once again Ted Davis put in a great performance, letting just a single target get away during the instant pairs for an impressive 72 points. Never far behind with 69 points each were Neil Parsons and Micheal Cross, both of whom shot well but succumbed to the Curse of the Rabbit – a fast and well camouflaged target making a bee-line for its burrow. Stan Cross was once again just one target behind his boy, sharing third place with Rob Corlett on 66 points.

At the end of three rounds and with 225 points to play for, our Winter All-Round cup goes to Micheal Cross for the second year running with 207 points. A Class was won by Neil Parsons with 202, followed by Dave Corlett on 191 and Stevie Craine on 179. Ted Davies and Stan Cross topped B Class with 201 points each, and Will Rand claimed third place with 193. Class C was won by Alan Wright on 139, with Allana Wade and Brian Kelly in joint second with 137.

The Club All-Rounder marks the end of our winter season, and once again we’ve seen some fierce competition, great sportsmanship, and above all some very challenging weather! Our sincere thanks to all our sponsors for making these leagues possible; Cu-Plas Callow for DTL, Utopia Hair Salon for English Skeet, and Brian, Stan, Will and Peter for Pro Sporting. Full results are available on our website iomclays.com/results – now onwards to Summer 2022!

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (207) 🏆

A Class

  1. N Parsons (202)
  2. D Corlett (191)
  3. S Craine (179)

B Class

  1. T Davis (201)
  2. S Cross (201)
  3. W Rand (193)

C Class

  1. A Wright (139)
  2. B Kelly (137)
  3. A Wade (L) (137)
2021 Winter All-Round Winners: A Wright, S Cross, N Parsons, M Cross, P Kelly, A Wade, W Rand, D Corlett, T Davis

End to Winter D(r)own The Line

Fourth League Shoot goes with a Splash

Twenty intrepid competitors took part in the fourth and final round of the Cu Plas Callow Winter DTL League at Meary Veg, Santon, in conditions perhaps best described as ‘moist and challenging’.

Aaron Wade junior blazed a trail for A Class with a perfect 25 / 75 during the first round, closely followed by Mark Riley with 25 / 73 and Alan Wade senior with 25 / 71. Class B shooter Rob Corlett also bagged 25 / 71 followed by junior Joe Faragher on 23 / 68 and another Corlett – this time Daddy Dave – with 22 / 65. Class C was led by Mark Barnett with 22 / 66 followed by junior David Cowin on 21 / 62 and Allana Wade with a tidy 22 / 60.

The deluge continued well into round two but that didn’t stop Alan Wade putting in another 25 / 74, with Mike Walker in hot pursuit on 25 / 73 and Peter Kelly completing the Class A trio on 24 / 71. Peter Lowe and Stan Cross improved on their first round of 22 hits with 24 / 72 and 24 / 71 respectively, with Dave Corlett scoring 23 / 68 to round off Class B. Meanwhile in C Class junior shooter David Cowin stayed strong with another 21 / 63 while Mark Barnett was out to sea on 20 / 58, and Allana Wade reeled in 16 / 40 at the end of a very wet and challenging day.

Results

Class A

  1. A Wade (71, 74 = 145)
  2. Arr Wade (J) (75, 68, 143)
  3. M Riley (73, 69 = 142)

Class B

  1. R Corlett (71, 66 = 137)
  2. P Lowe (64, 72 = 136)
  3. S Cross (64, 71 = 135)

Class C

  1. D Cowin (J) (62, 63 = 125)
  2. M Barnett (66, 58 = 124)
  3. All Wade (L) (60, 40 = 100)

This coming Sunday it’s our Winter Club All-Rounder, the final event of the season, and we’ll be holding a short presentation for league trophies afterwards. Duty officers this Wednesday are Pietro Fabrizio and Brian Faragher, with Dave Corlett and Mark Barnett in charge on Saturday.

S Cross, P Lowe, M Riley, A Wade, All Wade (L), Arr Wade (J), R Corlett, M Barnett, J Faragher, D Cowin (J)

Winter DTL Almost Done

Wade Drops Just 2 Points

The third round of the Cu Plas Callow Winter series DTL league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 21 competitors taking part in dry calm but cold conditions.

The leader after the first round was B class junior shooter Joe Faragher with a perfect, maiden 25/75, in equal second place were seasoned DTL shooters Phil ward and Alan Wade who also had 25 straights but had two second barrel kills for 73 points followed by another junior Arran Wade on 72 points.

The leading C class shooter was another junior in David Cowin who also hit 24 for 71 points. Out of the 21 competitors 20 had scores of 20 and over, high scoring all round. In the second round Rob Marshall finished in third place in C class on 125 with Mark Barnett taking second place on 131 but winning C class with 137 was junior David Cowin.

We also had three unclassified shooters taking part with Mark Sweetman scoring 121 points, Calum Craine hit 139 points hitting a straight in his second round and veteran Dave Lally who had two 24’s for 141 points. In B class Peter Lowe was in third place on 132 with Stan Cross taking second place on 136 but winning B class with 146 points and second overall was junior Joe Faragher.

In A class we had a tie for third place between Steven Craine and John Moore on 141, with John hitting a straight in his second round, Phil Ward was second on 142 but winning with another straight was Alan wade on 148 – well shot Alan!

Results

A Class

  1. A Wade (50 / 148)
  2. P Ward (49 / 142)
  3. S Craine,
  4. J Moore (48 / 141)

B Class

  1. J Faragher (J) (49 / 146)
  2. S Cross (46 / 136)
  3. P Lowe (45 / 132)

C Class

  1. D Cowin (J) (47 / 137)
  2. M Barnett (45 / 131)
  3. R Marshall (43 / 125)    

Unclassified

  1. D Lally (48 / 141)
  2. C Craine (49 / 139)
  3. M Sweetman (42 / 121)
R Marshall, P Ward, S Cross, P Lowe, J Faragher, A Wade, D Cowin, J Moore, M Barnett, S Craine

Windy Winter Down the Line

Good Turnout for Second Winter Round

The second round of the Cu Plas Callow winter Series DTL League was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry and breezy conditions.

The overall leader and leading A class after the first round was Mike Walker with a 25 straight for 73 points, second place in A class was Alan wade with son Arran in third place on 70. Stan Cross was the leader of B class with 66 points with Jack Clague and Giulio Fabrizio in equal second place on 63.

In C class junior Ted Davis was leading on 59 with Mark Barnett and junior David Cowin in equal second place on 58. After the second round David Cowin  finished in third place in C class with 114 points but we had a tie for first place between Mark Barnett and Ted Davis on 127 points. Giulio Fabrizio finished in third place in B class with 124 points with Stan Cross taking second place on 129 but taking B class with 130 points was Jack Clague.

In A class Brian Faragher was in third place on 138 with first round leader Mike Walker taking second place on 140 but taking the A class victory as well as the highgun on the day was Alan Wade on 141.

Results

A Class

  1. A Wade (49 / 141)
  2. M Walker (48 / 140)
  3. B Faragher (48 / 138)

B Class

  1. J Clague (45 / 130)
  2. S Cross (45 / 129)
  3. G Fabrizio (42 / 124)

C Class

  1. T Davis (J),
  2. M Barnett (43 / 127)
  3. D Cowin (J) (39 / 114)
DTL Winners: S Cross, D Cowin, A Wade, M Walker, B Faragher, M Barnett, N Barnett

Next week is the third round of the Pro Sporting league sponsored by Stan Cross, Duty Officers on Saturday are J Moore & S Cross.

Annual Christmas Shoot

Wade Victorious in Single Barrel DTL

The IOM Clay Pigeon Club held their Christmas shoot kindly sponsored once again by Top Spec Fencing on Monday 27th December with 51 competitors taking part in dry dull conditions.

The leader after the first round was junior Arran Wade with a perfect 25 straight with dad Alan in second place on 24 followed by junior Joe Faragher who led B class and Stan Skinner on 23. The C class leader was Will Rand on 20. In the non members section for the Phil Yewdall cup Tony Radcliffe was the leader on 20.

After the second round in the unclassified section Stan Skinner was the winner on 135 with Calum Craine in second place on 129 with David Clague in third place on 120. Clementine Kermode Clague was the ladies winner on 114 with Nicky Barnett in second place on 60. The junior winner was Arran wade on 141 with Joe Faragher second on 117 followed by Ted Davis in third place on 111.

In the handicap section the winner of the George Costain Memorial handicap cup was lady shooter Nicky Barnett with 150 points, beating hubby Mark by 2 points. In C class Will Rand was the winner with 114 points followed by Alan Wright in second place on 93 with Peter Fabrizio third on 84.

Mark Barnett was the winner of B class with 123 points with Jack Clague second on 120 followed by junior Joe Faragher in third place on 117. We had a tie for second place in A class between Brian Faragher and Mike Walker on 120 but taking A class with 135 points was Alan Wade but the star of the day was junior Arran Wade who was the only shooter to hit a straight and the only shooter to break the 140 barrier finishing on 141 and winning the John Moore Christmas High Gun Cup – well done Arran!

Results

High Gun

  • Arr Wade (J) (141)

A Class

  1. A Wade (135)
  2. M Walker
  3. B Faragher (120)
  4. T Davis (J)
  5. J Moore (111)
  6. M Parr,
    S Craine (108)

B Class

  1. M Barnett (123)
  2. J Clague (120)
  3. J Faragher (J) (117)
  4. G Fabrizio (114)
  5. P Kelly,
    R Corlett (111)

C Class

  1. W Rand (114)
  2. A Wright (93)
  3. P Fabrizio (84)
  4. R Marshall (81)
  5. B Kelly (78)
  6. O Watterson,
    N Barnett (L) (60)

Radcliffe leads Novices

We had a good turn out of 17 competitors in the non-members section where we had a tie for second place between Paul Webstick and junior lady Olivia Howland on 93 points but winning the section and the Phil Yewdall Cup was Tony Radcliffe with 11 points.

Results

  1. T Radcliffe (111)
  2. O Howland (JL)
  3. P Webstick (93)
  4. C Kermode (84)
  5. T Bowman,
    G Lewis (78)


The prizes were presented by Vice president Peter Fabrizio after an excellent meal at the Crosby Hotel.

2021 Christmas Newcomers