Tag: English Skeet

English Skeet is a popular variation of skeet – see our beginners section for more information.

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)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 26 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October

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.

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.

Simpson and Mihailovits Skeet Lead

Winter Skeet Round Four

The fourth and final round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet League was held at Meary Veg Santon with 15 competitors taking part in cold, blustery and hazy conditions.

The joint leaders after the first round were Paul Mihailovits and John Moore on 24 points with C class shooters Mark Hepworth and junior Zac Bellhouse in joint third place on 23 followed by Dave Corlett and Rob Marshall on 22.

After a short break the second round got under way with the conditions getting even more windy making the targets duck and dive. This didn’t seem to bother James Simpson as he recorded the only straight on the day to finish in joint first place overall and first in A class with Paul Mihailovits on 46 points, third place in A class went to John Moore on 44. Junior Zac Bellhouse was third overall with 45 points which also took C class. We had a three way tie for second place in C class between Mark Hepworth, Rob Marshall and Rob Corlett on 39 points. Mike Walker was first in B class with 40 points with Steven Rand second on 30 points.

The overall league positions have yet to be decided as we have ties in A and C class’s which will be resolved next week.

Results

Class A

  1. J Simpson (21, 25 = 46)
  2. P Mihailovits (24, 22 = 46)
  3. J Moore (24, 20 = 44)

Class B

  1. M Walker (21, 19 = 40)
  2. S Rand (14, 16 = 30)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (23, 22 = 45)
  2. M Hepworth (23, 16 = 39)
  3. R Marshall (22, 17 = 39)
  4. R Corlett (19, 20 = 39)

Skeet Victory for Moore

Winter Skeet, Round Three

The third round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in dull cold and windy conditions.

The joint leaders after the first round were John Moore and Dave Corlett who both shot straights, in equal third place on 24 were Rachael Bowen Matthews and Peter Kelly followed by Jeff Corkill on 23. The leading B class shooters were Steven Rand and Brian Faragher on 22 with George Davies in third place on 20. The leading C class shooters were Roman Sammer and junior Zac Bellhouse on 22 with Chris Workman in third place on 21.

After a short break the second round got under way in the same weather conditions and at the end of the third round we had a four way tie for third place in C class between Mark Hepworth, Brian Kelly, Dave Morgan and Chris Workman all on 39. In second place in C on 41 was Roman Sammer but taking C class with 44 points was Zac Bellhouse. We also had a new shooter taking part in his first skeet shoot in Liam Kirkpatrick who finished with 37 points – well done Liam! Along with another shooter making a welcome return was James Simpson who scored 46 and also hitting a straight in his second round.

In B class George Davies was third on 41 with Steven Rand taking second place on 42 but winning B class with 43 points was Brain Faragher. In A class we had a three way tie for second place between Rachael Bowen Matthews, Dave Corlett and Peter Kelly on 46 points but taking the top spot with 48 points was the oldest man in the field, John Moore – well done John.

Results

Class A

  1. J Moore (25, 23 = 48)
  2. P Kelly (24, 22 = 46)
  3. RB Matthews (24, 22 = 46)
  4. D Corlett (25, 21 = 46)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (22, 21 = 43)
  2. S Rand (22, 20 = 42)
  3. G Davies (20, 21 = 41)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (22, 22 = 44)
  2. R Sammer (22, 19 = 41)
  3. C Workman (21, 18 = 39)
  4. B Kelly (20, 19 = 39)
  5. D Morgan (18, 21 = 39)
  6. M Hepworth (18, 21 = 39)

Second Skeet Close Contest

Winter Skeet, Round Two

The second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet League was held at Meary Veg Santon in cool, windy but dry conditions.

We had a four way tie for first place after the first round between Jeff Corkill, Dave Corlett, John Moore and Paul Mihailovits on 23, next on 22 were Peter Kelly and B class shooter Brian Faragher followed by two juniors; A class Joe Faragher and C class Zac Bellhouse.

At the beginning of the second round the wind dropped slightly but the sun came out making to clays hard to pick up from the low house. At the end of the second round Brian Kelly and Roman Sammer were in equal second place in C class on 33 but the runaway winner of C class was Zac Bellhouse with 42 points.

It was good to see Stephen Rand back on the range who finished in third place in B class on 35, in second place on 40 was junior David Cowin but the winner of B class with 45 points was Brian Faragher. We also had a tie for second place in A class between Dave Corlett and Paul Mihailovits on 46 points but just pipping them by one point with a score of 47 was Jeff Corkill.

Results

Class A

  1. J Corkill (23, 24 = 47)
  2. D Corlett (23, 23 = 46)
  3. P Mihailovits (23, 23 = 46)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (22, 23 = 45)
  2. D Cowin (J) (19, 21 = 40)
  3. S Rand (18, 17 = 35)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (21, 21 = 42)
  2. B Kelly (18, 15 = 33)
  3. R Sammer (18, 15 = 33)
R Sammer, D Cowin, J Corkill, B Faragher, P Mihailovits, S Rand, D Corlett, Z Bellhouse, B Kelly