Tag: English Skeet

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

Another Skeet Cup for Roman Sammer

English Skeet Summer League, Round 5

The fifth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 15 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions and to add spice to the competition the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup was up for grabs.

We had a five way tie after the first round with A class shooters Rachael Bowen Matthews, James Simpson, John Moore and C class shooters Roman Sammer and Mike Walker (who brought his trap gun instead of his skeet gun) all hitting 24, on 23 were another two C class shooters in Mike Whitehead and Brian Kelly.

At the end of the second round we had Mike Walker and Brian Kelly in equal second place in C class with 45 points but taking C class with 48 points and joint highgun was Roman Sammer. Steven Rand was third in B class with 35 points with Madeleine Simpson in second place on 36 but taking B class with 37 points was George Davies.

Paul Mihailovits was in third place in A class with 46 points, who shot the only straight of the day in his second round, but we had a tie for first place in a between James Simpson and Rachael Bowen Matthews on 48 points.

The winner of the Cesar Leonetti handicap cup was C class winner Roman Sammer with 61 points.

Results

Class A

  1. J Simpson (48)
  2. R Bowen Matthews (48)
  3. P Mihailovits (48)

Class B

  1. G Davies (37)
  2. M Simpson (L)(36)
  3. S Rand (35)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (48)
  2. M walker (45)
  3. B Kelly (45)

Handicap Cup

  1. R Sammer (48)
  2. M Whitehead (55)
  3. B Kelly (55)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 23 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October

Riley Lifts Summer Cup

2023 Summer Club All-Rounder

The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting club held their annual Club Championship which was sponsored by Paul’s Gunstocks.

With sixteen competitors taking part both ranges were in use at the same time. English skeet and DTL were first to be shot and the leader was Mark Riley with 145 points in second place on 140 was Peter Kelly with Jeff Corkill in third place on 138. The leading lady was Nicky Barnett on 96 with Zac Bellhouse being the leading junior on 131.

The next two disciplines were ABT and Olympic skeet and Mark Riley was still in the lead on 262 but only by one point from Jeff Corkill in second place on 261, Paul Mihailovits was in third place on 256 with Stan Cross forth on 253, Mark Barnett was in fifth place on 247 and making up the top six was John Moore on 242.

The final discipline was sporting and once all the scores had been verified we had the following results. Zac Bellhouse was the junior champion with 254 points. In C class Mike Whitehead was third on 202 with Nicky Barnett taking second place on 222 who also won the ladies and winning C class with 263 points was Roman Sammer. In B class Mark Barnett was third on 307 with Stan Cross taking second place on 308 and in first place on 321 was Jeff Corkill. Peter Kelly was third in A class on 287 with John Moore in second place on 299, first place in A class went to Paul Mihailovits with 322  points who was also the veteran winner but the new Club All Round Champion with 328 points was Mark Riley – well Done Mark.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Riley (328)

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (322)
  2. J Moore (299)
  3. P Kelly (287)

Class B

  1. J Corkill (321)
  2. S Cross (308)
  3. M Barnett (307)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (263)
  2. N Barnett (L) (222)
  3. M Whitehead (202)
M Whitehead, R Sammer, J Moore, M Riley, S Cross, P Mihailovits, Z Bellhouse, N Barnett, P Kelly, J Corkhill

Close Finish in Stormy Skeet Shoot

English Skeet, Round 4

The forth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 14 hardy souls taking part in wet and windy conditions.

The weather didn’t affect Stan Cross in his first round as he recorded a 25 straight to lead his son Michael on 24 in second place followed by Paul Mihailovits, Rachael Bowen Matthews and James Simpson on 23.

After the second round Mark Hepworth and Chris Workman were tied in second place in C class on 40 points but taking C class once again was Roman Sammer on 42. We also had a tie for first place in B class between Madeleine Simpson and Brian Faragher with 41 points each.

In A class the first round leader Stan Cross was third with 47 points but again we had another tie for first place between Michael Cross and Paul Mihailovits with 48 points each.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (23, 25 = 48)
  2. M Cross (24, 24 = 48)
  3. S Cross (25, 22 = 47)

Class B

  1. M Simpson (L) (19, 22 = 41)
  2. B Faragher (19, 22 = 41)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (22, 20 = 42)
  2. C Workman (18, 22 = 40)
  3. M Hepworth (20, 20 = 40)

100 League

  1. P Mihailovits (95)
  2. R Sammer (88)
  3. R B Matthews (L) (87)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 23 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October

Sammer Scoops Skeet Cup

English Skeet, Round 3

The third round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 18 competitors taking part in dry but blustery conditions, which also had the Wilf Cannell Handicap cup up for grabs.

The leader after the first round was C class shooter Rob Marshall with 24 points – it should have been 25 but Rob put his last cartridge in the wrong barrel! In equal second place on 23 were another C class shooter Roman Sammer, John Moore, Brian Faragher, James Simpson and Peter Kelly.

At the end of the second round we had Mark Hepworth finishing third in C class with 39 points, in second place on 44 was Rob Marshall but taking C class with 46 points was Roman Sammer. Madeleine Simpson finished in third place in B class with 35 points with George Davies taking second place on 43 but winning B class with 45 points was Brian Faragher. We had a three way tie for first place in A class with John Moore, James Simpson and Rachael Bowen Matthews all scoring 46 points.

In the battle for the handicap cup we had a clear winner in Roman Sammer with 59 points. It was good to see another new shooter taking to the stands in Tracey Hepworth who nearly beat her husband in the second round, definitely one to watch.

Results

Class A

  1. J Moore (46)
  2. J Simpson (46)
  3. R Bowen Matthews (46)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (45)
  2. G Davies (43)
  3. M Simpson (35)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (46)
  2. R Marshall (44)
  3. M Hepworth (39)

100 League

  1. J Simpson (93)
  2. R Sammer (90)
  3. R Bowen Matthews (90)

Handicap Cup

  1. R Sammer (59)
  2. R Marshall (54)
  3. B Faragher (51)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 23 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October

Next week is the forth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league.
The entries sheet  for the Sporting GP is nearly full with only a few spaces left, entries will be closing soon!

Shoot-offs and Medals for Mihailovits and Watterson

English Skeet Individual – Open

Paul Mihailovits followed a trio of 24s yesterday with another 24 and a 21 today under challenging conditions, taking him through to the final where he drew with Ynys Môn’s David Tavernor, necessitating a shoot-off.

Following sudden death of pairs on pad four Paul unfortunately missed the high bird, conceding gold to Ynys Môn and walking away with a well deserved silver medal and 140 points on the last day of the 2023 Island Games.

Rachel Bowen Matthews too found her form and made the final, where she scored 19 points placing her in fifth place amongst a field of 19 tough competitors – well done Rachel and Paul!

ABT Individual – Men

Shoot-offs were the order of the day for our Automatic Ball Trap competitors too, and although Mark Riley and Rob Watterson would both make the final it was Watterson who went on to claim bronze after going head-to-head with Sark’s Nicholas Dewe in a nail-biting finale.

This was the last bout for our clay-popping athletes in the 2023 Island Games, rounding off a week of highs and lows, of fun and friendship that’ll probably last longer than Jack’s sunburn. Cheers!

Full Results