We’ve had 21 entries for this years Pro Sporting GP, starting at 10:00 on Wednesday 5 July, and are now in a position to announce the squads. Individual entries and randomly chosen teams are as follows:
Individual Squads
One
M Barnett
P Kelly
D Walton
S Doyle
M Cross
D Corlett
Two
C Workman
J Faragher
W Rand
R Sammer
I Stockil
Three
B Faragher
M Sweetman
S Cross
M Whitehead
M Cox
Four
J Cowley
N Barnett
J Moore
B Kelly
G Davies
Teams
One
N Barnett
S Doyle
Two
I Stockil
B Faragher
Three
M Whiterhead
M Sweetman
Four
R Sammer
J Cowley
Five
M Cox
C Workman
Six
P Kelly
W Rand
seven
M Barnett
B Kelly
Eight
J Faragher
D Corlett
Nine
D Walton
M Cross
Ten
G Davies
S Cross
2021 GP winner Juan Cowley with sponsors Nicky and Mark Barnett
The fourth round of the Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting League was held at Meary Veg Santon with twenty competitors taking part in ideal conditions.
The first layout on the right hand side proved to be very difficult but Dave Corlett was the leader with 21 points, in equal second place on 18 were Peter Kelly and Dave Walton followed by Paul Mihailovits and Mark Sweetman with 16 points.
The right hand range proved to be a little easier with Roman Sammer and Will Ennett tying for third place in C class with 23 points, second place in C went to lady shooter Nicky Barnett with 26 points but taking C class with 33 points was Dave Walton.
Mark Sweetman finished in third place in B class with 30 points with Liam Kirkpatrick taking second place on 32, but winning B class with 33 points was George Davies. In A class Paul Mihailovits was third with 35 points two behind Dave Corlett in second place with 38 points but winning A class and highgun overall and the only person to break 40 was Peter Kelly.
P Mihailovits, W Ennet, L Kirkpatrick, R Sammer, G Davies, P Kelly, M Sweetman, N Barnett, D Corlett, D Walton
English Sporting, Round 4
In the afternoon the fourth round of the Suntera Global Sporting League was held with 21 competitors taking part.w which also had the added incentive of The Ted Gohl Highgun trophy and the Brian Faragher handicap cup up for grabs
The leader after the first stand was unclassified Mike Parr with 9 points in second place with 8 points was Paul Mihailovits with Alan Wade third on 7. Mihailovits was in the lead on his own after stand two with 18 points followed by Alan Wade on 17 with son Arran, Peter Kelly and Mark Barnett next on 15. Mihailovits was still in the lead after stand three with 26 points followed by junior Arran Wade on 25 with Mark Barnett and Alan Wade next on 24.
Stand four and Mihailovits was still in the lead on 36 with Arran Wade and Mark Barnett next on 34 followed by Alan wade on 33. After the fifth and final stand Brian Kelly and Ed Rixon were in equal third place in C class on 30 points, Mike Whitehead was second on 32 with Mark Sweetman taking C class with 34 points. In B class Dave Corlett was third with 35 points, in second place with 39 points was Liam Kirkpatrick with Arran wade taking B class with 40 points.
We had a four way tie for second place in A class between Stan Cross, Peter Kelly, Mark Barnett and Alan Wade all on 39 points but winning with 43 points and taking the Ted Gohl Highgun Trophy was Paul Mihailovits.
It was a close thing to find a handicap winner with Arran Wade third on 54, Mark Sweetman second on 55 but winning the Brian Faragher Handicap cup with 56 points was Ed Rixon.
The third round of the Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting League was held at Meary Veg, Santon with 27 competitors taking to the stands in near ideal conditions.
Unfortunately there was a lot of technical issues with the right hand layout but after all the shooting finished we had the following results.
In C class we had Sue Doyle and Brian Kelly in equal third place with 22 points, in second place on 25 was Nicky Barnett and taking C class with 33 points was Will Ennett.
Junior David Cowin was in third place in B class with 31 points with George Davies in second place on 33 but taking the spoils in B class with 37 points was junior Joe Faragher.
Alan Wade was third in A class with 40 points with Rob Corlett taking second place with 41 points but winning A class and highgun on the day was Michael Cross with 45 points.
In the afternoon the third round of the Suntera Global Sporting league was held with 23 competitors taking to the stands in ideal conditions.
We had a seven way tie for first place after the first stand with Arran Wade, Paul Mihailovits, Michael Cross, Mark Barnett, Rob Corlett, John Moore and Peter Kelly all scoring the maximum of ten.
Michael Cross was in the lead on his own after stand two with 18 points with Rob Corlett in second place on 17 followed by Paul Mihailovits, John Moore and George Davies in equal third place on 15.
Michael Cross was still in lead after stand three with 26 points with Arran Wade, Paul Mihailovits and George Davies in equal second place on 23 followed by Rob Corlett on 22.
Michael Cross was still in the lead after stand four with 33 points three ahead of junior Arran Wade and Paul Mihailovits in second place on 30 followed by Dave Corlett in forth place on 29.
After the fifth and last stand in C class Ed Rixon finished in third place with 20 points with Alan Wright taking second place with 24 points but taking C class with 25 points was lady shooter Nicky Barnett.
John Moore was third in B class with 28 points with Dave Corlett claiming second place with 33 points but winning B class with 38 points and overall highgun on the day was junior Arran Wade.
Alan Wade was third in A class with 36 points but we had a tie for first place between Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross on 37 points.
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
The second round of the Pam and Dave Corlett Pro Sporting league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 22 competitors taking part in wet and very misty conditions making setting targets difficult. We had the added incentive of the Pam & Dave Corlett Highgun and the Meary Veg Handicap cups up for grabs also.
With both ranges being used at the same time we did not have a half way leader board but at the end of the two rounds Brain Kelly and Chris Workman finished in equal second place in C class on 25 points with lady shooter Nicky Barnett taking C class with 32 points. In B class George Davies was third on 37 with John Moore taking second place in B on 38 but winning B class with 39 points was Brian Faragher. We had a three way tie for third place in A class with Stan Cross, Rob Corlett and Paul Mihailovits all scoring 40 points, in second place in A was Mark Barnet on 42 but top of the class with 47 points and winning the Pam & Dave Corlett High gun cup was Michael Cross who hit a 25 straight in his second round. We had to have a shoot off for the handicap cup between husband and wife Mark and Nicky Barnet with Mark taking the bragging rights by one point from Nicky.
P Mihailovits, G Davies, J Moore, S Cross, D Corlett, M Cross, N Barnett, C Workman, M Barnett, R Corlett, B Kelly
English Sporting, Round 2
In the afternoon the second round of the Suntera Global Sporting league was held again with 22 competitors taking and again in even more misty conditions.
We had nine shooters all scoring the perfect ten in equal first place after the first stand. This was whittled down to three tying for first place after stand two with Michael Cross, John Moore and Dave Corlett, both B class on 19 points followed by Arran Wade (B class) Stan Cross, Rob Corlett and Paul Mihailovits on 18.
After stand three we had two in the lead in Michael Cross and John Moore on 28 followed by Arran Wade, Dave Corlett, Stan Cross and Rob Corlett in equal third place on 27. We had a new leader after stand four in junior Arran Wade on 36 points followed by Michael Cross and John Moore on 35.
After the fifth and last stand we Had Nicky Barnett in third place in C class on 32 with Mark Sweetman taking second place on 33 but winning C class with 35 points was Liam Kirkpatrick. It was a tight affair in B class with Dave Corlett taking third place with 43 points followed by John Moore in second place on 44 and taking B class with 45 points was junior Arran Wade which was also equal high gun. In A class Stan Cross was third with 41 points with Alan Wade taking second place with 42 points but taking his second victory of the day was Michael Cross with 45 points.
