Tag: Pro Sporting

Pro Sporting is a popular variation of sporting shooting – see our beginners section for more information.

Last Round of Winter Pro Sporting

Kelly and Barnett close in on Faragher

The fourth and final round of the Pro Sporting Winter League was held at Meary Veg, Santon, in calm and cool conditions, turning windy and cold for the second half of the competition.

We had a three way tie for first place after the first set of 25 with C class shooters Allana Wade, junior Zac Bellhouse and veteran B class shooter Peter Kelly all tying on 20, followed by the first A class shooters Mark Barnett and George Davies on 19. With the wind increasing making the targets a lot more difficult Brian Kelly finished in third place in C class on 28  with junior Zac Bellhouse taking second place on 29, but winning C class with her birthday gun was lady shooter Allana Wade on 31 points.

In B class Will Rand finished in third place on 31 points with Peter Kelly taking second place on 34 but winning B class, with his borrowed gun and maybe new gun, with 35 points and the best score on the day was Brian Faragher. In A class Stan Cross was third on 31 with George Davies in second place on 34  but winning A class with 34 points was Mark Barnett.

Results

A Class

  1. M Barnett (19, 15 = 34)
  2. G Davies (19, 13 = 32)
  3. S Cross (18, 13 = 31)

B Class

  1. B Faragher (16, 19 = 35)
  2. P Kelly (20, 14 = 34)
  3. W Rand (16, 15 = 31)

C Class

  1. A Wade (L) (20, 11 = 31)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J) (20, 9 = 29)
  3. B Kelly (14, 14 = 28)
P Kelly, B Kelly, B Faragher, W Rand, A Wade, M Barnett

Chilly Sporting at Meary Veg

Joint Winners for Penultimate League Shoot

The third round of Winter Series Pro Sporting League and sponsored by Will Rand was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 22 competitors taking part in cold but dry conditions.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were Giulio Fabrizio in B class and Juan Cowley in A class with 23 points with A shooter John Moore in third place on 22. The leading C class shooter was Brian Kelly with 15 points. After the second layout was shot junior Zac Bellhouse was in third place in C class with 21 points with his Granddad David Morgan beating him by one point to finish in second place on 22 but taking C class with 30 points was Brian Kelly.

In B class we had a tie for third place between junior Joe Faragher and veteran Peter Kelly on 35 points, second place in B class was Giulio Fabrizio on 36 with Paul Mihailovits taking B class with 37 points. Stan Cross was third in A class with 37 points but we had a tie for first place and highgun overall between Juan Cowley and John Moore with 39 points.

Results

A Class

  1. J Cowley (23, 16 = 39)
  2. J Moore (22, 17 = 39)
  3. S Cross (16, 21 = 37)

B Class

  1. P Mihailovits (19, 18 = 37)
  2. G Fabrizio (23, 13 = 36)
  3. J Faragher (J) (17, 18 = 35)
  4. P Kelly (17, 18 = 35)

C Class

  1. B Kelly (15, 15 = 30)
  2. D Morgan (13, 9 = 22)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J) (10, 11 = 21)
Pro Sporting Winners: P Mihailovits, Z Bellhouse, D Morgan, J Moore, P Kelly, B Kelly, J Cowley, J Faragher

Winter 2021 Pre-Christmas Cracker

A Festive Trio of Targets

The annual pre Christmas shoot was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry calm but misty conditions and was sponsored by the club as a way of a thank you to members for their support over the past year.

It was a new format this year with Skeet Doubles, Double Rise and a shortened Pro Sporting to make it a 60 target shoot. The leaders of A class after the Skeet Doubles were Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits with a full house, hitting all 20 targets with George Davies, John Moore and Giulio Fabrizio next on 18. In B class Michael Cross was the leader also on 20 with with Will Rand, Mark Barnett and Brian Faragher next all on 17. Steven Rand was the C class leader on 15 with Brian Kelly next on 14 followed by Nicky Barnett on 13.

The next discipline was Double Rise and Stan Cross first with a running total of 34 with Steven Craine next on 33 followed by Paul Mihailovits in third place on 31. Michel Cross was still the leader of B class also on 34 points the same as his Dad in A class, but we had a four way tie for second place between Will Rand, Brian Faragher, Mark Barnett and Ted Kermeen all on 28. Steven Rand was still the leader of C class with 22 points with Brian Kelly and Allana Wade in equal second place on 21 with Nicky Barnett and Orry Watterson next on 20.

The final discipline Pro Sporting saw Allana Wade taking third place in C class with 32 points with Brian Kelly in second place on 33 points but taking C class with 34 points was Steven Rand. In B class Brian Faragher was third on 44 with Mark Barnett second on 45 with Will Rand taking B class with 46 points, Michael Cross who was leading B class shot 19 on the pro sporting to take highgun overall with 53 points beating his dad by two points who was the winner of A class on 51 points, Paul Mihailovits was second in A on 49 with George Davies taking third place on 48.

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (J) (20, 14, 19 = 53)

Class A

  1. S Cross (20, 14, 17 = 51)
  2. P Mihailovits (20, 11, 18 = 49)
  3. G Davies (18, 12, 18 = 48)

Class B

  1. W Rand (17, 11, 18 = 46)
  2. M Barnett (17, 11, 17 = 45)
  3. B Faragher (17, 11, 16 = 44)

Class C

  1. S Rand (15, 7, 12 = 34)
  2. B Kelly (14, 7, 12 = 33)
  3. A Wade (JL) (12, 9, 11 = 32)
Pre-Christmas Winners: P Mihailovits, B Kelly, G Davies, S Rand, D Corlett, A Wade, J Moore, M Cross, S Craine, S Cross

Second Round Pro Sporting

Winter League at Halfway Point

The second round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting League sponsored by Brian Faragher was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry but cold conditions.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were A class shooter George Davies and B class shooter Peter Kelly on 24, in third place on 23 was A shooter Dave Corlett. Peter Fabrizio was the leading C class shooter on 19.

After the second layout in C class lady shooter Nicky Barnett was in third place on 27 with Alan Wright taking second place on 29 but taking C class by nine points was Peter Fabrizio on 38. In B class Will Rand was in third place on 43 with Peter Kelly taking second place on 44 but winning B class with 45 points was Paul Mihailovits.

In A class we had a tie for second place between Dave Corlett and John Moore who both shot 43 but the winner of A class and overall highgun was George Davies on 46.

Results

Class A

  1. G Davies (24, 22 = 46)
  2. D Corlett (23, 20)
    J Moore (19, 24 = 43)

Class B

  1. Mihailovits (22, 23 = 45)
  2. P Kelly (24, 20 = 44)
  3. W Rand (21, 22 = 43)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (19, 19 = 38)
  2. A Wright (14, 15 = 29)
  3. N Barnett (L) (13, 14 = 27)

Next week is the second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet League followed by the AGM of the club at approximately 1 p.m.

Winter Season Underway

Pro Sporting League First Round

The first round of the Winter 2021 Pro Sporting league sponsored by Stan Cross was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with sixteen competitors taking part in windy, cold but dry conditions. Also up for grabs was the Victor Annand safety officers cup.

The leader after the first round of 25 was John Moore with 23 points. In second place on 21 was Juan Cowley with Stan Cross, Paul Mihailovits, Dave Corlett, Peter Kelly, Will Rand and Mark Barnett all tying for third place on 18. The second 25 shot on the right hand range saw Brian Kelly finishing in third place in C class with 22 points, in second place in C was Alan Wright on 23 but taking C class with 25 points was lady shooter Nicky Barnett.

In B class Brian Faragher was third on 37 with Peter Kelly taking second place on 38 but winning B class with 40 points was Paul Mihailovits. We had a tie for third place in a class between Dave Corlett and John Moore on 39 points with Stan Cross taking second place on 40 but the winner of A class and also winning the Victor Annand cup with 41 points was Juan Cowley.

Results

A Class

  1. J Cowley (41)
  2. S Cross (40)
  3. J Moore,
    D Corlett (39)

B Class

  1. P Mihailovits (40)
  2. P Kelly (38)
  3. B Faragher (37)

C Class

  1. N Barnett (L) (25)
  2. A Wright (23)
  3. B Kelly (22)
Pro Sporting Winners: P Mihailovits, P Kelly, D Corlett, B Faragher, J Cowley, S Cross, B Kelly, N Barnett, J Moore, A Wright