Squads Announced for Sporting GP

We’ll be starting promptly at 10:00 for this Sunday’s 120 target Sporting GP, please make sure you arrive at the range in good time.

Squads

One

  • Brian Faragher
  • Nicky Barnett
  • Jackie Clague
  • Giulio Fabrizio
  • Tom Bowman

Two

  • George Davies
  • Andy Morgan
  • Alan Wright
  • Dave Corlett
  • John Kneen

Three

  • Stan Cross
  • John Moore
  • Micheal Cross
  • Mark Riley
  • Paul Mihailovits

Four

  • Will Rand
  • Peter Fabrizio
  • Zak Bellhouse
  • Rob Corlett
  • Brian Kelly

Five

  • Peter Kelly
  • Mark Barnett
  • Richard Kneen
  • David Morgan
  • Mark Sweetman

Six

  • Juan Cowley
  • Ted Davis
  • Joe Faragher
  • Steven Craine
  • Callum Craine

Prize Money

High Gun: £140.00
Runner Up: £120.00

Junior High Gun: £20.00
Runner Up: £15.00

Juniors can also win Overall High Gun/Runner Up Prizes and Class Prizes

Class A

  1. £80.00
  2. £60.00
  3. £40.00

Class B

  1. £80.00
  2. £60.00
  3. £40.00

Class C

  1. £80.00
  2. £60.00
  3. £40.00

Teams

  1. £80.00
  2. £60.00
  3. £40.00

Many thanks to IOMCPSC and Juan Cowley for sponsoring the event and
Will Rand for purchasing the cups.

Moore wins All-Rounder

Summer Club All-Round Championship

The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club held their All Round Club Championship kindly sponsored by Manx Petroleum at Meary Veg, Santon, in very changeable conditions.

The leader after the first two disciplines English Skeet and DTL was Mark Barnett with 142 points, in equal second place on 137 were John Moore and junior Joe Faragher followed by Peter Kelly in fourth place on 136. In fifth place on 134 was Brian Faragher and making up the top six was Stan Cross on 132. Joe Faragher and John Moore had straights in English skeet while Mark Barnett was the only one in DTL to have a straight.

After the next two disciplines ABT and Olympic Skeet John Moore had forged a commanding lead going into the sporting section scoring 66 in Olympic skeet to have a running total of 254 to Stan Cross’s 246 in second place with Mark Barnett and Peter Kelly in equal third place on 244 followed by Brian Faragher in fifth place on 227 and making up the top six was Giulio Fabrizio on 220.

The final discipline was sporting and Mark Barnett had a complete melt down only scoring 30 points to finish in sixth place with Giulio Fabrizio on 274 points. In fourth place on 278 points was Brian Faragher with Stan Cross taking third  place on 294 points. Peter Kelly finished the runner up breaking the 300 barrier scoring 301 points but the Champion on the day was John Moore who finished in style, being the only one to clean the last stand of the sporting to take the title by 16 points with a final winning total of 317 – well done John!

John was also veteran champion with Allana Wade taking the honours in the ladies section. Joe Faragher was the junior winner with Stan Cross the senior winner. In the team event Stan Cross and Brian Faragher won with 572 points.

Results

High Gun

  • J Moore (317)
    75 ESK, 62 DTL, 66 OSK, 51 ABT, 63 ESP

Class B

  1. P Kelly (301)
    66 ESK, 70 DTL, 48 OSK, 60 ABT, 57 ESP
  2. S Cross (294)
    60 ESK, 72 DTL, 63 OSK, 51 ABT, 48 ESP
  3. B Faragher (278)
    66 ESK, 68 DTL, 48 OSK, 45 ABT, 51 ESP

Class C

  1. A Wade (L) (242)
    54 ESK, 56 DTL, 27 OSK, 54 ABT, 51 ESP
  2. A Wright (184)
    42 ESK, 52 DTL, 12 OSK, 33 ABT, 45 ESP
  3. N Barnett (L) (150)
    51 ESK, 27 DTL, 21 OSK, 12 ABT, 39 ESP

Veterans

  • J Moore (317)

Seniors

  • S Cross (294)

Ladies

  • A Wade (242)

Juniors

  • J Faragher (245)

Next week is Meary Veg sporting GP over 120 targets with prize money of over £900 up for grabs. Entries for this are now closed and the squad draw taking place on Wednesday 27th July at 3pm. Duty officers this week are S Craine and T Davis.

B Faragher, A Wade, A Wright, J Moore, N Barnett, S Cross, P Kelly

Summer Sporting Round 4

English Sporting

The fourth round of the Suntera Global Sporting League was held  at Meary Veg, Santon, with 21  competitors taking part in hot, dry sunny conditions, which also had the Ted Gohl High Gun and the Brian Faragher Handicap cups up for grabs.

The leader after the first stand was Mark Barnett with 9 points, in equal second place on 8 were Michael Cross, Peter Kelly and C class shooter Mark Sweetman. Barnett doubled his lead after stand two scoring 8 for a running total of 17, in second place was Michael Cross on 15 with Daddy Cross, Juan Cowley, Mark Sweetman and Rob Corlett in equal third place on 14. Barnett increased his lead once again after stand three scoring a maximum of 10 for a running total of 27, in second place now on 24 was Juan Cowley with Stan Cross now third on 23.

We still had Barnett in the lead after stand four on 35 points but it was Paul Mihailovits in second place now on 32 with Juan Cowley and Stan Cross equal third on 31. After the fifth and last stand we had Mark Barnett highgun and winner of the Ted Gohl Highgun trophy on 41 points but he almost let it slip away as he only scored 6 on the last stand to Stan Cross, Paul Mihailovits and Juan Cowley who all finished on 40 points.

In C Class Mark Sweetman was the winner with 37 points with Dave Morgan second on 30 followed by Allana Wade in third on 25 points. In B class Peter Kelly was third on 36 with Stan Cross taking second place on 40 with the highgun winner Mark Barnett in first place on 41. Michael Cross was third in A class on 39 points with Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits tying for first place with 40 points.

In the handicap section we had a runway winner in Mark Sweetman who shot way above his handicap to take the cup with 61 points.

Results

High Gun

  • M Barnett (41)

Handicap

  • M Sweetman (37 + 24 = 61)

Class A

  1. J Cowley (40)
  2. P Mihailovits (40)
  3. M Cross (39)

Class B

  1. M Barnett (41)
  2. S Cross (40)
  3. P Kelly (36)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (37)
  2. D Morgan (30)
  3. A Wade (L) (25)
P Kelly, M Sweetman, J Cowley, S Cross, A Wade, M Cross, M Barnett, D Morgan, P Mihailovits

Pro Sporting

In the afternoon the fourth round of the Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting League was held with the Dave and Pam Corlett High Gun and the Meary Veg Handicap cups up for grabs.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were Dave Corlett, Stan Cross, Michael Cross and Rob Corlett on 22 followed by Dave Lally on 21 with George Davies, Peter Kelly and John Moore next on 20.

In the handicap section, it was that man again Mark Sweetman who was leading the way on 30 points.

After the second round of 25 lady shooter Nicky Barnett and Wayne Barsby were in equal third place in C class with 19 points with another lady shooter Allana Wade second with 31 points but winning C class with 36 points was Mark Sweetman.

In B Class Steven Craine using a side by side was in  third place with 39 points with Rob Corlett taking second place on 43 points but winning B Class and winning the highgun cup with 45 points was Michael Cross.

Juan Cowley and Dave Lally were in equal third place in A class on 39 points with Dave Corlett taking second place on 41 with Paul Mihailovits A class winner with 42 points.

The day got even sweeter for Mark Sweetman as he picked up his second cup of the day taking the Meary Veg Handicap trophy with 60 points.

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (22, 23 = 45)

Handicap

  • M Sweetman (36 + 24 = 60)

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (19, 23 = 42)
  2. D Corlett (22, 19 = 41)
  3. D Lally (21, 18 = 39)
  4. J Cowley (19, 20 = 39)

Class B

  1. M Cross (22, 23 = 45)
  2. R Corlett (22, 21 = 43)
  3. S Craine (19, 20 = 39)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (18, 18 = 36)
  2. A Wade (L) (14, 17 = 31)
  3. N Barnett (L) (10, 9 = 19)
  4. W Barsby (5, 14 = 19
S Craine, R Corlett, A Wade, M Cross, J Cowley, N Barnett, M Sweetman, P Mihailovits, D Corlett

Hospice 2022 Chairman’s Report

Successful 12th Annual Charity Event

The annual Hospice Charity Shoot was once again hosted by The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club at Meary Veg, Santon, with a full complement of 72  competitors taking part in dry, sunny but windy conditions.

The competitors shot in squads of six, with the first squad going out at 9am and the last squad starting at 2-30pm. Once all the squads had finished and the scores had been collated we had a tie for the Voirrey Kelly team cup between Top Spec Fencing and Hospice Allsorts both on 187 points so count back was required to find the gold medal winners who were Top Spec Fencing with team members Stan Cross, Michael Cross, Will Rand and Neil Parsons with a combined score of 187+42 to silver medal winners Hospice Allsorts 187+37.8 with team members Vanessa Smith, Chris Smith, Sarah Cubbon and Rob Watterson. Taking the bronze medals were team Hot Shot Glovers with 185 points with team members Jacob Glover, Logan Glover, Mark Riley and Maya Kewley.

In the individual section Neil Parsons was Highgun on 48 who was also the senior gold medallist with with Will Rand second on 46+10 and Mark Riley third on 46+8. Paul Mihailovits was first in the vets on 47 with Dave Corlett second on 44 and Alan wright third on 43. The first lady was Allana Wade on 40 with Rachael Bowen Matthews second on 35 and Shannon Roberts third on 26. The first junior was Joe Faragher on 39 with Zac Bellhouse second on 38 and Tom Bowman third on 32.

In the novice section David Collister took gold on 36 with James Murphy taking silver on 32 and Scott Glover taking bronze on 31. The handicap gold medallist was Tom Moore with 48+10.5, with Rob Watterson taking silver with 48+9.4. We had a 9 way tie for the bronze medal but Brian Kelly had the best count back score on 47+2.6 to take bronze.

The medals were presented by Vanessa Smith and Ann Mills of Hospice at the end of the day when it was announced that the club had raised over £2,500.00 for Hospice IOM which makes nearly thirty thousand pounds being raised over the last twelve years.

A running buffet was going all day many thanks to the kitchen staff and to Harrison and Garrett for sponsoring the burgers and meat, NFU for sponsoring the medals and the British Clay Company for sponsoring the clays for the event.

Also a big thank you to all other sponsors, all that helped in getting the range prepared for the event and to anybody else that helped in anyway in making it a good day out and finally may I thank all the competitors who took part without you it would not happen. Thank you all!

2022 Hospice Winners: B Kelly, A Wade, C Smith, W Rand, A Wright, S Cross, Z Bellhouse, V Smith, A Mills, S Cubon, R Watterson, N Parsons, D Corlett, P Mihailovits

Barnett Bags Ballaneven Cup

Annual Side-by-Side Championship

The annual Ballaneven Side-by-Side Championship was held at Meary Veg, Santon, on Wednesday 15th June. Eighteen competitors took part in ideal conditions, including two non-members and one club member with a non-conforming gun, leaving fifteen individuals competing for prizes across five stands.

Visiting shooter Tony Grainger was the only competitor to clear stand 1 with a perfect 10, hotly pursued by Stevie Craine, Micheal Cross, Stan Skinner and Dave Corlett on 9 points. Corlett’s patience was tested as several shots refused to go off due to a sticky pin, a common gremlin found in many classic shotguns. Craine scored another 9 on stand 2 and was joined at the top by Peter Kelly, followed on 8 by Jackie Clague and sponsor John Kneen.

Micheal Cross found his form on stand 3 with a perfect 10, as did Mark Barnett and reigning champion Richard Kneen. The same trio landed another set of perfect 10s on stand 4, as did juniors Calum Craine and Arran Wade, Peter Kelly, Rob Corlett, and Stan Skinner. Barnett, Kelly, and Corlett also cleared stand 5 with full marks, joined by Alan Wade with a perfect 10.

After fifty targets of fierce but good natured competition, class C was dominated by sponsors Richard and John Kneen with 41 and 29 points respectively, while class B consisted of Rob Corlett with 36, Stan Cross with 38, and Peter Kelly on 39 points. Alan Wade and Dave Corlett tied for third place in class A with 38 points each, led by Micheal Cross on 41 and Stevie Craine on 42.

Meanwhile with 43 points the Ballaneven Cup goes to Mark Barnett, who would like to express his gratitude to previous champion Richard Kneen for the loan of his gun today.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Barnett (43)

Class A

  1. S Craine (42)
  2. M Cross (41)
  3. D Corlett (38)
  4. A Wade (38)

Class B

  1. P Kelly (39)
  2. S Cross (38)
  3. R Corlett (36)

Class C

  1. R Kneen (41)
  2. J Kneen (29)
R Kneen, P Kelly, S Craine, D Corlett, J Kneen, M Barnett, R Corlett, M Cross, S Cross