Another Skeet Cup for Roman Sammer

English Skeet, 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

Bank Holiday Bonanza

Trap Medley

The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting club hosted the annual Trap Medley kindly sponsored once again by Creer & Kelly Ltd.

16 competitors took to the stands in near ideal conditions. With both DTL and Single Barrel DTL being shot on both ranges the leaders before the final discipline ABT were, in first place was DTL specialist Phil Ward with 136 points, in second place on 128 was veteran Jack Clague with John Moore in third place on 126, we then had four shooters on 125, junior Arran Wade, Peter Kelly, and the Craine boys Calum and Steven.

The last discipline, ABT was shot in reverse order of three squads, in the first squad Mike Parr had the best score of 66 with Rob Corlett scoring 63, in the second squad Steven Craine and Stan Skinner had the best scores with 69 points  followed by George Davies on 66. In the last squad were leader Phil Ward, Jack Clague, John Moore, Peter Kelly, Arran Wade and Calum Craine. Once all the scores were checked we had the following results:

The new Trap Medley Champion is Phil Ward with the only shooter to break the 200 barrier with 205 points in second place on 194 was Steven Craine with Junior Arran Wade third on 191.

Results

  1. P Ward (205)
  2. S Craine (194)
  3. A Wade (J)(191)
  4. G Davies (189)
  5. P Kelly (188)
  6. J Moore (186)

Manx Skeet Championship

On bank holiday Monday the Manx Skeet Championship was held kindly sponsored once again by John Moore and we had a new champion in Jeff Corkill scoring 45 points, we had a three way tie for second place between A class shooters Dave Corlett, Paul Mihailovits and C class Roman Sammer on 44 points.

Results

Class A

  1. D Corlett (44)
  2. P Mihailovits (44)
  3. J Moore (40)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (44)
  2. D Morgan (37)
  3. M Hepworth (32)

NSSA Skeet

In the afternoon the Manx Petroleum’s NASSA skeet competition was held  and we had joint winners with Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits tying for first place with 48 points each, in third place on 47 was Dave Corlett with Jeff Corkill taking fourth place with 46 points followed by Roman Sammer in fifth place on 45 and to round of the top six were John Moore and junior Zac Bellhouse with 42 points.

Results

  1. S Cross (48)
  2. P Mihailovits (48)
  3. D Corlett (47)
  4. J Corkill (46)
  5. R Sammer (45)
  6. J Moore (42)
  7. Z Bellhouse (J)(42)

Bumper Sporting Weekend

It was another busy week at Meary Veg with three competitions. The first competition was the Meary Veg FITASC Championship on Wednesday afternoon/evening kindly sponsored by Brian Faragher.

Meary Veg FITASC Championship

This discipline was new to Meary Veg and all 17 competitors really enjoyed it especially Paul Mihailovits who came away with the championship spoils scoring 40 points. In second place on 38 was Dave Corlett with junior Joe Faragher taking third place on 37. Jack Clague was forth on 34 followed by Will Ennett, Liam Kirkpatrick and Mark Barnett on 33.

Full results here.

Pro Sporting, Round 5

On Sunday morning the fifth round of the Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting league took place with 23 competitors taking part in dry windy conditions.

The leader after the first layout was Peter Kelly with 21 points in second place on 20 were Paul Mihailovits and Steven Craine followed by Rob Corlett, Mark Sweetman and Paul Mihailovits on 19.

After the second layout we had Mike Whitehead in third place in C class on 26 points with Will Ennett and Mark Hepworth in equal first place with 30 points. Brian Faragher was third in B class with 35 points with Mark Sweetman taking second place on 38 points but taking B class with 39 points was Liam Kirkpatrick which was joint high gun on the day with Will Rand who took A class by one point from Dave & Rob Corlett and Paul Mihailovits in equal second place on 38.

Results

Class A

  1. W Rand (39)
  2. D Corlett (38)
  3. R Corlett (38)

Class B

  1. L Kirpatrick (39)
  2. M Sweetman (38)
  3. B Faragher (35)

Class C

  1. M Hepworth (30)
  2. W Ennett (30)
  3. M Whitehead (26)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September

English Sporting, Round 5

In the afternoon we had the fifth round of the Suntera Global sporting league. The leaders after the first stand were juniors Arran Wade and Zac Bellhouse with 9 points. In equal third place on 8 points were  Will Rand and Paul Mihailovits.

After the second stand Paul Mihailovits and John Moore were the joint leaders on 16 points with Alan Wade, Dave Corlett, George Davies, and Arran Wade in equal third place on 15. We had a four way tie for first place after stand three with Paul Mihailovits, Dave Corlett,George Davies and newcomer Ben Stembridge all tying on 24 points followed by Alan Wade on 23.

After stand four we had a clear leader in Paul Mihailovits on 34 points with Ben Stembridge and Alan Wade in equal second place on 33 followed by Dave Corlett on 32. After the fifth and final stand we had the following results, Mark Sweetman finished in third place in C class with 33 points with Mike Whitehead taking second place on 36 but taking C class with 38 points was Liam Kirkpatrick.

In B class Brian Faragher was in third place on 37 points but we had a tie for first place between John Moore and Dave Corlett on 38 points. In A class we had a three way tie for third place between Will Rand, Mark Barnett and George Davies on 37 points. In second place on 39 points was Alan Wade but top of the class with a well shot 44 points was Paul Mihailovits.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (44)
  2. A Wade (39)
  3. G Davies (37)
  4. W Rand (37)
  5. M Barnett (37)

Class B

  1. D Corlett (38)
  2. J Moore (38)
  3. B Faragher (37)

Class C

  1. L Kirkpatrick (38)
  2. M Whitehead (36)
  3. M Sweetman (33)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September

Next week is the Creer & Kelly Trap medley on the Sunday with the Manx Skeet Championship sponsored by John Moore on bank holiday Monday morning followed by the NASSA skeet championship in the afternoon both over 50 targets.

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

ABT Champions in Shoot-off

Isle of Man Balltrap Championship

The IOM Automatic Ball Trap Championship  and kindly sponsored once again by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon with 14 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

The leader after the first round was Stan Skinner with a perfect 25 straight, in second place on 24 was Dave Corlett followed by John Moore in third place on 22 with Steven Craine,Calum Craine ,Alan Wade and Arran Wade next on 21.

Stan Skinner was still in the lead after round two on 47 with Alan Wade and John Moore in equal  second place on 44 followed by Rob and Dave Corlett on 43. Skinner was still in the lead after round three on 69  but his lead was cut to one point with Alan Wade hitting 24 to have a running total of 68 in second place ,John Moore was in third place on 65 with Steven Craine next on 64. 

So with all to shoot for in the last round Wade set the target to beat scoring 23 to finish on 91, Peter Kelly had his best score of the day 23 to finish on 83 to put him in provisional second place. John Moore had a mare in his last round scoring 17 to finish on 82 as did Rob Corlett who also finished on 82. In the last squad was Craine and Skinner who both could get into the top three, Craine finished tying for forth place on 82 along with Moore and Corlett so it was all down to Skinner to see if he could take the Championship and it went down to the last target of the round, hit it he is champion miss it he had a shoot off with Wade and he missed, so a shoot off was required over a full round of 25 and what a shoot of we had ,Skinner won the toss and elected to go first, hitting his first four targets but missed his fifth but Wade hit all five as he did to the other twenty to record a straight to win his first IOM ABT Championship by one point from Stan Skinner – well done Alan!