Close Battle for DTL Top Slot

Winter DTL League, Round Three

Before the third round of Cu Plas Callow Winter series DTL league a shot gun salute was held for David Clague a long time member of the club who passed away last Monday with his family by his side.

Chairman Peter Kelly said a few words in the club house before members friends and family braved the weather to give David a shot gun salute as a tribute and send off to him from the club he helped build, hope you liked it Dave.

The results of the third round of the Cu Plas callow DTL league were as follows:

Results

Class A

  1. M Walker (45/131)
  2. P Kelly (43/125)
  3. P Ward (43/123)

Class B

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(46/130)
  2. M Riley (45/128)
  3. S Craine (42/125)

Class C

  1. C Craine (45/125)
  2. L MacLeod (L)(44/124)
  3. W MacLeod (40/116)

League

  1. 24 Nov
  2. 15 Dec
  3. 05 Jan
  4. 26 Jan

Calum Claims Christmas

2024 Christmas SB DTL

The Christmas Single Barrel DTL shoot kindly sponsored once again by TOP SPEC FENCING was held at Meary Veg Santon in near ideal conditions. There was four cups up for grabs over various class’s .

The leader after the first round were C class shooter Winky MacLeod and junior unclassified Joe Faragher on 24 with Calum Craine and Mike Walker next on 23 followed by Steven Craine, Phil Ward, Giulio Fabrizio and Ted Kermeen on 22. In between rounds the non members who had entered took to the stands to shoot for the Phil Yewdall memorial cup and the winner was Tom Maddrell with 18 points with Lucy Faragher next on 42 which won her the Faragher ladies Non Members cup and in third place was Tom Moore on 39.

Once all the scores had been collated, we had the following results ,in the junior section Joe Fargher was the winner on 129 with Zac Bellhouse second on 126. The winner in the unclassified was also Joe Faragher with Giulio Fabrizio second with Mark Hepworth, Stan Skinner and Will Rand all tying for third place on 108 .

The winner in C class was Winky MacLeod on 135 with Lyn MacLeod second on 108 and Jon Williams third on 102. In B class Steven Craine was the winner on 135 with Zac Bellhouse second on 126 and Mark Riley third on 120. In A class Ted Kermeen was third on 120 with Phil Ward taking second place with 132 points and winning A class with 135 was Mike Walker.

This only left the High gun and Handicap cups to be decided In the handicap section Jon Williams was the winner with 167 points and the high gun cup the winner was Calum Craine with 141 points , Well done Calum.

Results

High Gun

  1. C Craine (47/141)

Class A

  1. M Walker (45/135)
  2. P Ward (44/132)
  3. T Kermeen (40/120)

Class B

  1. S Craine (45/135)
  2. Z Bellhouse (42/126)
  3. M Riley (40/120)

Class C

  1. W MacLeod (45/135)
  2. L MacLeod (36/108)
  3. J Williams (35/105)

Cross wins Christmas Shoot

2024 Club Christmas Shoot

A hardy core of 20 shooters took part in the annual pre-Christmas All Round Competition sponsored by the club with all entrants getting a selection box for entering the shoot which was held in wet, cold and very windy conditions.

All the class prizes were meat prizes of Beef, Pork and Ham
The shoot was held over three disciplines with the SBDTL, and the Skeet doubles being shot first, with 20 targets in each discipline .
The leader after these two disciplines was A class Michael Cross on 34 points ,in second place on 31 was B class Calum Craine with junior Zac Bellhouse, Ted Kermeen, Rob Corlett and Mark Hepworth next on 29 . The leading C class shooter at this stage was John Kneen on 21.

After a short break to the shooters were re-squadded in ascending order before the Pro Sporting got under way. The final results were as follows ,in the team event the winners were Andre Vishnjov and Ted Kermeen on 83 points with Calum Craine and John Moore taking second place with 82 points and in third place with 78 points were Mark Hepworth and Stan Cross .

In the class’s Johnathon McCarthy was third in C class on 15 points with Les Devlin taking second place on 24 but winning C class with 26 points was lady shooter Sue Doyle. In B class we had to have a shoot off for third place between junior Zac Bellhouse and Ted Kermeen with Zac claiming third place . We also had a shoot off for 1st and 2nd between Calum Craine and Andre Vishnjov with Calum taking first place and Andre second.

We also had a shoot off for second and third in A class between John Moore and Peter Kelly with John taking second place and winning A class with 40 points was Stan Cross which only leave the highgun which was Micheal Cross with a well shot 51 points .

Results

High Gun

  1. M Cross (51)

Class A

  1. S Cross (40)
  2. J Moore (39+2)
  3. P Kelly (39+1)

Class B

  1. C Craine (43+2)
  2. A Vishnjov (43+1)
  3. Z Bellhouse (40+2)

Class C

  1. S Doyle (26)
  2. L Devlin (24)
  3. J McCarthy (15)

Next week is the main Christmas shoot over 50 SBDTL sponsored by Top Spec Fencing . Any body wanting there names down for the dinner ,presentation at the Crosby Hotel please contact PETER on 461203 ASAP.
Peter Kelly

Craine Class Double

Winter DTL League, Round Two

The second round of the CU PLAS CALLOW Winter series DTL held at Meary Veg Santon in dry but overcast conditions.

The leader after the first round was veteran Peter Kelly with a25/72 straight ,in equal second place on 71 points were Steven Craine ,Mike Walker and Phil Ward  with Ward also hitting a straight to Craine’s and Walker’s 24’s.Leading C class at this stage was Calum Craine with a round of 24/69.

At the end of the second round, we had loan lady shooter Lyn McCleod in third place in C class on 125 points with George Davies in second place one point ahead on 126 but taking C class with 137 points was Calum Craine. Brian Faragher was second in B class with 126 points and winning B class, with his new haircut, was Steven Craine with 139 points which proved to be the best score on the day also. Ted Kermeen was third in a class on 133 with Mike Walker taking second place on 136 but winning A class with 137 points was Phild Ward.

Results

Class A

  1. P Ward (48/137)
  2. M Walker (46/136)
  3. T Kermeen (48/133)

Class B

  1. S Craine (47/139)
  2. B Faragher (46/126)

Class C

  1. C Craine (48/137)
  2. G Davies (45/126)
  3. L McCleod (L)(43/125)

League

  1. 24 Nov
  2. 15 Dec
  3. 05 Jan
  4. 26 Jan

Next week is the pre-Christmas shoot over 20 Skeet Doubles,20 SB DTL and 20 Pro sporting. There will be meat prizes for 1st,2nd,3rd in A,B,C class’s sponsored by the club

The main Christmas shoot is on Sunday 29th December sponsored once again by TOP SPEC FENCING over 50 SB DTL with the prize presentation at the Crosby Hotel after the meal. The sheet for the meal is now up in the club house please put your names down before the 22nd ,if you want your name putting down ring Peter on 461203 to book your place.

Faragher and Corlett High Guns

Pro Sporting Winter League, Round Two

The second round of the STRAND VETS Winter series Pro Sporting League was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in cold, dry but windy conditions.

The leader after the first layout was Rob Corlett with 20 points, in second place on 18 was junior Zac Bellhouse with Brian Faragher in third place on 17. The second layout proved to be a be bit easier with Irene Stockil and Les Devlin tying for third place in C class on 22 points, in second place in C was Jeff Corkill on 25 and taking C class with 28 points was Ted Kermeen.

Mark Hepworth was third in B class on 32 with Zac Bellhouse taking second place on 36 and taking B class with a joint top score of 38 points was Rob Corlett. We had a tie for second place in A class between Liam Kirkpatrick and Stan Cross on 34 points but taking A class and also joint highgun was Brian Faragher on 38.

Results

Class A

  1. B Faragher (38)
  2. L Kirkpatrick (34)
  3. S Cross (34)

Class B

  1. R Corlett (38)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J)(36)
  3. M Hepworth (32)

Class C

  1. T Kermeen (28)
  2. J Corkill (25)
  3. L Devlin (22)
  4. I Stockil (22)

League

  1. 17 Nov
  2. 08 Dec
  3. 12 Jan
  4. 02 Feb