Barsby lands Leonetti Cup

Summer Skeet Round Five

The fifth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet League league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 18 competitors taking part in dry hot sunny conditions, which also had the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup up for grabs.

The joint leaders after the first round were Chairman Peter Kelly, vice Chairman Will Rand and Jeff Corkill with 24 points. In equal forth place were Paul Mihailovits and C class shooter Zac Bellhouse on 23 and making up the top six were John Moore, Madeleine Simpson and Brian Faragher on 22. We also had two shooters making their league debut in Daniel Zorab and John Gaydon who both shot well to record 16 and 14 respectively.

After the second round Brian Kelly and Rob Marshall finished in equal second place in C class with 41 points but taking C class with 48 points was junior Zac Bellhouse who recorded his first 25 straight in his second round – well done Zac! In B class Irene Stockil was in  third place with 41 points with Brian Faragher taking second place with 43 points but taking first place in B was Madeleine Simpson with 44 points. Paul Mihailovits and Jeff Corkill were in equal third place in A class with 47 points with Will Rand taking second place on 48 but taking the highgun and A class with 49 points was Peter Kelly.

In the handicap section for the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup Wayne Barsby was the run away winner with 64 points. Six shooters carried on to complete a 100 targets and Paul Mihailovits was top gun on 97 with Jeff Corkill second on 94 and John Moore third on 91.

Results

Class A

  1. P Kelly (24, 25 = 49)
  2. W Rand (24, 24 = 48)
  3. P Mihailovits (23, 24 = 47)
  4. J Corkill (24, 23 = 47)

Class B

  1. M Simpson (L) (22, 22 = 44)
  2. B Faragher (22, 21 = 43)
  3. I Stockil (L) (21, 20 = 41)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (23, 25 = 48)
  2. B Kelly (18, 23 = 41)
  3. R Marshall (21, 20 = 41)

Handicap

  1. W Barsby (38 + 26 = 64)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J) (48 + 12 = 60)
  3. B Kelly (41 + 15 = 56)

Next week is the IOM Sport Trap Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies. Duty Officers this week are D Corlett & M Parr.

English Skeet (5) Winners: P Kelly, W Rand, J Corkill, W Barsby, R Marshall, P Mihailovits, B Kelly, Z Bellhouse, I Stockil, M Simpson