English Sporting Summer League, Round 2
The second round of the Suntara Summer Sporting League was held at Meary Veg Santon with 23 competitors taking part in very windy but dry warm conditions over five testing stands.
The leader after the first stand were Jack Clague, Paul Mihailovits, Rob Corlett and leading B class shooter George Davies with perfect 10’s. George Davies was in the lead on his own after the second stand with 18 points followed by Michael Cross in second place on 17 with Stan Cross, Rob Corlett, Will Rand, Mark Corrin and John Moore all tying for third place on 16. Davies was still in the lead after the third stand scoring 9 for a running total of 27 with Michael Cross in second place on 25 followed by Paul Mihailovits, Stan Cross, Rob Corlett and Mark Corrin all tying for third place on 24.
The leading C class shooter at this stage was Sue Doyle with 20 points. We had a new leader after stand four in Michael Cross with 35 points with George Davies now in second place on 34 with Paul Mihailovits in third place on 33. Sue Doyle maintained her lead in C class with 25 points. After the fifth and final stand we had Andre Vishnjov third in C class on 28 points with Sue Doyle and Calum Craine tying for first place on 30 points. Mark Corrin and Will Rand were in equal second place in B class with 37 points but taking B class with 39 points was George Davies. We also had a tie for third place in A class between Stan Cross and Rob Corlett on 38 points, runner up in A class was Paul Mihailovits on 42 points but winning A class and also high gun on the day was Michael Cross.