Olympic Skeet Manx Championship
The IOM Olympic skeet championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry calm but dull conditions.
The leader after the first round was veteran David Clague with a well shot 24, in second place on 22 was Michael Cross with another veteran Dave Corlett in third place on 20. Cross was the new leader after the second round with a running total of 45 with Clague now in second place on 42 with Corlett still in third place on 41.
It was still the same order after the third round with Cross on 66, Clague on 64 and Corlett on 60 followed by Jeff Corkill and Giulio Fabrizio in equal forth place on 56. After the forth round we had Ted Davis finishing in fourth place on 75 with Jeff Corkill taking third place with 77 points but we had a tie for first place between Clague and Cross who both finished after the 100 on 85 so a sudden death shoot of was required to find a winner.
Clague shot first and hit three of his four targets, so did Cross. In the second batch of four Clague scored two, so did Cross but in the final two pairs Clague missed three to Cross’s two so Michael Cross is the new IOM Olympic skeet champion, well done Michael.
Results
- M Cross (85 + 7)
- D Clague (85 + 6)
- J Corkill (77)
- T Davis (75)
- S Cross (74)
- D Corlett (74)
Full results are available on our Summer 2024 One-off Competitions page.