Joint Victory for Kelly and Mihailovits

English Sporting Summer League, Round 1

The first round of the Isle of Man Clay Pigeon Shooting Club’s Summer Sporting League was held at Meary Veg, Santon today, where 22 competitors battled the elements as well as fifty testing targets spread across five stands.

Sporting veteran Paul Mihailovits wasted no time in making his mark on stand one with nine points scored, followed by Rob Corlett, Mark Hepworth, and Mark Barnett on eight. Stand two saw Peter Kelly and Brian Faragher join Barnett and Mihailovits with almost perfect nines, while Brian Kelly and new / unclassified shooter Mark Corrin scooped eight targets each.

The third stand featured a tricky battue target which rotates as it slices through the air as well as a naughty jumping rabbit, but neither of these nasties fazed Rob Corlett as he smashed his way to a perfect ten, followed by Peter Kelly and Ben Stembridge with nine apiece. Brian Faragher looked like he too would clean this testing stand but was cheated of two points by leaping bunnies and had to settle for eight, as did Dave Corlett and Mark Barnett.

Stand four provided everybody with equal opportunity to score ten points, but only Peter Kelly, Paul Mihailovits and Corlett Junior took advantage, clearing the high chandelle and incoming midi with aplomb, while Nicky Barnett and husband Mark had to settle for nine hits each. Level pegging on eight were Mark Corrin, Will Rand, and John Moore.

Stand number five – the only one not shot from the relative comfort of our shelters – featured a pair of incoming ducks attempting to roost on our dedicated beginner’s range, but Dave Corlett had other ideas and smashed all ten clays, the only one to clear a stand which we had initially thought too easy. Mark Corrin also did well and missed just one watery fowl, while John Moore, Mark Hepworth, Andre Visnjov, Brian Faragher and Mark Sweetman each let two get away, so at least we’ve got a couple of breeding pairs.

The end of a very wet and windy day’s shooting saw Mark Corrin and Dave Corlett finish with 38 points overall, with Mark Barnett on 39 and Rob Corlett on 41, but joint top guns were Peter Kelly and Paul Mihailovits with 42 points each. Our sincere thanks to Suntera Global for once again sponsoring the league and supporting clay sports on the Isle of Man, and to Sheila Kelly for keeping us all going with mugs of tea and sausage baps. Next week it’s the first round of ABT, DTL and Olympic Skeet, with Brian Faragher and Will Rand at the helm for Saturday practice.

Results

Class A

  1. P Kelly (42)
  2. P Mihailovits (42)
  3. R Corlett (41)

Class B

  1. D Corlett (38)
  2. B Faragher (36)
  3. J Moore (35)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (31)
  2. B Kelly (28)
  3. E Rixon (28)
  4. N Barnett (L)(28)

League

P Mihailovits, R Corlett, P Kelly, M Sweetman, E Rixon, B Kely, J Moore, N Barnett, D Corlett

Mihailovits leads Summer Skeet

English Skeet Summer League, Round 1

The first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

We had a three way tie for first place in A class with Paul Mihailovits, Roman Sammer and James Simpson all on 24 followed by Jeff Corkill on 23. Leading B class were Dave Corlett and Mark Hepworth on 22 with Peter Kelly and Mike Walker in equal third place on 20. In C class we had lady shooter Madeleine Simpson on 22 with Peter Fabrizio in second place on 20 followed by Liam Kirkpatrick in third place on 19.

After the second round in C class we had a tie for second place between Liam Kirkpatrick and Madeleine Simpson on 39 points but taking C class with 42 points was Peter Fabrizio. We also had a tie for third place in B class between Dave Corlett and Peter Kelly on 41 points with Mark Hepworth taking second place on 42 but winning B class with 44 points was Mike Walker. We had another tie in A class with Roman Sammer and Jeff Corkill tying for third place on 44 points, James Simpson was in second place on 45 but top of the class with 48 points was last years league winner  Paul Mihailovits, (it could have been 49 if he had not missed low house seven in the first round)

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (48)
  2. J Simpson (45)
  3. R Sammer (44)
  4. J Corkill (44)

Class B

  1. M Walker (44)
  2. M Hepworth (42)
  3. P Kelly (41)
  4. D Corlett (41)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (42)
  2. M Simpson (39)
  3. L Kirkpatrick (39)

League

Walker takes the High Road

Winter All-Round

The Winter All Round kindly sponsored by Strand Vets was held at Meary Veg Santon with 25 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

The leader after the DTL and English skeet sections which were both been shot at the same time was trap shooter Mike Walker with 146 points mainly down to him hitting his maiden 25 straight in English skeet. In second place on 141 was Paul Mihailovits with Mark Barnett in third place on 134, Mark having the best round of DTL with a 25/74 straight, John Moore was in fourth place on 133 with the leading B class shooters Will Rand and junior Joe Faragher next on 125. Leading C class at this stage was Andre Visnjov on 122 with lady shooter Irene Stockil in second place in C on 111.

The Pro Sporting layout which was shot from the high bank had some very good targets on it and once all had shot we had the following results. In C class Mike Whitehead was in third place on 149 with Andre Visnjov taking second place on 158 but winning C class with 162 points was lady shooter Irene Stockil. We had a tie for second place in B class between junior Joe Faragher and Dave Corlett on 182 but winning B class with 188 points was Will Rand. John Moore was third in A class on 187 with Mark Barnett taking second place on 188 and winning A class with 195 was Paul Mihailovits, but the performance of the day has to go to Mike Walker who was the only shooter to stay in the twenties and break the two hundred barrier to win the Winter all Round with a grand total of 205 – well done Mike!

The prizes at the end were presented by Andre Visnjov of Strand Vets. A big thank you to all that made it a very good shoot.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Walker (205)

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (195)
  2. M Barnett (188)
  3. J Moore (187)

Class B

  1. W Rand (188)
  2. D Corlett (182)
  3. J Faragher (182)

Class C

  1. I Stockil (L)(162)
  2. A Visnjov (158)
  3. M Whitehead (149)

Next week is a work party to get the range ready for the summer season which starts on Sunday March 4th which is the first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league.

W Rand, P Mihailovits, D Corlett, A Visnjov, M Walker, I Stockil, M Whitehead, J Moore, M Barnett

High Gun Tie for Cross and Mihailovits

English Skeet Winter League, Round 4

The fourth and final round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter series English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in calm cool conditions.

The leaders after the first round were A class shooters Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits on 24, in equal third place on 22 were John Moore (A)  and Joe Faragher the leader of B class. The leading C class shooter at this stage was Giulio Fabrizio with 20 points.

After the second round we had the following results: in C class in equal third place were Brian Kelly and Irene Stockil on 38 points, in second place on 39 was Peter Fabrizio but taking C class with 42 points was Giulio Fabrizio. Peter Kelly was third in B class on 43 with junior Joe Faragher taking second place on 44 but winning B class with 45 points was Will Rand. In A class John Moore was third on 46 but we had a tie for first place between Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits both scoring 47 points.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (47)
  2. S Cross (47)

Class B

  1. W Rand (45)
  2. J Faragher (J)(44)
  3. P Kelly (43)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (42)
  2. P Fabrizio (39)
  3. I Stockil (L)(38)
  4. B Kelly (38)

Stembridge Shows the Way

2023 Winter Pro Sporting – Round Four

The fourth and final round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting league kindly sponsored by Will Rand was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in very windy but dry conditions.

The leader after the the first layout was B class shooter Ben Stembridge with 22 points, in second place on 21 was A class Michael Cross with Joe Faragher (A) and Mark Riley (B) in equal third place on 20 followed by Liam Kirkpatrick (B) on 18 and making up the top six was John Moore (A) on 17.

On the second layout with the wind getting even stronger making the targets very unpredictable we had the following results. In C class Sue Doyle finished in third place with 17 points with Richard Kelly taking second place with 18 points but winning C class with 22 points was Harvey Stembridge. In B class Liam Kirkpatrick and Stan Cross tied for second place on 35 points but taking B Class with 42 points and also highgun on the day was Ben Stembridge.

In A class we had a tie for third place between Peter Kelly and Rob Corlett with 33 points, in second place on 38 was Michael Cross with junior Joe Faragher taking A class with 39 points.

Results

Class A

  1. J Faragher (J)(39)
  2. M Cross (38)
  3. P Kelly (33)
  4. R Corlett (33)

Class B

  1. B Stembridge (42)
  2. S Cross (35)
  3. L Kirkpatrick (35)

Class C

  1. H Stembridge (22)
  2. R Kelly (18)
  3. S Doyle (L)(17)
L Kirkpatrick, P Kelly, M Cross, B Faragher, J Faragher, S Cross, H Stembridge, S Doyle, R Corlett, B Stembridge