Category: Competition Updates

Kelly Leads the Way

The fifth round of the Suntera Global English Sporting league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 26 competitors talking part in dry but overcast conditions.

The leader after the first stand were George Davies and Peter Kelly with perfect 10’s with Mark Corrin and Mark Sweetman in third place on 9 followed by junior Zac Bellhouse and Mark Barnett on 8. We had a new leader after stand two in Mark Corrin with 17 points with George Davies in second place on 16 closely followed by Peter Kelly in third place on 15. We had joint leaders after stand three with Kelly and Corrin both on 24 with Mark Barnett now in third place on 23. Kelly was in the lead on his own after stand four on 33 with Corrin, Barnett and John Taylor now in equal second place on 30 with Bellhouse next on 29.

After the fifth and last stand we had the following results, in C class in equal third place were are lady shooter Sue Doyle and Nicky Barnett on 27, in second place on 32 was Mark Hepworth with Zac Bellhouse taking C class with 39 points. We also had a tie for third place in B class between Will Rand and Liam Kirkpatrick on 34 with George Davies taking second place on 37 but winning B class with 39 points was Mark Corrin. The ties just kept coming as we had a three-way tie for third place in A class between Paul Mihailovits, Dave Corlett and Mark Barnett on 38 points, in second place on 40 points was newcomer John Taylor but winning A class and also high gun on the day was Peter Kelly with 41 points.

Results

Class A

  1. P Kelly (41)
  2. J Taylor (40)
  3. M Barnett (38)
  4. D Corlett (38)
  5. P Mihailovits (38)

Class B

  1. M Corrin (39)
  2. G Davies (37)
  3. L Kirkpatrick (34)
  4. W Rand (34)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(39)
  2. M Hepworth (32)
  3. N Barnett (L)(27)
  4. S Doyle (L)(27)

League

  1. 10 Mar
  2. 07 Apr
  3. 12 May
  4. 09 Jun
  5. 15 Sep
  6. 13 Oct
P Kelly, M Hepworth, Z Bellhouse, S Doyle, M Barnett, D Corlett, J Taylor, L Kirkpatrick, P Mihailovits

Moffatt Masters the Wind

Isle of Man Sport Trap Championship, 8 September 2024

The IOM Sport trap Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon with 23 competitors taking part in dry but very windy conditions, making setting the targets very difficult.

The leader after the first round was Marty Kneen with 22 points, in second place on 21 was Nigel Moffatt with Paul Mihailovits, Jack Kneen and Alan Kinrade in equal third place on 20. Marty Kneen was still in the lead after round two with 44 points, with Moffatt in second place on 43, followed by Mihailovits in third place on 41. 

It was all change after round three with Nigel Moffatt taking the lead with 63 points mainly thanks to Marty Kneen only scoring 16 to be in second place on 60, Liam Kirkpatrick was now in third place on 57 points with Paul Mihailovits now in fourth place on 56 followed by Michael Cross and Jack Kneen on 55.

With the wind getting even stronger for the last round it was anybody’s championship. In the junior section Ollie Tobin was the winner with 40 points.

In fifth place on 75 was Michael Cross with Jack Kneen taking fourth place with 76 points, third place went to Liam Kirkpatrick on 79. The runner up was Marty Kneen on 81 points but taking the championship with 82 points was Nigel Moffatt, well done Nigel.

Results

  1. N Moffatt (82)
  2. M Kneen (81)
  3. L Kirkpatrick (79)
  4. J Kneen (76)
  5. M Cross (75)
  6. P Mihailovits (73)

Fabrizio wins back Family Silverware

The fifth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in dull overcast conditions which also had the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup up for grabs. The joint leaders after the first round were Jeff Corkill and Rachael Bowen Matthews  with perfect 25 straights ,in joint third place on 24 were junior Joe Faragher, Paul Mihailovits and Roman Sammer followed by Will Rand ,Dave Corlett, Stan Cross and Les Devlin on 23. At the end of the second round we had the following results ,third place in C class went to Ted Kermeen with 42points and in equal first place with 43 points were Madalaine Simpson and Giulio Fabrizio. We also had a tie for third place in B class between Peter Kelly and Mark Hepworth who both scored 45, Mark hitting his maiden 25 straight in his second round ,but tying for first place with 46 points each were Dave Corlett and Will Rand. In A class we had another tie for second place between Rachael Bowen Matthews and Roman Sammer on 48 but taking first place in A with 49 points was Jeff Corkill.

In the battle for the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup it was another tight affair with Jeff Corkill, Mark Hepworth and Madalaine Simpson tying for second place on 53 points but the winner of the Cesar Leonetti handicap cup was his grandson Giulio Fabrizio with 55 points.

Results

Class A

  1. J Corkill (49)
  2. R Sammer (48)
  3. R Bowen Matthews (48)

Class B

  1. W Rand (46)
  2. D Corlett (46)
  3. P Kelly (45)
  4. M Hepworth (45)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (43)
  2. M Simpson 43)
  3. T Kermeen (42)

League

  1. 03 Mar
  2. 31 Mar
  3. 28 Apr
  4. 21 Jul
  5. 01 Sep
  6. 06 Oct

12 shooters carried on to shoot 100 targets and once again Jeff Corkill was high gun along with Roman Sammer on 96, in third place on 94 was Paul Mihailovits with Rachael Bowen Matthews taking forth place on 93 followed by John Moore on 91 and making up the top six was Dave Corlett on 88.

Kelly and Mihailovits Medley

Trap Medley, 25 August

The annual Trap Medley was held at Meary Veg Santon in very poor wet and windy conditions.

The first discipline was normal DTL and the leader at this stage was Mike Walker with 66 points, in second place on 64 was Jack Clague with Peter Kelly in third place on 63. The next discipline was Single Barrel DTL and once again Mike Walker was top scorer with another 66 to lead on 132 in second place on 126 was peter Kelly with John Moore now in third place on 122.

The final discipline was ABT and with the weather getting worse the scores reflected this. In  fifth place on 151 was Jack Clague, with John Moore taking forth place on 155, in third place on 159 was are leader after round two Mike Walker on 159 and taking the runners up spot on 161 was Phil Ward, but the winner with 168 hitting 42 in ABT was Peter Kelly.

Results

  1. P Kelly (168)
  2. P Ward (161)
  3. M Walker (159)

Manx Skeet Championship

On bank holiday Monday the Manx Skeet Championship was held kindly sponsored by John Moore.

Paul Mihailovits and Jeff Corkill  led the way after the first round on with Dave Corlett in third place on 18.

Corlett had the best second round scoring 23 to finish in third place on 41, Jeff Corkill was second on 42 but Mihailovits repeated his first round score of 22 to finish on the winner with 44 points.

Results

  1. P Mihailovits (44)
  2. J Corkill (42)
  3. D Corlett (41)
  4. J Moore (38)

NSSA Skeet Championship

In the afternoon the NASSA Skeet championship was held and we had the same first three but this time a shoot off was required to find a winner between Paul Mihailovits and Jeff Corkill who both scored 48 and it was Mihailovits who was the winner by one point with John Moore in third place on 47 followed by Dave Corlett on 43.

Results

  1. P Mihailovits (48+4)
  2. J Corkill (48+3)
  3. J Moore (47)
  4. D Corlett (43)

Mihailovits All-Round Champion

The club all round championship sponsored by Paul’s Gun Stocks was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry sunny conditions held over five disciplines.

The leader after the English skeet were Paul Mihailovits, Jeff Corkill, John Moor and junior Zac Bellhouse all with 72 points. After the next discipline, DTL Paul Mihailovits was in the lead on his own with 144 points with junior Zac Bellhouse in second place on 137 followed by John Moore in third place on 134.

Mihailovits was still in the lead after the ABT on 198 but we had Michael Cross in second place now on 191 with Peter Kelly , third on 189. Olympic skeet was next and we had a new leader in Michael Cross on 251 with Paul Mihailovits in second place on 246 with Zac Bellhouse in third place on 245 followed by Brian Faragher in forth place on 241.

The final discipline was sporting, and we had a complete turnaround for the final positions. In sixth place overall was junior Zac Bellhouse with 278 points, fifth place went to Brian Faragher on 280 with Stan Cross taking forth place on 287, one point ahead in third place was Peter Kelly on 288, runner up with 302 points was Michael Cross but winning the Club All Round Championship with 312 points was Paul Mihailovits, well shot Paul.

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (312)

Class A

  1. M Cross (302)
  2. P Kelly (288)
  3. J Moore (272)

Class B

  1. S Cross (287)
  2. B Faragher (280)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J)(278)

Class C

  1. A Vishnjov (208)
  2. M Whitehead (181)