Category: Competition Updates

Winter 2021 Pre-Christmas Cracker

A Festive Trio of Targets

The annual pre Christmas shoot was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry calm but misty conditions and was sponsored by the club as a way of a thank you to members for their support over the past year.

It was a new format this year with Skeet Doubles, Double Rise and a shortened Pro Sporting to make it a 60 target shoot. The leaders of A class after the Skeet Doubles were Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits with a full house, hitting all 20 targets with George Davies, John Moore and Giulio Fabrizio next on 18. In B class Michael Cross was the leader also on 20 with with Will Rand, Mark Barnett and Brian Faragher next all on 17. Steven Rand was the C class leader on 15 with Brian Kelly next on 14 followed by Nicky Barnett on 13.

The next discipline was Double Rise and Stan Cross first with a running total of 34 with Steven Craine next on 33 followed by Paul Mihailovits in third place on 31. Michel Cross was still the leader of B class also on 34 points the same as his Dad in A class, but we had a four way tie for second place between Will Rand, Brian Faragher, Mark Barnett and Ted Kermeen all on 28. Steven Rand was still the leader of C class with 22 points with Brian Kelly and Allana Wade in equal second place on 21 with Nicky Barnett and Orry Watterson next on 20.

The final discipline Pro Sporting saw Allana Wade taking third place in C class with 32 points with Brian Kelly in second place on 33 points but taking C class with 34 points was Steven Rand. In B class Brian Faragher was third on 44 with Mark Barnett second on 45 with Will Rand taking B class with 46 points, Michael Cross who was leading B class shot 19 on the pro sporting to take highgun overall with 53 points beating his dad by two points who was the winner of A class on 51 points, Paul Mihailovits was second in A on 49 with George Davies taking third place on 48.

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (J) (20, 14, 19 = 53)

Class A

  1. S Cross (20, 14, 17 = 51)
  2. P Mihailovits (20, 11, 18 = 49)
  3. G Davies (18, 12, 18 = 48)

Class B

  1. W Rand (17, 11, 18 = 46)
  2. M Barnett (17, 11, 17 = 45)
  3. B Faragher (17, 11, 16 = 44)

Class C

  1. S Rand (15, 7, 12 = 34)
  2. B Kelly (14, 7, 12 = 33)
  3. A Wade (JL) (12, 9, 11 = 32)
Pre-Christmas Winners: P Mihailovits, B Kelly, G Davies, S Rand, D Corlett, A Wade, J Moore, M Cross, S Craine, S Cross

Winter Skeet Utopia

English Skeet, Second Round

The second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter series English skeet league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 26 competitors taking part in dull, misty and damp conditions.

We had three way tie for first place after the first round between Dave Corlett, John Moore and Jeff Corkill who all hit 25 straights followed by Stan Cross, Paul Mihailovits and B class shooter Peter Kelly on 24. The leader of C class was lady shooter Nicky Barnett with 22 followed by junior Zac Bellhouse in second place on 21.

After the second round Orry Watterson finished in third place in C class with 36 points with Alan Wright taking second place on 38 but taking C class with a very good score of 43 was junior Zac Bellhouse. In B class we had a tie for third place between Ted Kermeen and Will Rand on 45, in second place on 46 was junior Joe Faragher but taking B class with 47 points was Peter Kelly. In A class we had a tie for second place between John Moore and Jeff Corkill on 48 but taking A class with 49 points hitting a straight in his second round was Stan Cross.

Results

A Class

  1. S Cross (24, 25 = 49)
  2. J Moore,
    J Corkill (25, 23 = 48)

B Class

  1. P Kelly (24, 23 = 47)
  2. J Faragher (J) (23, 23 = 46)
  3. W Rand (23, 22 = 45)
    T Kermeen (22, 23 = 45)

C Class

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (21, 22 = 43)
  2. A Wright (19, 19 = 38)
  3. O Watterson (19, 17 = 36)
Group of happy clay target shooters
Skeet Winners: J Faragher, Z Bellhouse, E Kermeen, J Corkill, P Kelly, S Cross, A Wright, J Moore

Second Round Pro Sporting

Winter League at Halfway Point

The second round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting League sponsored by Brian Faragher was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry but cold conditions.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were A class shooter George Davies and B class shooter Peter Kelly on 24, in third place on 23 was A shooter Dave Corlett. Peter Fabrizio was the leading C class shooter on 19.

After the second layout in C class lady shooter Nicky Barnett was in third place on 27 with Alan Wright taking second place on 29 but taking C class by nine points was Peter Fabrizio on 38. In B class Will Rand was in third place on 43 with Peter Kelly taking second place on 44 but winning B class with 45 points was Paul Mihailovits.

In A class we had a tie for second place between Dave Corlett and John Moore who both shot 43 but the winner of A class and overall highgun was George Davies on 46.

Results

Class A

  1. G Davies (24, 22 = 46)
  2. D Corlett (23, 20)
    J Moore (19, 24 = 43)

Class B

  1. Mihailovits (22, 23 = 45)
  2. P Kelly (24, 20 = 44)
  3. W Rand (21, 22 = 43)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (19, 19 = 38)
  2. A Wright (14, 15 = 29)
  3. N Barnett (L) (13, 14 = 27)

Next week is the second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet League followed by the AGM of the club at approximately 1 p.m.

Wet & Windy Winter DTL

First round of 2021 Winter DTL League

The first round of the CU PLAS CALLOW winter DTL league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 20 competitors taking part in calm and mainly dry conditions.

The leader after the first round in A class was John Moore with a perfect 25/75 straight with Mike Walker 24/71, Steven Craine 25/71, Mike Parr 24/71 and junior Arran Wade 24/71 all in equal second place. Peter Lowe was the B class leader with a 25/74 straight with George Davies 24/69 and Jack Clague 25/69 in equal second place. Junior Ted Davis 24/69 and Mark Barnett 25/69 were the leaders of C class with lady junior shooter Allana Wade in third place on 23/62.

Allana Wade improved in her second round to finishing in third place in C class on 46/127, second place in C class went to Ted Davis on 45/135 but taking C class with a well shot 48/141 was Mark Barnett. In B class we had a tie for second place between Jack Clague and George Davies on 48/137 but taking B class with 48/140 was Peter Lowe. The first round leader in A class John Moore finished in third place in A class with 48/141 but we had a tie for first place between Mike Walker and junior Arran Wade who both shot 49/144.

Results

A Class

  1. M Walker,
    A Wade (J) 49/144
  2. J Moore 48/141

B Class

  1. 1st P Lowe (48/140)
  2. G Davies,
    J Clague (48/137)

C Class

  1. M Barnett (48/141)
  2. T Davis (J) (45/135)
  3. All Wade (JL) (46/127)
P Lowe, J Clague, Arr Wade, J Moore, M Walker, T Davis, All Wade, M Barnett

Winter Skeet Kicks Off

2021 English Skeet Winter League – Round 1

The first leg of the Utopia sponsored English Skeet league took place a Meary Veg in Santon. We had a good turnout of 22 competitors in sunny but cold conditions, with the sun affecting many of the competitors when they took to the first stand.

The leaders after the first round of 25 targets were Junior Joe Faragher and Veteran John Moore with 24 closely followed by Paul Mihailovits on 23 with another three competitors tying on 22.  After a well-deserved hot drink and a sausage bap the squads went out again to shoot their final round, with four 24’s being posted.

Results

A Class

  1. Paul Mihailovits (47)
  2. Giulio Fabrizio (46)
  3. Dave Corlett,
    John Moore (45)

B Class

  1. Joe Faragher (J) (46)
  2. Peter Fabrizio,
    Will Rand (41)

C Class

  1. Stephen Rand (36)
  2. Brian Kelly,
    Alan Wright (33)

We also had a new shooter taking part in his first competition having only been down the range a couple of time that was Wayne Barsby, well shot Wayne.

English Skeet Winners: B Kelly, G Fabrizio, P Fabrizio, S Rand, D Corlett, J Faragher, J Moore, P Mihailovits, A Wright