Bumper League Weekend

It was a busy weekend at Meary Veg with four league shoots taking place. First up was the fourth round of The Tower Insurance DTL league held in near perfect conditions.

Summer DTL League, Round Four

We a tie for the lead after the first round between Peter Kelly and Phil Ward with 25/73 straights, in equal third place was Mike Whitehead with a 25/72 straight closely followed by lady shooter Lyn McCloud with a 25/71 straight.

At the end of the second round Mike Whitehead finished in third place in C class on 46/134, in second place on 47/136 was Ted Kermeen and in first place on 46/137 was Rob Marshall. John Moore was second in B class on 42/120 with Calum Craine taking B with 48/140.

Peter Kelly was third in A class on 44/123 with Manx champion Mike Walker in second place on 48/142 ,Mike having a perfect 25/75 in his second round, but winning with 50 straight and 148 points was Phil Ward who also had a perfect 25 straight in his second round which also earned him the Ian Faragher High gun cup.

Results

Class A

  1. P Ward (148)
  2. M Walker (142)
  3. P Kelly (123)

Class B

  1. C Craine (140)
  2. J Moore (120)

Class C

  1. R Marshall (137)
  2. T Kermeen (136)
  3. M whitehead (134)

League

  1. 17 Mar
  2. 14 Apr
  3. 19 May
  4. 11 Aug
  5. 22 Sep
  6. 20 Oct

Olympic Skeet League, Round Four

The next event was the fourth round of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic skeet league with the Parkinson high gun cup up for grabs.

The joint leaders after the first round were Jeff Corkill and Ted Davis on 21 with Stan Cross next on 20. At the end of the second round Jeff Corkill and Stan Cross finished in joint second place on 39 but pipping them with a total of 40 points and winning the Parkinson cup was Ted Davis.

Results

Overall

  1. T Davis (40)
  2. S Cross (39)
  3. J Corkill (39)

League

  1. 17 Mar
  2. 14 Apr
  3. 19 May
  4. 11 Aug
  5. 22 Sep
  6. 20 Oct

ABT League, Round Four

The next shoot was the forth round of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league. The leader after the first round was Phil Ward with 22 points, in equal second place on 21 were Rob Watterson and Calum Craine. Calum Craine finished in third place on 41 with Phil Ward and Rob Watterson in equal first place on 43.

Results

Overall

  1. P Ward (43)
  2. R Watterson (43)
  3. C Craine (41)

League

  1. 17 Mar
  2. 14 Apr
  3. 19 May
    11 Aug
  4. 11 Aug
  5. 22 Sep
  6. 20 Oct

ABT League, Round Three

The final shoot of the day was the postponed Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league and the joint winners were Stevie Craine and Rob Watterson with 44 points with Peter Kelly in third place on 37.

There was two cups to be won the first one the J D Faulkner High gun cup and we had the have a sudden death shoot of for this and Rob Watterson was the winner by one. The second cup was the Peter Kelly handicap cup and this went to Ted Kermeen with a total of 50

Results

Overall

  1. S Craine (44)
  2. R Watterson (44)
  3. P Kelly (37)

League

  1. 17 Mar
  2. 14 Apr
  3. 19 May
    11 Aug
  4. 11 Aug
  5. 22 Sep
  6. 20 Oct

Skinner Knuckles Through

Isle of Man ABT Championship, 4 August

The IOM ABT Championship kindly sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon in dull overcast conditions.

The leader after the first round was Arran Wade with 23 points in second place on 21 were Stan Skinner and Mark Riley with Liam Kirkpatrick and Nigel Moffatt next on 20. Stan Skinner was the new leader after round two on 44 points with a three-way tie for second place between Riley, Wade and Moffatt on 42 followed by Watterson on 41.

Skinner was still in the lead after round three on 65 but now Watterson and Riley were in second place on 63 followed by Wade on 62. With all to shoot for in the last round Riley set the target to beat with 83 points but Skinner in the second squad scored 22 to finish in the lead on 87.

Watterson, who was in the last squad, had to hit a straight to beat Skinner but he missed his first target out which meant he had to hit the rest to tie with Skinner, he nearly done it but the pressure got to him and he missed his last target to finish on 86 one behind the winner Skinner on 87 – well done Stan!

Results

  1. S Skinner (87)
  2. R Watterson (86)
  3. M Riley (83)
  4. A Wade (80)
  5. N Moffatt (80)

Next week is the forth round of the Tower Insurance DTL in the  Ian Faragher H/G cup up for grabs, along with the fourth rounds of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic skeet which has the Parkinson H/G cup and the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT leagues in the afternoon.

Fog delays Big Prize

Meary Veg Sporting Grand Prix, 28 July

The Meary Veg Sporting GP kindly sponsored by Irene Stockil was held at Meary Veg Santon with 24 competitors taking part over a very testing course of 12 stands. Due to the very misty weather conditions the start of the shoot had to be delayed for about an hour for it to clear enough to get started.  

Once shooting got under way still in misty conditions the leaders after the first round was A class Michael Cross with 39 points, in second place on 35 was junior Zac Bellhouse who also led C class. The leading B class shooter at this stage was Liam Kirkpatrick on 31, the leading lady was Corina Moffat with 28 points with the leading vet being Paul Mihailovits on 33.

After a short break the second round got under way in bright sunshine over another set of 50 targets shot over six stands and at the end of the shoot we had the following results:

Neil Parsons was the winner of A class on 65 with Dave Corlett second on 63 but we had to have a shoot off for third place between Rob Corlett and Stan Cross who both shot 61 which Stan won by one target.

In B Class Liam Kirkpatrick was first on 66 with junior Joe Faragher taking second in B on 63, but again we had a tie for third place between Will Rand and Brian Faragher which Will won 4/3. In C Class another junior Zac Bell house was first on 62 with Roman Sammer taking second place on 54 with Les Devlin third on 45. Corina Moffatt won the ladies section with 52 points with Joe Faragher taking the juniors prize on 63.

Nigel Moffatt was third overall on 71 with Paul Mihailovits taking the runners up spot with 74 points but top gun on the day by one point and winning the Will Rand high gun cup was Michael Cross with 75 points.

The leading team was Neil Parsons and Paul Mihailovits on 139 in second place on 136 was Stan and Michael Cross with Dave and Rob Corlett taking third place on 124.

In the handicap team event Roman Sammer and Mark Hepworth were the winners on 193 with juniors Olie Tobin and Joe Faragher in second place on 189 and in third place on 182 was Brian Faragher and Will Rand.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Cross (75)
  2. P Mihailovits (74)
  3. N Moffat (71)

Class A

  1. N Parsons (65)
  2. D Corlett (63)
  3. S Cross (61)

Class B

  1. L Kirkpatrick (66)
  2. J Faragher (J)(63)
  3. W Rand (59)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(62)
  2. R Sammer (54)
  3. L Devlin (45)

Sporting Squads Announced

2024 English Sporting GP, Sunday 28 July

Squads

One

  1. M Cross
  2. N Parsons
  3. J Faragher (J)
  4. Z Bellhouse (J)
  5. R Kelly
  6. L Devlin

Two

  1. B Faragher
  2. P Mihailovits
  3. R Sammer
  4. N Moffat
  5. L Kirkpatrick
  6. J Williams

Three

  1. P Kelly
  2. J Clague
  3. H Stembridge
  4. O Tobin
  5. R Corlett
  6. D Corlett

Four

  1. S Cross
  2. M Whitehead
  3. M Hepworth
  4. W Rand
  5. C Moffatt (L)
  6. S Doyle (L)

Teams

  • P Kelly
  • J Clague
  • M Cross
  • S Cross
  • D Corlett
  • R Corlett
  • B Faragher
  • W Rand
  • M Hepworth
  • R Sammer
  • N Moffatt
  • C Moffatt
  • J Faragher
  • O Tobin
  • P Mihailovits
  • N Parsons

Almost a Century for Mihailovits

English Skeet Summer League, Round Four

The fourth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 26 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions, which also had the Wilf Cannell Handicap cup up for grabs.

We had a four-way tie for first place after the first round with A class Paul Mihailovits and Stan Cross plus B class Brian Faragher and junior Zac Bellhouse all hitting 25 straights, with C class Andre Vishnjov next on 24, followed by five shooters on 23.

After the second round Ted Kermeen and Madalaine Simpson were in equal second place in C class with 44 points, in first place in  C was Andre Vishnjov with 47 points. We also had a tie for second place in B class between Brian Faragher and Will Rand on 47 but one point ahead in first place on 48 was junior Zac Bellhouse.

We another tie for third in A class between Rachael Bowen Matthews and Jeff Corkill with 47 points each, in second place on 49 was Stan Cross but taking A class and highgun overall was Paul Mihailovits with fifty straight.

In the handicap section for the Wilf Cannell Handicap cup Andre Vishnjov was the winner with 56 points with Sue Doyle next on 55 followed by Madalaine Simpson on 54.

16 shooters carried to complete a 100 targets and Paul Mihailovits just missed out on a 100 straight dropping a target in his last round for a 99.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (50)
  2. S Cross (49)
  3. J Corkill (47)
  4. R B Matthews (L)(47)

Class B

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(48)
  2. W Rand (47)
  3. B Faragher (47)

Class C

  1. A Vishnjov (47)
  2. M Simpson (L)(44)
  3. T Kermeen (44)

Handicap

  1. A Vishnjov (56)
  2. S Doyle (L)(55)
  3. M Simpson (L)(54)

100 League

  1. P Mihailovits (99)
  2. W Rand (95)
  3. R Sammer (94)

League

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