The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club hosted an English Skeet Selection shoot for Island Games in dry sunny conditions. The joint leaders after the first round were Paul Mihailovits and John Moore with 25 straights, in equal third place were Rachael Bowen Matthews, Giulio Fabrizio and Rob Corlett on 24.
Mihailovits was in the lead on his own after round two hitting another straight, in joint second place were Fabrizio and Moore on 49 with Bowen Matthews and Will Rand next on 48. After round three Mihailovits and Fabrizio were in joint first place on 73 with Bowen Matthews and Moore next on 72 followed by Corlett on 71.
After the forth and final round Bowen Matthews and Mihailovits were joint highgun on 97 with Moore next on 95 followed by Fabrizio in fourth place on 93, fifth place went to Rand on 92 and making the top six were Stan Cross and Rob Corlett on 91.
Next week is the IOM DTL Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies Ltd. WE have a few spaces left for the Hospice Charity shoot on Saturday 25th June, beginners most welcome!
The annual Fabrizio All-Round Cup was this weekend’s hot competition at Meary Veg, Santon, where 13 competitors battled driving fog, gusting wind and variable light to shoot 125 targets across five disciplines. Even clay target shooters have their strengths and weaknesses, which makes for interesting competition and great banter during these mixed events of Trap, Skeet, and Sporting, with each of the five rounds carrying a maximum score of 75 points.
The first discipline was English Skeet, and resident specialist Paul Mihailovits made his mark with the only straight 75, closely followed by Micheal Cross, Peter Kelly, and Giulio Fabrizio all on 72 points thanks to just one miss, which in Mikey’s case was the last target – an unfortunate occurrence. Trap expert Stevie Craine failed to find his groove during this first round, but more than made up for it by scoring a perfect 75 in the second discipline, Down The Line (DTL), where he was pursued by Brian Faragher on 71 and John Moore on 70.
Our third discipline was Olympic Skeet, which differs from English Skeet by virtue of much faster targets, a random delay of up to three seconds, and only being allowed to raise your gun once the target has been spotted. The need to quickly mount the gun from a lowered position places lady shooters at something of a disadvantage, but that didn’t stop Nicky Barnett from putting in a respectable 36, highlighting the beauty of all-round competitions by staying three points clear of the last round’s winner. At the other end of the field, blessed with youthful reflexes and unencumbered by female anatomy, Micheal Cross led the pack with a healthy 69 points, closely followed by Giulio Fabrizio on 66 and Jeff Corkill on 57.
Just as Olympic Skeet could be called an evolution of English Skeet, Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) is very similar to DTL, but now there’s a random vertical component added to the unseen trap’s left-right swing. Once again Stevie Craine was in his element, joining ABT veteran John Moore at the top of the pack with 63 points apiece, closely followed by Micheal Cross, Jeff Corkill, Stanley Cross, Peter Kelly, and Mark Barnett with 57 points each.
The fog thickened outside while competitors were re-grouped in order of merit over mugs of tea and hot baps, before being released to face a final round of 25 very variable targets. Designed to mimic what one might encounter at a game shoot, Sporting targets can differ tremendously in their speed and trajectory, with individual easy ‘birds’ often combining to make challenging pairs. Jeff Corkill’s recent focus on Sporting paid off during this round, bagging him 48 points alongside Brian and Joe Faragher, Mark Barnett, and Stan Cross. Micheal Cross stayed a few points ahead of Dad with 54, but the undisputed victor of a very challenging round was Giulio Fabrizio with 57.
Nothing re-shuffles the pack like a well designed Sporting layout, and today’s final round was no exception – great shooting Mikey!
Results
High Gun
Micheal Cross (316)
Class A
J Moore (295)
P Mihailovits (291)
J Corkill (290)
Class B
G Fabrizio (313)
S Cross (293)
M Barnett (286)
Class C
P Fabrizio (233)
N Barnett (183)
P Fabrizio, P Mihailovits, G Fabrizio, N Barnett, S Cross, M Cross, J Moore, J Faragher, J Corkill
The third round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon in mainly dry sunny conditions.
The leader after the first round was Stan Cross with a perfect 25 straight, in equal second place on 24 were John Moore and Paul Mihailovits with Rachael Bowen Matthews and Peter Kelly next on 23. The leading B class shooter was Madeline Simpson on 22 with Rob Marshall leading C class on 19.
After the second round Wayne Barsby finished in third place in C class with 34 points, taking second place with 38 points was first round leader Rob Marshall but winning C class with 22 in his second round was Brian Kelly with 40 points. Steven Rand was third in B class with 39 points with Peter Fabrizio taking second place on 42 but winning B class with 45 points was Madeleine Simpson.
We had a tie for third place in A class between Paul Mihailovits and Peter Kelly on 47 points, in second place on 48 was John Moore, but the winner of A class who was first in squad one, first to shoot a straight and the only one to hit a fifty straight on the day was Stan Cross – well shot Stan!
Results
Class A
S Cross (50)
J Moore (48)
P Kelly
P Mihailovits (47)
Class B
M Simpson (L)(45)
P Fabrizio (42)
S Rand (39)
Class C
B Kelly (40)
R Marshall (38)
W Barsby (34)
A number of shooters carried on to complete a 100 targets and Paul Mihailovits was the winner on 96 with John Moore second on 95 and Rachael Bowen Mathews third on 92.
P Fabrizio, P Mihailovits, B Kelly, J Moore, R Marshall, S Cross, P Kelly, M Simpson, S Rand, W Barsby
The third round of the Tower Insurance DTL league was held at Meary Veg Santon with twenty competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.
The joint leaders after the first round were A class shooters Mike Walker and Mark Riley with perfect 25/75 rounds in equal third place were John Moore and junior Arran Wade also with 25 straights but for 73 points, another junior Joe Faragher also had a straight but for 72 points. The leading B class shooter was Calum Craine with 72 points . The leading C class shooter was lady shooter Allana Wade with 62 points.
After the second round Allana Wade finished in third place in C class with 120 points with Rob Marshall taking second place on 125 but taking C class with 128 points mainly thanks to a second round of 24/71 was Mark Sweetman. In equal second place in B class were Dave Corlett and Stan Cross with 134 points but winning B class with 140 points was Calum Craine. We also had a tie for second place in a class between Alan Wade and junior Joe Faragher with 145 points but winning a class and overall high gun was Mark Riley with 147 points.
Results
Class A
M Riley (50 / 147)
J Faragher (50 / 145)
A Wade (49 / 145)
Class B
C Craine (48 / 140)
S Cross (46 / 134)
D Corlett (46 / 134)
Class C
M Sweetman (43 / 128)
R Marshall (43 / 125)
A Wade (L) (41 / 120)
Automatic Ball Trap
In the afternoon the third round of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league was held with the Faulkner highgun cup and the Kelly handicap cup up for grabs.
Mark Riley was the first round leader on 24 with Rob Watterson and Alan Wade in equal second place on 23. After the second round Mike Parr finished in third place on 45 with Alan Wade taking second place on 46 but piping them all with 47 points and winning the Faulkner cup was Rob Watterson. Winning the Kelly handicap cup with 54 points was Mike Parr.
Results
Handicap Cup
M Parr (45 + 9 = 54)
Overall
R Watterson (23, 24 = 47)
A Wade (23, 23 = 46)
M Parr (21, 24 = 45)
Olympic Skeet
Also in the afternoon the third round of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet League was held with the Cannell Crossing cup up for grabs. The leader after the first round was Dave Corlett with a score of 23 in second place on 21 was David Clague with Jeff Corkill third on 19. After the second round Jeff Corkill finished in third place overall with 39 points, in second place with 42 points was Dave Corlett but top of the shop with 45 hitting 24 in his second round was Dave Clague who also won the Cannell Crossing cup .
Results
D Clague (21, 24 = 45)
D Corlett (23, 19 = 42)
J Corkill (19, 20 = 39)
On Saturday afternoon a Sport trap selection shoot was held for selection for next years Islands Games. Michael Cross,Neil Parsons and Marty Kneen finished in equal first place with 79 points, Ben Richards was forth on 76 with Jack Kneen and Mark Riley in equal fifth place on 75. Many thanks to Stan and Brian for setting up the four layouts with some very interesting targets.
M Sweetman, D Corlett, A Wade, S Cross, M Riley, R Marshall, J Faragher, C Craine, A Wade
The third round of The Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, in wet and misty conditions but the shooters stayed dry shooting under the new shelters built over the past year.
The leader after the first 25 was John Moore with 23 points in second place on 21 were Will Rand and C class shooter Mark Sweetman. Leading B class were Steven Craine and son Calum with 20 points. After the second round in C class Brian Kelly finished in third place on 28 points with lady shooter Nicky Barnett taking second place with 31 points but the run away winner of C class with 40 points was Mark Sweetman.
In B class Brian Faragher was third on 41 points with Calum Craine in second place on 42 but winning B class and overall highgun was Rob Corlett with 43 points. We had a three way tie for first place in A class between the first round leader John Moore, Stan Cross and Peter Kelly who had a 25 straight in his second round
Results
Class A
J Moore (23, 19 = 42)
S Cross (20,22 = 42)
P Kelly (17, 25 = 42)
Class B
R Corlett (19, 24 = 43)
C Craine (20, 22 = 42)
B Faragher (19, 22 = 41)
Class C
M Sweetman (21, 19 = 43)
N Barnett (L) (13, 18 = 31)
B Kelly (18, 10 = 28)
English Sporting League Round 3
In the afternoon the third round of the Suntera Global Sporting League was held in dry sunny conditions.
We had a three way tie after the first stand between A class George Davies and B class shooter Stan Cross and Will Rand with perfect ten’s. We still had a three way tie after the second stand but this time it was between George Davies and B class Rob Corlett and Peter Kelly all on 19 points followed by Will Rand, Brian Faragher and unclassified Calum Craine on 18.
After stand three we still had a tie for first place between Will Rand and Rob Corlett with 27 points, in third place on 26 was Peter Kelly with George Davies and Brian Faragher next on 25. It was till a tie for first place after stand four between Rand and Corlett on 34 points but not far behind in third place was Stan Cross on 32.
With all to play for on the last stand Rand and Corlett scored 7 but Cross scored 9 to make it a three way tie for first place in B class on 41 points. George Davies was the leading A class shooter with 39 points with Ben Richards in second place on 33 and taking third in A was Jack Clague on 27. In C class Mark Sweetman made it a double by winning both C class’s on the day with 26 points, Rob Marshall was second in C with 24 points and Alan Wright was third with 21 points.
A big thank you must go to Will Rand and Brian Faragher for setting the course’s up which were well received by all.
Results
Class A
G Davies (39)
B Richards (33)
J Clague (27)
Class B
S Cross (41)
W Rand (41)
R Corlett (41)
Class C
M Sweetman (26)
R Marshall (24)
A Wright (21)
A Wright, G Davies, S Cross, R Corlett, W Rand, M Sweetman, R Marshall
