Junior Joe takes High Gun

The first round of the UTOPIA HAIR SALON Winter series English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 28 competitors taking part in dry ,still, overcast conditions.

The leader after the first round was John Moore with a perfect 25 straight, we had a four-way tie for second place between juniors Joe Faragher and Zac Bellhouse along with veterans Peter Kelly and Paul Mihailovits who all scored 24, followed by Jeff Corkill, Stan Cross and James Simpson on 23.

After the second round was completed we had the following results ,in C class in equal third place were Les Devlin and Jack Clague on 41 ,in second place on 42 was Mike Whitehead but winning C class with 44 points was Peter Fabrizio.
We had a four-way tie for second place in B class between George Davies, Mark Hepworth, Ted Kermeen and Mark Corrin all scoring 42 points but winning B class with 44 points was lady shooter Madaleine Simpson..

It was no different in A class with a four-way tie for third place between John Moore, James Simpson, Jeff Corkill and Stan Cross on 46 ,in second place on 47 was Paul Mihailovits but top of the class with 48 points was junior Joe Faragher, well done Joe!

Results

Class A

  1. J Faragher (J)(48)
  2. P Mihailovits (47)
  3. J Moore (46)
  4. J Simpson (46)
  5. S Cross (46)
  6. J Corkill (46)

Class B

  1. M Simpson (L)(44)
  2. M Corrin (42)
  3. T Kermeen (42)
  4. G Davies (42)
  5. M Hepworth (42)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (44)
  2. M Whitehead (42)
  3. J Clague (41)
  4. L Devlin (41)

League

Nail Biting First Half at Inter-Club Comp

The Ayres, 19 October

The first half of the 2024 Inter-Club All-Rounder was shot at Blue Point this Saturday, and saw thirty competitors from both clubs take to the stands in near perfect conditions.

English Skeet, DTL, and English Sporting were chosen to showcase not only the outstanding talent within both clubs but also the first-rate facilities, and to make scoring easier across all three disciplines we settled on three points awarded for all targets hit, with second-barrel DTL kills being the exception and netting two points.

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Rachel Leads Summer Skeet

The sixth and final round of the Colin Bowen Memeorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in dull damp conditions.

The leader after the first round was Rachael Bowen Matthews with a perfect 25 straight closely followed by Paul Mihailovits, James Simpson and C class shooter Ted Kermeen on 24. After the second round in C class we had a tie for third place between Madelaine Simpson and Andre Vishnjov on 42, we also had a tie for first place between Ted Kermeen and Giulio Fabrizio with 43 points each.

In B class junior Zac Bellhouse was in third place on 43 with another junior Joe Faragher taking second place on 45 but winning B class with 47 points was Mark Hepworth. In A class we had another tie this time for second place between James Simpson and Roman Sammer on 47 points but winning with 49 points was Rachel Bowen Matthews.

Results

Class A

  1. R Bowen Matthews (49)
  2. R Sammer (47)
  3. J Simpson (47)

Class B

  1. M Hepworth (47)
  2. J Faragher (45)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J) (43)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (43)
  2. T Kermeen (43)
  3. M Simpson (23)
  4. A Vishnjov (42)

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)

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.