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Mihailovits Retains CM Trophy

CM Partners English Skeet GP

The annual CM Partners English skeet GP was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors starting off in dull misty conditions and with a prize pot of over £700 to be dished out to the winners.

The leader after the first 25 was Michael Cross with a 25 straight, in equal second place on 24 were James Simpson, and club patron David Morgan followed by Paul Mihailovits, Stan Cross and Rachael Bowen Matthews on 23.

James Simpson was in the lead after round two on 49 courtesy of a 25 straight, Michael Cross was in second place on 48 with Rachel Bowen Matthews and John Moore next on 47, John hitting a straight in his second round, Stan Cross and the leading junior Joe Faragher were next on 46. The leading B class shooter at the half way stage was Mark Barnett on 43 with David Morgan leading C class on 46. Michael Cross and Rachael Bowen Matthews were joint leaders after round three on 71 with Stan Cross next on 70 followed by James Simpson on 69, Paul Mihailovits hit a straight in his third round to bring him up to equal fifth place with junior Joe Faragher on 68.

It was all to shoot for in the last round to see who went forward to the final and it could not have been tighter with a three way tie for first place between Stan and Michael Cross and Rachael Bowen Matthews on 94 and James Simpson and Paul Mihailovits on 93. Just as the final got under way the weather turned with wind, rain and misty conditions for the shooters to contend with but it made no difference to Paul Mihailovits has he went on to hit his third straight of the day to take the Championship with 118 points with James Simpson in second place on 116 and the Cross boys in equal third place on 115.

A big thank you to CM Partners for sponsoring the event once again and to David Morgan for presenting the prizes and also to Paul Mihailovits for winning the GP for the second year running.

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (118)
  2. J Simpson (116)

Class A

  1. M Cross (94+13)
  2. S Cross (94+10)
  3. R B Matthews (94)

Class B

  1. M Barnett (90)
  2. B Faragher (79)
  3. M Simpson (L)(78)

Class C

  1. D Morgan (86)
  2. R Sammer (85)
  3. M Hepworth (81)
M Cross, R Sammer, J Faragher, M Hepworth, M Barnett, S Cross, P Mihailovits, D Morgan, R Bowen-Matthews, J Corkill, M Simpson, J Simpson

Cross Shines through Fog

Fabrizio Summer All-Round

The annual Fabrizio All Round Championship and kindly sponsored by Giulio Fabrizio was held at Meary Veg Santon in extremely misty conditions.

The leader after the first round which was English skeet was Michael Cross with a perfect 25/75 straight, in second place on 69 points was John Moore and Jeff Corkill followed by Mark Riley, James Bradley and Stan Cross on 66.

The next discipline was DTL and we had  a new leader in Mark Riley with 137 points with Michael Cross in second place on 135 followed by John Moore on 133. Michael Cross was in the lead again after the ABT section on 204 with Mark Riley and Jeff Corkill now in equal second place  on 197 followed by John Moore on 190. The next discipline to be shot was Olympic skeet and Michael Cross increased his lead scoring 66 for a running total of 270 ,19 ahead of Jeff Corkill and James Bradley in equal second place on 251 with James hitting a straight in this discipline, Mark Riley was next on 248 followed by John Moore on 241. The last discipline was Pro Sporting and  Nicky Barnett finished strongly to take second place in C class with 186 points with Mark Hepworth taking C class with 203. Jeff Corkill finished in second place in B class on 278 with Stan Cross taking B class with 293. In A class James Bradley was second on 293 with Mark Riley taking A class with 308 but the top gun on the day went to Michael Cross who shot consistently all day to take the Championship by 31 points with a final total of 339 – well done Michael.

Results

Class A

  1. M Riley (66, 71, 60, 51, 60 = 308)
  2. J Bradley (66, 47, 63, 75, 42 = 293)

Class B

  1. S Cross (66, 41, 69, 54, 63 = 293)
  2. J Corkill (69, 59, 69, 54, 27 = 278)

Class C

  1. M Hepworth (57, 53, 39, 18, 36 = 203)
  2. N Barnett (63, 27, 39, 18, 39 = 186)

High Gun

  • M Cross (75 ESK, 60 DTL, 69 ABT, 66 OS, 69 PSP)

Next week is the third round of the Tower Insurance DTL league with the third rounds of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT and the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet’s league in the afternoon.

J Bradley, G Fabrizio, M Hepworth, M Cross, J Corkill, M Riley, S Cross, N Barnett

Strong Turnout for Easter Skeet

English Skeet, Round 2

Winning Team: S Cross, R Sammer

Fifteen shooters turned out for the 2nd round of the Bowen Family sponsored English Skeet league which took place on Easter Sunday, there was also the Stan Cross Easter High Gun Cup and the George Costain Easter Handicap Cup to shoot for, and these were shot over 50 targets. There was also the Colin Bowen Memorial Team Event where teams were drawn out of the hat this was shot over 100 targets. The condition were dry but blustery at times making the targets unpredictable.

The leader after the first round was B Class shooter Madeline Simpson on an excellent 24 closely followed by three shooters on 23 these being Stan Cross, Paul Mihailovits, and John Moore. When the second round scores were in we had an out right Winner in Stan Cross on 47 ex 50 thus giving Stan the High Gun Cup.  In the handicap section it was a close call between Madeline Simpson and relatively new comer Roman Sammer, Roman came out on top by two point to take the George Costain Handicap Cup.

Results

Class A

  1. S Cross (47)
  2. P Mihailovits (46)
  3. J Moore
  4. R Bowen Matthews
  5. D Corlett (42)

Class B

  1. M Simpson (43)
  2. G Davies (38)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (40)
  2. M Hepworth (38)
  3. M Walker (37)

100 League

  1. S Cross (94)
  2. P Mihailovits (91)
  3. R Bowen Matthews (88)

Teams

  1. S Cross
    R Sammer (175)
  2. R Bowen Matthews
    D Corlett (171)
  3. J Corkill
    M Hepworth (166)
  4. P Mihailovits
    P Fabrizio (165)
  5. J Moore
    M Whitehead (143)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 26 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October
P Mihailovits, M Hepworth, D Corlett, S Cross, G Davies, R Sammer, J Moore, R Bowen Matthews, M Simpson, M Walker

Double-Crossed Top Scores

Summer Skeet Medley

The Stan Cross Meary Veg Skeet Medley was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 14 competitors taking part in dull and nearly dry conditions.

The joint leaders after the English skeet section were Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross with 24 points, in equal third place were Stan Cross and James Simpson on 23 followed by John Moore, Will Rand, Peter Kelly and C  class shooters Mark Hepworth and Roman Sammer who were all on 22 points.

The next discipline was Skeet doubles and once again Michael Cross was top scoring along with Dad Stan and Will Rand with 24 points, Michael was also still in the lead on 48 with Stan in second place on 47 followed by Will Rand and James Simpson on 46. In B class we had a tie between Brian Faragher and Dave Corlett on 38 points and in C class Mark Hepworth was the leader on 41 with Roman Sammer in second place with 39 points followed by Chris Workman in third place on 38.

The final discipline was Olympic Skeet and in C class Mark Hepworth finished in third place on 48 points with Chris Workman taking second place on 49 with Roman Sammer taking the class with 40 points. In B class Dave Corlett was second with 52 points one point behind Brian Faragher in first place on 53. In A class we had a four way tie for third place between James Simpson, Paul Mihailovits, Will Rand and Jeff Corkill with 59 points, second place in A went to John Moore with 61 points with Stan Cross taking first place with 66 points one behind son Michael who was crowned the Meary Veg Skeet Medley Champion with 67 points – well Done Michael!

Results

Class A

  1. S Cross (23, 24, 19 = 66)
  2. J Moore (22, 22, 17 = 61)
  3. W Rand (22, 24, 13 = 59)
  4. P Mihailovits (24, 21, 14 = 59)
  5. J Corkill (20, 17, 22 = 59)
  6. J Simpson (23, 23, 13 = 59)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (21, 17, 15 = 53)
  2. D Corlett (20, 18, 14 = 52)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (22, 17, 11 = 50)
  2. C Workman (18, 20, 11 = 49)
  3. M Hepworth (22, 19, 7 = 48)

High Gun

  • M Cross (24 ESK, 24 SKD, 19 OSK = 67)
P Mihailovits, J Moore, S Cross, D Corlett, M Cross, W Rand, J Corkill, B Faragher, R Sammer, M Hepworth, C Workman

Breezy Start to Skeet League

English Skeet, Round 1

The first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet League was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in cold, breezy but dry conditions.

The leaders after the first round were A class shooters Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross who both recorded 25 straights with another  A class shooter Dave Corlett along with two C class shooters Mark Hepworth and Roman Sammer were in equal third place on 24 followed by Rachael Bowen Matthews and Stan Cross on 23.

After the second round shot on the right hand range we had a three way tie for third place in C class between Mike Walker, Roman Sammer and Brian Kelly on 41, second place in C class went to Chris Workman on 44 but the winner of  class with 46 points was Mark Hepworth. In B class Steven Rand was second on 38 with Brian Faragher taking B class with 41 points. In A class we had a tie for second place between Stan and Michel Cross on 47, but top of the class with 49 points was Paul Mihailovits.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (49)
  2. S Cross (47)
  3. M Cross (47)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (41)
  2. S Rand (38)

Class C

  1. M Hepworth (46)
  2. C Workman (44)
  3. M Walker (41)
  4. B Kelly (41)

Full Results

  1. 12 March
  2. 09 April
  3. 16 July
  4. 26 July
  5. 10 September
  6. 08 October

Eight shooters carried on to complete 100 targets and again Paul Mihailovits was the winner on 92 with Dave Corlett and Rachel Bowen Matthews in equal second place on 90. Mark Hepworth who was shooting his first 100 target shoot in fourth place on 85, fifth place went to Roman Sammer on 81 with Chris Workman in sixth place on 79.