Tag: English Skeet

English Skeet is a popular variation of skeet – see our beginners section for more information.

Sammer and Cross dominate Easter Skeet

English Skeet Summer League, Round 2

The second round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 29 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions which included the Easter cups.

The leader after the first round were Michael Cross and John Moore both with 25 straights, in equal third place were Paul Mihailovits, Roman Sammer, Stan Cross, Rachel Bowen Matthews and joint C class leaders Giulio Fabrizio and Andre Visnjov all scoring 23. The leading B Class shooters at this stage were Peter Kelly, George Davies and Will Rand on 22.

After the second round we had the following results. In C class Ted Kermeen was in third place with 42 points with Giulio Fabrizio taking second place with 43 points but winning c class with 44 points was Andre Visnjov. Dave Corlett tied for second place in B class with 43 points but Peter Kelly took first in B with 45 points. Michael Cross was third in A class with 47 points but we had a tie for first place between Roman Sammer and Paul Mihailovits and as a cup was on it a shoot off was required and the victor was Roman hitting 11 to Pauls 10, well done Roman. In the handicap section we had a clear winner in Giulio Fabrizio who took the cup with 55 points. A team event was also included in the shoot but over the 100 targets and the winners were Jeff Corkill and Will Rand with 185 points, in equal second place were Stan Cross/Rachel Bowen Matthews and Paul Mihailovits /Andre Visnjov with 182 points.

Results

Class A

  1. R Sammer (59)
  2. P Mihailovits (58)
  3. M Cross (47)

Class B

  1. P Kelly (45)
  2. W Rand (43)
  3. D Corlett (43)

Class C

  1. A Visnjov (44)
  2. G Fabrizio (43)
  3. T Kermeen (42)

High Gun

  1. R Sammer (59)

Handicap

  1. G Fabrizio (55)

League

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

Summer Skeet Medley

On Easter Monday the Skeet Medley cup was held sponsored by Stan Cross with 14 shooters taking part in cold, damp and dull conditions.

The leader after the skeet doubles was Michael Cross with a perfect 26, in second place on 25 was Peter Kelly with Paul Mihailovits, Jeff Corkill and Will Rand in equal third place on 24. English skeet was next and we had a new leader in Peter Kelly with 49 points, in equal second place on 48 were Paul Mihailovits and Stan Cross, Stan hitting the only straight in English skeet, followed by Dave Corlett and Will Rand on 47.

The final discipline was Olympic skeet and at the completion of the competition we had the following results. In C class Andre Visnjov was third with 47 points with Liam Kirkpatrick taking second place on 52 points but winning C class with 59 points was junior David Cowin. Brian Faragher was third in B class on 60 points but we had a tie for first place between Dave Corlett and Peter Kelly with 65 points. In A class Jeff Corkill was in third place with 66 points with Michael Cross taking second place on 67 and in 1st place in A was Paul Mihailovits with 68 points but taking the championship with 70 points was Stan Cross, well done Stan.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (68)
  2. M Cross (67)
  3. J Corkill (66)

Class B

  1. D Corlett (65)
  2. P Kelly (65)
  3. B Faragher (60)

Class C

  1. D Cowin (J)(59)
  2. L Kirkpatrick (52)
  3. A Visnjov (47)

High Gun

  1. S Cross (70)

Full results are available here.

Mihailovits leads Summer Skeet

English Skeet Summer League, 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 near ideal conditions.

We had a three way tie for first place in A class with Paul Mihailovits, Roman Sammer and James Simpson all on 24 followed by Jeff Corkill on 23. Leading B class were Dave Corlett and Mark Hepworth on 22 with Peter Kelly and Mike Walker in equal third place on 20. In C class we had lady shooter Madeleine Simpson on 22 with Peter Fabrizio in second place on 20 followed by Liam Kirkpatrick in third place on 19.

After the second round in C class we had a tie for second place between Liam Kirkpatrick and Madeleine Simpson on 39 points but taking C class with 42 points was Peter Fabrizio. We also had a tie for third place in B class between Dave Corlett and Peter Kelly on 41 points with Mark Hepworth taking second place on 42 but winning B class with 44 points was Mike Walker. We had another tie in A class with Roman Sammer and Jeff Corkill tying for third place on 44 points, James Simpson was in second place on 45 but top of the class with 48 points was last years league winner  Paul Mihailovits, (it could have been 49 if he had not missed low house seven in the first round)

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (48)
  2. J Simpson (45)
  3. R Sammer (44)
  4. J Corkill (44)

Class B

  1. M Walker (44)
  2. M Hepworth (42)
  3. P Kelly (41)
  4. D Corlett (41)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (42)
  2. M Simpson (39)
  3. L Kirkpatrick (39)

League

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

Walker takes the High Road

Winter All-Round

The Winter All Round kindly sponsored by Strand Vets was held at Meary Veg Santon with 25 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

The leader after the DTL and English skeet sections which were both been shot at the same time was trap shooter Mike Walker with 146 points mainly down to him hitting his maiden 25 straight in English skeet. In second place on 141 was Paul Mihailovits with Mark Barnett in third place on 134, Mark having the best round of DTL with a 25/74 straight, John Moore was in fourth place on 133 with the leading B class shooters Will Rand and junior Joe Faragher next on 125. Leading C class at this stage was Andre Visnjov on 122 with lady shooter Irene Stockil in second place in C on 111.

The Pro Sporting layout which was shot from the high bank had some very good targets on it and once all had shot we had the following results. In C class Mike Whitehead was in third place on 149 with Andre Visnjov taking second place on 158 but winning C class with 162 points was lady shooter Irene Stockil. We had a tie for second place in B class between junior Joe Faragher and Dave Corlett on 182 but winning B class with 188 points was Will Rand. John Moore was third in A class on 187 with Mark Barnett taking second place on 188 and winning A class with 195 was Paul Mihailovits, but the performance of the day has to go to Mike Walker who was the only shooter to stay in the twenties and break the two hundred barrier to win the Winter all Round with a grand total of 205 – well done Mike!

The prizes at the end were presented by Andre Visnjov of Strand Vets. A big thank you to all that made it a very good shoot.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Walker (205)

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (195)
  2. M Barnett (188)
  3. J Moore (187)

Class B

  1. W Rand (188)
  2. D Corlett (182)
  3. J Faragher (182)

Class C

  1. I Stockil (L)(162)
  2. A Visnjov (158)
  3. M Whitehead (149)

Next week is a work party to get the range ready for the summer season which starts on Sunday March 4th which is the first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league.

W Rand, P Mihailovits, D Corlett, A Visnjov, M Walker, I Stockil, M Whitehead, J Moore, M Barnett

High Gun Tie for Cross and Mihailovits

English Skeet Winter League, Round 4

The fourth and final round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter series English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in calm cool conditions.

The leaders after the first round were A class shooters Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits on 24, in equal third place on 22 were John Moore (A)  and Joe Faragher the leader of B class. The leading C class shooter at this stage was Giulio Fabrizio with 20 points.

After the second round we had the following results: in C class in equal third place were Brian Kelly and Irene Stockil on 38 points, in second place on 39 was Peter Fabrizio but taking C class with 42 points was Giulio Fabrizio. Peter Kelly was third in B class on 43 with junior Joe Faragher taking second place on 44 but winning B class with 45 points was Will Rand. In A class John Moore was third on 46 but we had a tie for first place between Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits both scoring 47 points.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (47)
  2. S Cross (47)

Class B

  1. W Rand (45)
  2. J Faragher (J)(44)
  3. P Kelly (43)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (42)
  2. P Fabrizio (39)
  3. I Stockil (L)(38)
  4. B Kelly (38)

Full Results

  1. 26 November
  2. 17 December
  3. 21 January
  4. 11 February

Storm’s a Breeze for Mihailovits

English Skeet Winter League, Round 3

The third round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon in very windy but dry conditions.

The leader after the first round was Paul Mihailovits who somehow hit a 25 straight, in second place on 21 were Stan Cross and Jeff Corkill followed by C class shooter Giulio Fabrizio on 20. The leading B class shooters were Peter Kelly and David Morgan on 19.

With the wind getting even stronger for the second round we had the following results. In C class Brian Kelly finished in second place with 26 points with Giulio Fabrizio taking first place with 41 points. Mark Hepworth finished in third place in B class with 32 points but we had a tie for first place between Peter Kelly and junior Zac Bellhouse on 36 points. In A class Jeff Corkill finished in third place on 40 points with Stan Cross taking second place with 42 points but in first place and high gun on the day was Paul Mihailovits with 47 points.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (47)
  2. S Cross (42)
  3. J Corkill (40)

Class B

  1. P Kelly (36)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J)(36)
  3. M Hepworth (32)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (41)
  2. B Kelly (26)

Full Results

  1. 26 November
  2. 17 December
  3. 21 January
  4. 11 February
P Kelly, G Fabrizio, S Cross, P Mihailovits, Z Bellhouse, J Corkill, M Hepworth