Tag: English Skeet

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

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)

League

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

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.

Mihailovits All-Round Champion

Summer 2024 All-Round Championship

The club all round championship sponsored by Paul’s Gun Stocks was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry sunny conditions held over five disciplines.

The leader after the English skeet were Paul Mihailovits, Jeff Corkill, John Moor and junior Zac Bellhouse all with 72 points. After the next discipline, DTL Paul Mihailovits was in the lead on his own with 144 points with junior Zac Bellhouse in second place on 137 followed by John Moore in third place on 134.

Mihailovits was still in the lead after the ABT on 198 but we had Michael Cross in second place now on 191 with Peter Kelly , third on 189. Olympic skeet was next and we had a new leader in Michael Cross on 251 with Paul Mihailovits in second place on 246 with Zac Bellhouse in third place on 245 followed by Brian Faragher in forth place on 241.

The final discipline was sporting, and we had a complete turnaround for the final positions. In sixth place overall was junior Zac Bellhouse with 278 points, fifth place went to Brian Faragher on 280 with Stan Cross taking forth place on 287, one point ahead in third place was Peter Kelly on 288, runner up with 302 points was Michael Cross but winning the Club All Round Championship with 312 points was Paul Mihailovits, well shot Paul.

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (312)

Class A

  1. M Cross (302)
  2. P Kelly (288)
  3. J Moore (272)

Class B

  1. S Cross (287)
  2. B Faragher (280)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J)(278)

Class C

  1. A Vishnjov (208)
  2. M Whitehead (181)

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

Mihailovits Keeps his Nerve

CM Partners English Skeet GP

The annual CM Partners English Skeet GP was held at Meary Veg Santon with 18 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions with the added  bonus of over £700 in the prize fund.

The joint leaders after the first round were Michael Cross and Paul Mihailovits with perfect 25 straights, in equal third place were Roman Sammer, James Simpson, Dave Corlett and  junior Joe Faragher. At the end of the second round Mihailovits was in the lead with 50 straight to lead by one from Michael Cross who in turn was one ahead of Roman Sammer on 48 followed by junior Zac Bellhouse on 47 who had a straight in his second round.

Mihailovits was still in the lead by one after round three on 74 but this time it was Sammer who was second ,courtesy of a straight in his third round, in equal third place now were junior Zac Bellhouse (another straight) and Michael Cross on 72, in fifth place on 70 was Jeff Corkill and making up the top six were James Simpson, Dave Corlett and junior Joe Faragher on 69.

With the top five going through to a final it was all to shoot for to see who would get the spots. First spot in the final went to Mihailovits who finished on 98 in equal second place on 96 were Zac Bellhouse and Roman Sammer ,the forth spot went to Michael Cross on 95 but we had a four-way tie for fifth spot between Dave Corlett, Stan Cross, James Simpson and Joe Faragher all on 92 so a sudden death shoot was required to see who got the fifth spot and it went to junior Joe Faragher .

In the final there was some good shooting and at the end we had a tie between Mihailovits and Sammer on 121 so we had to have another sudden death shoot of and the winner was Paul Mihailovits who hit three of his four targets to Sammer’s two.

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (98+23+3)
  2. R Sammer (96+25+2)

Class A

  1. M Cross (95)
  2. S Cross (92+3+4)
  3. J Simpson (92+3+2)

Class B

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(96)
  2. J Faragher (J)(92+4)
  3. D Corlett (92+2)

Class C

  1. M Hepworth (89)
  2. A Vishnjov (80+2)
  3. T Kermeen (80+1)

Teams

  1. R Sammer
    Z Bellhouse (J)(192)
  2. P Mihailovits
    S Cross (190+7+8)

Seniors

  • R Sammer

Veterans

  • P Mihailovits

Juniors

  • Z Bellhouse

Ladies

  • R Bowen-Matthews
Z Bellhouse, M Hepworth, R Sammer, J Simpson, S Cross, Pmihailovits, M Cross, D Morgan, J Faragher, D Corlett, A Vishnjov, RB Matthews

Grand Prix Squads Announced

Entries for this summer’s Pro Sporting and English Skeet GP competitions closed on Sunday 30 June, with the draw for teams and squads taking place today.

Pro Sporting GP – 3 July

Squad 1

  1. L Kirkpatrick
  2. D Corlett
  3. M Hepworth
  4. M Barnett
  5. B Faragher

Squad 2

  1. M Cross
  2. M Sweetman
  3. P Mihailovits
  4. R Sammer
  5. S Cross

Squad 3

  1. S Doyle (L)
  2. R Corlett
  3. B Stembridge
  4. J Robertson
  5. N Parsons
  6. P Kelly

Teams

  1. B Faragher
    M Cross
  2. S Cross
    S Doyle (L)
  3. R Sammer
    M Hepworth
  4. P Kelly
    M Sweetman
  5. D Corlett
    B Stembridge
  6. P Mihailovits
    J Robertson (L)
  7. R Corlett
    L Kirkpatrick
  8. M Barnett
    N Parsons

CM Partners English Skeet GP – 5 July

Squad 1

  1. J Simpson
  2. L Devlin
  3. D Corlett
  4. Z Bellhouse (J)
  5. M Simpson (L)

Squad 2

  1. P Kelly
  2. D Morgan
  3. B Faragher
  4. M Cross
  5. J Faragher

Squad 3

  1. R Sammer
  2. M Hepworth
  3. S Cross
  4. M Riley
  5. J Corkill

Squad 4

  1. P Mihailovits
  2. T Kermeen
  3. R B Matthews (L)
  4. A Vishnjov

Team2

  1. M Simpson (L)
    P Kelly
  2. M Riley
    T Kermeen
  3. D Corlett
    L Devlin
  4. J Simpson
    P Mihailovits
  5. B Fargher
    J Corkill
  6. A Vishnjov
    M Hepworth
  7. M Cross
    R B Matthews (L)
  8. Z Bellhouse
    R Sammer
  9. J Faragher
    D Morgan
  10. S Cross
    P Mihailovits

Cross Makes it a Hat Trick

Fabrizio All-Round Championship

The Fabrizio All Round Championship was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry sunny and at times blustery conditions shot over five disciplines.

The leader after the first two disciplines, English skeet and DTL was last years champion Michael Cross with 146 points, in second place on 137 was Peter Kelly with Paul Mihailovits in third place on 134 followed by John Moore on 133, with Stan Cross and Liam Kirkpatrick making up the top six on 131.

The next two disciplines to be tackled were Olympic skeet and ABT and Cross just increased his lead to 27 points scoring the third best score on ABT (57) and the best score on Olympic skeet (69) for a running total of 272 with John Moore now in second place on 250 followed by Paul Mihailovits in third place on 245. Peter Kelly was next on 239 with Stan Cross only one point behind Kelly on 238 and in equal fifth place on 228 were Jeff Corkill and Giulio Fabrizio.

The final discipline was Pro sporting and in C class Mike Whitehead finished in second place on 224 with Giulio Fabrizio taking the class with 282 points. Junior Zac Bellhouse was second in B class with 282 points but winning B class with 292 points was Stan Cross. John Moore finished second in A class with 286 points but taking A class with 305 points was Paul Mihailovits, but the star of the day was Michael Cross who shot consistently throughout the day to retain the Fabrizio Cup for the third year running with 326 points, well done Michael.

Results

High Gun

  1. M Cross (324)

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (305)
  2. J Moore (286)

Class B

  1. S Cross (292)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J)(282)

Class C

  1. G Fabrizio (282)
  2. M Whitehead (224)

Hayes & Mihailovits share Top Spot

English Skeet Summer League, Round Three

The third round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 21 competitors taking part in dry sunny conditions.

We had a three way tie for first place after the first round with a class shooters Paul Mihailovits and Arthur Hayes along with C class shooter Ted Kermeen all tying on 24, followed by the leading B class shooter Zac Bellhouse, Jeff Corkill and C class Andre Vishnjov on 23.

After the second round was completed we had the following results, in C class first round leader Andre Vishnjov finished in third place with 36 points in second place with two steady 20’s was Mike Whitehead but taking C class with a well shot 45 was Ted Kermeen. In B class Dave Corlett was in third place with 40 points with George Davies in second place on 45 but winning B Class with a well shot 47 was junior Zac Bellhouse. Jeff Corkill finished in third place in A class with 45 points but we had a tie for first place between Paul Mihailovits and Arthur Hayes with 48 points each.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (48)
  2. A Hayes (48)
  3. J Corkill (45)

Class B

  1. Z Bellhouse (J)(47)
  2. G Davies (45)
  3. R Corlett (40)

Class C

  1. T Kermeen (45)
  2. M Whitehead (40)
  3. A Visnjov (36)

League

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

Nine shooters carried on to complete a 100 targets  with Mihailovits finishing with a 97  seven ahead of Corkill and Sammer in equal second place.

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