Tag: English Skeet

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

Shoot-offs and Medals for Mihailovits and Watterson

English Skeet Individual – Open

Paul Mihailovits followed a trio of 24s yesterday with another 24 and a 21 today under challenging conditions, taking him through to the final where he drew with Ynys Môn’s David Tavernor, necessitating a shoot-off.

Following sudden death of pairs on pad four Paul unfortunately missed the high bird, conceding gold to Ynys Môn and walking away with a well deserved silver medal and 140 points on the last day of the 2023 Island Games.

Rachel Bowen Matthews too found her form and made the final, where she scored 19 points placing her in fifth place amongst a field of 19 tough competitors – well done Rachel and Paul!

ABT Individual – Men

Shoot-offs were the order of the day for our Automatic Ball Trap competitors too, and although Mark Riley and Rob Watterson would both make the final it was Watterson who went on to claim bronze after going head-to-head with Sark’s Nicholas Dewe in a nail-biting finale.

This was the last bout for our clay-popping athletes in the 2023 Island Games, rounding off a week of highs and lows, of fun and friendship that’ll probably last longer than Jack’s sunburn. Cheers!

Full Results

Sporting Boys Bring Home Bronze

English Sporting Teams – Men

The English Sporting team consisting of Alan Kinrade, Stan Cross and Micheal Cross secured Bronze with a score of 158 in the mens team event today, just 5 points behind Guernsey over a course of 100 challenging targets.

Alan Kinrade, Stan Cross, Micheal Cross take third in Men’s Sporting Teams

Missing out on third by 9 points were Paul Mihailovits and Rachel Bowen Matthews, whose score of 168 saw them in fourth place behind Ynys Môn in the English Skeet Team Open.

Meanwhile Mark Riley and Robert Watterson finished the ABT Mens Team event in eighth place on 136, just one point behind Åland and Western Isles, and two points behind Orkney.

Full Results

Simpson Crowned Skeet Champion

English Skeet Manx Championship

The IOM English Skeet Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon with nineteen competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

We had a three way tie for first place after the first round between James Simpson, Jeff Corkill and C class shooter Roman Sammer with 25 straights, in equal forth place were John Moore and Paul Mihailovits on 24 followed by Rachael Bowen Matthews and another C class shooter Mark Hepworth on 23. We had a new leaders after round two with John Moore and Roman Sammer both having a running total 48, next was James Simpson on 47 followed by Paul Mihailovits and Jeff Corkill on 46.

James Simpson was back in the lead after round three with his second 25 straight of the day for a running total of 72, in equal second place on 71 were Paul Mihailovits and John Moore followed by Roman Sammer and Jeff Corkill on 70. After the fourth and final round was completed we had the following results, in C class Mark Hepworth finished in second place with 82 points but winning C class with 93 points was Roman Sammer. Madeleine Simpson was second in B class with 63 points with Steven Rand taking B with 69 points. In A class junior Joe Faragher was second on 90 with Jeff Corkill taking first place with 93 points. John Moore was third overall on 94 with Paul Mihailovits taking second place with 95 points and winning in style with his third 25 straight of the day was James Simpson with a final score of 97, well done James.

Results

High Gun

  1. J Simpson (97)
  2. P Mihailovits (95)
  3. J Moore (94)

Class A

  1. J Corkill (93)
  2. J Faragher (J) (90)

Class B

  1. S Rand (69)
  2. M Simpson (L) (63)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (93)
  2. M Hepworth (82)
J Faragher, R Sammer, P Mihailovits, M Hepworth, J Moore, J Simpson, S Rand, R Bowen Matthews, J Corkill, M Simpson

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