Tag: English Skeet

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

Cross Retains All-Round Cup

Winter 2021 Finishes in Style

Twenty-two competitors took part in the Isle of Man Clay Pigeon Shooting Club’s annual Winter All-Rounder at Meary Veg, Santon, shooting three rounds in windy and increasingly wet conditions. 75 points were available during each round, with a hit scoring 3 points across all disciplines and a second-barrel hit scoring two points in Down the Line (DTL).

The combination of horizontal rain and unpredictable gusts of wind proved no match for class B shooter Micheal Cross, who only missed a single target on pad 4 in the opening round of English Skeet for an impressive score of 72. The same pad also proved tricky for Stan Cross, who dropped two targets and finished three points behind his son with 69. Continuing the trend of narrow margins were Neil Parsons, Will Rand and Mark Barnett, each bagging 22 targets and 66 points.

With two ranges at our disposal we were able to split the five squads between English Skeet and Down the Line, where the wind and rain continued to provide some interesting targets. None of this mattered to class B shooter Ted Davis, who missed just one target and hit the rest with his first barrel, setting the bar at 72 points. Standing firm in joint second place were Dave Corlett and Mark Riley, both class A competitors with 68 points a piece, followed by Neil Parsons, Will Rand, and Brian Faragher – all on 67 points.

To keep the adrenaline building we reorganised all 22 competitors into four squads based on their scores so far, before embarking on the final challenge of the day, a very wet and windy round of Pro Sporting. Once again Ted Davis put in a great performance, letting just a single target get away during the instant pairs for an impressive 72 points. Never far behind with 69 points each were Neil Parsons and Micheal Cross, both of whom shot well but succumbed to the Curse of the Rabbit – a fast and well camouflaged target making a bee-line for its burrow. Stan Cross was once again just one target behind his boy, sharing third place with Rob Corlett on 66 points.

At the end of three rounds and with 225 points to play for, our Winter All-Round cup goes to Micheal Cross for the second year running with 207 points. A Class was won by Neil Parsons with 202, followed by Dave Corlett on 191 and Stevie Craine on 179. Ted Davies and Stan Cross topped B Class with 201 points each, and Will Rand claimed third place with 193. Class C was won by Alan Wright on 139, with Allana Wade and Brian Kelly in joint second with 137.

The Club All-Rounder marks the end of our winter season, and once again we’ve seen some fierce competition, great sportsmanship, and above all some very challenging weather! Our sincere thanks to all our sponsors for making these leagues possible; Cu-Plas Callow for DTL, Utopia Hair Salon for English Skeet, and Brian, Stan, Will and Peter for Pro Sporting. Full results are available on our website iomclays.com/results – now onwards to Summer 2022!

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (207) 🏆

A Class

  1. N Parsons (202)
  2. D Corlett (191)
  3. S Craine (179)

B Class

  1. T Davis (201)
  2. S Cross (201)
  3. W Rand (193)

C Class

  1. A Wright (139)
  2. B Kelly (137)
  3. A Wade (L) (137)
2021 Winter All-Round Winners: A Wright, S Cross, N Parsons, M Cross, P Kelly, A Wade, W Rand, D Corlett, T Davis

Fabrizio’s Windy Winter Utopia

Final Round of English Skeet

Eighteen hardy competitors took part in the final round of Utopia Hair Salon‘s English Skeet League at Meary Veg, Santon, in bright and very breezy conditions.

Class A shooters Giulio Fabrizio and John Moore made the best of a difficult first round by dropping just two targets each for a halfway score of 23, closely followed by Stan and Micheal Cross with 21 apiece, leaving Dave Corlett and Paul Mihailovits to pick up 20 targets each. Class B was led by Ted Kermeen, Joe Faragher, and Will Rand each with 19 hits, while Alan Wright and Brian Kelly fronted Class C on 18.

Kelly remained consistent with another 18 during round two despite increasing winds, with Kermeen and Moore joined by Pietro Fabrizio, Stan Cross, and Rob Marshall also on 18. Micheal Cross dug deep to find another 21, where he was joined by Giulio Fabrizio. Mihailovits bagged another 20 while Corlett dropped to 19, leaving Mark Barnett at the top of the second round with 23.

A day of hair-raising wind was won by Giulio Fabrizio in class A on 44, with Micheal Cross and Mark Barnett in second place with 42 points each. Ted Kermeen heads up class B with 37 overall, closely followed by Will Rand on 35 and junior Joe Faragher on 34, while today’s class C winners are Brian Kelly with 36 and Alan Wright with 30.

Results

Class A

  1. G Fabrizio (23, 21 = 44)
  2. M Cross (21, 21 = 42)
  3. M Barnett (19, 23 = 42)

Class B

  1. T Kermeen (19, 18 = 37)
  2. W Rand (19, 16 = 35)
  3. J Faragher (J) (19, 15 = 34)

Class C

  1. B Kelly (18, 18 = 36)
  2. A Wright (18, 12 = 30)

Next week is the final round of the Winter 2021 DTL League, and duty officers this Saturday are Brian Faragher and Will Rand.

M Barnett, G Fabrizio, T Kermeen, M Cross, B Kelly, A Wright

Winter Skeet Continues

Moore Bags Penultimate Round

The third round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter English Skeet League was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with nineteen competitors taking part in dry, sunny cold and breezy conditions making the targets  difficult to see on stands one and two.

It made no difference to John Moore as he hit all 25 targets in his first round to lead by one from Paul Mihailovits in second place with Stan Cross third in A class on 23. We had a three way tie for first place in B class between Ted Kermeen, Will Rand and junior Joe Faragher on 21. Steven rand was the leading C class shooter on 19 with Alan Wright, Brian Kelly and junior Zac Bellhouse in equal second place on 17.

After the second round Zac Bellhouse finished in third place in C class with 34 points with first round leader Steven Rand finishing in second place on 35 but the winner of C class hitting 24 in his second round was Alan Wright. Peter Kelly finished in third place in B class with 41 points one behind Ted Kermeen in second place on 42 but winning B class with 43 points was junior Joe Faragher. Dave Corlett finished in third place in A class with 43 points with Paul Mihailovits in second place on 47 but taking A class and High Gun on the day was John Moore with 48 points.

Results

A Class

  1. J Moore (25, 23 = 48)
  2. P Mihailovits (24, 23 = 47)
  3. D Corlett (22, 21 = 43)

B Class

  1. J Faragher (J) (21, 22 = 43)
  2. E Kermeen (21, 21 = 42)
  3. P Kelly (20, 21 = 41)

C Class

  1. A Wright (17, 24 = 41)
  2. S Rand (19, 16 = 35)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J) (17, 17 = 34)
P Mihailovits, S Rand, Z Bellhouse, E Kermeen, J Moore, D Corlett, A Wright, P Kelly, J Faragher

Winter Skeet Utopia

English Skeet, Second Round

The second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter series English skeet league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 26 competitors taking part in dull, misty and damp conditions.

We had three way tie for first place after the first round between Dave Corlett, John Moore and Jeff Corkill who all hit 25 straights followed by Stan Cross, Paul Mihailovits and B class shooter Peter Kelly on 24. The leader of C class was lady shooter Nicky Barnett with 22 followed by junior Zac Bellhouse in second place on 21.

After the second round Orry Watterson finished in third place in C class with 36 points with Alan Wright taking second place on 38 but taking C class with a very good score of 43 was junior Zac Bellhouse. In B class we had a tie for third place between Ted Kermeen and Will Rand on 45, in second place on 46 was junior Joe Faragher but taking B class with 47 points was Peter Kelly. In A class we had a tie for second place between John Moore and Jeff Corkill on 48 but taking A class with 49 points hitting a straight in his second round was Stan Cross.

Results

A Class

  1. S Cross (24, 25 = 49)
  2. J Moore,
    J Corkill (25, 23 = 48)

B Class

  1. P Kelly (24, 23 = 47)
  2. J Faragher (J) (23, 23 = 46)
  3. W Rand (23, 22 = 45)
    T Kermeen (22, 23 = 45)

C Class

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (21, 22 = 43)
  2. A Wright (19, 19 = 38)
  3. O Watterson (19, 17 = 36)
Group of happy clay target shooters
Skeet Winners: J Faragher, Z Bellhouse, E Kermeen, J Corkill, P Kelly, S Cross, A Wright, J Moore

Winter Skeet Kicks Off

2021 English Skeet Winter League – Round 1

The first leg of the Utopia sponsored English Skeet league took place a Meary Veg in Santon. We had a good turnout of 22 competitors in sunny but cold conditions, with the sun affecting many of the competitors when they took to the first stand.

The leaders after the first round of 25 targets were Junior Joe Faragher and Veteran John Moore with 24 closely followed by Paul Mihailovits on 23 with another three competitors tying on 22.  After a well-deserved hot drink and a sausage bap the squads went out again to shoot their final round, with four 24’s being posted.

Results

A Class

  1. Paul Mihailovits (47)
  2. Giulio Fabrizio (46)
  3. Dave Corlett,
    John Moore (45)

B Class

  1. Joe Faragher (J) (46)
  2. Peter Fabrizio,
    Will Rand (41)

C Class

  1. Stephen Rand (36)
  2. Brian Kelly,
    Alan Wright (33)

We also had a new shooter taking part in his first competition having only been down the range a couple of time that was Wayne Barsby, well shot Wayne.

English Skeet Winners: B Kelly, G Fabrizio, P Fabrizio, S Rand, D Corlett, J Faragher, J Moore, P Mihailovits, A Wright