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Annual Hospice Shoot, 30 June

The Hospice Charity shoot hosted by The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club was held on Sunday 30th June with 85 competitors taking part in at first dull overcast conditions but finishing in bright sunshine.

With the first squad out at 9 am and the last squad starting out at 3-40 pm a long day was in the offering. Once all the scores had been gathered we had the following results:

The individual overall highgun went to Liam Kirkpatrick who scored 45 the same as Peter Kelly but Liam won on count back hitting all 10 targets on the last stand to Peter’s 9. Peter though won the veterans gold medal with Paul Mihailovits taking the silver with 41 points on count back from George Davies in the bronze position. The winning senior was Mark Barnett with 44 points with Michael Cross taking silver on count back from Mark Corrin who both scored 43.In the ladies section Jennie Robertson was the winner also on count back from Irene Stockil who both scored 37 with Sue Doyle taking bronze on 36.In the colt section Joe Faragher was the winner on 36 with Ollie Tobin taking silver on 35 and taking the bronze with 32 points was Ossie McLaren.

In the non members section Wayne Corlett was the winner with 39 points with S Wade taking the silver with 36 points and A Halsall taking bronze with 34 points. The last of the individual sections was the novices and winning the gold medal was K Tastagh with 31 points winning on count back From G Harrison  in silver medal position ,taking the bronze medal was with 30 points was R Kissack .

In the team highgun section the first team out on the day being Mark Barnett, Peter Kelly, Liam Kirkpatrick and Kim Tastagh won with 165 points, also winning the Mike and Margret Cross highgun cup. In the silver medal position with 159 points was Brian Faragher, Joe Faragher, Mark Sweetman and Mark Corrin who beat Stan Cross, Michael Cross Will Rand and Neil Parsons on count back who took the bronze.

In the handicap section the bronze medal went to T Kinrade, S Corkill, G Wright and E Hardisty with 182.3 points, in the silver medal position with 183.7 points were P Vincent, G Brown, J McCarthy and C Canter but winning the Gold medal and also the Voirrey Kelly highgun cup were B Owen, K Watterson, L Cubbon and S Cubbon.

A big thank you must go to all are sponsors Laporte clays for supplying the clays for the event Manx Independent for transporting them to the Island, Eley Hawk for the ammunition, Strand Vets with helping with the cost of the polo shirts, NFU for the purchase of the medals, Harrison and Garrett for the burgers and sausages etc for the buffet, Lisa and Johnny for the preparation and serving of the excellent buffet, Chris Workman for the beautiful cakes also to all the other people, companies that donated to this very worthy course, to those people that helped in setting up the range, marking, referring, picking up afterwards and last but not least, to all you competitors in taking part in making it another very enjoyable day in raising money for Hospice IOM which this year we have raised approximately £3400-00, taking monies raised so far to  approximately £37000-00.

The provisional date for next year’s event is Sunday 29th June 2025. Many thanks to one and all!

Successful 13th Annual Charity Event

The annual Hospice Charity shoot hosted once again by the IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club at Meary Veg Santon. The main sponsors on the day were Laporte for the supply of the the clays, Eley Hawk for the cartridges used, NFU Mutual who sponsored the medals and Harrison and Garrett for supplying all the burgers, sausages etc.

With a full house of 80 entries the shooting commenced at 9am with each team of four going out in twenty minute intervals with the last team going out at 3-20pm. The teams were very mixed from experienced shooters to people that have never fired a shot gun before who were all supervised and coached by club members.

At the end of a long day we had the following results. The individual Highgun on the day went to Wayne Corlett with 46 points, the first senior was Neil Parsons with 44 points  who beat Rob Watterson, also on 44, on count-back, with James Simpson in third place on 39. The first vet was Paul Mihailovits on 45 with Peter Kelly second on 40 and Dave Corlett third on 39. The first lady was Nicky Barnett on 36 with her good friend Jackie Turnbull second on 28 with Sue Doyle third on 26.

In the junior section Rebecca Ormesher was second on 26 with Joe Faragher taking first place with 33 points. In the non members section Karl Waggott was third on 36 points with Richie Howland second on 38 but taking first place with 44 points was Joe Opitz. In the handicap section Sid Ludbe was third with 48.7 points with Lisa Pugh in second place also on 48.7 with Alan Scannell in first place also with 48.7, all these positions were decided on count-back.

In the team highgun section of the competition Paul Mihailovits, Peter Alton, John Moore and George Davies finished in third place on 141 points, in second place with 142 points were Nicky and Mark Barnett, Jackie Turnbull and Peter Kelly, but retaining there title of best team with 154 points were Stan and Michael Cross, Will Rand and Neil Parsons who collected a new cup presented in memory of Mike and Margaret Cross.

In the team handicap section third place went to Fred and Karl Waggott, Richie Howland and Wayne Corlett with 139 + 45 handicap for a total of 184, in second place were Mark Cox, Dave Walton, Rob Watterson and Mark Hepworth with 141 +44.9=185.9, but taking the gold medal were Amanda Haxby, Laura Harrison, Graham Smith and Sarah Cubbon with 26+161.6=189.6.

At the end of the event all the medals were presented by the CEO John Knight of HOSPICE IOM.

On behalf of the club I would like the thank all our sponsors Eley Hawk, Laporte clays, Harrison and Garrett, NFU Mutual and anybody that donated to the event or helped in any way in making it a very enjoyable day in raising lots of money for Hospice IOM.

Many thanks once again,

Peter Kelly

Successful 12th Annual Charity Event

The annual Hospice Charity Shoot was once again hosted by The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club at Meary Veg, Santon, with a full complement of 72  competitors taking part in dry, sunny but windy conditions.

The competitors shot in squads of six, with the first squad going out at 9am and the last squad starting at 2-30pm. Once all the squads had finished and the scores had been collated we had a tie for the Voirrey Kelly team cup between Top Spec Fencing and Hospice Allsorts both on 187 points so count back was required to find the gold medal winners who were Top Spec Fencing with team members Stan Cross, Michael Cross, Will Rand and Neil Parsons with a combined score of 187+42 to silver medal winners Hospice Allsorts 187+37.8 with team members Vanessa Smith, Chris Smith, Sarah Cubbon and Rob Watterson. Taking the bronze medals were team Hot Shot Glovers with 185 points with team members Jacob Glover, Logan Glover, Mark Riley and Maya Kewley.

In the individual section Neil Parsons was Highgun on 48 who was also the senior gold medallist with with Will Rand second on 46+10 and Mark Riley third on 46+8. Paul Mihailovits was first in the vets on 47 with Dave Corlett second on 44 and Alan wright third on 43. The first lady was Allana Wade on 40 with Rachael Bowen Matthews second on 35 and Shannon Roberts third on 26. The first junior was Joe Faragher on 39 with Zac Bellhouse second on 38 and Tom Bowman third on 32.

In the novice section David Collister took gold on 36 with James Murphy taking silver on 32 and Scott Glover taking bronze on 31. The handicap gold medallist was Tom Moore with 48+10.5, with Rob Watterson taking silver with 48+9.4. We had a 9 way tie for the bronze medal but Brian Kelly had the best count back score on 47+2.6 to take bronze.

The medals were presented by Vanessa Smith and Ann Mills of Hospice at the end of the day when it was announced that the club had raised over £2,500.00 for Hospice IOM which makes nearly thirty thousand pounds being raised over the last twelve years.

A running buffet was going all day many thanks to the kitchen staff and to Harrison and Garrett for sponsoring the burgers and meat, NFU for sponsoring the medals and the British Clay Company for sponsoring the clays for the event.

Also a big thank you to all other sponsors, all that helped in getting the range prepared for the event and to anybody else that helped in anyway in making it a good day out and finally may I thank all the competitors who took part without you it would not happen. Thank you all!