Tag: Manx Skeet

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

Bank Holiday Bonanza

Trap Medley

The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting club hosted the annual Trap Medley kindly sponsored once again by Creer & Kelly Ltd.

16 competitors took to the stands in near ideal conditions. With both DTL and Single Barrel DTL being shot on both ranges the leaders before the final discipline ABT were, in first place was DTL specialist Phil Ward with 136 points, in second place on 128 was veteran Jack Clague with John Moore in third place on 126, we then had four shooters on 125, junior Arran Wade, Peter Kelly, and the Craine boys Calum and Steven.

The last discipline, ABT was shot in reverse order of three squads, in the first squad Mike Parr had the best score of 66 with Rob Corlett scoring 63, in the second squad Steven Craine and Stan Skinner had the best scores with 69 points  followed by George Davies on 66. In the last squad were leader Phil Ward, Jack Clague, John Moore, Peter Kelly, Arran Wade and Calum Craine. Once all the scores were checked we had the following results:

The new Trap Medley Champion is Phil Ward with the only shooter to break the 200 barrier with 205 points in second place on 194 was Steven Craine with Junior Arran Wade third on 191.

Results

  1. P Ward (205)
  2. S Craine (194)
  3. A Wade (J)(191)
  4. G Davies (189)
  5. P Kelly (188)
  6. J Moore (186)

Manx Skeet Championship

On bank holiday Monday the Manx Skeet Championship was held kindly sponsored once again by John Moore and we had a new champion in Jeff Corkill scoring 45 points, we had a three way tie for second place between A class shooters Dave Corlett, Paul Mihailovits and C class Roman Sammer on 44 points.

Results

Class A

  1. D Corlett (44)
  2. P Mihailovits (44)
  3. J Moore (40)

Class C

  1. R Sammer (44)
  2. D Morgan (37)
  3. M Hepworth (32)

NSSA Skeet

In the afternoon the Manx Petroleum’s NASSA skeet competition was held  and we had joint winners with Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits tying for first place with 48 points each, in third place on 47 was Dave Corlett with Jeff Corkill taking fourth place with 46 points followed by Roman Sammer in fifth place on 45 and to round of the top six were John Moore and junior Zac Bellhouse with 42 points.

Results

  1. S Cross (48)
  2. P Mihailovits (48)
  3. D Corlett (47)
  4. J Corkill (46)
  5. R Sammer (45)
  6. J Moore (42)
  7. Z Bellhouse (J)(42)

Mihailovits Strong on Skeet

Manx Skeet Championship

The annual Manx Skeet Championship sponsored by John Moore was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry but very windy conditions.

The leader after the first round was Paul Mihailovits with 23 points with junior Joe Faragher in second place on 21 with Brian Faragher in third place on 20 followed by Jeff Corkill and Dave Corlett on 19 and making up the top six was Giulio Fabrizio on 18.

In the second round with the wind getting even stronger Dave Morgan finished in second place in C class on 28 with grandson Zac Bellhouse taking C class with 30 points. In B class junior David Cowin was second on 35 with Brian Faragher taking B class with 37 points. Dave Corlett was second in A class with 39 points with Jeff Corkill taking the class with 40 points, but the new Manx Skeet Champion for 2022 is Paul Mihailovits who scored 42 points – well done Paul!

Results

High Gun

  • P Mihailovits (23, 19 = 42)

Class A

  1. J Corkill (19, 21 = 40)
  2. D Corlett (19, 20 = 39)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (20, 19 = 39)
  2. D Cowin (J) (16, 19 = 35)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (15, 15 = 30)
  2. D Morgan (16, 12 = 28)

Next week is a ‘Come and try it’ day for anybody that would like to have a taster session at clay shooting. The cost is 10 shots for £5 which includes all equipment along with coaching as well as complementary tea and coffee. Even if it’s wet please come along as we will be shooting under cover.

If you have not got your name down for the dinner please do so ASAP or have any cups for engraving please return them ASAP. Duty officers this week are D Corlett & M Parr.

Fabrizio claims Medley Title

2022 Skeet Medley

The annual Skeet Medley Championship was held at Meary Veg, Santon, in near perfect conditions.

The leader after the English skeet was Peter Kelly with a perfect straight scoring 24 points as no optional is required, in second place on 23 were Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits followed by John Moore on 22.

The next discipline was Manx Skeet and we had a new leader in Paul Mihailovits with 47 points with Stan Cross and John Moore in equal second place on 46 followed by Peter Kelly on 45 with Giulio Fabrizio in fifth place on 43. Making up the top six was Dave Corlett on 41.

The third discipline was Skeet Doubles and Mihailovits increased his lead to three by hitting all 26 targets for a running total of 73. Stan Cross was second on 70 with John Moore third on 69, in fourth place on 68 was Giulio Fabrizio and making up the top six was Peter Kelly on 67.

The forth and final skeet discipline was Olympic skeet which proved to be a game changer; Dave Corlett finished in sixth place on 80 with Peter Kelly fifth on 84, John Moore was forth on 84. We had a tie for second place overall between Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits on 90 points but the surprise winner who trailed the leader by five points going into the last round was Giulio Fabrizio with 91 points having hit 23 in the last discipline Olympic skeet – well done Giulio!

Results

High Gun

  • G Fabrizio (21, 22, 25, 23 = 91)

Class A

  1. S Cross (23, 23, 24, 20 = 90)
  2. P Mihailovits (23, 24, 26, 17 = 90)
  3. J Moore (22, 24, 23, 17 = 86)

Class B

  1. P Fabrizio (20, 17, 18, 14 = 69)

Class C

  1. N Barnett (18, 13, 13, 10 = 54)
P Mihailovits, J Moore, P Fabrizio, G Fabrizio, N Barnett, S Cross

Mihailovits does it Again!

Manx Skeet, Manx Weather

The Manx Skeet Championship was held at Meary Veg, Santon, and kindly sponsored by the format’s creator, John Moore.

Fourteen shooters took part in mainly dry and at times sunny conditions. The leader after the first rounds was Paul Mihailovits with 21 points, in equal second place on 20 were Jeff Corkill and Giulio Fabrizio, with Dave Corlett, John Moore and Arthur Hayes next on 19.

After the second and final round Alan Wright finished in second place in C class on 18 with lady shooter Nicky Barnett taking C class on 23. In B class Ted Kermeen was third on 36 with junior shooter Joe Faragher taking second place on 37 but taking B class with 42 points which should of been 43 as he missed his first target was Peter Kelly.

In A class we had a five way tie for first place between John Moore, Dave Corlett, Arthur Hayes, Jeff Corkill and Giulio Fabrizio all with 41 points but the outright winner with 43 points was the first round leader Paul Mihailovits – well done Paul!

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (21, 22 = 43)

Class A

  1. J Moore (19, 22 = 41)
    D Corlett (19, 22 = 41)
    A Hayes (19, 22 = 41)
    J Corkill (20, 21 = 41)
    G Fabrizio (20, 21 = 41)

Class B

  1. P Kelly (18, 24 = 42)
  2. J Faragher (17, 20 = 37)
  3. E Kermeen (18, 18 = 36)

Class C

  1. N Barnett (L) (12, 11 = 23)
  2. A Wright (8, 10 = 18)
J Corkill, G Fabrizio, D Corlett, P Mihailovits, J Moore, A Hayes, P Kelly, N Barnett, A Wright, J Faragher

A Day of Autumn Skeet

Moore victorious in 2021 Skeet Medley

The annual Meary Veg Skeet Medley sponsored by Manx Petroleum’s was held at Meary Veg Santon in dull and overcast conditions.

The leader after the English Skeet was Paul Mihailovits with 23 points with Dave Corlett, Jeff Corkill and Peter Kelly next on 22. The next discipline was Manx Skeet and we had a new leader in John Moore on 44 with Paul Mihailovits and Dave Corlett next on 43.

Skeet doubles was the next form of skeet shooting to be held and John Moore was still in the lead on 69 closely followed by Paul Mihailovits in second place on 68 with Dave Corlett next on 66 in third place. The last skeet discipline was Olympic skeet and this sorts normally sorts the men from the boys and it didn’t disappoint . Nicky Barnett took C class on 58 points. In B class junior Joe Faragher was third on 71 with another junior David Cowin in second place on 77 and in first place in B class was Peter Kelly on 79.

We had a tie for second place in A class between Mark Barnett and Dave Corlett on 83 with the third round leader John Moore taking A class with 84 having scoring only 15 points in the Olympic skeet which left Paul Mihailovits to take the Skeet Medley championship with 87 points – well shot Paul!

Results

High Gun

  1. P Mihailovits (23, 20, 25, 19 = 87)

A Class

  1. Moore (21, 23, 25, 15 = 84)
  2. M Barnett (21, 20, 22, 20 = 83)
    D Corlett (22, 21, 22, 17 = 83)

B Class

  1. P Kelly (22, 17, 20, 20 = 79)
  2. D Cowin (J) (20, 21, 22, 14 = 77)
  3. J Faragher (J) (19, 19, 18, 15 = 71)

C Class

  1. N Barnett (L) (19, 10, 20, 9 = 58)
Skeet shooters J Moore, P Mihailovits, D Corlett, N Barnett, J Cowley, M Barnett, D Cowin, J Faragher, J Corkill, and P Kelly

Next week is the Meary Veg Trap Medley over 75 targets sponsored by Creer & Kelly Ltd. We still have a couple of dinner tickets spare if you still want to go. Duty officers this week are B Faragher & W Rand.