Tag: Pro Sporting

Pro Sporting is a popular variation of sporting shooting – see our beginners section for more information.

A Long Day of Summer Sporting

Pro Sporting, Round 3

The third round of the Dave and Pam Corlett Pro Sporting League was held at Meary Veg, Santon with 27 competitors taking to the stands in near ideal conditions.

Unfortunately there was a lot of technical issues with the right hand layout but after all the shooting finished we had the following results.

In C class we had Sue Doyle and Brian Kelly in equal third place with 22 points, in second place on 25 was Nicky Barnett and taking C class with 33 points was Will Ennett.

Junior David Cowin was in third place in B class with 31 points with George Davies in second place on 33 but taking the spoils in B class with 37 points was junior Joe Faragher.

Alan Wade was third in A class with 40 points with Rob Corlett taking second place with 41 points but winning A class and highgun on the day was Michael Cross with 45 points.

Results

Class A

  1. M Cross (45)
  2. R Corlett (41)
  3. A Wade (40)

Class B

  1. J Faragher (J) (37)
  2. G Davies (33)
  3. D Cowin (J) (31)

Class C

  1. W Ennet (33)
  2. N Barnett (25)
  3. B Kelly (22)
  4. S Doyle (L) (22)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September

English Sporting, Round 3

In the afternoon the third round of the Suntera Global Sporting league was held with 23 competitors taking to the stands in ideal conditions.

We had a seven way tie for first place after the first stand with Arran Wade, Paul Mihailovits, Michael Cross, Mark Barnett, Rob Corlett, John Moore and Peter Kelly all scoring the maximum of ten.

Michael Cross was in the lead on his own after stand two with 18 points with Rob Corlett in second place on 17 followed by Paul Mihailovits, John Moore and George Davies in equal third place on 15.

Michael Cross was still in lead after stand three with 26 points with Arran Wade, Paul Mihailovits and George Davies in equal second place on 23 followed by Rob Corlett on 22.

Michael Cross was still in the lead after stand four with 33 points three ahead of junior Arran Wade and Paul Mihailovits  in second place on 30 followed by Dave Corlett in forth place on 29.

After the fifth and last stand in C class Ed Rixon finished in third place with 20 points with Alan Wright taking second place with 24 points but taking C class with 25 points was lady shooter Nicky Barnett.

John Moore was third in B class with 28 points with Dave Corlett claiming second place with 33 points but winning B class with 38 points and overall highgun on the day was junior Arran Wade.

Alan Wade was third in A class with 36 points but we had a tie for first place between Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross  on 37 points.

Results

Class A

  1. M Cross (37)
  2. P Mihailovits (37)
  3. A Wade (36)

Class B

  1. Arr Wade (J) (38)
  2. D Corlett (33)
  3. J Moore (28)

Class C

  1. N Barnett (L) (25)
  2. A Wright (24)
  3. E Rixon (20)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September
N Barnett, G Davies, D Corlett, P Mihailovits, R Corlett, Arr Wade, A Wade, S Doyle

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

Barnetts in Handicap Shoot-Off

Pro Sporting, Round 2

The second round of the Pam and Dave Corlett Pro Sporting league was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 22 competitors taking part in wet and very misty conditions making setting targets difficult. We had the added incentive of the Pam & Dave Corlett Highgun and the Meary Veg Handicap cups up for grabs also.

With both ranges being used at the same time we did not have a half way leader board but at the end of the two rounds Brain Kelly and Chris Workman finished in equal second  place in C class on 25 points with lady shooter Nicky Barnett taking C class with 32 points. In B class George Davies was third on 37 with John Moore taking second place in B on 38 but winning B class with 39 points was Brian Faragher. We had a three way tie for third place in A class with Stan Cross, Rob Corlett and Paul Mihailovits all scoring 40 points, in second place in A was Mark Barnet on 42 but top of the class with 47 points and winning the Pam & Dave Corlett High gun cup was Michael Cross who hit a 25 straight in his second round. We had to have a shoot off for the handicap cup between husband and wife Mark and Nicky Barnet with Mark taking the bragging rights by one point from Nicky.

Results

Class A

  1. M Cross (47)
  2. M Barnett (42)
  3. S Cross (40)
  4. P Mihailovits (40)
  5. R Corlett (40)

Class B

  1. B Faragher (39)
  2. J Moore (38)
  3. G Davies (37)

Class C

  1. N Barnett (L) (32)
  2. B Kelly (25)
  3. C Workman (25)

High Gun

  • M Cross (47)

Handicap

  1. M Barnett (42+10=52+7+2=61)
  2. N Barnett (32+20=52+4+4=60)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September
P Mihailovits, G Davies, J Moore, S Cross, D Corlett, M Cross, N Barnett, C Workman, M Barnett, R Corlett, B Kelly

English Sporting, Round 2

In the afternoon the second round of the Suntera Global Sporting league was held again with 22 competitors taking and again in even more misty conditions.

We had nine shooters all scoring the perfect ten in equal first place after the first stand. This was whittled down to three tying for first place after stand two with Michael Cross, John Moore and Dave Corlett, both B class on 19 points followed by Arran Wade (B class) Stan Cross, Rob Corlett and Paul Mihailovits on 18.

After stand three we had two in the lead in Michael Cross and John Moore on 28 followed by Arran Wade, Dave Corlett, Stan Cross and Rob Corlett in equal third place on 27. We had a new leader after stand four in junior Arran Wade on 36 points followed by Michael Cross and John Moore on 35.

After the fifth and last stand we Had Nicky Barnett in third place in C class on 32 with Mark Sweetman taking second place on 33 but winning C class with 35 points was Liam Kirkpatrick. It was a tight affair in B class with Dave Corlett taking third place with 43 points followed by John Moore in second place on 44 and taking B class with 45 points was junior Arran Wade which was also equal high gun. In A class Stan Cross was third with 41 points with Alan Wade taking second place with 42 points but taking his second victory of the day was Michael Cross with 45 points.

Results

Class A

  1. M Cross (45)
  2. A Wade (42)
  3. S Cross (41)

Class B

  1. A Wade (J) (45)
  2. J Moore (44)
  3. D Corlett (43)

Class C

  1. L Kirkpatrick (35)
  2. M Sweetman (33)
  3. N Barnett (L) (32)

Full Results

  1. 19 March
  2. 16 April
  3. 21 May
  4. 18 June
  5. 20 August
  6. 17 September

Riley Wraps up Winter

2023 Club Winter All-Rounder

The last of the winter shoots at Meary Veg was the Winter All Round which was sponsored by the club its self. A healthy 22 competitors took to the stands in dry, sunny, cool conditions.

English skeet and DTL were shot simultaneously on the right and left had ranges and the leader after these two disciplines was Michael Cross on 133 points mainly down to a 25 straight in English skeet, in second place on 131 was John Moore with Mark Riley in third place on 129, Mark hitting a perfect straight in DTL. The leading B class shooter was Will Rand on 127 with Mike Walker second on 123. The leading C class shooter was Jack Clague with 114 points with Mark Sweetman second on 108.

Before the final discipline was shot the shoot offs for the English Skeet league took place with John Moore and Paul Mihailovits were  tying for first place and the result was a win for John Moore. We also had a three way tie for second place in C class between Roman Sammer, Chris Workman and Mark Hepworth and the person taking second place was Chris Workman with Mark Hepworth in third place.

In the Pro Sporting which was shot in reverse order we had Jack Clague taking first place in C class with 168 points with Mark Sweetman in second place on 153 and Roman Sammer in third place on 147. In B class Brian Faragher was third on 168 with Will Rand taking second place on 185 and winning B class with 186 was Mike Walker. Things got even tighter in A class with Paul Mihailovits taking third place with 190 points, in second place with 193 points was Michael Cross but one point ahead on 194 in first place in A was Peter Kelly but if he would of hit his very last target he would of beat Mark Riley who was the winner with 195 points – well done Mark.

D Corlett, P Mihailovits, C Workman, J Clague, J Moore, B Faragher, M Sweetman, P Kelly, N Barnett, R Sammer, M Hepworth, M Riley, R Corlett, M Corss, M Walker, P Ward, B Kelly

Results

High Gun

  • M Riley (54 ES, 75 DTL, 66 PRO = 195 Total)

Class A

  1. P Kelly (63, 65, 66 = 194)
  2. M Cross (75, 58, 60 = 193)
  3. P Mihailovits (69, 55, 66 = 190)

Class B

  1. M Walker (57, 66, 63 = 186)
  2. W Rand (63, 64, 57 = 184)
  3. B Faragher (51, 57, 60 = 168)

Class C

  1. J Clague (57, 57, 54 = 168)
  2. M Sweetman (36, 72, 45 = 153)
  3. R Sammer (63, 39, 45 = 147)

Next week is the first round of the Tower Insurance DTL summer league and in the afternoon are the first rounds of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league and the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet league.

Sporting Corlett Shines

2023 Winter Pro Sporting League, Round 4

The fourth and final round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting League kindly sponsored by Brian Faragher was held at Meary Veg Santon with 19 competitors taking to the stands in dry, dull but clam conditions.

The leader after the first layout which was shot in a complete new location on the range was B class shooter Rob Corlett with 23 points in second place overall was A class shooter Will Rand on 22 with Stan Cross in third place on 21 with George Davies, Paul Mihailovits, Peter Kelly all A class and B class Mark Barnett next on 20. The leading C class shooter at this stage was Mark Sweetman on 19.

After the second layout was shot, again from a complete new location, we had Nicky Barnett finishing in third place in C class on 28 points with Brian Kelly taking second place with 30 points but winning C class by a country mile was Mark Barnett with 39 points. Jack Clague and junior David Cowin finished in equal third place in B class on 36 points with Mark Barnett taking second place on 39 but winning B class and also highgun on the day was Rob Corlett with 42 points. In A class we had a tie for third place between Will Rand and Peter Kelly on 39, we also had a tie for first place between George Davies and Stan Cross on 40 points. We also had Liam Kirkpatrick taking part in his first Pro Sporting event and finished with a creditable score of 36.

Results

Class A

  1. S Cross (40)
  2. G Davies (40)
  3. P Kelly (39)
  4. W Rand (39)

Class B

  1. R Corlett (42)
  2. M Barnett (39)
  3. D Cowin (J) (36)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (39)
  2. B Kelly (30)
  3. N Barnett (L) (28)
J Clague, G Davies, N Barnett, R Corlett, S Cross, M Sweetman, R Stubbs, B Kelly, D Cowin