Tag: Pro Sporting

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

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

Corlett just Perfect

2023 Winter Pro Sporting League, Round 3

The third round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting league kindly sponsored by Will Rand was held at Meary Veg Santon with 19 competitors taking part in dull, overcast conditions.

The leader after the first round of targets shot on the left hand range under the shelter was C class shooter Mark Sweetman with a fine round of 22 in equal second place on 21 were father and son Dave and Rob Corlett along with John Moore and David Clague who were followed by junior David Cowin, Jack Clague, Stan Cross and George Davies on 20.

The right hand layout with totally different targets but with same degree of difficulty again shot under another of the new shelters. In Class junior Zac Bellhouse finished in third place on 33 points, in second place on 38 with 22 in his second round was Brian Kelly but taking C class with 41 points was Mark Sweetman. In B class we had a tie for third place between Rob Corlett and Mark Barnett on 39, in second place on 40 with his trusty side by side was Jack Clague but taking B class with 42 points was David Cowin.

In A class third place went to Stan Cross on 39 with Paul Mihailovits taking second place on 40 but winning A class with a fine score of 46 and a perfect score of 25 in his second round was Dave Corlett.

Results

Class A

  1. D Corlett (46)
  2. P Mihailovits (40)
  3. S Cross (39)

Class B

  1. D Cowin (J) (42)
  2. J Clague (40)
  3. M Barnett (39)
  4. R Corlett (39)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (41)
  2. B Kelly (38)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J) (33)
P Mihailovits, J Clague, M Barnett, D Cowin, S Cross, D Corlett, Z Bellhouse, B Kelly, R Corlett, M Sweetman

Moore Brings Home the Bacon

2022 Club Christmas Shoot

The annual Christmas Shoot was held at Meary Veg, Santon, and was sponsored by the club it self including a range of meat prizes. The shoot itself was held over three disciplines; 20 Double Rise, 20 Skeet Doubles and 20 Pro Sporting, and saw 19 competitors taking part in very windy and very cold conditions.

The joint leaders after the Double Rise were Peter Kelly and John Moore, both in A class, and junior Joe Faragher in B class with 16 points. The leading C class shooter was newcomer Will Challoner on 11. The next discipline was Skeet doubles and John Moore was in the lead on his own in A class with 31 points with Jeff Corkill second on 29 followed by Dave Corlett in third place in A on 28.

Leading B class was Will rand on 28 with Mark Barnett and Joe Faragher in equal second place on 27. We had a new leader in C class in junior Zac Bellhouse on 21 with Dave Morgan in second place on 18 and Brian Kelly in third place on 17. The final discipline was Pro Sporting which was shot from one of the new shelters and saw Dave Morgan finish in third place in C class on 25 with Brian Kelly now in second place on 30. Taking C class with 34 points was junior Zac Bellhouse. Michael Cross finished in third place in B class with 42 points with Will Rand taking second place on 43 but piping him by one point with a final total of 44 and top scoring in the Pro Sporting was Mark Barnett.

We had to have a shoot-off for third place in A class between Dave Corlett and Paul Mihailovits who both scored 42, which Dave won by one point, in second place on 43 was Peter Kelly with Jeff Corkill taking first place in A on 45 but the overall winner with 47 points was John Moore – well done John!

Results

High Gun

  • J Moore (15 DR, 16 SDK, 16 PSP = 47)

Class A

  1. J Corkill (13, 16, 16 = (45)
  2. P Kelly (15, 12, 16 = 43)
  3. D Corlett (12, 16, 14 = 42)

Class B

  1. M Barnett (11, 16, 17 = 44)
  2. W Rand (13, 15, 15 = 43)
  3. M Cross (12, 14, 16 = 42)

Class C

  1. Z Bellhouse (J) (9, 12, 13 = 34)
  2. B Kelly (7, 10, 13 = 30)
  3. D Morgan (7, 11, 7 = 25)
2022 Christmas Shooters

A team event was also incorporated in the shoot and the winners were Joe Faragher & J Moore (89) with M Barnett / M Cross (86) taking second place on count back from P Kelly & W Rand (86) in third place with J Corkill & Z Bellhouse fourth. (79)

The range is open on Christmas eve till 13:00, closed on Christmas Day then the Boxing Day Shoot sponsored by Top Spec Fencing is on Tuesday 27th December over 50 Single Barrel DTL. We also have a non members section over 25 targets for anybody that has not shot competition before. The prizes will be presented at the Crosby Hotel after the meal, we still have a few places left for anybody that wishes to come along, contact Peter on 461203 for details. Duty officers this Saturday are P & B Kelly.

Icy Sporting at Meary Veg

Winter Pro Sporting League, Round 2

The second round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting league kindly sponsored by Brian Faragher was held at Meary Veg Santon in dry calm but cold conditions.

The leader after the first layout was trap shooter Rob Watterson on 22 points with Paul Mihailovits and B class Michael Cross in equal second place on 21 followed by Will Rand, Peter Kelly and John Moore on 19. The leading C class shooter was David Morgan on 18 with grandson Zac Bellhouse second on 15.

The second layout on the right hand range saw the scores increase for most except David Morgan who finished in third place in C class on 32, junior Zac Bellhouse was in second place on 36 but taking C class with 36 points was Mark Sweetman who scored 24 on his second round. In B class junior Joe Faragher was third on 40 with his dad Brian beating him by one to take second place on 42 with Michael Cross taking B class with 44 points. In A class we had a tie for third place between John Moore and Peter Kelly on 41 with Rob Watterson taking second place on 44 but the star of the show on the day was Paul Mihailovits who hit all 25 targets in his second round to take first in A class and high gun overall on 46 points – well shot Paul.

Results

Class A

  1. P Mihailovits (46)
  2. R Watterson (44)
  3. J Moore (43)

Class B

  1. M Cross (44)
  2. B Faragher (41)
  3. J Faragher (J) (40)

Class C

  1. M Sweetman (37)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J) (36)
  3. D Morgan (32)
P Kelly, R Watterson, P Mihailovits, M Cross, B Faragher, M Sweetman, Z Bellhouse, D Morgan, J Faragher, J Moore

Next week is the pre Christmas shoot shot over 20 Skeet Doubles, 20 Double Rise & 20 Pro Sporting which also includes a drawn team event. A, B, & C class meat prizes sponsored by the club, entries close at 10am.