Tag: Pro Sporting

Pro Sporting is a popular variation of sporting shooting – 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

Last Round of Winter Pro Sporting

Kelly and Barnett close in on Faragher

The fourth and final round of the Pro Sporting Winter League was held at Meary Veg, Santon, in calm and cool conditions, turning windy and cold for the second half of the competition.

We had a three way tie for first place after the first set of 25 with C class shooters Allana Wade, junior Zac Bellhouse and veteran B class shooter Peter Kelly all tying on 20, followed by the first A class shooters Mark Barnett and George Davies on 19. With the wind increasing making the targets a lot more difficult Brian Kelly finished in third place in C class on 28  with junior Zac Bellhouse taking second place on 29, but winning C class with her birthday gun was lady shooter Allana Wade on 31 points.

In B class Will Rand finished in third place on 31 points with Peter Kelly taking second place on 34 but winning B class, with his borrowed gun and maybe new gun, with 35 points and the best score on the day was Brian Faragher. In A class Stan Cross was third on 31 with George Davies in second place on 34  but winning A class with 34 points was Mark Barnett.

Results

A Class

  1. M Barnett (19, 15 = 34)
  2. G Davies (19, 13 = 32)
  3. S Cross (18, 13 = 31)

B Class

  1. B Faragher (16, 19 = 35)
  2. P Kelly (20, 14 = 34)
  3. W Rand (16, 15 = 31)

C Class

  1. A Wade (L) (20, 11 = 31)
  2. Z Bellhouse (J) (20, 9 = 29)
  3. B Kelly (14, 14 = 28)
P Kelly, B Kelly, B Faragher, W Rand, A Wade, M Barnett

Chilly Sporting at Meary Veg

Joint Winners for Penultimate League Shoot

The third round of Winter Series Pro Sporting League and sponsored by Will Rand was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 22 competitors taking part in cold but dry conditions.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were Giulio Fabrizio in B class and Juan Cowley in A class with 23 points with A shooter John Moore in third place on 22. The leading C class shooter was Brian Kelly with 15 points. After the second layout was shot junior Zac Bellhouse was in third place in C class with 21 points with his Granddad David Morgan beating him by one point to finish in second place on 22 but taking C class with 30 points was Brian Kelly.

In B class we had a tie for third place between junior Joe Faragher and veteran Peter Kelly on 35 points, second place in B class was Giulio Fabrizio on 36 with Paul Mihailovits taking B class with 37 points. Stan Cross was third in A class with 37 points but we had a tie for first place and highgun overall between Juan Cowley and John Moore with 39 points.

Results

A Class

  1. J Cowley (23, 16 = 39)
  2. J Moore (22, 17 = 39)
  3. S Cross (16, 21 = 37)

B Class

  1. P Mihailovits (19, 18 = 37)
  2. G Fabrizio (23, 13 = 36)
  3. J Faragher (J) (17, 18 = 35)
  4. P Kelly (17, 18 = 35)

C Class

  1. B Kelly (15, 15 = 30)
  2. D Morgan (13, 9 = 22)
  3. Z Bellhouse (J) (10, 11 = 21)
Pro Sporting Winners: P Mihailovits, Z Bellhouse, D Morgan, J Moore, P Kelly, B Kelly, J Cowley, J Faragher

Winter 2021 Pre-Christmas Cracker

A Festive Trio of Targets

The annual pre Christmas shoot was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry calm but misty conditions and was sponsored by the club as a way of a thank you to members for their support over the past year.

It was a new format this year with Skeet Doubles, Double Rise and a shortened Pro Sporting to make it a 60 target shoot. The leaders of A class after the Skeet Doubles were Stan Cross and Paul Mihailovits with a full house, hitting all 20 targets with George Davies, John Moore and Giulio Fabrizio next on 18. In B class Michael Cross was the leader also on 20 with with Will Rand, Mark Barnett and Brian Faragher next all on 17. Steven Rand was the C class leader on 15 with Brian Kelly next on 14 followed by Nicky Barnett on 13.

The next discipline was Double Rise and Stan Cross first with a running total of 34 with Steven Craine next on 33 followed by Paul Mihailovits in third place on 31. Michel Cross was still the leader of B class also on 34 points the same as his Dad in A class, but we had a four way tie for second place between Will Rand, Brian Faragher, Mark Barnett and Ted Kermeen all on 28. Steven Rand was still the leader of C class with 22 points with Brian Kelly and Allana Wade in equal second place on 21 with Nicky Barnett and Orry Watterson next on 20.

The final discipline Pro Sporting saw Allana Wade taking third place in C class with 32 points with Brian Kelly in second place on 33 points but taking C class with 34 points was Steven Rand. In B class Brian Faragher was third on 44 with Mark Barnett second on 45 with Will Rand taking B class with 46 points, Michael Cross who was leading B class shot 19 on the pro sporting to take highgun overall with 53 points beating his dad by two points who was the winner of A class on 51 points, Paul Mihailovits was second in A on 49 with George Davies taking third place on 48.

Results

High Gun

  • M Cross (J) (20, 14, 19 = 53)

Class A

  1. S Cross (20, 14, 17 = 51)
  2. P Mihailovits (20, 11, 18 = 49)
  3. G Davies (18, 12, 18 = 48)

Class B

  1. W Rand (17, 11, 18 = 46)
  2. M Barnett (17, 11, 17 = 45)
  3. B Faragher (17, 11, 16 = 44)

Class C

  1. S Rand (15, 7, 12 = 34)
  2. B Kelly (14, 7, 12 = 33)
  3. A Wade (JL) (12, 9, 11 = 32)
Pre-Christmas Winners: P Mihailovits, B Kelly, G Davies, S Rand, D Corlett, A Wade, J Moore, M Cross, S Craine, S Cross

Second Round Pro Sporting

Winter League at Halfway Point

The second round of the Winter Series Pro Sporting League sponsored by Brian Faragher was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 23 competitors taking part in dry but cold conditions.

The joint leaders after the first 25 were A class shooter George Davies and B class shooter Peter Kelly on 24, in third place on 23 was A shooter Dave Corlett. Peter Fabrizio was the leading C class shooter on 19.

After the second layout in C class lady shooter Nicky Barnett was in third place on 27 with Alan Wright taking second place on 29 but taking C class by nine points was Peter Fabrizio on 38. In B class Will Rand was in third place on 43 with Peter Kelly taking second place on 44 but winning B class with 45 points was Paul Mihailovits.

In A class we had a tie for second place between Dave Corlett and John Moore who both shot 43 but the winner of A class and overall highgun was George Davies on 46.

Results

Class A

  1. G Davies (24, 22 = 46)
  2. D Corlett (23, 20)
    J Moore (19, 24 = 43)

Class B

  1. Mihailovits (22, 23 = 45)
  2. P Kelly (24, 20 = 44)
  3. W Rand (21, 22 = 43)

Class C

  1. P Fabrizio (19, 19 = 38)
  2. A Wright (14, 15 = 29)
  3. N Barnett (L) (13, 14 = 27)

Next week is the second round of the Utopia Hair Salon Winter Series English Skeet League followed by the AGM of the club at approximately 1 p.m.