Tag: Sport Trap

Summer Sport Trap League, Round One

The first round of the RIELA YACHTS summer sport trap league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.

The leader after the first round was junior Joe Faragher with 23 points, in second place on 21 was another junior B class Zac Bellhouse with B class Will Rand, Rob Corlett and A class Peter Kelly and Ben Stembridge in equal third place on 20. The leading C class shooter at this stage was Ollie Tobin with 17 points and the leading lady was Nicky Barnett with 19 points.

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Isle of Man Sport Trap Championship, 8 September 2024

The IOM Sport trap Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies was held at Meary Veg Santon with 23 competitors taking part in dry but very windy conditions, making setting the targets very difficult.

The leader after the first round was Marty Kneen with 22 points, in second place on 21 was Nigel Moffatt with Paul Mihailovits, Jack Kneen and Alan Kinrade in equal third place on 20. Marty Kneen was still in the lead after round two with 44 points, with Moffatt in second place on 43, followed by Mihailovits in third place on 41. 

It was all change after round three with Nigel Moffatt taking the lead with 63 points mainly thanks to Marty Kneen only scoring 16 to be in second place on 60, Liam Kirkpatrick was now in third place on 57 points with Paul Mihailovits now in fourth place on 56 followed by Michael Cross and Jack Kneen on 55.

With the wind getting even stronger for the last round it was anybody’s championship. In the junior section Ollie Tobin was the winner with 40 points.

In fifth place on 75 was Michael Cross with Jack Kneen taking fourth place with 76 points, third place went to Liam Kirkpatrick on 79. The runner up was Marty Kneen on 81 points but taking the championship with 82 points was Nigel Moffatt, well done Nigel.

Results

1. N Moffatt (82)
2. M Kneen (81)
3. L Kirkpatrick (79)
4. J Kneen (76)
5. M Cross (75)
6. P Mihailovits (73)

Sport Trap Manx Championship

The IOM Sport Trap Championship was held at Meary Veg Santon and kindly sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies as well as Pro Fab Wielding and Top Spec Fencing.

The leader after the first round was George Davies with a perfect 25 straight, in equal second place on 24 were Marty Kneen and John Moore with Alan Wade next on 23 followed by Alan Kinrade and Neil Parsons on 22. Marty Kneen took the lead after round two on 47 points, Alan Wade was in second place now on 45 with George Davies and Alan Kinrade next on 43. Kneen stretched his lead after round three to five adding another 23 to his total for making 70 points, Alan Wade was still in second place on 65 with Alan Kinrade and Michael Cross now in equal third place on 64 followed by Paul Mihailovits on 63.

After the forth and final round junior Zac Bellhouse shooting his first Sport trap competition finished in second place in C class with 66 points with Paul Mihailovits taking C class on 85. Stan Cross was second in B class with 77 points but taking B class with 81 points was George Davies. Neil Parsons was second in A class on 84 but we had to have a shot off for third overall between the two Alan’s Kinrade and Wade both scoring 87 and it was Kinrade who was third overall on 87+21 with Wade taking A class with 87+19, in second place overall was Michael Cross with 88 points but winning in style with a 25 straight in his last round was Marty Kneen with a final total on 95.

Results

Next week is the fifth round of the Tower Insurance DTL at 10am with the fifth rounds of the Manx petroleum’s Olympic Skeet and the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT leagues in the afternoons. Duty officers this week are J Moore and M Barnett.