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.
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.
Marty and Jack Kneen joined Isle of Wight’s Mark Downer and Jersey’s Greg Sanderson in joint third on 81 points, necessitating a shoot-off which saw Marty finish one point ahead of Jack to claim the bronze in Men’s Sport Trap at Mont Herault.
2023 Island Games Sport Trap: W Rand, N Barnett, M Kneen, J Kneen
Meanwhile at the Portinfer range, some tough targets saw Ted Davis finish in 10th place in Olympic Skeet with 51, two places ahead of Giulio Fabrizio on 47.
Mark Riley and Rob Watterson ended their day of Olympic Trap neck-and-neck with Faroe’s Finn Ludvig on 57. Both disciplines consisted of 75 targets today, leaving 50 targets to go before the final.
Women’s Sport Trap saw Nicky Barnett finish in 5th place with 58 points, just six targets shy of a medal in her first Island Games – well done Nicky!
Rob Watterson and Mark Riley scored 164 to win gold in the Olympic Trap Team Event, beating Nickolas Dewe and Stefan Roberts from Sark by just one point on the first day of competition here in Guernsey.
OTR Team Winners Rob Watterson and Mark Riley
Giulio Fabrizio and Ted Davis scored 143 to place fourth in the Olympic Skeet Team Event, which was won by Jonny Lindstedt and Fredrik Melin with 171.
Also in fourth place were Jack Kneen, Will Rand, and Marty Kneen with 148 in the Sport Trap Team Event, which was won by Dan Bishop, Mark Downer and Lee Pitman from the Isle of Wight with 170.
Watterson and Riley receive their medalsClifftop sporting at Mont Herault, GuernseyOTR Team Winners interviewed by BBC
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
High Gun
M Kneen (24, 23, 23, 25 = 95)
M Cross (21, 20, 23, 24 = 88)
A Kinrade (22, 21, 21, 23 = 87 + 21)
Class A
A Wade (23, 22, 20, 22 = 87 + 19)
N Parsons (22, 18, 20, 24 = 84)
M Riley (20, 18, 22, 20 = 80)
Class B
G Davies (25, 18, 17, 21 = 81)
S Cross (20, 17, 18, 22 = 77)
Class C
P Mihailovits (20, 22, 21, 22 = 85)
Z Bellhouse (J) (13, 15, 18, 20 = 66)
A Wade (J) (21, 13, 12, 17 = 63)
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.
The third round of the Tower Insurance DTL league was held at Meary Veg Santon with twenty competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.
The joint leaders after the first round were A class shooters Mike Walker and Mark Riley with perfect 25/75 rounds in equal third place were John Moore and junior Arran Wade also with 25 straights but for 73 points, another junior Joe Faragher also had a straight but for 72 points. The leading B class shooter was Calum Craine with 72 points . The leading C class shooter was lady shooter Allana Wade with 62 points.
After the second round Allana Wade finished in third place in C class with 120 points with Rob Marshall taking second place on 125 but taking C class with 128 points mainly thanks to a second round of 24/71 was Mark Sweetman. In equal second place in B class were Dave Corlett and Stan Cross with 134 points but winning B class with 140 points was Calum Craine. We also had a tie for second place in a class between Alan Wade and junior Joe Faragher with 145 points but winning a class and overall high gun was Mark Riley with 147 points.
Results
Class A
M Riley (50 / 147)
J Faragher (50 / 145)
A Wade (49 / 145)
Class B
C Craine (48 / 140)
S Cross (46 / 134)
D Corlett (46 / 134)
Class C
M Sweetman (43 / 128)
R Marshall (43 / 125)
A Wade (L) (41 / 120)
Automatic Ball Trap
In the afternoon the third round of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT league was held with the Faulkner highgun cup and the Kelly handicap cup up for grabs.
Mark Riley was the first round leader on 24 with Rob Watterson and Alan Wade in equal second place on 23. After the second round Mike Parr finished in third place on 45 with Alan Wade taking second place on 46 but piping them all with 47 points and winning the Faulkner cup was Rob Watterson. Winning the Kelly handicap cup with 54 points was Mike Parr.
Results
Handicap Cup
M Parr (45 + 9 = 54)
Overall
R Watterson (23, 24 = 47)
A Wade (23, 23 = 46)
M Parr (21, 24 = 45)
Olympic Skeet
Also in the afternoon the third round of the Manx Petroleum’s Olympic Skeet League was held with the Cannell Crossing cup up for grabs. The leader after the first round was Dave Corlett with a score of 23 in second place on 21 was David Clague with Jeff Corkill third on 19. After the second round Jeff Corkill finished in third place overall with 39 points, in second place with 42 points was Dave Corlett but top of the shop with 45 hitting 24 in his second round was Dave Clague who also won the Cannell Crossing cup .
Results
D Clague (21, 24 = 45)
D Corlett (23, 19 = 42)
J Corkill (19, 20 = 39)
On Saturday afternoon a Sport trap selection shoot was held for selection for next years Islands Games. Michael Cross,Neil Parsons and Marty Kneen finished in equal first place with 79 points, Ben Richards was forth on 76 with Jack Kneen and Mark Riley in equal fifth place on 75. Many thanks to Stan and Brian for setting up the four layouts with some very interesting targets.
M Sweetman, D Corlett, A Wade, S Cross, M Riley, R Marshall, J Faragher, C Craine, A Wade
The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club held their Club all-round Championship kindly sponsored by Manx Petroleum with 22 competitors taking part in dull but dry conditions. The championship is held over one round of all the disciplines shot in the summer leagues.
The leader after the first two disciplines, English Skeet and DTL was Mark Riley with 145 points, in second place on 143 was John Moore with Jeff Corkill in third place on 140, Neil Parsons was fourth on 139 followed by Stan Cross in fifth place on 138 and making up the top six was Peter Kelly on 137.
The next two disciplines were ABT and Olympic Skeet saw John Moore take the lead with 275 points seven ahead of Neil Parsons in second place on 268 with Mark Riley third on 262. In fourth place was Jeff Corkill on 254 followed by Brian Faragher in fifth on 250 and making up the top six was Peter Kelly on 248.
The final discipline was English Sporting which was shot in reverse order. In the ladies section Nicky Barnett was second on 204 but taking the ladies title with 208 points was junior Allana Wade. Third in the junior section was David Cowin on 239 with Joe Faragher taking second place on 260 but retaining his junior title with 313 points was Michael Cross. In C class David Cowin was the winner with Allana Wade taking second place and Orry Watterson taking third place.
In B class Michael Cross was the winner on 313 with Brian Faragher taking second on 310 followed by Jeff Corkill in third place on 299. In A class Mark Riley was third on 304 with Peter Kelly taking second place on 311, in first place on 326 and also taking the veterans championship was John Moore but top of the class taking the Club All Round Championship and the senior championship with 328 points was Neil Parsons.
All-round Winners: J Faragher (J), B Faragher, A Wade (J), M Cross (J), J Corkill, J Moore, M Riley, N Parsons, D Cowin (J), O Watterson, A Wade (L), P Kelly
Next week is the fourth rounds of the Tower Insurance DTL in the morning and the fourth rounds of the Manx Petroleum Olympic Skeet and the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT Leagues in the afternoon.
The IOM Clay Pigeon shooting club hosted a 100 bird Sport Trap selection shoot at Meary Veg, Santon, with 21 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions.
The leader at the half way stage was Alan Wade with 46 points, in equal second place on 43 were Nigel Moffatt, Ben Richards, and Alan Kinrade followed by the first junior Michael Cross on 42. Making up the top six were Neil Parsons and Stan Cross, each on 39.
After a short break to change the schemes on the layouts Dave Corlett finished in sixth place on 77 with Michael Cross taking fifth overall as well as leading junior on 80. We then had a three way tie for overall second place on 81 points between Alan Wade, Ben Richards and Nigel Moffatt, but the convincing winner five points ahead of everyone else on 86 points was Alan Kinrade – well shot Alan!
N Moffatt (19, 24, 19, 19 = 81) B Richards (20, 23, 19, 19 = 81) A Wade (23, 23, 14, 21 = 81)
M Cross (J) (23, 19, 19, 19 = 80)
D Corlett (15, 22, 20, 20 = 77)
Juniors
M Cross (J) (80)
J Faragher (J) (66)
A Wade (J) (59)
Ladies
Lady C Moffatt (L) (64)
N Barnett (L) (57)
Colin Bowen Memorial 100 English Skeet
On Bank Holiday Monday the first round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet was held, and what a difference in the weather with driving rain and at times hail and sleet greeting the 14 hardy shooters taking to the stands.
The leader after the first round was B class shooter Chris Workman with 21. In equal second place on 20 were Rachael Bowen Matthews and Stan Cross, with his new gun, and Brian Faragher. Dave Corlett was in fifth place on 19 and making up the top six were Jeff Corkill and John Moore on 18.
With the weather not improving for the second round junior Zach Bellhouse finished in second place in C class on 21 points, with Nicky Barnett taking C class with 30 points. Will Rand was in third place in B class with 31 points with Brian Faragher and Chris Workman in equal first place with 40 points.
In A class we had a three way for first place on 41 points between Stan Cross, Rachael Bowen Matthews and Dave Corlett who had the best round of the day with 22 in his second.
English Skeet Winners: W Rand, N Barnett (L), R Bowen Matthews (L), S Cross, Z Bellhouse (J), D Corlett, B Faragher, C Workman
Results
A Class
1st D Corlett (41) S Cross (41) R Bowen Matthews (L) (41)
B Class
B Faragher (40) C Workman (40)
W Rand (31)
C Class
N Barnett (L) (30)
Z Bellhouse (J) (21)
Next week is the IOM English skeet Championship sponsored by Sadler Agricultural Supplies over 100 targets, entries close at 10am prompt
Entries are also now open for the Hospice shoot on Saturday June 26th which can be done on line at iomclays.com/hospice, non shooters/members most welcome.
The IOM Sport Trap Championship was held at Meary Veg, Santon, with 25 competitors taking part in dry sunny conditions.
The leader at the half way stage was Paul Mihailovits with 42 points with Jack Kneen and Nigel Moffatt in equal second place on 40, followed by Dave Corlett in fourth place on 38, Stan Cross and Alan Kinrade were in equal fifth place on 37.
Both layouts were altered to give four completely different sets of targets for the second half of the competition. When all the scores were collated we saw Mark Riley winning C class with 71 points, Dave Corlett was first in B class with 74 points, and Alan Wade took A class with 76 .
In the junior section David Cowin was third on 58 with Arran Wade taking second place on 64 but the junior winner with 69 points was Michael Cross. Third overall was Jack Kneen with 78 points, Marty Kneen was second on 79 but the new IOM Sport Trap Champion for 2020 with the only score in the eighties was Paul Mihailovits with 82 points – well done Paul!
Next week is the next round of the Colin Bowen English skeet league with entries closing at 10:00 on the day.
