Shooting: Simpson & Bowen Matthews tie for skeet league honours

Sammer wins handicap cup at Meary Veg 

Report by Peter Kelly:

The fifth round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English Skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 15 competitors taking part in near ideal conditions and to add spice to the competition the Cesar Leonetti Handicap cup was up for grabs.

We had a five-way tie after the first round with A class shooters Rachael Bowen Matthews, James Simpson, John Moore and C class shooters Roman Sammer and Mike Walker (who brought his trap gun instead of his skeet gun) all hitting 24, on 23 were another two C class shooters in Mike Whitehead and Brian Kelly.

At the end of the second round we had Mike Walker and Brian Kelly in equal second place in C class with 45 points but taking C class with 48 points and joint highgun was Roman Sammer. 

Steven Rand was third in B class with 35 points with Madeleine Simpson in second place on 36 but taking B class with 37 points was George Davies. 

Paul Mihailovits was in third place in A class with 46 points, who shot the only straight of the day in his second round, but we had a tie for first place in a between James Simpson and Rachael Bowen Matthews on 48 points.

The winner of the Cesar Leonetti Handicap Cup was C class winner Roman Sammer with 61 points.

Results 

A Class =1st J Simpson, R Bowen Matthews 24,24=48, 3rd P Mihailovits 21,25=46.

B Class 1st G Davies 21,16=37, 2nd M Simpson 17,19=36, 3rd S Rand 16,19=35.

C Class 1st R Sammer 24,24=48,=2nd M Walker 24,21, B Kelly 23, 22=45

Cesar Leonetti H/C Cup 

1st R Sammer 48+13=61, =2nd M Whitehead 41+14 B Kelly 45+10=55