SHOOTING: Cross crowned Skeet Medley Champion

Report by Peter Kelly

The Stan Cross Meary Veg Skeet medley was held at Meary Veg Santon with 14 competitors taking part in dull and nearly dry conditions.

The joint leaders after the English skeet section were Paul Mihailovits and Michael Cross with 24 points, in equal third place were Stan Cross and James Simpson on 23 followed by John Moore, Will Rand, Peter Kelly and C  class shooters Mark Hepworth and Roman Sammer who were all on 22 points. 

The next discipline was Skeet doubles and once again Michael Cross was top scouring along with Dad Stan and Will Rand with 24 points, Michael was also still in the lead on 48 with Stan in second place on 47 followed by Will Rand and James Simpson on 46. In B class we had a tie between Brian Faragher and Dave Corlett on 38 points and in C class Mark Hepworth was the leader on 41 with Roman Sammer in second place with 39 points followed by Chris Workman in third place on 38.

The final discipline was Olympic Skeet and in C class Mark Hepworth finished in third place on 48 points with Chris Workman taking second place on 49 with Roman Sammer taking the class with 40 points. In B class Dave Corlett was second with 52 points one point behind Brian Faragher in first place on 53. In A class we had a four way tie for third place between James Simpson, Paul Mihailovits, Will Rand and Jeff Corkill with 59 points, second place in A went to John Moore with 61 points with Stan Cross taking first place with 66 points one behind son Michael who was crowned the Meary Veg Skeet Medley Champion with 67 points.

Results

Highgun 

M Cross 24ES, 24SD, 19OS =67

A Class 

1st S Cross 23,24,19=66

2nd J Moore 22,22,17=61

=3rd W Rand 22,24,13, P Mihailovits 24,21,14, J Corkill 20,17,22, J Simpson 23,23,13=59

B Class 

1st B Faragher 21,17,15=53

2nd D Corlett 20,18,14=52

C Class 

1st R Sammer 22,17,11=50

2nd C Workman 18,20,11=49

3rd M Hepworth 22,19,7=48 

Next week is the second round of the Tower Insurance DTL league in the morning with the second rounds of the Sadler Agricultural Supplies ABT and the Manx Petroleum's Olympic Skeet leagues in the afternoon.

Duty officers this week are B Kelly & M Sweetman Peter Kelly.