Shooting: Walker & Craine take top honours in annual Xmas shoot

Mark Riley takes Highgun at Meary Veg

Report by Peter Kelly:

The IOM Clay Pigeon Shooting Club’s annual Christmas shoot and kindly sponsored once again by Top Spec Fencing was held at Meary Veg Santon in dull and very windy conditions but the rain stopped once shooting commenced.

The leader after the first round was C class shooter Michael Cross on 66 points with Steven Craine in second place on 63 points followed by Mark Riley, Mike Walker, Stan Skinner and C class shooter Brian Kelly in equal third  place on 60 points. While the main shooters had a break the Non members took to the stands competing for the Phil Yewdall non members cup and the winner was Chris McCabe with 48 points with junior Tom Moore in second place on 39 followed by Malcolm Darcy in third place on 36 we then had another junior in Lucy Faragher in forth place on 33 with Ash Lewis and junior Percy Hampton next on 27 followed by Julie Faragher and Sarah Cubbon on 18 and in ninth place on 9 points was Sarah Faragher

The second round of the main event got under way with the wind even stronger making the targets duck and dive more . In C class Wayne Barsby finished in forth place on 69 with Mark Hepworth taking third place on 81 ,in second place on 117 was Brian Kelly but taking C class with 123 points was Michael Cross. In B class Calum Craine was fifth on 96 with Giulio Fabrizio forth on 99 ,in third place on 102 was Mark Barnett ,Stan Cross took second place on 108 but top of the B class with 114 points was Rob Corlett. In A Class we had a three way tie for forth place with Alan Wade, John Moore and Stan Skinner all scoring 108 points, in third place on 111 was junior Arran Wade, we also had a tie for first place in A class between Steven Craine and Mike Walker on 123 but the Highgun on the day was Mark Riley with 129 points ,well done Mark.

In the handicap section the winner was Brian Kelly with a total of 169 points in second place on 166 was Michael Cross with Steven Craine in third place on 133.

Results 

Highgun M Riley 60,69=129

A Class =1st M Walker 60,63, S Craine 63,60=123,3rd A Wade jnr 57,54=111.

B Class 1st R Corlett 51,63=114,2nd S Cross 48,60=108,3rd M Barnett 45,57=102

C Class 1st M Cross 66,57=123,2nd B Kelly 60,57=117, 3rd M Hepworth 39,42=81

Handicap Cup 1st B Kelly 117+52=169, 2nd M Cross 123+ 43=166, 3rd S Craine 123+10=133

The next competition on the range is on Sunday, 8 January which is the third round of the Utopia Winter series English skeet league.