Junior competitor impresses with victory at Meary Veg
Report by Peter Kelly:
The second round of the Colin Bowen Memorial English skeet league was held at Meary Veg Santon with 24 competitors taking part in dry, sunny but cold conditions, which had the added incentive of having the Stan Cross Easter high gun and the George Costain Easter handicap cups up for grabs.
The joint leaders after the first round were Roman Sammer and junior Zac Bellhouse with perfect 25 straights, in third place on his own was Stan Cross on 24 followed by Peter Kelly, Mike Walker, John Moore and Jeff Corkill all on 23.
With no stopping for a break the second round got under way and at the end we had the following results.
In C class we had a tie for second place between Irene Stockil and David Morgan on 38 with Mike Whitehead taking first place with 40 points.
Mark Hepworth was third in B class with trap shooter Mike walker taking second place with 45 points but taking B class with 47 points was Michael Cross.
Stan Cross was third in A class with 48 points one behind Roman Sammer in second place on 49 but the star of the show was junior Zac Bellhouse with a perfect 50 straight which also took the Stan Cross high gun cup.
In the handicap section we had six shooters tying for third place on 51 points ,Stan Cross was second on 52 but taking the handicap cup with 55 points was Michael Cross.
Results
A Class 1st Z Bellhouse 25,25=50, 2nd R Sammer 25,24=49, 3rd S Cross 24,24=48.
B Class 1st M Cross 22,25=47, 2nd M walker 23,22=45, 3rd M Hepworth 21,22=43
C Class 1st M Whitehead 21,19=40,=2nd I Stockil (Ldy) 19,19, D Morgan 19,19=38.
Twelve shooters carried on to shoot a 100 targets which also included the Colin Bowen Team event.
The highlight of the third round was grumpy Dave Corlett shooting a straight on his comeback from his enforced layoff, well done Dave good to have you back.
The other highlight was Zac Bellhouse dropping his first target and Stan Cross have his third 24.
In the last round Stan Cross hit a straight to finish on 97 but it was not enough to beat the new kid on the block junior Zac Bellhouse who hit 98.
In the team event Sammer and Corkill were first on 180 with Bellhouse and Whitehead taking second place on 178 followed by Cross and Devlin in third place on 173.
100 Results
1st Z Bellhouse 25,25,24,24=98, 2nd S Cross 24,24,24,25=97, 3rd R Sammer 25,24,24,21=94
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