Three-way tie for second place
Jeff Corkill won the opening round of the Cu Plas Callow English Skeet league as the winter shooting season began on Sunday.
He hit a straight in his second round to finish with 45 out of 50.
That was the highlight of a competition in which extremely windy and cold conditions made the targets, at times, more like sporting targets instead of skeet.
There was a three-way tie for second place between John Moore, junior Michael Cross and Chris Parker with 44 points.
Alan Wade also notched 45 points to emerge a clear winner in the B class from Giulio Fabrizio (39) and John Kneen (38).
Two junior shooters had a close encounter in C class.
In the second round, Arran Wade scored 20 to finish second on 39 but taking C class with 40 points was another junior, Ted Davis, with 40 points.
That was mainly thanks to a 23 in his second round but could have been even better if he had not missed his very last target.
Results:
Class A: 1, J. Corkill 45; equal 2, J. Moore, M. Cross, C Parker 44.
Class B: 1, A Wade 45; 2, G. Fabrizio 39; 3, J. Kneen 38.
Class C: 1, T. Davis 40; 2, A Wade 39.
There will be no shoot this weekend as it is Remembrance Sunday.
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