Shooting: Bellhouse wins in style

Twenty competitors take on English Skeet GP in Santon

Report by Peter Kelly:

The CM PARTNERS English skeet GP was held at Meary Veg Santon with 20 shooters taking part in near ideal conditions.

The leaders after the first round were A class shooter, Michael Cross and B class shooter, Rob Corlett with perfect 25 straights; in equal third place on 24 were juniors, Zac Bellhouse and Joe Faragher followed by vet, Brian Faragher on 23.

Rob Corlett was on his own after round two with another 25 straight to lead by two from Joe Faragher, Zac Bellhouse and Michael Cross on 48.

It was status quo after round three with Corlett leading on 74 with Faragher and Bellhouse 72 in equal-second place, followed by Cross on 69 . 

It was tight in the vets section at this stage with Dave Corlett leading on 66 followed by Jeff Corkill and John Moore in second place on 65 with Brian Faragher next on 64.

Then, tt was all to shoot for in round four as the top five go forward to a final for the top five.

The first to qualify for the final in fifth place was Rachael Bowen Matthews on 91 points; in fourth place on 92 after a disaster in his last round was Rob Corlett; in third place on 93 was Michael Cross and the top two spots went to juniors, Zac Bellhouse and Joe Faragher on 96. 

In the final, all shooters were straight to the middle then Faragher missed the second part of the double leaving Bellhouse in the lead on his own.

Stand five it was still the same, then Faragher missed on six but not Bellhouse as he just kept munching the clays to go into the last stand two ahead which he maintained to finish in style with a 25 straight.

Results

High Gun - 1st Z Bellhouse jnr 24,24,24,24=96+25, 2nd J Faragher jnr 24,24,24,24=96+23.

A Class - 1^st M Cross 93, 2^nd R B Matthews 91, 3rd R Sammer 90

B Class - 1^st R Corlett 92, 2nd D Corlett 88, 3rd B Faragher 85 (after shoot off with W Rand)

C Class - 1^st L Devlin 82, 2nd C Van de Berg 80.

1st Senior - M Cross 93

1st Vet - J Corkill 89

1st Lady - R B Matthews 91

1st Junior - J Faragher (after shoot off with Z Bellhouse)

Team - 1^st Z Bellhouse, J Faragher 192, 2^nd M Cross ,J Corkill 182.