SHOOTING: Windy conditions fail to disrupt Moore

Moore wins single and team events

Nineteen competitors took part in very windy conditions in the annual pre-Christmas shoot at Meary Veg Santon this weekend. 

It consisted of three disciplines: 20 Double Rise, 20 Skeet Doubles and 20 Pro Sporting.

The joint leaders after the Double rise were Peter Kelly, John Moore both in A class and junior Joe Faragher in B class with 16 points. The leading C class shooter was newcomer Will Challoner on 11. 

Next was was Skeet doubles and John Moore was in the lead on his own in A class with 31 points with Jeff Corkill second on 29 followed by Dave Corlett in third place in A on 28. Leading B class was Will rand on 28 with Mark Barnett and Joe Faragher in equal second place on 27. We had a new leader in C class in junior Zac Bellhouse on 21 with Dave Morgan in second place on 18 and Brian Kelly in third place on 17. 

The final discipline was Pro Sporting, shot from one of the new shelters it saw Dave Morgan finish in third place in C class on 25 with Brian Kelly now in second place on 30 but taking C class with 34 points was junior Zac Bellhouse. 

Michael Cross finished in third place in B class with 42 points with Will Rand taking second place on 43 but piping him by one point with a final total of 44 and top scoring in the Pro Sporting was Mark Barnett . 

We had to have a shoot off for third place in A class between Dave Corlett and Paul Mihailovits who both scored 42, which Dave won by one point, in second place on 43 was Peter Kelly with Jeff Corkill taking first place in A on 45 but the overall winner with 47 points was John Moore.

Results 

Highgun 

J Moore 15DR,16SD,16PR=47

A Class 

1st J Corkill 13,16,216=45,2nd P Kelly 15,12,16=43, 3rd D Corlett 12,16,14=42

B Class 

1st M Barnett 11,16,17=44, 2nd W Rand 13,15,15=43,3rd M Cross 12,14,16=42

C Class 

1st Z Bellhouse jnr 9.12.13=34, 2nd B Kelly 7,10,13=30, 3rd D Morgan 7,11,7=25.

A team event was also incorporated in the shoot and the winners were Joe Faragher/J Moore 89, with M Barnett/M Cross 86 taking second place on count back from P Kelly/W Rand in third place with J Corkill/ Z Bellhouse forth on 79.