Sunday 15th Jan Sporting

Another day where the forecasters got it wrong,  it was due to rain all day, and get worse as the day progressed,  It turns out that our little Isle of Wight micro climate helped us once again, and although there was rain, it didn’t trouble too many, for too long – certainly one of the comments over heard was “we’ve shot in a lot worse conditions”.  The layout was a ‘tweak’ of last Saturday’s layout, but was none the worse for it –  some great targets that rewarded consistency and accuracy. The pit at the far end of the ground  claimed some score cards, along with the two crossers, on the back of the skeet ground.  There was evidence of some early shooting at the rabbit, which was a risky shot compared to leaving it a little longer.   The woods are often at their best in the winter, without the foliage the bare trees allow for the driven target and high crossing targets, which are all too easy to drop one here or there.   So a tricky day – reflected in the scores.  Normally a 90s man, Ben Morris was high gun with 88, followed by 83 from Ollie Hughes and Lee Pitman.  In the Handicap competition which has seen in the last few weeks some tight joint podium finishers, saw a little daylight between winner Charles Darbyshire 77+29;106, Ollie Hughes 83+21;104 and Daryl Langdon 75+27;102.   Of 23 guns, 14 made the handicap ‘par’ of 95.

Full Scores

FirstLastPersonal HCPBClubClassHitsHighGunHandicap HitsHandicap Rank
BenMorris1096A881989
OllieHughes2190B8321042
LeePitman1697A832996
MarkCoburn1592A8249711
RobGale1887A815996
MarkWhillier1993A806996
CharlesDarbyshire2987C7771061
IainHall2086A7779711
DannySaunders2388B7771004
DarylLangdon2791C75101023
LeonClifton2091A74119415
MickGregson1693A72128819
SimonHastain2189B71139216
MikeHendy3182C69141004
PeterHughes2984C67159613
NikRead0U/c67156723
TimHall3271C6617989
GeoffHall0U/c64186424
MalcolmStables2395B61198421
NeilGurney1888A60207822
RoyVivash3685D60209613
TomCarlstedt-Duke3475D57229117
PhilStrickland3288C55238720
JamesWestlotorn3768D52248918

Visitors Scores

Luke Bowen-Clarke   63
Kelly Read   66