SKEET UPDATE 19 th April

Northern Skeet Diary Update by Chris Lancaster – 19 April 2007

 
Sunday 8 April
 
...............and still the Northern Region tons keep rolling in!.......
 
Nottingham & District Gun Club
 
A handful of Northern Region shooters went down to Nottingham DGC on a lovely sunny but (again) breezy day. Robert Jones ever consistent put in yet another 100 straight, and Sam McGonigal 96. Well done! Keep flying the flag for the Northern Region!
 
Oxton Shooting School/A614
 
A few of our shooters shot Oxton/A614 and the top scorers this time were Steve Leppington, just missing the one, 99 and Gary Cooke 98.
 
Monday 9 April
 
At the Oxton Club Championship Gary Cooke put in another 98 which meant that he had to shoot off the title with Paul Fallon. Unfortunately Gary let this one slip by.
 

Sunday 15 April
 
Oxton Shooting School/A614
 
Again a handful of Northern Region Shooters made the trip to Oxton/A614.
 
Gary Cooke shot one hundred straight whilst Steve Leppington again just missing the one 99, Billy Perry 97 and Sam McGonigal 96.
 
Andrew Parsons and Steve Leppington fairing the best with 98 and Derek Wilson 97 at A614

Northern Skeet Diary Update by Chris Lancaster –23 April 2007

 
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April
 
First England Skeet Team Selection Shoot
 
This was held at Nottingham and District Gun Club. The weather not as forecast as it was cold and overcast and, as ever, breezy making the target testing on both days!
 
There were a total of nineteen squads at this event and out of the nineteen squads there were four 100 straights on the first day and eleven on the second day. Two of those were shot by our region's shooters.
 
Robert Jones yet again headed the Northern Region Shooters and held his metal on the last squad out. Robert shot 198 (98 and 100) which places him joint first in the veterans category with Joe Kitson.
 
Steve Leppington who also shot on the last squad out shot 197 (100 and 97) which places him in the top eleven. Barry Bell, the youngest! from Cumbria shot his first selection shoot extremely well with 195 (98 and 97) and Andrew Parsons shot consistently with194 (96 and 98) which doesn't rule either of them out of a team place if they shoot well at Southern Counties.
 
Sue Tyas shot extremely well earning the second placing in the Ladies over the week-end with 191 (96 and 95) and Chris Lancaster just one behind on 190 (95 and 95).
 
Junior Sam McGonigal also shot very well with 192 (96 and 96) which earned him eighth place in his category.
 
Well done to all our shooters and Good Luck for the second selection to be held at Southern Counties in July.