Shooting: Bellhouse impresses to become skeet champion

Junior competitor leads from start to finish at Meary Veg

Report by Peter Kelly:

The CM Partners English skeet GP was held at Meary Veg, Santon in dull cloudy conditions.

It was a pre-entry competition so shooting commenced spot on 10am and after the first round young gun Zac Bellhouse set the pace along with James Simpson with perfect 25 straights, in third place on 24 was another junior, Joe Faragher with Michael Cross, Roman Sammer and Andy Morgan next on 23.

There was no letting up in Bellhouse as he cleaned the second round also to lead with 50 straight, in equal-second place on 47 were Faragher, Cross and Simpson, with Sammer next on 46. 

Bellhouse maintained a three-shot lead after round three scoring 24 to have a running total on 74 with Cross and Simpson next on 71 followed by Faragher and Sammer on 70. 

With the top five going into a super final it was all to shoot for in round four. 

Bellhouse showed no sign of letting up, having his third 25 straight of the day to have a running total of 99 ex 100 to qualify for the final in first place, in second place on 95 was Michael Cross on count back from Joe Faragher in third place also on 94, in fourth place on 94 was James Simpson with Roman Sammer making the final in fifth place.

In the final the first to miss was Cross who missed his first target out for the fourth time. 

The next to miss was Sammer on stand four, then Simpson also stand four, but our leader Bellhouse was still clear along with Faragher until stand five when Bellhouse missed low five, that was the last target to be missed and at the end we had Cross taking third place overall on 119, Faragher was the runner up on 120 but the CM Partner's English skeet champion who led from start to finish was junior Zac Bellhouse with a very fine score on 123 ex 125.

Results

High Gun

1.) Z Bellhouse (jnr.) 25,25,24,25,24=123
2.) J Faragher (jnr.) 24,23,24,24,25=120
3.) M Cross 24,23,24,24,24=119

A Class

1.) J Simpson - 94
2.) R Sammer - 93
3.) J Moore - 90+4

B Class

1.) M Cross - 95
2.) D Corlett - 86
3.) M Hepworth - 82

C Class

1.) M Whitehead - 82
2.) D Morgan - 80
3.) P Fabrizio - 79

Team

1.) R B Matthews/J Faragher - 185
2.) M Cross/M Hepworth - 180+14