Annual Tour, May 2015, Isle of Wight

30 th Anniversary Shooting Tour - May 2015 - Isle of Wight

1 st Steve Carr 242 Fri 73/100 + 43/50 116 Sat 76/90 + 50/60 126

2 nd Darrell Etherington 227 Fri 67/100 + 34/50 101 Sat 75/90 + 51/60 126

3 rd Bill Anderton 211 Fri 66/100 + 40/50 106 Sat 62/90 + 43/60 105

4 th Peter Lake 208 Fri 64/100 + 36/50 100 Sat 64/90 + 44/60 108

5 th Darren Garrett 204 Fri 62/100 + 37/50 99 Sat 61/90 + 44/60 105

6 th John Evans 190 Fri 51/100 + 32/50 83 Sat 60/90 + 47/60 107

7 th Jack Pretty 187 Fri 50/100 + 28/50 78 Sat 62/90 + 47/60 109

8 th Kevin Strudley 180 Fri 43/100 + 35/50 78 Sat 61/90 + 41/60 102

9 th Roy Grogan 179 Fri 48/100 + 34/50 82 Sat 54/90 + 43/60 97

10 th Andy Catton 177 Fri 38/100 + 25/50 63 Sat 67/90 + 47/60 114

11 th Gary Fowles 176 Fri 47/100 + 30/50 77 Sat 56/90 + 43/60 99

12 th Brendan O’Reilly 169 Fri 42/100 + 25/50 67 Sat 65/90 + 37/60 102

13 th Mark Evans 155 Fri 37/100 + 22/50 59 Sat 53/90 + 43/60 96

14 th Geoff Pelling 146 Fri 28/100 + 35/50 63 Sat 46/90 + 37/60 83

15 th Mike Evans 139 Fri 32/100 + 30/50 62 Sat 47/90 + 30/60 77

16 th Brian Sandle 124 Fri 37/100 + 22/50 59 Sat 41/90 + 24/60 65

17 th Peter Plugis 119 Fri 36/100 + 22/50 58 Sat 35/90 + 26/60 61

18 th George Lake 84 Fri 52/100 + 32/50 84 Sat n/a

1 st Peter Plugis 300.09 Score 119 +19 on average of 100

2 nd Brian Sandle 300.07 Score 124 +14 on average of 110

3 rd John Evans 300.04 Score 190 +5 on average of 185

4 th Gary Fowles 300.01 Score 176 +1 on average of 175

5 th Jack Pretty 299.97 Score 187 -3 on average of 190

6 th Roy Grogan 299.95 Score 179 -6 on average of 185

7 th Geoff Pelling 299.94 Score 146 -9 on average of 155

8 th Mike Evans 299.93 Score 139 -11 on average of 150

9 th Steve Carr 299.84 Score 242 -8 on average of 250

10 th Mark Evans 299.84 Score 155 -20 on average of 175

11 th Bill Anderton 299.82 Score 211 -14 on average of 225

12 th Darrell Etherington 299.68 Score 227 -18 on average of 245

13 th Kevin Strudley 299.67 Score 180 -30 on average of 210

14 th Andy Catton 299.64 Score 177 -33 on average of 210

15 th Darren Garrett 299.63 Score 204 -26 on average of 230

16 th Peter Lake 299.59 Score 208 -27 on average of 235

17 th Brendan O’Reilly 299.47 Score 169 -46 on average of 215

18 th George Lake 299.05 Score 84 -106 on average of 190

What a great way to celebrate 30 years of F&F with the Isle of Wight Anniversary Tour. A great trip all round with fabulous weather and some excellent shooting. A special ‘Thank You’ to Brendan from the whole club for doing a fantastic job of arranging everything. If there was an F&F ‘Travel Agent of the Year Trophy’ he would definitely be in with a very good chance !! and, he certainly takes the 1st prize for filling up everyone’s email inbox !! Friday was spent at the Bowcombe View Shooting Ground and our thanks to Dan Bishop and the team for a great day out. A well organised shoot with some challenging stands, especially the ‘Tower Challenge’ that a few people tried. Saturday was spent at Bob Cooper Clay Shoot and our thanks to Bob Cooper and the team for a great shoot with equally challenging stands and very tasty BBQ !! A mention must go out to Legends By The Sea restaurant in Sandown for some fantastic steaks served on (hot) Lava Rocks, and, for kindly allowing us to use the restaurant for presenting our Trophies on Saturday evening. Compliments to all the staff for a fantastic experience and a special thanks to the Manager for donating some raffle prizes.

The Trophies

This year we are trying a new handicap system to ensure a fair and level playing field for the tour. This works by taking the average of your most recent shooting i.e. the current season from September 2014 up to and including May 2015 at Osney Lodge, and adjusting it to reflect a 300 clay shoot. The scoring is then calculated based on how well each individual shoots above or below their expected average giving everyone a fair chance of a trophy if they shoot well during the tour. We have Trophies for 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place for the Handicap Shooting plus a ‘Wooden Spoon’ for the worst Handicapped score. In addition, we have an outright ‘High Gun’ Trophy for the best straight shooting score and a ‘Wonky Donkey’ Trophy for the lowest straight shooting score.

Steve Carr wins the ‘High Gun’ Trophy with a great score of 242 out of 300

Peter Plugis wins the ‘Wonky Donkey’ Trophy with a score of 119 out of 300

Straight Shooting Results

Below is the final scores for Straight Shooting. Friday was split into a morning session of 100 clays and 50 in the afternoon. Saturday was split into 90 in the morning and 60 in the afternoon. The breakdown of scores over both days is shown to the right. Note: George Lake was unable to shoot on the Saturday so he was excluded from winning the coveted ‘Wonky Donkey’ Trophy.

Handicap Shooting Results

1 st Place Peter Plugis with a Handicap score of 300.09

2 nd Place Brian Sandle with a Handicap score of 300.07

3 rd Place John Evans with a Handicap score of 300.04

‘Wooden Spoon’ Brendan O’Reilly with a Handicap score of 299.47

Bowcombe View Dance Champion Stylishly won by Royston ‘The Hips’ Grogan after his performance on the hill

The Sticky Vicky Challenge Outright winner Mr Jack Pretty after a very strong all night performance

The UK’s Shortest Person Won by Mr Somebody (we don’t know who but he has a twin in Ilfracombe). Darrell came a very close 2nd (again)

The Best Belly Button Fanny Brendan O’Reilly won hands down with a Hairy Haven that ‘Sticky Vicky’ would be jealous of

Last Years Medallion Better late than never, Gary Fowles finally gets to take home his 2014 medallion

High Gun Pepper Pot Outright winner Steve Carr, it will look great with the rest of his Silverware

The Legend Burger Challenge Easy win for Brendan O’Reilly after a great practice run on the steak

The Best Teapot Pose Brendan O’Reilly adds a 3rd win to his collection with the best Teapot in F&F

1 st Steve Carr 116

2 nd Bill Anderton 106

3 rd Darrell Etherington 101

1 st Darrell Etherington 126 *

2 nd Steve Carr 126 *

3 rd Andy Catton 114

Bowcombe View - Friday

Bob Cooper’s - Saturday

* 1st place tie, Darrell Etherington wins 7-6 by shoot off

And to finish ... the other awards ...

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Below is the final scores for Handicap Shooting. The total straight score out of 300 is shown to the right of the Handicap Score together with how well you shot above or below your average, Green if you shot above average and Red if you shot below. Note: George Lake was unable to shoot on the Saturday so he was excluded from winning the coveted ‘Wooden Spoon’ Trophy.

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