Seniors, Ladies and Youth Cups
ilmcote
Sports Club hosted the competitions for the Senior Shield, the Ladies Rose Bowl
and the Youth Cup last Thursday. It was a busy evening which was well organised
but even so, it went on till late causing some competitors to withdraw from some
competitions before the end of the night. In each of the competitions shooters
had five pellets on each of two targets and clean bulls counted as 5.1 points.
The Senior Shield – saw some excellent shooting from entrants. Alison McMillan
had the highest score in the first round with 24.3 with Trevor Morris close on
her heels with 24.1 points. In the second round, Brian Adshead had the highest
score with 23.3 points. Alison who shoots well under pressure held on to her
lead shooting 23.2 and went on to win the competition with a total score of 47.5
out of a possible 51 points. Runner-up was Trevor Morris with 47.2 and in equal
third place was Paul Clingan and Bill Fleming who shot 46.3 points. Alison is as
far as the League records go back, the youngest “senior” to win the competition
and only the second woman to do so, the first being Sheila Clarke in 1997/98.
The Ladies Rose Bowl – was defended with zeal by Michelle Dale who has held the
cup for the last five years except for 2009/10. But she faced strong competition
from Andrea Norris and Alison McMillan. With the first set of five pellets, both
Michelle Dale and Andrea Norris had 23 points and Alison McMillan had 22 points.
Keeping the pressure on, Michelle Dale shot two clean bulls on the second target
to score 24.2 which won her the competition with a total of 47.2 points. Joint
runners up were Andrea Norris and Alison McMillan with 45.1 points
The Youth Cup – saw five entrants with Will Cemis who holds the trophy putting
up a strong defence. He was narrowly in the lead position after the first five
pellets with a score of 22.1 to Sam Goodman’s 22 points. He made sure of his
hold on it when he shot 24.1 with the second set of pellets. Sam Goodman was
runner up with 43.1 and Sam Powell third with 40 points.
Tonight, teams compete in the first round of the Thompson Cup matches, Clifford
WMC vs Avenue-RBL, Wilmcote vs Binton A and Binton B vs Home Guard. MEB have a
bye.
Report by Juana Everett, to be published on 1st March
2012