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North Region Skeet Doubles Championships
Sunday the 5th March, North of England Clay Target Centre hosted the Northern Region Skeet Doubles championship and also Yorkshire, Lancashire, Northumberland, Durham And Merseyside Skeet Doubles championships..
The day was grey with occasional light rain, 31 shooters from around the region competed on the day for this Championship, and at the end of the day Steve Leppington and Gary Cooke had to shoot off for the title both having shot 99 x100.
In a thrilling shoot off Steve narrowly beat Gary to take the win.
This gave Steve the Northern Region Champion, Northern Region Veteran Champion and Yorkshire champion and also Yorkshire Veteran champion.... Gary Cooke was a worthy second and Andy Parsons took third with 98.
Other results were Lancashire Champion - Dave Hornby 95.. Northumberland Lady/Vet Champion - Liz Shanks 93.. Northern Region and Junior champion - L Rollinson 94.. Cumbria Champion - J Henderson 85.. Durham Champion - Jon Tones 90.. Durham Veteran Champion - J Tones 87.. Yorkshire Lady Champion - C Lancaster 90... and last and brilliantly shot the 2017 Northern region and Yorkshire Colt Champion - A.Pope.. 78... .. Thanks to all involved with this event...
Dave Barratt