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of the leader board and it was clear that there was still everything to play for on day two. Typical English weather was on offer
for the start of the second day; in other words some light rain. However this soon cleared away along with the cloud and the temperatures soared. The same couldn’t be said for everyone’s scores though, Brad Kidd looking good for a place in the fi nal until he fell foul of the afternoon sun on layout 6, a 15 being the result. The fi nal then would be predominantly British with only Australian A Panetta (131) and Gebben Miles (131) looking to spoil the home nation’s party. Others to make it through included Martin Myers (131), Wilkinson and Green, both on 134 and Ben Husthwaite with a two target margin on 136. Right from the start Ben was on good
form, shooting the chips with every second barrel, as was Panetta who shot a 21 to equal the highest score in the fi nal. The targets were suitably tough with a tricky right to left white target that hugged the horizon and a long teal that caught out most of the fi nalists at least once. Gebben Miles found it diffi cult to get into a rhythm and he fi nished on 147 to take sixth place. Martin Myers took fi fth despite shooting a 20 but, with a big defi cit to catch the leaders, a win never looked on the cards. Panetta took fourth on 152 and Sam third on 153. Wilkinson had shot very well but, despite also carding a 21, he still came up two short of Ben who fi nished the fi nal in style to take the win on 157. America’s Diane Sorantino took
the ladies win on 122 ahead of June Speakman (113) while Jerry Bland (123) took super vets by a single target ahead of Michael Taylor of the US. Eric Chapman’s 127 was enough to take vets with Dave Izzard second and Brian DuQuesnay third. Finalist Sam Green took the juniors by a country mile ahead of Fox and Henderson of the US, while Hunter Milligan (USA) took the colt’s trophy ahead of Nathan Hales. The win was some consolation for
Husthwaite who had earlier in the day failed to set the course alight on the Sportrap, his epic 100 straight in the event two years ago wasn’t to be repeated. In fact the leader at the end of day one was Scott Robertson who had put in a 95 having literally just got off a plane from Dallas. Digweed too wasn’t looking as though he would make the fi nal; his 92 a little off the pace as he equalled several other shooters including Ben, Paul Lovick
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and Stuart Rudling. Those that did make it to the last fi ve included Richard Faulds who, fresh from his Beretta World win, was shooting well, producing a 96 which was matched by Mark Marshall. They were joined by Robertson and Martin Papworth on 95 as well as Dave Hughes on 94. Right from the start, Mark looked like
he was hungry for the win, attacking the big targets and making them look easy shooting a 23. Richard shot well but it wasn’t enough and with a fi nishing score of 21, he had to shoot-off against Hughes for the silver. He moved up a gear to rescue the situation shooting 10 to Hughes’ nine to secure the place. Cheryl Halls 91 was enough for her
to take ladies, nine targets clear of Becky Bream while John Bidwell (85) had to settle for the runner up spot in vets behind Floyd Hartlage (86) of the US while Brian Loader took third. It was an all overseas lockout at the top of juniors with Americans Fox (93) and Ford (92) taking fi rst and second ahead of Malmstrom of Sweden and it was an American who also took the colts courtesy of Hunter Milligan (82) with Daniel Wicker (74) securing the silver. Friday had also seen the running of the
100 bird Sporting prelim over 12 stands, with many fi nding it tough going amidst the high temperatures that soared into the 90s. Mark Winser hadn’t shot the FITASC and had an uneventful Sportrap to fi nish on 91, but he came alive in the prelim, shooting a very confi dent looking 94 to take the win. Behind Mark there was something of a bun fi ght for second place, Scott Robertson,
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Ben in the FITASC fi nal
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