Beretta World
Faulds on top at Beretta
of the fantastic Meon Springs venue, great atmosphere, good targets and generally fine weather ensure that it is always well attended and must rank as one of the biggest shoots of the year.
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Day one was blessed with fine sunny weather and the scores seemed to reflect the mood, Brian Clegg looking good for a qualifying place until he was pipped by Nigel Hart of Wales on 112 who booked his place in Sunday’s final alongside Stuart Rudling who had carded a very handy 114.
Once again the event was run over 15 stands and 120 targets with Bob Clarke and Pete Corney putting on a technical course that beat shooters with speed and angle rather than distance. To add a little variety, two three trap super sporting stands were included which made the ability to read a target quickly a prerequisite for success.
Richard Faulds once again took the honours at this year’s Beretta World Sporting. We were there to follow the action.
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There was no let up in the temperature stakes on day two but, despite the continuing good shooting conditions, no one was able to better Stuart’s 114 and the two finalists from the day were John Lee who finished on 110 and Martin Myers on 109 which made the final thus far at least a 50% Welsh affair. ‘Windy’ would be the best word to describe Sunday along with ‘cooler’. Much cooler in fact and, although the cloud cover reduced the chances of glare interfering with the shooting, the longer distance targets were certainly getting tossed around in the strong breeze. Nonetheless there were some very
good performances including juniors Sam Green and Phil Gray who both finished on 109. However it was the more experienced shots who dealt best with the conditions, Stuart Clarke producing the round of the weekend to finish on 114 during the worst of the weather. He
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was joined by Richard Faulds who also finished just six away and booked his place in the final hoping to see his name engraved on the winner’s trophy for the sixth time.
As is traditional at the Beretta, the super final targets were extremely testing, with some very long range targets to test the best of the best. With a good sized crowd gathered the shoot-off began, five targets from each of the six cages being tackled in steadily improving weather conditions. Twenty minutes later and the crowd was perched on the edge of the proverbial seats. Several had taken the lead and then lost it, but all had fallen by the wayside except for Hart and Faulds who stood shooting-off for the top step of the podium.
A few seconds later and it was over,
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