
The USA swept the major awards at the 2017 World English Sporting Championship, with Bobby Fowler winning top individual honors as World Champion and USA Sporting Clays Team members winning each concurrent. 917 shooters from 17 countries competed in the event, April 25-30 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas.
Fowler and George Digweed entered the Super FinalĀ in a tie at 189; followed by Gebben Miles, Bill McGuire, and Ben Husthwaite at 185; and Derrick Mein and 2016 World Champion Anthony Matarese at 184. Fowler’s 21 in the shoot-off landed him three targets ahead of runner-up Husthwaite, followed by Gebben Miles. Desirae EdmundsĀ and Hunter Dreher repeated their 2016 World Championships in the Ladies and Junior concurrents. Other gold medalists were Payton Meyer, Sub-Junior; Dan Carlisle, Veteran; Gary Walstrom, Super Veteran; and Gene Sherrod, Senior Super Veteran.
The USA Sporting Clays Team also won gold medals in every category — Open, Lady, Junior, Veteran, and Super Veteran.
Individual winners for the week include:
HOA World Champion | Bobby Fowler – 189 + 21 | |
HOA Runner-up | Ben Husthwaite – 185 + 22 | |
HOA 3rd | Gebben Miles – 185 + 20 | |
Lady Champion | Desirae Edmunds – 181 | |
Lady Runner-up | Annabelle Ayres – 175 | |
Lady 3rd | Diane Sorantino – 173 | |
Sub-Junior | Payton Meyer – 163 | |
Junior | Hunter Dreher – 183 | |
Veteran | Dan Carlisle – 176 | |
Super Veteran | Gary Walstrom – 168 | |
Senior Super Veteran | Gene Sherrod – 154 | |
M1 | George Digweed – 189 + 16 | |
AA1 | Darren Elliott – 170 | |
A1 | Ross Holmes – 160 | |
B1 | Joel Allem – 160 | |
C1 | Reece Rodrigues – 154 | |
D1 | Jose Tabares Gonzales – 151 | |
E1 | Gianfranco Bizzieri – 145 | |
FITASC | Richard Bunning – 95 | |
FITASC Lady | Annabelle Ayres – 88 | |
Preliminary | Tony Rivera – 96 | |
5-Stand | Brice Grantham – 97 | |
20 Ga. | Scott Robertson – 95 | |
28 Ga. | Zachary Kienbaum – 98 | |
.410 Bore | Scott Robertson – 94 | |
Sub-Gauge HOA | Scott Robertson – 278 | |
20 Gauge FITASC | Gerald Hendrickson – 46 | |
28 Gauge FITASC | Daniel Bailey – 46 | |
Super Sporting | Kevin De Michiel – 94 | |
Adios Cup | Damien Birgan – 95 |
You can see complete scores and results at Winscoreonline.com.