FITASC

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 Final 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 Edmunds 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