Ed Ling Wins English Open ABT in Emphatic Style

21st May 2018

Ed Ling shot a stunning 200 straight to win the English Open ABT at Bywell Shooting Ground on Sunday afternoon (20 May).

The rest of the field could only watch on, as Ed put in a ruthless performance and completed an astonishing 200 straight. Tony Coulstock finished runner-up on 197 and Cameron Hay held his nerve in a shoot off to finish third after scoring 196.

Abbey Ling retained her Ladies title, shooting 189 for the second successive year in the competition to finish three points ahead of Mary Rowley, whilst Theo shot an unrivalled 195 to comfortably earn the Junior title.

However, Ed and Theo's father Steve was narrowly denied in the Veteran category to prevent a clean sweep for the Ling family on the day. Steve's score of 193 was beaten by Nigel Collis on 194 who walked away with the Veteran honours.

It was equally close in the Colts category as Corey Doble shot 182 to finish one point ahead of Lucy Hall to claim victory.

To view the full results from the English Open ABT please see below:

	NAME OF WINNER	CPSA NO	SCORE ex 200	S/O RES.*
HIGH GUN	Ed Ling	EE 120	200
RUNNER UP OF MATCH	Tony Coulstock	EE 107036	197
THIRD OVERALL	Cameron Hay	SS 3309	196	25
CLASS A
1ST	Jack Thompson	EE 108838	196	24
CLASS B
1ST	Nigel Collis	EE 117472	194
CLASS C
1ST	Theo Ling	EE 121186	195
CLASS D
1ST	Mary Rowley	EE 32000	186
LADIES HIGH GUN	Abbey Ling	EE 103899	189
2ND	Mary Rowley	EE 32000	186
3RD	Kath Bright	EE 124538	185
JUNIOR HIGH GUN	Theo Ling	EE 121186	195
2ND	Ryan Askam	EE 136127	185
3RD	James Tate	EE 126341	180
VETERAN HIGH GUN	Nigel Collis	EE 117472	194
2ND	Steve Ling	EE 31535	193
3RD	Joey Jones	EE 2745	192
COLTS HIGH GUN	Corey Doble	EE 134655	182
2ND	Lucy Hall	EE 132017	181
3RD	not contested
DISABLED STANDING HG	Steve Ling	EE 31535	182
2ND	Mark Delf	EE 132851	189
3RD	not contested
REGIONAL SENIORS	NORTH
REGIONAL LADIES	EAST MIDLANDS
REGIONAL JUNIORS	NORTH
REGIONAL VETERANS	EAST MIDLANDS