Novembers 50 metre handicap Match at Sinclair was shot in difficult weather conditions and no one appeared to be able to master the very tricky wind which was gusting in a circular motion between the netting. Top gun score went to John Wood finishing with a 575 from Andy Potter on 574 but once the handicap had been introduced, second on count-back, went to Tony Kneale. The remaining shooters score were well below par in almost all instances. Full results were:- 1 (on count-back) – John Wood 95, 98, 94, 97, 95, 96 (+ 27 Handicap) = 602, 2 - Tony Kneale 93, 94, 95, 95, 95, 96 (+ 34) = 602, 3 – Will Jones 96, 93, 97, 96, 97, 92 (+ 27) = 598, 4 (on count-back) – Andy Potter 95, 96, 96, 97, 95, 95 (+18) = 592, 5 – Illiam Christian (J) 96, 94, 94, 93, 92, 92 (+31) = 592, 6 – Perryn Callister 91, 92, 95, 95, 92, 93 (+30) = 588, 7 – Andy Traynor 91, 92, 91, 88, 94, 90 (+30) = 576, 8 – Nick Brown 87, 90, 91, 92, 96, 94 (+25) = 575, 9 – Suzanne McKnight 88, 93, 86, 92, 91, 88 (+31) = 569, 10 – Richard Arthur 94, 90, 89, 85, 88, 91 (+20) = 557.
The Raynor Cup, the last Isle of Man Shooting Club summer competition, was held concurrently with the handicap match. The Raynor Cup is a blind pair’s scratch match, where the pairs are drawn after the shoot has commenced and a convincing win went to teenager, Illiam Christian and Will Jones on 1132 with Nick Brown and Tony Kneale in second slot on 1118. Full results were:- 1 - Christian and Jones 561 + 571 = 1132, 2 – Brown and Kneale 550 + 568 = 1118, 3 – Suzanne McKnight and John Wood 538 + 575 = 1113, 4 – Richard Arthur and Andy Potter 537 + 574 = 1111, 5 – Perryn Callister and Andy Traynor 558 + 546 = 1104.
