IoM Rifle Association Secretary wins the R L Stott Trophy
Dave Humphrey, secretary of the IoM Rifle Association, was victorious in the R L Stott Trophy which was held at the Castletown range on Wednesday. The extremely well organised competition, run by the host club, had fourteen competitors from just three local clubs, who shot two cards each with an added allocated handicap score. The full results were as follows:-
1 – Dave Humphrey (IoMSC Douglas) 97, 96 + handicap 6 = 199,
2 – Suzanne McKnight (Kirk Michael) 97, 98 + 3.9 = 198.9,
3 – Tom Lord (Kirk Michael) 96, 94 + 8.4 = 198.4,
4 – Dan Simpson (IoMSC Sandsiders) 93, 89 + 15.6 = 197.6,
5 – Andy Potter (IoMSC Douglas) 95, 98 + 4.2 = 197.2,
6 – Sam Jones (J) (IoMSC Douglas) 93, 81 + 22.5 = 196.5,
7 – Tony Kneale (IoMSC Sandsiders) 94, 93 + 8.7 = 195.7,
8 – Richard Arthur (IoMSC Sandsiders) 97, 95 + 3.6 = 195.6,
9 - Christian Eaton (J) (IoMSC Douglas) 86, 92 + 16.5 = 194.5,
10 – Norman Ormrod (IoMSC Sandsiders) 93, 87 + 14.4 = 194.4,
11 – Thomas Clague (J) (IoMSC Douglas) 94, 94 + 5.7 = 193.7,
12 – Nick Brown (IoMSC Douglas) 94, 89 + 7.8 = 190.8,
13 – Illiam Christian (J) (Kirk Michael) 94, 90 + 5.4 = 189.4,
14 – Tracey Skelton (IoMSC Douglas) 94, 91 + 3.9 = 188.9.
Thanks must go to Shirley and Reg Caley along with Steven Gardner and members of Castletown Rifle Club for such an efficiently run and enjoyable competition.
Results of round 2 of the 101Challenge Cup
Many thanks to Judy Kee who has forwarded the results of round 2 of the 101 Challenge Cup a pairs competition. The posted results are:-
Alex Trafford (KM) 87 & Illiam Christian (KM) 98 = 185
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Tracey Skelton (IoMSCD) 97 & Martin Burns (IoMSCD) 99 = 196
Kevin Quinn (KM) 95 & David Lord (KM) 92 = 187
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Bill Jones (IoMSCSS) 95 & Richard Arthur (IoMSCSS) 97 = 192
Steve Callus (IoMSCSS) 95 & Tony Kneale (IoMSCSS) 93 = 188
V
Mike Clague (IoMSCD) 99 & Mark Osborn (IoMSCD) 93 = 192
Mike Duncalf (IoMSCD) 96 & Andy Potter (IoMSCD) 97 = 193
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Suzanne McKnight (KM) 94 & Perryn Callister (KM) 98 = 192
The final will be held on Monday February 24th at the organisers range in the Glen Gardens, Laxey. The finalists, who are requested to be present by 7.30pm for an 8.00 pm start, will be:-
Tracey Skelton & Martin Burns V Bill Jones & Richard Arthur
Mike Clague & Mark Osborn V Mike Duncalf & Andy Potter
Winter League Results
Duncalf takes his second 100 of the season
An extremely close match was shot at Sinclair on Monday evening when the team from Sulby arrived to shoot against IoMSC Douglas. It took the scoring of the last detail of two Douglas shooters to confirm the result in Division 1 and the visitors came out winners by a single point. Claiming top spot for the hosts, Mike Duncalf continued his race at the top of the championship producing a full house, the only shooter to date, to record two hundreds in the league this season. Duncalf was followed by 97’s from Nick Brown and Andy Potter. For the visitors, Teddy Sayle, Mark Cain and Will Quayle all posted 98’s with Peter Webb on 97. Although Sulby took the win in Division1, Divisions 2 and 3 went in favour of IoMSC Douglas.
IoMSC Douglas v Sulby
Division 1
Mike Duncalf 100 Teddy Sayle 98
Nick Brown 97 Mark Cain 98
Andy Potter 97 Will Quayle 98
Tracey Skelton (L) 96 Peter Webb 97
Keith Lowney 96 Barry Jones 96
486 487
Division 2
Mark Osborn 96 Orry Teare 96
Dave Humphrey 96 Mark Boyde 93
Mike Clague 96 Jim Teare 93
Thomas Clague (J) 96 Peter Faragher 92
Josh Maclaughlin (J) 94 Richard Faragher 91
478 465
Division 3
Martin Burns 94 Rod Forshaw 84
Tony Leadley 93
Aaron Astill (J) 88
Sam Jones (J) 84
Christian Eaton (J) 84 00
443 84
Highest Division 1 score of the week went to Port St Mary when they entertained a six man Kirk Michael team. The ‘Port managed to hit 491 x 500 for the second time this season with Paul Clague and Harry Harrison on top with 99’s, Kevan Kneale and Dave Bould both on 98 and a magnificent 97 from junior shooter, George Dalton–Brown making up the Division 1 team. Kevin Quinn shot a 98 for Kirk Michael closely followed by Suzanne McKnight and another junior, Illiam Christian both on 97.
Port St Mary v Kirk Michael
Division 1
Paul Clague 99 Kevin Quinn 98
Harry Harrison 99 Suzanne McKnight (L) 97
Kevan Kneale 98 Illiam Christian (J) 97
Dave Bould 98 Perryn Callister (L) 92
George Dalton-Brown (J) 97 Alex Trafford (J) 89
491 473
Division 2
Ashley Gardner (J) 97 David Lord 89
Jaccie Gardner (JL) 95
Juan Clague 95
Gary Knight 95
Ean Brewis 95 00
477 89
Division 3
Orry Kerr (J) 92
Callum Grant (J) 91
Peter Gelling 90
Graham Brown 88
Patrick Kerr (J) 88
449
Castletown’s venture north to Laxey proved almost fruitless as the hosts won both Division 1 and 2 but the third Division did go Castletown’s way. John Wood, Suzanne Curphey and Harry Creevy all posted 98’s for Laxey with Chris Birtwhistle for the visitors managing a 96 with Mike Thompson and John Brewis both hitting 95’s.
Laxey v Castletown
Division 1
John Wood 98 Chris Birtwhistle 96
Suzanne Curphey (L) 98 Mike Thompson 95
Harry Creevy 98 John Brewis 95
Bill Snelling 96 John-Paul Bridson 94
Bridget Kneale (L) 95 Nigel Christian 94
485 474
Division 2
Judy Kee (L) 95 Steve Gardner 94
Peter Clague 95 Henry Qualtrough 93
Andrew Jessop 95 Shirley Caley (L) 92
Stephen Curphey 94 Robin McFee 92
Gary Kneale 92 Duncan Watterson (J) 92
471 463
Division 3
Nick Kennish 92 Andy Bell 91
James Hewison (J) 91 Lauren Cooper (L) 85
00 Reg Caley 84
183 260
Just 6 points separated the two teams in Division 1 when IoMSC Sandsiders travelled north to Sulby Cossacks. For Cossacks, junior shooter Fergus Coulter posted 99 with Jess Clague biting his heels on 98 with her dad, Chris and another junior, Jonathan Webb, both on 96. Matching Coulter’s score, IoMSC Sandsiders Marion Jones, recorded a 99 with father Bill and Andy Traynor on 98 and Richie Arthur and Tony Kneale both on 97. IoMSC Sandsiders took wins in all three Divisions.
Cossacks v IoMSC Sandsiders
Division1
Fergus Coulter (J) 99 Marion Jones (L) 99
Jess Clague (L) 98 Bill Jones 98
Chris Clague 96 Andy Traynor 98
Jonathan Webb (J) 96 Richard Arthur 97
Ronnie Fairbairn 94 Tony Kneale 97
583 489
Division 2
Tim Hardisty (J) 94 James Jones 95
John Cottier 94 Terry Green 93
Andy Mitchell 89 Dan Simpson 92
Jacob Duggan (J) 82 Steve Callus 90
Antony Cawte (J) 77 Phil Kneen 90
436 460
Division 3
Callum McPhillips (J) 72 Chris Ollett 87
00 Norman Ormrod 87
72 174
IoM RA League positions as at February 10th.
As the league begins to draw to a close, changes are appearing each week in the leagues. The closest is in Division 2 where IoMSC Douglas and Port St Mary are separated by just 9 points on aggregate. Only a disaster will stop Laxey from retaining the premier Division and the ‘Port appear to have Division 3 sewn up.
Division 1 W D L Agg Pts
Laxey 10 1 0 5344 21
Port St Mary 9 0 2 5357 18
IoMSC Douglas 8 0 3 5376 16
Sulby 4 2 5 5300 10
Castletown 4 0 7 5283 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 3 1 7 5319 7
Kirk Michael 2 0 9 5239 4
Sulby Cossacks 2 0 9 5234 4
Division 2 W D L Agg Pts
IoMSC Douglas 9 0 2 5239 18
Port St Mary 9 0 2 5230 18
Laxey 7 0 4 5146 14
IoMSC Sandsiders 7 0 4 5103 14
Sulby 5 0 6 5121 10
Castletown 5 0 6 5086 10
Sulby Cossacks 2 0 9 4924 4
Kirk Michael 0 0 11 2941 0
Division 3 W D L Agg Pts
Port St Mary 11 0 0 4855 22
IoMSC Douglas 8 0 3 4360 16
IoMSC Sandsiders 7 0 4 3376 14
Castletown 5 0 6 4033 10
Laxey 5 0 6 2401 10
Sulby 3 0 8 2397 6
Sulby Cossacks 3 0 8 1805 6
Kirk Michael 0 0 11 85 0
Dates For Your Diaries
With the half-term break for the indoor league, there are no matches this week or next week however, on Monday February 24th, Laxey are hosting the finals of the 101 Challenge Cup at their range in the Glen Gardens.
The league matches recommence on Monday March 3rd when Laxey will entertain Sulby Cossacks, IoMSC Douglas host Port St Mary, Sulby go south to Castletown and IoMSC Sandsiders travel north to Kirk Michael.
The Isle of Man Rifle Association have announced the venue for the 2014 Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation. The event will be held on Saturday April 12th at the Wentworth Suite (the golf club) of the Mount Murray Hotel – 7.30 for 8 pm. A vegetarian main course is available and the ticket price is £24 per person. The Association have asked if interested parties could inform Lorrie Thompson of numbers at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.
Due to the break this week, I will be posting up to date results for the C and D leagues, round 4 of the NSRA County Leagues and round 7 of the Ulster Counties.
