With glorious sunshine and practically no wind, round 2 of the Jamaica Classified got underway on Monday evening with a slightly smaller field of 18 competitors. There was a three way gun score win which involved Harry Creevy, Mike Duncalf and an ‘on form’ Tracey Skelton who, for the second week running produced another personal best score of 585, 3 points better than last week. On count back, Skelton took the lead with the only 100 of the evening in her last series, followed by Creevy with Duncalf holding third slot. However, this particular competition is a classified match and the classes were as follows:-
Class A – 1 - Harry Creevy 585 x 600
2 – Mike Duncalf 585
3 – John Wood 582
4 - Andy Potter 575
Class B – 1 – Tracey Skelton 585
2 – Mike Clague 581
3 – Tom Lord 578
4 – Richie Arthur 575
5 – Derek Kermode 569
Class C – 1 – Andy Traynor 568
2 – Steve Callus 566
3 – Nick Brown 563
4 – Perryn Callister 561
Ladies show the way to shoot!
Run concurrently with the Jamaica Trophy was round 8 of The Osborn Carpets classified 600 match and on this occasion, the win went to Gemma Kermode who posted a terrific 587 x 600, 2 points ahead of Skelton, Creevy and Duncalf. Gun scores in order were as follows:-
1 – Gemma Kermode 95, 96, 99, 99, 99, 99 = 587 x 600
2 – Tracey Skelton 99, 99, 97, 94, 96, 100 = 585
3 – Harry Creevy 96, 96, 98, 97, 99, 99 = 585
4 – Michael Duncalf 98, 98, 97, 98, 97, 97 = 585
5 – John Wood 97, 98, 98, 98, 97, 94 = 582
6 – Mike Clague 96, 95, 98, 96, 99, 97 = 581
7 – Tom Lord 98, 96, 95, 97, 96, 96 = 578
8 – Andy Potter 96, 94, 96, 95, 96, 98 = 575
9 – Richard Arthur 97, 96, 98, 95, 92, 97 = 575
10 – Derek Kermode 96, 93, 95, 94, 94, 97 = 569
11 – Illiam Christian (J) 93, 93, 98, 92, 97, 96 = 569
12 – Andy Traynor 94, 89, 99, 92, 98, 96 = 568
13 – Alex Trafford (J) 97, 90, 93, 94, 93, 99 = 566
14 – Steve Callus 95, 96, 93, 95, 91, 96 = 566
15 – Nick Brown 91, 93, 95, 96, 93, 95 = 563
16 – Thomas Clague (J) 93, 95, 96, 95, 95, 89 = 563
17 – Perryn Callister 88, 87, 96, 98, 96, 96 = 561
18 – Tony Kneale 90, 91, 94, 89, 93, 94 = 551
Class awards went to the following:-
Class A – 1 – Harry Creevy 585
2 – Mike Duncalf 585
3 – John Wood 582
4 – Andy Potter 575
Class B – 1 - Gemma Kermode 587
2 – Tracey Skelton 585
3 – Mike Clague 581
4 – Tom Lord 578
5 – Richard Arthur 575
Class C – 1 – Derek Kermode 569
2 – Illiam Christian 569
3 – Andy Traynor 568
4 – Alex Trafford 566
5 – Steve Callus 566
6 – Nick Brown 563
7 – Thomas Clague 563
8 – Perryn Callister 561
9 – Tony Kneale 551
Kermode collects an Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Medal
In her second match of the evening, round 8 of The Empire Garage Tynwald Shield, Gemma Kermode claimed the win, two points clear of second placed shooter, Mike Clague. Tracey Skelton’s evenings personal best, helped her to third position and it must be noted that Skelton’s handicap of 22 is the lowest of the three top slots which must be down to her recent excellent results. Full results were as follows:-
1 – Gemma Kermode 587 + 24 = 611
2 – Michael Clague 581 + 28 = 609
3 – Tracey Skelton 585 + 22 = 607
4 – Alex Trafford 566 + 41 = 607
5 – Thomas Clague 563 + 40 = 603
6 – John Wood 582 + 20 = 602
7 – Derek Kermode 569 + 32 = 601
8 – Steve Callus 566 + 35 = 601
9 – Tom Lord 578 + 22 = 600
10 – Michael Duncalf 585 + 14 = 599
11 – Illiam Christian 569 + 30 = 599
12 – Andy Traynor 568 + 29 = 597
13 – Perryn Callister 561 + 35 = 596
14 – Richard Arthur 575 + 20 = 595
15 – Nick Brown 563 + 32 = 595
16 – Andy Potter 575 + 14 = 589
17 – Tony Kneale 551 + 36 = 587
Illiam Christian takes round 8 of The Sadler Junior Championship
The final match of the evening was round 8 of the Sadler Junior Championship match and even though just 3 juniors took part this week, the scores were reasonably close. Illiam Christian and Thomas Clague’s posted results were identical with the win going to Christian on count-back. Result was: -
1 – Christian 93, 93, 98 = 284 x 300
2 – Clague 93, 95, 96 = 284
3 – Alex Trafford 97, 90, 93 = 280
Dates for your Diaries
Next Monday evening, June 30th, at Sinclair range, will see rounds ten of The Osborn 600 scratch match, Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap and The Sadler Junior Championship Scratch 300 and round three of The Jamaica Trophy. Sunday July 6th will be the Isle of Man Shooting Club’s Monthly Handicap and round three of The Junior 50 metre Grand Prix commencing at 10.30 am.
