20 year old Ben Kelly produces Gold at Bisley in the Great British Junior International match
20 year old Ben Kelly, the Islands junior prone shooter, travelled directly from the Commonwealth Games in Scotland to Bisley, Surrey, to compete in the Great British Junior Grand Prix International match and although he may have been a little disappointed with his result in Scotland, he had tremendous success on the 50 metre range at Bisley, taking the win from a field of 31. It appears that the windy conditions at Carnoustie, gave Kelly the impetuous for his success on the infamous Cooper Range. Ben’s decimal score, which is now the normal method of scoring all International events, amounted to 610.4. Kelly’s nearest rival Jacobus Booyens, was .8 in arrears on 609.6 with bronze going to Mark Goater who posted 609.5. Kelly’s series scores were as follows:- 95.5, 103.3, 102.6, 104.6, 101.7, 102.7 = 610.4. This is a fabulous result for the Isle of Man Sports recipient, congratulations from the Isle of Man Shooting Club and the Manx shooting fraternity.
Creevy hits 591 x 600 on his return from Glasgow
On his return from his eighth Commonwealth Games, Harry Creevy produced an excellent result in round 5 of the Osborn Carpets second 600 on Monday evening under perfect weather conditions. Range Officer Brian Fozard delayed the start of the evening’s matches to allow the brilliant sunshine to disappear behind Slieau Whallian and the half hour delay allowed the depleted entry of 14 shooters an equal chance of the incredibly still conditions. Andy Potter, who has been shooting extremely well of late, claimed second slot even though he had two low scores within his series during the match, but still produced a “full house” along with two of the same from Creevy, the only 100’s during the match. Full results were:-
1 – Harry Creevy 100, 99, 98, 96, 98, 100 = 591 x 600
2 – Andy Potter 97, 98, 95, 100, 96, 98 = 584
3 – Mike Clague 98, 97, 96, 96, 99, 97 = 583
4 – Suzanne McKnight 95, 93, 97, 97, 98, 98 = 578
5 – Richie Arthur 98, 99, 97, 94, 97, 93 = 578
6 – Nick Brown 96, 97, 93, 95, 98, 98 = 577
7 – Tom Lord 96, 99, 95, 95, 95, 97 = 577
8 – Bill Jones 96, 96, 97, 95, 97, 96 = 577
9 – Tracey Skelton 96, 97, 95, 97, 96, 95 = 576
10 – John Wood 94, 96, 94, 98, 95, 98 = 575
11 – Steve Callus 95, 92, 95, 95, 96, 98 = 571
12 – Perryn Callister 96, 94, 94, 93, 96, 93 = 566
13 – Tony Kneale 94, 93, 93, 93, 94, 97 = 564
14 Alex Trafford (J) 96, 94, 96, 93, 94, 87 = 560
Class awards were –
Class A – Harry Creevy 591
Class B – Mike Clague 583
Class C – Nick Brown 577
Brown takes round 15 of The Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap
Nick Brown has been threatening to sell his rifle due to some disastrous results during the summer matches, but on this occasion, it looks like the sale will be delayed a little for now! Brown was delighted to claim round 15 of the Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap, his first success this year, from Steve Callus. Full results were:-
1 – Nick Brown 577 + 32 = 609
2 – Steve Callus 571 + 35 = 606
3 – Suzanne McKnight 578 + 25 = 603
4 – Tom Lord 577 + 24 = 601
5 – Perryn Callister 566 + 35 = 601
6 – Alex Trafford (J) 560 + 41 = 601
7 – Bill Jones 577 + 23 = 600
8 – Andy Potter 584 + 15 = 599
9 – Mike Clague 583 + 15 = 598
10 – John Wood 575 + 22 = 597
11 – Richie Arthur 578 + 18 = 596
12 – Tracey Skelton 576 + 19 = 595
13 – Tony Kneale 564 + 30 = 594
Being the only junior shooting on this occasion, Alex Trafford won round 15 of the Sadler Junior Championship with 96, 94, 96 = 286 x 300.
Harry Creevy wins the IoM RA Jamaica Trophy by just 2 points
Due to a restricted amount of space allocated in recent week’s columns, I am now able to give the results of the 2014 Isle of Man Rifle Association’s Jamaica Trophy. The competition is shot over 6 rounds from June 6th to July 21st with best 4 from 6 to count. The overall win went to Harry Creevy by eight points (on aggregate) from equally, Andy Potter and Mike Clague. I will list the best 4 scores in each case, followed by the aggregate score and finally, the average score over the 4 scores.
Agg Ave
1 – Harry Creevy 590, 585, 585, 596 = 2356 (589.0)
2 – Andy Potter 580, 587, 590, 591 = 2348 (587.0)
Mike Clague 587, 585, 590, 586 = 2348 (587.0)
4 – Mike Duncalf 587, 585, 585, 583 = 2340 (585.0)
5 – Richie Arthur 575, 581, 584, 584 = 2324 (581.0)
6 – John Wood 580, 582, 578, 583 = 2323 (580.8)
7 – Tracey Skelton 577, 585, 582, 577 = 2321 (580.3)
8 – Andy Traynor 584, 568, 580, 586 = 2318 (579.5)
9 – Tom Lord 578, 578, 577, 575 = 2308 (577.0)
10 – Bill Jones 578, 570, 580, 577 = 2305 (576.3)
11 – Suzanne McKnight 576, 575, 574, 573 = 2298 (574.5)
12 – Nick Brown 571, 563, 572, 573 = 2279 (569.8)
13 – Steve Callus 569, 566, 567, 572 = 2274 (568.5)
The following shot less than 4 rounds –
Derek Kermode 579, 569, 577 = 1725
Perryn Callister 576, 561 = 1137
Thomas Clague (J) 563
Lara Ward 581
Ben Kelly 571
Class awards were:-
Class A (The Jamaica Trophy)
1 – Harry Creevy 2356 x 2400
2 – Andy Potter 2348
3 – Mike Duncalf 2340
Class B (The Drinkwater Trophy)
1 – Mike Clague 2348
2 – Richard Arthur 2324
3 – Tracey Skelton 2321
Class C (The Blackrock Trophy)
1 – Andy Traynor 2318
2 – Nick Brown 2279
3 – Steve Callus 2274
Potter continues his terrific results in the August Handicap match
Andy Potter has been producing some excellent scores over the recent weeks and the August Handicap match was no exception on Sunday morning when he posted a new decimal personal best score of 619.00 on the electronic Sius targets! Conditions were near perfect although there was at times, a tricky wind producing the odd wild shot, however, Potter appears to have mastered the conditions as none of his series scores dipped below 97. His gun score of 589 x 600 proved to be too good for second placed shooter, John Wood to match posting a creditable 579. Full results were:-
1 – Andy Potter 97, 99, 99, 98, 98, 98 = 589 + 15 h/c = 604
2 – John Wood 96, 97, 96, 95, 98, 97 = 579 + 22 = 601
3 – Tracey Skelton 98, 95, 95, 95, 95, 96 = 574 + 19 = 593
4 – Bill Jones 94, 96, 95, 97, 97, 93 = 572 + 23 = 595
5 – Suzanne McKnight 93, 94, 95, 96, 90, 95 = 563 + 26 = 589
6 – Ashley Gardner 94, 96, 90, 94, 90, 95 = 559 + 24 = 583
7 – Perryn Callister 90, 78, 95, 94, 95, 94 = 546 + 31 = 577
8 – James Ogilvy (J) 85, 90, 85, 91, 79, 90 = 520 + 50 = 570
James was shooting for the first time in a match and credit must be given with his score having only been using his rifle for less than 2 weeks.
Isle of Man Shooting Club website
The IoM Shooting Club’s new website is now live and we have had world-wide hits. The site has been built by Mike Duncalf and has many interesting features. The site can be found at http://www.isleofmanshootingclub.com/
Dates for your Diaries
Next Monday evening, August 18th, at Sinclair range, will see rounds seventeen and penultimate round for the 2014 season of Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap, The Sadler Junior Championship Scratch 300 and round 7 of The Osborn Carpets 2nd 600 scratch match.
