Monday evening appeared to be a washout for the thirteen shooters who managed to compete in the season’s final rounds of The Osborn Carpets Scratch match, The Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap and the Sadler Junior Championship. Range Officer Brian Fozard decided to start the match a little earlier than normal due to failing light and no sooner had the first shots been fired, the heavens opened which made the lack of light even more severe. Junior shooter, Ben Kelly however, posted a very creditable gun score of 581 x 600, 2 points ahead of Harry Creevy on 579 and Richie Arthur a little further in arrears on 576.
Full results were:-
1 – Ben Kelly (J) 98, 97, 97, 93, 99, 97 = 581 x 600
2 – Harry Creevy 95, 98, 96, 98, 96, 96 = 579
3 – Richard Arthur 95, 98, 97, 95, 96, 95 = 576
4 – Andy Potter 97, 96, 95, 96, 95, 96 = 575
5 – Tom Lord 95, 97, 93, 93, 93, 95 = 566
6 – Michael Clague 90, 93, 97, 95, 93, 94 = 562
7 – Suzanne McKnight 89, 94, 93, 94, 93, 97 = 560
8 – Andy Traynor 92, 90, 95, 95, 94, 94 = 560
9 – Illiam Christian (J) 95, 92, 92, 93, 94, 92 = 558
10 – Tony Kneale 94, 88, 94, 91, 95, 95 = 557
11 – Perryn Callister 94, 94, 91, 91, 95, 90 = 555
12 – Steve Callus 89, 90, 94, 93, 93, 92 = 551
13 – Nick Brown 91, 92, 93, 92, 93, 89 = 550
Class awards were –
Class A – 1- Ben Kelly 581
2 – Harry Creevy 579
3 – Andy Potter 575
Class B – 1 - Richie Arthur 576
2 – Tom Lord 566
3 – Mike Clague 562
4 – Suzanne McKnight 560
Class C – 1 - Andy Traynor 560
2 – Illiam Christian 558
3 – Tony Kneale 557
4 – Perryn Callister 555
5 – Steve Callus 551
6 - Nick Brown 550
Kelly makes it a double with the Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Handicap
Ben Kelly’s scratch score on Monday, when added to his handicap in the Empire Garage Tynwald Shield, gave him his second win of the evening. Just 12 shooters were involved in this match and even when the handicaps was applied, for the first time this year, no one managed to shoot to their allocated handicap, once again, this was down to the incredibly difficult weather conditions. Full results were:-
1 – Ben Kelly 581 + 17 = 598,
2 – Richard Arthur 576 + 18 = 594,
3 – Andy Potter 575 + 15 = 590,
4 – Tom Lord 566 + 24 = 590,
5 – Perryn Callister 555 + 35 = 590,
6 – Tony Kneale 557 + 30 = 587,
7 – Illiam Christian 558 + 29 = 587,
8 – Steve Callus 551 + 35 = 586,
9 – Suzanne McKnight 560 + 25 = 585,
10 – Andy Traynor 560 + 23 = 583,
11 – Nick Brown 550 + 32 = 582,
12 – Mike Clague 562 + 15 = 577.
The final round of The Sadler Junior Championship gives Kelly his third win of the night
Ben Kelly rounded off the Monday night’s matches with a third match win in the Sadler Junior Championship when he produced 98, 97, 97 = 292 x 300 from second shooter, Illiam Christian on 95, 92, 92 = 279.
The programme of matches for 2014 at Sinclair, seem to have flown by this year and as this week’s matches completes the summer outdoor season, I hope to bring you the final aggregated positions for each shooter in the 3 weekly matches that have been shot over the last 18 weeks in the near future.
Dates for your Diaries
The range has now been converted to indoor use for teams to start training for the IoM Rifle Association Winter League as soon as possible but as usual, the 50 metre range is still available for outdoor training and the IoMSC monthly handicap matches when indeed, the September Handicap will commence at 10.30 am on Sunday September 7th with the Annual General Meeting of the IoM Shooting Club scheduled for the following evening, September 8th at 7.30 pm.
