Last week’s Indoor League matches revealed several excellent results from individuals who must be delighted with their scores.
The closest result of all was in the Castletown v Port St Mary match where the 10 man home team of the ‘town were victorious in Division 1 over the 14 man visitors who took the remaining two Divisions. Top score of the evening went to John “doc” Brewis with a terrific 99 for Castletown closely followed with a 98 from Chris Birtwhistle. Derek Kermode came out on top for the “Port” with Gary Knight, Ashley Gardner and junior shooter, George Dalton-Brown all on 97.
Castletown v Port St Mary
Division 1
John Brewis 99 Derek Kermode 98
Chris Birtwhistle 98 Gary Knight 97
Steve Gardner 97 Ashley Gardner (Snr) 97
Nigel Christian 96 George Dalton-Brown (J) 97
Henry Qualtrough 95 Ashley Gardner (J) 95
485 484
Division 2
Andy Bell 93 Kevan Kneale 94
John-Paul Bridson 93 Patrick Cubbon (J) 94
Robin McFee 93 Dave Bould 92
Lauren Cooper (L) 92 Ean Brewis 92
Duncan Watterson 80 Jared Hodge (J) 92
451 464
Division 3
Orry Kerr (J) 91
Patrick Kerr (J) 89
Peter Gelling 88
00 Graham Brown 87
00 355
At Sinclair Range, St Johns, IoMSC Sandsiders were at home to IoMSC Douglas and the win in this match went to IoMSC Douglas in all three Divisions, with the highest score in Division 1 of all matches shot on the night. A delighted Mike Thompson topped the visitor’s team with a terrific 100, the first of the indoor season and only the second of his shooting career. Thompson was 2 points ahead of second placed Mike Clague on 98. For the hosts, Richard Arthur managed a very creditable 98 from Bill Jones on 97. In only his second competitive match, congratulations must go to 15 year old Matthew Roosen who managed to find himself in the Division 1 team for IoMSC Sandsiders.
IoMSC Sandsiders v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Richard Arthur 98 Mike Thompson 100
Bill Jones 97 Mike Clague 98
Terry Green 96 Tracey Skelton (L) 97
Andy Traynor 94 Martin Burns 97
Matthew Roosen (J) 92 Thomas Clague (J) 97
477 489
Division 2
Tony Kneale 91 Andy Potter 97
Liz Jones (L) 90 Nick Brown 96
Ken McWaters 88 Mark Osborn 94
Norman Ormrod 86 Dave Humphrey 94
Chris Ollett 85 Lorrie Thompson (L) 94
440 475
Division 3
Phil Kneen 85 Keith Lowney 93
Christian Eaton (J) 92
Sam Jones (J) 92
Aaron Astill (J) 91
00 Paul Perkins 87
85 455
According to recent practice scores from members of Kirk Michael, what could possibly have been a close match between Kirk Michael and Laxey at Kirk Michael, turned out to be anything but, when the visitor’s score of 488 was more than enough to show their 2013/14 championship form claiming a win in Division 1 but the home team was successful in Division 2. Top shots for Michael went to Kevin Quinn, junior shooter Illiam Christian and Les Crowe (welcome back into the fold Les!) who all posted 97’s. Harry Creevy, for the second week running, shot a 99 for Laxey with John Wood and Suzanne Curphy both hitting 98’s.
Kirk Michael v Laxey
Division 1
Kevin Quinn 97 Harry Creevy 99
Illiam Christian (J) 97 John Wood 98
Les Crowe 97 Suzanne Curphy (L) 98
Alex Trafford (J) 95 Stephen Curphy 97
Suzanne McKnight (L) 94 Nick Kennish 96
480 488
Division 2
James Rosengrove (J) 94 Judy Kee (L) 92
Tom Lord 93 Andrew Jessopp 91
Perryn Callister (L) 93 Bill Snelling 90
Geoff Sayle 88 Bridget Kneale (L) 89
David Lord 84 Gary Kneale 80
452 442
Dates for your Diaries
The next matches are scheduled for Monday November 3rd and will be Kirk Michael v Port St Mary, Sulby v IoMSC Douglas and Castletown v Laxey. The IoMSC Sandsiders v Cossacks is cancelled.
The IoMRA Competition Secretary has asked me to remind members that the Knock-out Cup, a four man team event, is scheduled to be shot at the Sinclair Range on November 5th and he has asked for entries to be forwarded to him by October 31st, his mobile number is 200713 and email address is claguecpm@hotmail.com The entry fee is £12.00 per team and more than one team per club would be welcomed. Shooters are asked to arrive at 7.00 pm for a 7.45 pm start. Please support these competitions as the entry fees are a valuable source of the Isle of Man Rifle Association funding.
