Excellent result at the Glen Gardens, Laxey
Port St Mary took the long trip north to the Glen Gardens, Laxey with the intention to win for the second week in succession. Things did not go the ‘Port’s way in Division 1, as Laxey is a very formidable and consistent rifle team and the perfect result appears to have been produced on the night – a draw ! To rub salt in the wound, Laxey also claimed Division 2 but allowed the win to go to the ‘Port in Division 3. Top shot for the home team went to Suzanne Curphey on 99 but four team mates all shot 97 to give the team 487 x 500. For the visitors, Derek Kermode posted his best score of the season so far alongside Ashley Gardner junior both hitting 99 with Ashley Gardner (Snr) and Kevan Kneale both posting 97’s.
Laxey v Port St Mary
Division 1
Suzanne Curphey (L) 99 Derek Kermode 99
Judy Kee (L) 97 Ashley Gardner (J) 99
Stephen Curphey 97 Ashley Gardner (Snr) 97
Harry Creevy 97 Kevan Kneale 97
Nick Kennish 97 Juan Clague 95
487 487
Division 2
John Wood 96 Dave Bould 93
Gary Kneale 96 Peter Gelling 92
James Hewison (J) 95 Orry Kerr (J) 92
Andrew Jessopp 94 Jackie Gardner (JL) 92
Bill Snelling 93 Patrick Cubbon (J) 91
474 460
Division 3
Bridget Kneale (L) 91 Graham Brown 90
Charlie Clague 83 Patrick Kerr (J) 87
00 Ean Brewis 86
174 263
Kirk Michael claim their second win in a fortnight
Three 98’s led the way for the home team win at Kirk Michael on Monday evening in Division 1 and the individuals, Suzanne McKnight, Kevin Quinn and Les Crowe were followed by Tom Lord and son, David’s 96’s beating Castletown by 13 clear points. For the visitors Chris Birtwhistle and Shirley Caley both hit 96 with John Brewis and Robin McFee both on 94.
Kirk Michael v Castletown
Division 1
Suzanne McKnight (L) 98 Chris Birtwhistle 96
Kevin Quinn 98 Shirley Caley (L) 96
Les Crowe 98 John Brewis 94
Tom Lord 96 Robin McFee 94
David Lord 96 Steve Gardner 93
486 473
Division 2
Illiam Christian (J) 95 Nigel Christian 92
Alex Trafford (J) 95 Lauren Cooper (L) 89
Perryn Callister (L) 93 Henry Qualtrough 89
James Rosengrove (J) 93 Reg Caley 88
Geoff Sayle 84 Duncan Watterson 86
460 444
Division 3
Nicole McKnight (L) 83 Andy Bell 86
00 John-Paul Bridson 83
83 169
Highest Score of the week goes to Sulby
Outstanding shooting from Sulby beat IoMSC Sandsiders by a massive score on Monday evening. For the home team, Julian Teare shot the only 100 in all matches this week and Will Quayle was biting on his heels with a 99. Peter Webb, Mark Boyde and junior shooter, Fergus Coulter all made up the Division 1 team hitting 98’s. Sulby’s Division 1 team score of 493 is the highest score of the season so by any team and Sulby also claimed wins in the remaining Divisions. The visiting IoMSC Sandsiders team were led by Richard Arthur on 99 and Bill Jones on 97.
Sulby v IoMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
Julian Teare 100 Richard Arthur 99
Will Quayle 99 Bill Jones 97
Peter Webb 98 Tony Kneale 94
Mark Boyde 98 Terry Green 94
Fergus Coulter (J) 98 Steve Callus 92
493 476
Division 2
Orry Teare 97 Ian Arthur 92
Peter Faragher 97 Liz Jones (L) 89
Mark Cain 93 Phil Kneen 88
Teddy Sayle 92 Chris Ollett 87
Richard Faragher 92 Matthew Roosen (J) 83
471 439
Division 3
Andy Mitchell 91
Jess Clague (L) 91
Jim Teare 91
Laurie Cain 89
Jacob Duggan (J) 89
451
Additional shooters
Rod Forshaw 87
Don Ault 84
Res:-
Richard Farrington (J) 77
League positions as at November 17 th
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 5 4 0 1 2432 8
IoMSC Douglas 5 4 0 1 2427 8
Port St Mary 6 3 1 2 2913 7
Laxey 5 3 1 1 2436 7
Kirk Michael 5 2 0 3 2412 4
Castletown 5 1 0 4 2388 2
IoMSC Sandsiders 5 0 0 5 2395 0
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 6 5 0 1 2813 10
Sulby 5 4 0 1 2342 8
IoMSC Douglas 5 3 0 2 2368 6
Laxey 5 3 0 2 2203 6
Kirk Michael 5 3 0 2 2177 6
Castletown 5 0 0 5 2253 0
IoMSC Sandsiders 5 0 0 5 2252 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 6 6 0 0 2326 12
Sulby 5 4 0 1 2149 8
IoMSC Douglas 5 3 0 2 1690 6
Laxey 5 2 0 3 356 4
Castletown 5 1 0 4 500 2
IoMSC Sandsiders 5 1 0 4 423 2
Kirk Michael 5 0 0 5 83 0
Enjoyable weekend with UK Coach Michelle Smith
Twelve of the Isle of Man Shooting Club attended a squad development and coaching course at Sinclair Range on Saturday and Sunday under the instruction of UK coach, Michelle Smith. All of those who attended enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to further visits in the near future. Yorkshire born Michelle has an outstanding profile which includes – Multiple British Champion in three disciplines, 3 positional, Prone and Airgun, British record holder on 3 occasions, one of which was attained at an Easter Festival at Sinclair. To add to the above, Smith has collected a Commonwealth Games Silver medal in 2010, European Gold and Silver medals and is currently studying sports physics and coaching. The IoM Shooting Club wish to thank Michelle for her time and effort and also pass on thanks to island shooter Lara Ward, who initiated and organised this valuable event.
Veteran Lord claims the Winsor Cup on count-back
Part of the coaching weekend mentioned above consisted of two club competitions and all those involved in the coaching course joined other members to shoot concurrently, both matches. The first being The Winsor Cup, a handicap competition, produced some reasonably good scores in near perfect conditions. With Stewart Watterson in action as Range Officer, twelve shooters started the 65 minute match. Top gun score was claimed by Mike Duncalf on 589 closely followed by Andy Potter just a point behind on 588. Tom Lord posted a score of 584 and once his handicap of 24 had been added he topped the results with 608, an identical score of 608 was posted by Nick Brown on 579 + 29 but the count-back system came into force and Brown lost, producing a 95 to Lords 96 in their final series. Fifteen year old junior shooter, Matthew Roosen and Jayde Lambert both shot in their first competitive 600 match and both produced excellent scores, Roosen only once dropped below 90.
Full results were:-
1 – Tom Lord 99, 97, 96, 99, 97, 96 = 584 x 600 + HC 24 = 608
2 – Nick Brown 97, 98, 98, 98, 93, 95 = 579 + 29 = 608
3 – Jayde Lambert (L) 88, 88, 90, 93, 94, 89 = 542 + 64 = 606
4 – Steve Callus 95, 96, 95, 95, 95, 97 = 573 + 32 = 605
5 – Andy Potter 98, 96, 98, 99, 99, 98 = 588 + 15 = 603
6 – Matthew Roosen (J) 90, 91, 89, 90, 91, 92 = 543 + 60 = 603
7 – Mike Duncalf 98, 96, 98, 98, 100, 99 = 589 + 13 = 602
8 – Perryn Callister (L) 96, 98, 95, 95, 95, 91 = 570 + 31 = 601
9 – Alex Trafford (J) 97, 91, 92, 93, 93, 92 = 558 + 39 = 597
10 – Tracey Skelton (L) 97, 99, 95, 98, 96, 92 = 577 + 19 = 596
11 – Thomas Clague (J) 96, 95, 96, 93, 91, 90 = 561 + 35 = 596
12 – Suzanne McKnight (L) 95, 95, 93, 95, 96, 93 = 567 + 26 = 593
The match shot concurrently was the team of two, Sinclair Cup, where the gun score from those who entered the previous match was used. In this competition, the pairs are drawn once the match commences so no one is aware of who their team mate is until the match has been completed.
Full results were:-
1 – Mike Duncalf 589 & Perryn Callister 570 = 1159 x 1200
2 – Illiam Christian (J) 572 & Nick Brown 579 = 1151
3 – Steve Callus 573 & Tracey Skelton 577 = 1150
4 – Andy Potter 588 & Alex Trafford (J) 558 = 1146
5 – Thomas Clague (J) 567 & Bill Jones 576 = 1143
6 – Jayde Lambert 542 & Tom Lord 584 = 1126
7 – Suzanne McKnight 567 & Andy Traynor 553 = 1120
Dates for your Diaries
The next league matches are scheduled for Monday December 1st and will see Laxey travelling over the mountain to Sulby , IoMSC Sandsiders hosting Port St Mary , IoMSC Douglas go south to The Stadium, Castletown and of course, Kirk Michael v Cossacks match is cancelled.
The A J Osborn Trophy, a two card handicap competition will be held at the Sinclair Range this Wednesday, November 26th at 7 pm, commencing at 7.30pm. This is a “turn up on the night” competition with an entry fee of £3 and like last year, will hopefully, be well supported by local shooters.
Entries are now out for three further competitions, The J B Richie Trophy, The G Jones Trophy and The 101 Challenge Cup. Mike Clague has asked for support once again for these competitions. The J B Richie Cup is for Class D shooters and the G Jones Trophy is for Class C shooters, both are postal scratch matches of 8 cards over 4 months with classification attained form the best 5 of 6 matches. The 101 Challenge Cup is a team of two Postal Comp, culminating with a final head to head round at a range yet to be decided in early March. Entries are required for all three competitions by November 30th.
