Sulby take wins in all three Divisions
Laxey were the visitors at Sulby on Monday evening and the home team claimed wins in all three Divisions, dropping just 10 points in Division 1. Will Quayle and Peter Webb both posted 99’s with Julian Teare and brother Orry, just a point behind. Laxey’s top shots were John Wood and Andrew Jessopp, both trying hard with 98. This was a “top of Division 1 clash” and the loss of points by Laxey drops them to third position.
Sulby v Laxey
Division 1
Will Quayle 99 John Wood 98
Peter Webb 99 Andrew Jessopp 98
Julian Teare 98 Greg Kneale 97
Orry Teare 98 Judy Kee (L) 96
Peter Faragher 96 Suzanne Curphey (L) 95
490 484
Division 2
Mark Cain 95 Harry Creevy 94
Teddy Sayle 95 Nick Kennish 94
Andy Mitchell 94 Stephen Curphey 94
Jess Clague (L) 94 James Hewison (J) 92
Laurie Cain 92 Bridget Kneale (L) 88
470 462
Division 3
Rod Forshaw 91 Charlie Clague 77
Richard Faragher 89
Jacob Duggan (J) 88
Jim Teare 87
Don Ault 83 00
438 77
Additional Shooters
Richard Farrington (J) 70
The Gardner’s lead the way for Port St Mary
The “Ashley Gardner’s” led the way when they visited an improving IoMSC Sandsiders team. Gardner (Snr) claimed top slot for the ‘Port on 99 with Ashley junior, and Kevan Kneale both producing 98’s. Norman Ormrod and Ian Arthur both posted 98 for the home team. In Ian Arthur’s case, I am not sure if that is his best result of the season so far, but I am aware that Norman’s 98 is a personal best and I know he will be delighted to have finally hit an excellent score. Port St Mary left the range, winners of all three Divisions.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Port St Mary
Division 1
Norman Ormrod 98 Ashley Gardner 99
Ian Arthur 98 Ashley Gardner (J) 98
Terry Green 97 Kevan Kneale 98
Richard Arthur 97 Derek Kermode 97
Tony Kneale 96 Patrick Cubbon (J) 96
486 488
Division 2
Bill Jones 95 Juan Clague 95
Liz Jones (L) 92 Gary Knight 95
Phil Kneen 92 George Dalton-Brown (J) 95
Chris Ollett 91 Jackie Gardner (JL) 94
Matthew Roosen (J) 90 Peter Gelling 93
460 472
Division 3
Steve Callus 89 Patrick Kerr (J) 90
Peter Lewis 90
Ean Brewis 89
00 Orry Kerr (J) 86
89 355
Lower scores at Castletown but the win goes IoMSC Douglas way
Castletown’s Steve Gardner claimed the top slot in Division 1 with a 97 and John “doc” Brewis was gnawing at Steve’s heels on 96. For the visitors, Martin Burns posted a terrific 99 just moments after arriving at the range. All three Divisions went IoMSC Douglas way, points that were sorely needed and valued in all Divisions.
Castletown v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Steve Gardner 97 Martin Burns 99
John Brewis 96 A N Other 98
Henry Qualtrough 95 Thomas Clague (J) 95
Lauren Cooper (L) 94 Tracey Skelton (L) 95
Shirley Caley (L) 93 Mike Thompson 95
475 482
Division 2
Robin McFee 92 Mark Osborn 94
John-Paul Bridson 91 Nick Brown 94
Andy Bell 89 Keith Lowney 94
Reg Caley 89 Dave Humphrey 93
Duncan Waterson 82 Christian Eaton (J) 91
443 466
Division 3
Paul Perkins 91
Lorrie Thompson (L) 91
Aaron Astill (J) 90
00 Sam Jones (J) 84
00 356
League positions as at December 3rd
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3407 12
IoMSC Douglas 7 5 0 2 3395 10
Laxey 7 4 1 2 3407 9
Port St Mary 7 4 1 2 3401 9
Kirk Michael 6 2 0 4 2894 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 7 1 0 6 3368 2
Castletown 7 1 0 6 3342 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 7 6 0 1 3285 12
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3281 12
IoMSC Douglas 7 5 0 2 3311 10
Laxey 7 3 0 4 3134 6
Kirk Michael 6 3 0 3 2636 6
IoMSC Sandsiders 7 1 0 6 3178 2
Castletown 7 0 0 7 3141 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 7 7 0 0 2712 14
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3036 12
IoMSC Douglas 7 5 0 2 2502 10
Laxey 7 2 0 5 686 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 7 2 0 5 595 4
Castletown 7 1 0 6 582 2
Kirk Michael 6 0 0 5 165 0
Junior shooter Sam Jones wins the A. J. Osborn Handicap
Sinclair Range was the venue on Wednesday evening when the IoM Rifle Association’s A. J. Osborn Memorial Trophy was shot. A magnificent attendance of thirty shooters took part, which included representatives from every rifle club that shoot in the indoor league. The format of the competition was a two card match plus a ¾ handicap addition. This gives a chance to those shooters who have lower average scores to compete on near equal terms with the more experienced shooter. The winner, young teenager Sam Jones, has been shooting for only a few months with the second placed lad Christian Eaton, also having been shooting for a similar length of time.
Full results were:-
1 - Sam Jones (IoMSCD) 92, 92 + 19.50 = 203.50
2 – Christian Eaton (IoMSCD) 97, 97 + 8.70 = 202.70
3 – David Lord (KM) 97, 92 + 13.20 = 202.20
4 – Tom Lord (KM) 95, 100, + 6.60 = 201.60
5 – Martin Burns (IoMSCD) 97, 99, + 5.40 = 201.40
6 – Thomas Clague (IoMSCD) 98, 96 + 7.20 = 201.20
7 – Les Crowe (KM) 98, 98 + 4.80 = 200.80
8 – Alex Trafford (KM) 99, 94 + 7.80 = 200.80
9 – Ashley Gardner (PSM) 97, 99 +3.90 = 199.90
10 – Liz Jones (IoMSCS) 94, 94 +10.80 = 198.80
11 – Mark Osborn (IoMSCD) 96, 96 + 6.60 = 198.60
12 – Steve Callus (IoMSCS) 94, 95 + 9.38 = 198.38
13 – Illiam Christian (KM) 96, 95 + 7.20 = 198.20
14 – Suzanne McKnight (KM) 97, 95 + 6.00 = 198.00
15 – Andy Potter (IoMSCD) 98, 97 + 2.70 = 197.70
16 – Nick Brown (IoMSCD) 95, 96 + 6.00 = 197.00
17 – Nigel Christian (CSTN) 95, 94 + 7.80 = 196.80
18 – Tony Kneale (IoMSCS) 94, 94 + 8.40 = 196.40
19 – Richard Arthur (IoMSCS) 96, 97 + 3.00 = 196.00
20 – Jayde Lambert (IoMSCD) 93, 95 + 8.00 = 196.00
21 – Judy Kee (LXY) 93, 94 + 8.70 = 195.70
22 – Mark Cain (SLBY) 95, 94 + 6.30 = 195.30
23 – Tracey Skelton (IoMSCD) 95, 96 + 4.20 = 195.20
24 – James Rosengrove (KM) 96, 87 + 11.70 = 194.70
25 – John Brewis (CSTN) 94, 94 + 5.26 = 193.26
26 – Kevin Quinn (KM) 95, 94 + 4.20 = 193.20
27 – Andy Traynor (IoMSCS) 92, 92 + 7.80 = 191.80
28 – Bill Snelling (LXY) 89, 91 + 11.40 = 191.40
29 - Fergus Coulter (SLBY) 91, 94 + 4.20 = 189.20
30 – Paul Perkins (IoMSCD) 87, 87 + 12.60 = 186.60
Thanks must go to the Isle of Man Shooting Club for the use of their range, Brian Fozard who again, acted as Range Officer and organised the details for the length of the shoot, the 30 competitors who supported the evening and especially to Mike Clague, who in his first year as IoMRA Comp Sec., organised an excellent and smoothly run match.
Creevy leading after stage 1 of the NSRA News of The World Cup
The first stage, 3 postal cards, of the National Small-Bore Rifle Association’s News of The World Cup have been completed and the results show that Harry Creevy and another competitor by the name of J. Cole-Hamilton are leading the result list, both posting 300 x 300. A total of 155 shooters took part in the postal stage with 87 shooting above the “cut” of 292 x 300. Stage two is another 2 postal cards and the final will then be shot at Bisley. Creevy won this magnificent NSRA trophy in 2012 after several years of attempts and we hope that he repeats the win in 2014. This trophy has a most unusual history replacing the original Cup which was bombed in the London blitz during World War 2
