Creevy becomes the fourth to hit a 100 in this winter’s League
Shooting at home for Laxey on Monday evening, Harry Creevy became the fourth shooter to hit a ‘possible’ joining Julian Teare (Sulby) and Mike Thompson & Andy Potter (IoMSC Douglas). Another Laxey member, Andrew Jessopp, managed to match his previous week’s 98 and John Wood hit 97 giving a Division 1 winning score of 485 for Laxey. The visiting team, Kirk Michael, tried to match the home team with Perryn Callister and junior shooter, Alex Trafford both posting 97 and Tom Lord & Les Crowe on 95.
Laxey Kirk Michael
Division 1
Harry Creevy 100 Perryn Callister (L) 97
Andrew Jessopp 98 Alex Trafford (J) 97
John Wood 97 Tom Lord 95
Suzanne Curphey (L) 95 Les Crowe 95
Gary Kneale 95 James Rosengrove (J) 94
485 478
Division 2
Bill Snelling 94 Kevin Quinn 93
Nick Kennish 94 Suzanne McKnight (L) 93
James Hewison (J) 94 Illiam Christian (J) 93
Stephen Curphey 93 David Lord 92
Bridget Kneale (L) 93 Geoff Sayle 76
468 447
Division 3
Charlie Clague 63 00
63 00
Team ‘Gardner’ lead the way again
The Ashley Gardner’s, junior and senior led the way when Port St Mary entertained Castletown – Juan Clague added to the Division 1 win for the ‘Port, posting a 98. For the Castletown team Shirley Caley shot her best result of the season and topped the visiting team with a 97 and veteran shooter Steve Gardner, recorded a 96 however, the score for Division 1 was an excellent win for Port St Mary, fifteen points ahead of Castletown.
Port St Mary Castletown
Division1
Ashley Gardner (J) 99 Shirley Caley (L) 97
Ashley Gardner (Snr) 99 Steve Gardner 96
Juan Clague 98 Robin McFee 95
George Dalton-Brown (J) 97 Nigel Christian 94
Kevan Kneale 97 Lauren Cooper (L) 93
490 475
Division 2
Jackie Gardner (JL) 95 John Brewis 93
Graham Brown 94 Andy Bell 91
Derek Kermode 94 Henry Qualtrough 88
Gary Knight 94 John-Paul Bridson 88
Ean Brewis 94 Duncan Watterson 85
471 445
Division 3
Patrick Cubbon (J) 93 Reg Caley 84
Patrick Kerr (J) 91
Callum Grant (J) 90
Orry Kerr (J) 89
Peter Lewis 87 00
450 84
I understand that Port St Mary club member Dave Bould, has been rather ill of late and I am sure we would all like to wish him a speedy recovery.
Junior, Thomas Clague tops the IoMSC Douglas V IoMSC Sandsiders
IoMSC Douglas hosted IoMSC Sandsiders at Sinclair, St Johns and fifteen year old Thomas Clague shot a terrific 99 to claim top shot on the evening for the hosts. Clague was closely followed by three team mates, David Humphrey, Tracey Skelton and A. N. Other, producing 98’s. Barry Jones and Andy Traynor both posted 97 with Steve Callus and Norman Ormrod on 95.
IoMSC Douglas IoMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
Thomas Clague (J) 99 Bill Jones 97
David Humphrey 98 Andy Traynor 97
Tracey Skelton (L) 98 Steve Callus 95
A. N. Other 98 Norman Ormrod 95
Mark Osborn 97 Richard Arthur 94
490 478
Division 2
Martin Burns 97 Liz Jones 93
Mike Thompson 96 Terry Green 90
Nick Brown 96 Phil Kneen 90
Christian Eaton (J) 96 Matthew Roosen (J) 90
Aaron Astill (J) 93 Chris Ollett 88
478 451
Division 3
Lorrie Thompson (L) 93
Paul Perkins 92
Keith Lowney 88
Sam Jones (J) 88
361
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
IoMSC Douglas 8 6 0 2 3885 12
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3407 12
Laxey 8 5 1 2 3892 11
Port St Mary 8 5 1 2 3891 11
Kirk Michael 8 2 0 6 3372 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 8 1 0 7 3846 2
Castletown 8 1 0 7 3817 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 8 7 0 1 3756 14
IoMSC Douglas 8 6 0 2 3789 12
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3281 12
Laxey 8 4 0 4 3602 8
Kirk Michael 8 3 0 1 3083 6
IoMSC Sandsiders 8 1 0 7 3629 2
Castletown 8 0 0 8 3586 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 8 8 0 0 3162 16
Sulby 7 6 0 1 3036 12
IoMSC Douglas 8 6 0 2 2863 12
Laxey 8 3 0 5 749 6
IoMSC Sandsiders 8 2 0 6 595 4
Castletown 8 1 0 7 666 2
Kirk Michael 6 0 0 6 165 0
Awkward weather creates problems at the Monthly Handicap match
Unpredictable and bitterly cold gusts of wind caused problems for the eleven shooters who managed to attend the Isle of Man Shooting Club’s Monthly Handicap on Sunday morning. With such a small entry, full use of the clubs electronic targets confirmed final results quickly allowing those involved to “defrost” in the warmth of the club house. Top gun score went to Michael Duncalf who posted a respectable 573 x 600, 2 points ahead of Tracey Skelton on 571. After handicap additions were applied, the win went to Nick Brown with 564 x 600 + 29 handicap = 593.
Full results were:-
1 – Nick Brown 92, 94, 94, 95, 96, 93 = 564 + 29 = 593
2 – Tracey Skelton 96, 96, 98, 91, 94, 96 = 571 + 19 = 590
3 – Alex Trafford (J) 92, 96, 88, 92, 92, 88 = 548 + 39 = 587
4 – Mike Duncalf 94, 96, 98, 94, 96, 95 = 573 + 13 = 586
5 – Tom Lord 94, 91, 95, 91, 95, 95 = 561 + 24 = 585
6 – Suzanne McKnight 91, 95, 95, 93, 91, 93 = 558 + 26 = 584
7 – Illiam Christian (J) 96, 96, 93, 90, 88, 90 = 553 + 29 = 582
8 – Steve Callus 93, 90, 91, 89, 95, 91 = 549 + 32 = 581
9 – Bill Jones 90, 89, 96, 93, 94, 92 = 554 + 23 = 577
10 – Thomas Clague (J) 86, 88, 91, 93, 86, 94 = 538 + 35 = 573
11 – Perryn Callister 87, 92, 90, 90, 89, 91 = 539 + 31 = 570
Once the results had been announced, Range Officer Brian Fozard, presented to those in attendance, trophies that had been won during the summer months in 50 metre competitions. Full list of prize winners were: -
Empire Garage Tynwald Shield 1 – Mike Clague, 2 – Steve Callus, 3 – Thomas Clague (J). Osborn Carpets 1st 600 Trophy – 1 & Class A – Harry Creevy, 2 - Andy Potter, 3 – Mike Duncalf, Class B – Ashley Gardner (Snr), Class C – Ashley Gardner (J).
Osborn Carpets 2nd 600 Trophy – 1 & Class A – Andy Potter, 2 - Mike Duncalf, 3 – John Wood, Class B – Mike Clague, Class C -Andy Traynor.
Sadler Junior Championship -1 – Ben Kelly, 2 – Illiam Christian, 3 – Thomas Clague.
Empire Garage Tynwald Shield Weekly Medals went to – Martin Burns, Bill Jones x 2 (weeks), Thomas Clague, Steve Callus x 2, Alex Trafford x 2, Andy Traynor x 2, Tony Kneale, Mike Clague x 3, Tom Lord, John Wood and Ben Kelly.
Also presented were the awards for the Isle of Man Rifle Association’s 2014 Outdoor Summer Competitions and the premier competition winner was the ever green Harry Creevy, who added his name yet again to the Jamaica Trophy list of winners claiming the Trophy and Class A in addition. Second position went to Andy Potter with third to Mike Duncalf. Class B (The Drinkwater Trophy) went to Mike Clague and Andy Traynor was the victor in Class C, lifting the Mercury Trophy. The individual Scratch match, The Drinkwater Cup, was won by Mike Duncalf with Andy Potter in second position and junior shooter, Illiam Christian claiming third. The Sinclair Trophy for blind teams of two had Mike Duncalf and Perryn Callister as winners with Illiam Christian and Nick Brown in second slot. Finally, Tom Lord was awarded the Winsor Trophy with Nick Brown in second position and Jayde Lambert in third. Thanks must go to Andy Potter and Brian Fozard for their involvement with these club competitions.
Dates for your Diaries
League matches now have a break until Monday January 5th when the programme will be IoMSC Douglas hosting Sulby, Castletown travelling to Laxey and Port St Mary welcome Kirk Michael.
Shooting will not cease completely over the Christmas period, as there will be a disc shoot at Sinclair Range this evening, December 16th with the prize being the fabulous silver bullet made and supplied by Lorrie Thompson. This is a great fun competition with a valuable prize so let’s hope it is well supported.
Sunday January 4th will be the first 50 metre Handicap match of 2015 – where an improvement in the weather from the December Handicap, would be welcomed. Michael Clague has asked me to remind all entrants in the IoMRA competitions, if they could ensure to return shot cards by the dates on their envelopes.
