Kirk Michael take the Division 1 points from IoMSC Douglas in fine style
The nine man team of Kirk Michael claimed the 2 points from a reasonably high scoring visiting IoMSC Douglas team on Monday evening. The villagers secured the win by a single, but invaluable point. Top scores for the hosts went to Kevin Quinn, Tom Lord and Perryn Callister all posting 99’s with junior Illiam Christian hitting 98 and another junior, James Rosengrove completing the Division 1 team on 95. For the visitors, Martin Burns matched the oppositions 99’s with A N Other and Lorrie Thompson both hitting 98. Consolation wins in Divisions 2 and 3 did go Douglas’ way. Ironically, IoMSC Douglas’ score of 489, would have beaten every other match shot in the league this week – well done to the Rifle Associations enthusiastic minnows on this occasion.
Kirk Michael v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Kevin Quinn 99 Martin Burns 99
Tom Lord 99 A N Other 98
Perryn Callister (L) 99 Lorrie Thompson (L) 98
Illiam Christian (J) 98 Tracey Skelton (L) 97
James Rosengrove (J) 95 Paul Perkins 97
490 489
Division 2
Les Crowe 93 Mark Osborn 96
David Lord 92 David Humphrey 95
Alex Trafford (J) 91 Nick Brown 95
Geoff Sayle 87 Thomas Clague (J) 93
00 Aaron Astill (J) 93
363 472
Division 3
Keith Lowney 90
Christian Eaton (J) 90
00 Sam Jones (J) 88
00 268
Julian Teare becomes the first to shoot a double 100 this season.
In what threatened be the match of the week, Sulby welcomed Port St Mary and the result proved to be just that! Both these teams have 15 shooters or more and on this occasion, all three Divisions went to Sulby. Top score of the night went to Sulby’s Julian Teare with a terrific 100, making him the first shooter this season to place his name on the “Double 100” list, a special competition which is competed for at the end of the season for those who have shot two 100’s during the winter league matches. Julian was followed in
the match by brother Orry on 97. Derek Kermode and Ashley Gardner both posted 97 for the visitors. The family Gardner, this week took 3 of the top positions in Division 1, Ashley junior, sister Jackie and Ean Brewis on 96 made up the team.
Sulby v Port St Mary
Division 1
Julian Teare 100 Derek Kermode 97
Orry Teare 97 Ashley Gardner (Snr) 97
Mark Cain 96 Ashley Gardner (J) 96
Barry Jones 96 Jackie Gardner (JL) 96
Peter Webb 95 Ean Brewis 96
484 482
Division 2
Mark Boyde 95 Orry Kerr (J) 95
Peter Faragher 95 Kevan Kneale 94
Fergus Coulter (J) 94 Patrick Kerr 94
Teddy Sayle 93 Tim Slater 93
Andy Mitchell 93 Patrick Cubbon (J) 93
470 469
Division 3
Jacob Duggan (J) 92 Peter Lewis 93
Richard Faragher 91 Juan Clague 92
Jim Teare 90 George Dalton-Brown (J) 92
Don Ault 89 Peter Gelling 88
Will Quayle 86 Graham Brown 78
448 443
Additional Shooters
Jess Clague (L) 81
Richard Farrington (J) 81
Sandsiders try hard against a strong Laxey team
IoMSC Sandsiders hosted Laxey Rifle Club at Sinclair and unfortunately lost all three Divisions. Bill Jones continues to push Harry Creevy in the Individual League listings and this week was no exception, posting yet another 99 and leading the Sandsiders team. Three 97’s from Andy Traynor, Richard Arthur and Terry Green followed Jones. For the visiting team, Nick Kennish produced an excellent 99 with Harry Creevy and Andy Jessopp close behind on 98.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Laxey
Division 1
Bill Jones 99 Nick Kennish 99
Richard Arthur 97 Harry Creevy 98
Andy Traynor 97 Andrew Jessopp 98
Terry Green 97 John Wood 96
Norman Ormrod 94 Gary Kneale 96
484 487
Division 2
Matthew Roosen (J) 92 Suzanne Curphey (L) 96
Chris Ollett 91 Judy Kee (L) 95
Steve Callus 91 Stephen Curphey 94
Phil Kneen 87 James Hewison (J) 90
00 Bridget Kneale (L) 89
361 464
Division 3
00 Bill Snelling 88
00 Charlie Clague 63
00 151
League Positions at December 15th.
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 8 7 0 1 3891 14
Laxey 9 6 1 2 4379 13
IoMSC Douglas 9 6 0 3 4374 12
Port St Mary 9 5 1 3 4373 11
Kirk Michael 9 3 0 6 3862 6
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 1 0 8 4330 2
Castletown 8 1 0 7 3817 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
IoMSC Douglas 9 7 0 2 4261 14
Port St Mary 9 7 0 2 4225 14
Sulby 8 7 0 1 3751 14
Laxey 9 5 0 4 4066 10
Kirk Michael 9 3 0 2 3446 6
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 1 0 8 3990 2
Castletown 8 0 0 8 3586 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 9 8 0 1 3574 16
Sulby 8 7 0 1 3484 14
IoMSC Douglas 9 7 0 2 3131 14
Laxey 9 4 0 5 900 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 2 0 7 595 4
Castletown 8 1 0 7 666 2
Kirk Michael 9 0 0 9 165 0
Riverside Ceramics enjoy an afternoon at Sinclair
Fourteen staff and guests of Riverside Ceramics, enjoyed a cold afternoon at Sinclair Range on Friday afternoon in a friendly corporate competition. The use of electronic targets created incredible interest and banter from those waiting to shoot added to the excellent atmosphere.
Full results were:-
1 - Daniel Cullen 91, 87 = 178 x 200
2 - Warren Keys 88, 82 = 170
3 – Kevin Edwards 84, 84 = 168
4 – Steven Murphy 80, 84 = 164
5 - Lyn Johnson 80, 82 = 162
6 - Dom Donaghan 75, 87 = 162
7 – David Pearce (Jnr) 81, 79 = 160
8 – Nick Crowe 76, 84 = 160
9 – Andy Lowe 79, 78 = 157
10 – David Pearce (Snr) 81, 66 = 147
11 – Frank O’Conner 72, 74 = 146
12 – Dean Tombs 72, 66 = 148
13 – Ryan Redmond 72, 66 = 138
14 – Gerry Loughlin 59, 72 = 131
Thanks must go to those club members who helped during the afternoon.
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.
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.
