Kirk Michael continued their high scoring sequence this week when they were the visiting team at Port St Mary, however the home team secured a win in all three divisions, posting very high scores. ‘Ports Division 1 team were led by three juniors, Patrick Kerr on 99, Patrick Cubbon and Ashley Gardner on 98 with Ean Brewis and Ashley Gardner (Snr) also posting 98’s. Seventeen shooters competed for the ‘Port on the night and the lowest score, including seven juniors, was 92 – a remarkable result – well done to all. For the visitors, Perryn Callister managed to hit 99 with three club mates, Kevin Quinn, Tom Lord and Illiam Christian, all posting 97.
Port St Mary Kirk Michael
Division 1
Patrick Kerr (J) 99 Perryn Callister (L) 99
Patrick Cubbon (J) 98 Kevin Quinn 97
Ashley Gardner (J) 98 Tom Lord 97
Ean Brewis 98 Illiam Christian (J) 97
Ashley Gardner 98 Suzanne McKnight (L) 96
491 486
Division 2
Derek Kermode 97 Les Crowe 96
Gary Knight 97 Alex Trafford (J) 93
Kevan Kneale 96 David Lord 94
George Dalton-Brown (J) 96 James Rosengrove (J) 91
Dave Bould 95 Geoff Sayle 83
481 457
Division 3
Jackie Gardner (JL) 95
Orry Kerr (J) 94
Peter Lewis 94
Peter Gelling 93
Graham Brown 93
469
Additional Shooters
Juan Clague 93
Callum Grant (J) 92
IoMSC Douglas loose by 1 point yet again
IoMSC Douglas, for the second match in succession, lost this week by a single point, on this occasion to a very strong Sulby team. Top shot for the hosts was Mike Clague with 99 followed closely by an improving Mark Osborn, Andy Potter (who was suffering from jet-lag having just arrived home after a very long flight from Australia) and Mike Duncalf all on 98. Martin Burns made up the Division 1 team on 97. For the visitors, Julian Teare, Teddy Sayle and Will Quayle all hit 99 with junior, Fergus Coulter and Barry Jones both on 97.
IoMSC Douglas Sulby
Division 1
Mike Clague 99 Julian Teare 99
Mark Osborn 98 Teddy Sayle 99
Andy Potter 98 Will Quayle 99
Mike Duncalf 98 Fergus Coulter (J) 97
Martin Burns 97 Barry Jones 97
490 491
Division 2
Nick Brown 95 Mark Cain 96
Tracey Skelton (L) 94 Rod Forshaw 95
Lorrie Thompson (L) 94 Peter Webb 94
Thomas Clague (J) 94 Peter Faragher 93
Aaron Astill (J) 94 Orry Teare 92
471 470
Division 3
Keith Lowney 92 Jim Teare 91
Christian Eaton (J) 92 Andy Mitchell 90
Dave Humphrey 92 Laurie Cain 91
Sam Jones (J) 91 Richard Faragher 88
Mike Thompson 91 Don Ault 87
458 447
Additional Shooters
Paul Perkins 91
Laxey take all three Divisions against Castletown
Laxey Hosted southern club, Castletown and claimed wins in all 3 division. Top shots for the Glen Gardens side were Harry Creevy and Suzanne Curphey on 98 with Castletown’s John Brewis matching the Laxey pair on 98.
Laxey Castletown
Division 1
Harry Creevy 98 John Brewis 98
Suzanne Curphey (L) 98 Steve Gardner 96
Gary Kneale 97 Robin McFee 96
John Wood 96 Lauren Cooper (L) 93
Andrew Jessopp 96 John-Paul Bridson 92
485 475
Division 2
Judy Kee (L) 95 Henry Qualtrough 92
Stephen Curphey 95 Andy Bell 92
Bill Snelling 94 Duncan Watterson 91
Bridget Kneale (L) 93 Shirley Caley (L) 90
James Hewison (J) 92 Reg Caley 86
469 451
Division 3
Charlie Clague 78
January’s 50 metre outdoor Handicap was shot in near perfect conditions
Twelve hardy souls managed to shake off the festive spirits to find their shooting jackets had somewhat shrunk over the 2 week period when lining up for the January Handicap match on Sunday morning. Weather conditions were perfect although it was extremely cold and Liz Jones tea and coffee went down well after the match. Top gun score went to Mike Duncalf on 589 x 600. Full results with the handicap score in brackets were:- 1 – Andy Traynor 93, 97, 95, 91, 92, 99 = 567 (+41) = 608, 2 – Mike Duncalf 97, 97, 99, 99, 99, 98 = 589 (+14) = 603, 3 – Tracey Skelton 95, 95, 99, 98, 99, 96 = 582 (+21) = 603, 4 – Bill Jones 98, 97, 100, 97, 92, 93 = 577 (+26) = 603, 5 - Illiam Christian (J) 96, 98, 96, 94, 94, 96 = 574 (+28) = 602, 6 – Thomas Clague (J) 96, 94, 95, 95, 93, 93 = 566 (+35) = 601, 7 – Tom Lord 96, 96, 98, 97, 99, 92 = 578 (+22) = 600, 8 – Richard Arthur 98, 97, 98, 96, 97, 96 = 582 (+17) = 599, 9 – Pieter Green 92, 91, 93, 87, 83, 93 = 539 (+60) = 599, 10 – Nick Brown 90, 94, 91, 96, 96, 94 = 561 (+31) = 592, 11 – Suzanne McKnight 94, 95, 94, 86, 97, 93 = 559 (+27) = 586, 12 – Alex Trafford (J) 93, 93, 94, 95, 89, 91 = 555 (+29) = 584.
Good entry for the Disc Shoot
Just before the Christmas break in the shooting season, the indoor Disc Shoot took place at Sinclair, St Johns and a reasonable entry of nine turned up for this enjoyable fun night. The prize in this competition is a specially designed, silver .22 bullet provided by Lorrie Thompson who actually makes the prize. In this year’s match, Nick Brown and Richard Arthur were required to take part in a shoot off and the win went to Brown. This left the eight shooters to continue the knockout section. Mike Thompson was drawn against Martin Burns, Thomas Clague against Illiam Christian, Nick Brown against Orry Teare and Lorrie Thompson against Tracey Skelton. Wins went to The “Thompson”, Clague and Brown. The final found Mike Thompson against wife Lorrie with Lorrie taking her prize in fine fashion. In the pair’s competition, Richard Arthur and Nick Brown were successful. Thanks must go to Lorrie Thompson for both the prizes and the organisation on the night.
Dates for your Diaries
Tonight, January 13th, the Lady of Man Trophy takes place at The Sinclair Range St Johns and hopefully a larger entry than last year will compete in this ladies only competition.
League matches continue and next week’s matches, January 19th, have Port St Mary hosting Laxey, Sulby travel to St Johns for their match against IoMSC Sandsiders and Castletown host Kirk Michael. IoMSC Douglas have this week’s bye.
