Laxey had a long journey south to shoot this week’s match against a very strong Port St Mary team and came away losers in all three Divisions. The home team was led by junior shooter George Dalton-Brown posting a magnificent 99 from Kevan Kneale on 98. For the visitors, Stephen Curphey and Nick Kennish both produced 98’s.
Port St Mary v Laxey
Division 1
George Dalton-Brown (J) 99 Stephen Curphey 98
Kevan Kneale 98 Nick Kennish 98
Ashley Gardner (J) 97 John Wood 97
Ashley Gardner (Snr) 97 Gary Kneale 96
Gary Knight 97 Suzanne Curphey (L) 92
488 481
Division 2
Dave Bould 97 James Hewison (J) 92
Ean Brewis 96 Bridget Kneale (L) 92
Peter Lewis 95 Judy Kee (L) 91
Patrick Cubbon (J) 95
Patrick Kerr (J) 95 00
478 275
Division 3
Juan Clague 94
Jackie Gardner (JL) 93
Graham Brown 93
Peter Gelling 91
Callum Grant (J) 87 00
458 00
League points are split equally at Castletown
At the Stadium, Castletown on Monday evening, the visiting Kirk Michael team, again gave a creditable match to Castletown Rifle Club and claimed the points in Division 1 and losing Division 2 to the hosts. Top shots for Castletown were John Brewis and Robin McFee on 98 and for Kirk Michael, Perryn Callister continued her revitalised league scores with another 99. Kevin Quinn and Suzanne McKnight were just behind on 98.
Castletown v Kirk Michael
Division 1
John Brewis 98 Perryn Callister (L) 99
Robin McFee 98 Kevin Quinn 98
Shirley Caley (L) 95 Suzanne McKnight (L) 98
John-Paul Bridson 92 David Lord 96
Henry Qualtrough 92 Illiam Christian (J) 94
475 485
Division 2
Steve Gardner 91 Tom Lord 93
Lauren Cooper (L) 90 James Rosengrove (J) 90
Andy Bell 89 Alex Trafford (J) 89
Reg Caley 88 Geoff Sayle 85
Duncan Watterson 83 00
441 357
Sulby continue their charge on Division1
Sulby took the short trip to Sinclair, St Johns for their match against IoMSC Sandsiders. Four 98’s were posted by Sulby for Julian Teare, Peter Faragher, Will Quayle and junior, Fergus Coulter and with Teddy Sayle lagging a little behind on 97. For the hosts, Bill Jones hit 97, somewhat better than his last week’s disastrous score, with Richard Arthur also on 97.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Sulby
Division 1
Bill Jones 97 Julian Teare 98
Richie Arthur 97 Peter Faragher 98
Terry Green 96 Fergus Coulter (J) 98
Steve Callus 94 Will Quayle 98
Tony Kneale 94 Teddy Sayle 97
478 489
Division 2
Andy Traynor 93 Orry Teare 97
Norman Ormrod 91 Peter Webb 97
Matthew Roosen (J) 91 Barry Jones 97
Chris Ollett 89 Jess Clague (L) 96
Phil Kneen 89 Mark Cain 94
453 481
Division3
Jacob Duggan (J) 93
Richard Faragher 90
Andy Mitchell 90
Jim Teare 90
00 Rod Forshaw 88
00 451
Additional Shooters
Don Ault 86
Richard Farrington (J) 86
This week’s result have Sulby moving up in Divisions 2 and 3, overtaking IoMSC Douglas in the process, when the latter had a bye this week,
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 11 10 0 1 5361 20
Port St Mary 12 7 2 3 5841 16
Laxey 11 7 1 3 5345 15
IoMSC Douglas 11 6 1 4 5353 13
Kirk Michael 11 4 0 7 5312 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 2 0 9 5290 4
Castletown 11 1 0 10 5245 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 12 10 0 2 5665 20
Sulby 11 9 0 2 5176 18
IoMSC Douglas 11 8 0 3 5211 16
Laxey 11 6 0 5 4810 12
Kirk Michael 11 4 0 7 4717 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 1 0 10 4893 2
Castletown 11 1 0 10 4891 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 12 10 0 2 4873 20
Sulby 11 9 0 2 4839 18
IoMSC Douglas 11 9 0 2 4059 18
Laxey 11 5 0 6 978 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 2 0 9 595 4
Castletown 11 1 1 9 743 3
Kirk Michael 11 0 1 10 165 1
Open Championship results
Wednesday the 7th of January was the evening for the Open Championship which was shot on three Island ranges, Port St Mary, Kirk Michael and Sinclair. The entry was very good with 35 shooters of various standard competing. Several competitions are available for those to take part and the following results have been forwarded to me by Mike Clague, IoMRA Competition Secretary.
Competition 1 - NSRA Silver Medal – 1 - Nick Brown (IoMSCD) 100.
Class A –
1 – Harry Creevy (LXY) 97
2 – Mike Clague (IoMSCD) 96 re-gauged to 95
3 – Bill Jones IoMSCS) 96 re-gauged to 93
4 – Ashley Gardner (PSM) 94
Class B –
1 – Kevin Quinn (KM) 97
2 – Richard Arthur (IoMSCS) 96
3 – Tom Lord (KM) 93
4 – Les Crowe (KM) 89
Class C –
1 – Nick Brown (IoMSCD) 100 (re-gauged to 100)
2 – Mark Osborn (IoMSCD) 100 (re-gauged to 98)
3 – Suzanne McKnight (KM) 100 (re-gauged to 97)
4 – Mark Cain (SLBY) 99
5 – John Brewis (CSTN) 98
=6 - Dave Bould (PSM) 97
=6 - Barry Jones (SLBY) 97
8 – Dave Humphrey (IoMSCD) 94
=9 – Mike Thompson (IoMSCD) 93
=9 - Tony Kneale (IoMSCS) 93
10 – Andy Traynor (IoMSCS) 92
Class D –
1 - Lorrie Thompson (IoMSCD) 99
2 – Norman Ormrod (IoMSCS) 94
3 – Paul Perkins (IoMSCD) 93
4 – Laurie Cain (SLBY) 90
5 – Graham Brown (PSM) 89
6 – Charles Clague (LXY) 87
Junior Class –
1 – Jackie Gardner (PSM) 96
2 – Thomas Clague (IoMSCD) 95 (re-gauged to 95)
3 – Illiam Christian (KM) 95 (re-gauged to 94)
4 – Ashley Gardner (PSM) 95 (re-gauged to 93)
= 5 – George Dalton-Brown (PSM) 94
=5 - Patrick Kerr (PSM) 94
7 - Christian Eaton (IoMSCD) 92
8 – Alex Trafford (KM) 91
=9 – Sam Jones (IoMSCD) 90
=10 – Matthew Roosen (IoMSCS) 90
Competition 2 – The Indoor Shield Classified match –
Class A –
1 – Bill Jones (IoMSCS) 100 (re-gauged to 100)
2 – Mike Clague (IoMSCD) 98 (re-gauged to 98)
3 – Ashley Gardner (PSM) 98 (re-gauged to 95)
4 – Harry Creevy 97
Class B –
1 – Richard Arthur (IoMSCS) 99
2 – Tom Lord (KM) 97 (re-gauged to 96)
3 – Les Crowe (KM) 97 (re-gauged to 95)
4 – Kevin Quinn (KM) 94
Class C –
1 - Barry Jones (SBY) 99
2 – Tony Kneale (IoMSCS) 97 (re-gauged 1 to 95 & then re-gauged 2 to 94)
3 – Mike Thompson (IoMSCD) 97 (re-gauged 1 to 95 & then re-gauged 2 to 93)
=4 - Mark Cain (SBY) 97 (re-gauged to 96
=4 - Mark Osborn (IoMSCD) 97 (re-gauged to 94, = 6 Dave Bould (PSM) 96
=6 - John Brewis (CSTN) 96
=6 - Dave Humphrey (IoMSCD) 96
9 - Suzanne McKnight (KM) 95
10 – Andy Traynor (IoMSCS) 93
11 – Nick Brown (IoMSCD) 91
Class D –
1 – Lorrie Thompson (IoMSCD) 94 (re-gauged to 93
2 – Norman Ormrod (IoMSCS) 94 (re-gauged to 92
3 – Charles Clague (LXY) 91
4 - Paul Perkins (IoMSCD) 89
=5 – Graham Brown (PSM) 87
=5 – Laurie Cain (SBY) 87
Junior Class –
1 - Ashley Gardner (PSM) 100
2 – Illiam Christian (KM) 97
3 – Patrick Kerr (PSM) 96
=4 – George Dalton-Brown (PSM) 95
=4 – Thomas Clague (IoMSCD) 95
=4 – Matthew Roosen (IoMSCS) 95
7- Christian Eaton (IoMSCD) 94
8 – Jackie Gardner (PSM) 93
9 – Alex Trafford (KM) 91
Competition 3 – The Ivy Osborn Trophy, teams of four –
Just three teams of four entered the Ivy Osborn Trophy and the win went to Kirk Michael. The result was:-
Kirk Michael 1st
Illiam Christian 99
Les Crowe 97
Suzanne McKnight 96
Kevin Quinn 96
388
IoMSC Sandsiders 2nd
Richie Arthur 98
Tony Kneale 98
Andy Traynor 96
Bill Jones 92
384
IoMSC Douglas 3rd
Mike Thompson 98
Dave Humphrey 97
Nick Brown 94
Lorrie Thompson 94
383
Competition 4 – The Homan Cup – This competition is the aggregate of all three cards for those twenty five who entered. Final results were:-
1 – Mark Osborn (IOMSD) – 100, 97, 99 = 296
2 – Mike Clague (IoMSCD) – 96, 98, 100 = 294
96 (re-gauged to 95), 98 (re-gauged to 98), 100 (re-gauged to 98) = 294 (291 re-gauged)
3 – Harry Creevy (LXY) – 97, 97, 100 = 294
97 (re-gauged to 95), 97 (re-gauged to 95), 100 (re-gauged to 98) = 294 (288 re-gauged)
=4 – Richard Arthur (IoMSCS) - 96, 99, 98 = 293
=4 – Barry Jones (SLBY) - 97, 99, 97 = 293
=4 – Ashley Gardner (J) (PSM) - 95, 100, 98 = 293
=7 – Lorrie Thompson (IoMSCD) - 99, 94, 98 = 291
=7 – Suzanne McKnight (KM) - 100, 95, 96 = 291
=7 - Illiam Christian (J) (KM) - 95, 97, 99 = 291
10 – Ashley Gardner (PSM) - 94, 98, 98 = 290
=11 – Dave Bould (PSM) - 97, 96, 95 = 288
=11 – Tony Kneale (IoMSCS) - 93, 97, 98 = 288
=13 – Dave Humphrey (IoMSCD) - 94, 96, 97 = 287
=13 – Tom Lord (KM) - 93, 97, 97 = 287
=13 – Kevin Quinn (KM) - 97, 94, 96 = 287
16 – Jackie Gardner (JL) (PSM) - 96, 93, 97 = 286
=17 – Nick Brown (IoMSCD) - 100, 91, 94 = 285
=17 – Thomas Clague (J) (IoMSCD) - 95, 95, 95 = 285
19 – Mike Thompson (IoMSCD) - 93, 97, 94 = 284
20 – Les Crowe (KM) - 89, 97, 97 = 283
21 – Patrick Kerr (J) (PSM) - 94, 96, 92 = 282
22 – Andy Traynor (IoMSCS) - 92, 93, 96 = 281
23 – Paul Perkins (IoMSCD) - 93, 89, 94 = 276
24 – Alex Trafford (KM) - 91, 91, 91 = 273
25 – Graham Brown - 89, 87, 91 = 267
Thanks must go to the IoM Rifle Associations Competition Secretary, Mike Clague for the organisation, all those who acted as Range Officers on the night and the ever green, Brian Fozard who once again took on the onerous task of marking the cards so diligently and produced the results for Mike – thank you gentlemen
Dates for your Diaries
League matches continue and next week’s matches, February 2nd, IoMSC Douglas v Castletown, IoMSC Sandsiders travelling south to Port St Mary and Laxey entertain Sulby, this must be the match of the week. This week, the bye goes to Kirk Michael.
