Minnows beat the giants !
Port St Mary Rifle Club who are chasing league leaders Sulby, travelled north for their league match with the small Kirk Michael team on Monday evening and the nine-man Michael team took a historic win from the strong southern club, by a single point. Top shot for Kirk Michael went to veteran shooter Tom Lord who shot exceptionally well, posting a terrific 100, with Suzanne McKnight and Les Crowe hitting 98’s. Four members of the Port team all posted 98, Kevan Kneale, Derek Kermode, Ashley Gardner and Ashley Gardner junior. Junior shooter, George Dalton-Brown made up the five man Division 1 team for the southerners. This result could well have a significant effect on the championship as there are only three matches to go and the Kirk Michael minnows will meet the league leaders, Sulby in the final match on March 23rd.
Kirk Michael v Port St Mary
Division 1
Tom Lord 100 Kevan Kneale 98
Suzanne McKnight (L) 98 Derek Kermode 98
Les Crowe 98 Ashley Gardner (Snr) 98
Kevin Quinn 97 Ashley Gardner (J) 98
Perryn Callister (L) 97 George Dalton-Brown (J) 97
490 489
Division 2
Illiam Christian (J) 96 Gary Knight 97
David Lord 96 Orry Kerr (J) 97
Alex Trafford (J) 95 Juan Clague 96
James Rosengrove (J) 90 Dave Bould 95
00 Patrick Cubbon (J) 94
377 479
Division 3
Ean Brewis 94
Patrick Kerr (J) 93
Jackie Gardner (JL) 91
George Brown 91
00 Peter Lewis 91
00 460
Additional Shooters
Peter Gelling 89
Laxey take wins in all three Divisions at Castletown
Laxey produced a win against Castletown at the Stadium on Monday, in all divisions with top shot of the evening going to Harry Creevy and Suzanne Curphey on 98 closely followed by Nick Kennish on 97 for the visitors. John Brewis, Nigel Christian, Lauren Cooper and Robin McFee all hit 96 for the hosts.
Castletown v Laxey
Division 1
John Brewis 96 Harry Creevy 98
Nigel Christian 96 Suzanne Curphey (L) 98
Lauren Cooper (L) 96 Nick Kennish 97
Robin McFee 96 Judy Kee (L) 96
Henry Qualtrough 94 John Wood 95
478 484
Division 2
Shirley Caley (L) 93 Gary Kneale 95
Steve Gardner 93 Stephen Curphey 95
Andy Bell 92 James Hewison (J) 94
John-Paul Bridson 89 Bill Snelling 93
Reg Caley 89 Bridget Kneale (L) 93
456 470
Division 3
Duncan Watterson 87 Charles Clague 90
87 90
A tense evening at Sulby
IoMSC Douglas travelled north for their match at Sulby knowing they had a tough job on their hands if they wished for any success and the win gave the Douglas team two very valuable points in their Division 1 championship challenge. The final result was not known until the last three results had been given out, Peter Webb for Sulby and Tracey Skelton and Dave Humphrey for the visitors – Skelton posted 96 with Humphrey on 98, Webb’s 94 made little difference to the home teams score. A terrific and valued win from the IoMSC Douglas team was headed by Andy Potter on 99. Julian Teare matched Potter’s 99 for the hosts but Teddy Sayle and Richard Faragher were 2 points in arrears on 97.
Sulby v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Julian Teare 99 Andy Potter 99
Teddy Sayle 97 Dave Humphrey 98
Richard Faragher 97 Tracey Skelton (L) 96
Will Quayle 96 Mike Thompson 96
Orry Teare 95 Thomas Clague (J) 96
484 485
Division 2
Mark Cain 95 Martin Burns 95
Fergus Coulter (J) 95 Nick Brown 94
Peter Webb 94 Mike Clague 93
Andy Mitchell 93 Paul Perkins 93
Jim Teare 92 Christian Eaton (J) 92
470 467
Division 3
Gill Hicks (L) 92 Jayde Lambert (L) 92
Peter Faragher 91 Sam Jones (J) 86
Don Ault 89 Aaron Astill (J) 84
Jacob Duggan (J) 83
Rod Forshaw 82 00
437 262
The league positions below are as at March 3rd and now, due to this week’s results, are beginning to show how close they have become and give rise to the possibility of an exceptional end to the 2014/15 season in three weeks.
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 15 12 0 3 7308 24
IoMSC Douglas 16 11 1 4 7802 23
Port St Mary 16 10 2 4 7794 22
Laxey 16 9 1 6 7753 19
Kirk Michael 15 6 0 9 7246 12
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 3 0 12 7202 6
Castletown 15 1 0 14 7153 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 16 14 0 2 7567 28
IoMSC Douglas 16 12 0 4 7587 24
Sulby 15 12 0 3 7066 24
Laxey 16 8 0 8 6975 16
Kirk Michael 15 5 0 10 6274 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 2 0 13 6467 4
Castletown 15 1 0 14 6687 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 16 14 0 2 6690 28
IoMSC Douglas 16 13 0 3 5724 26
Sulby 15 12 0 3 6640 24
Laxey 16 6 0 9 1150 12
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 3 0 12 681 6
Castletown 15 1 0 13 905 2
Kirk Michael 15 0 0 13 165 0
101 Challenge Cup result
Mike Clague has forwarded the results to date for the 101 Challenge Cup. The competition is a pairs comp with the highest eight scores moving onto the next round. Full results for round 1 were
Michael Clague & Tracey Skelton (IoMSCD) 98, 99 = 197
John Wood & Harry Creevy (LXY) 95, 99 = 194
Ashley Gardner (Snr) & Ashley Gardner (J) (PSM) 96, 98 = 194
Mark Osborn & Andy Potter (IoMSCD) 97, 97 = 194
Lorrie Thompson & Mike Thompson (IoMSCD) 98, 95 = 193
Mark Cain & Will Quayle (SLBY) 97, 95 = 192
Richard Arthur & Bill Jones (IoMSCS) 97, 94 = 191
Suzanne McKnight & Kevin Quinn (KM) 96, 95 = 191
all the above go through to the next round
Tom Lord & Alex Trafford (KM) 95, 95 = 190
Nick Brown & Thomas Clague (IoMSCD) 95, 94 = 189
Teddy Sayle & Fergus Coulter (SLBY) 94, 95 = 189
David Lord & Les Crowe (KM) 92, 93 = 185
Illiam Christian & James Rosengrove (KM) 97, 88 = 185
Steve Gardner & Nigel Christian (CSTN) 90, 95 = 185
The six pairs above failed to go through
In round 2 the results were,
Clague & Skelton 99, 99 = 198 v Thompson & Thompson 90, 95 = 185,
Cain & Quayle 96 (re-gauged to 95) & Quayle 97 (re-gauged to 97) = 192 v Osborn 95 (re-gauged to 94) & Potter 98 (re-gauged to 97) = 191,
Arthur & Jones 98, 96 = 194 v McKnight & Quinn 97, 100 = 197,
Gardner & Gardner 98, 94 = 192 v Wood & Creevy 97, 100 = 197.
The final four teams who will contest this competition will consist of Mike Clague and Tracey Skelton v Mark Cain and Will Quayle with Suzanne McKnight and Kevin Quinn against John Wood and Harry Creevy and will be shot on the Port St Mary Range on Wednesday, March 4th.
Juniors are making the most of the 614 Junior NSRA league
The Island Junior team in the NSRA Junior League are posting excellent results and in round 6 they lead their league by two clear points and an aggregate score of 2286 (5 clear of second slot) to second placed team, Surrey Small-Bore Rifle Association who they beat on this occasion by 6 points. The results are as follows:-
Illaim Christian 100
Fergus Coulter 98
Christian Eaton 97
Alex Trafford 94 = 389 x 400
to Surrey’s score of 383, a tremendous result against one of the strongest teams in the league – well done lads and keep up the good work.
Outdoor news - Fifteen year old wins his first Monthly Handicap
Sunday morning was bitterly cold and just ten hardy souls managed to turn up for the Isle of Man Shooting Clubs March Handicap. The competition win went to fifteen year old Matthew Roosen who produced a handicapped score of 614, 10 points ahead of second placed Jayde Lambert. Both these individuals are relatively newcomers to shooting and have taken to the sport with gusto and I am sure success in this form will help their confidence greatly, mind you, I am guessing the competition secretary will be looking at both shooters handicap prior to the start of the summer season Tynwald Shield Handicap series in May. Top gun score on the day went to Mike Duncalf on 584 helped with 2 x 100’s with Andy Potter just a single point in arrears, Potter was another competitor who hit 100 but on this occasion, just one. Mike Clague claimed third place some 9 points back. Full results were:-
1 – Matthew Roosen 90, 97, 93, 89, 91, 94 = 554 (+ 60 Handicap) = 614
2 – Jayde Lambert 93, 88, 93, 96, 91, 83 = 544 (+60) = 604
3 – Nick Brown 93, 96, 94, 94, 96, 95 = 568 (+31) = 599
=4 – Andy Potter 99, 95, 100, 97, 98, 94 = 583 (+15) = 598
=4 – Mike Duncalf 98, 93, 100, 96, 97, 100 = 584 (+14) = 598
6 – Mike Clague 98, 93, 95, 95, 98, 95 = 574 (+21) = 595
7 – Suzanne McKnight 94, 94, 95, 97, 94, 91 = 565 (+27) = 592
8 – Tracey Skelton 96, 95, 95, 94, 96, 95 = 571 (+19) = 590
=9 – Steve Callus 93, 90, 94, 95, 91, 93 = 556 (+32) = 588
=9 – Bill Jones 93, 92, 94, 93, 97, 93 = 562 (+26) = 588
