Kirk Michael experience a tough evening at Sinclair
The small northern team from Kirk Michael visited IoMSC Sandsiders on Monday evening and after two exceptional results in the past fortnight, they were beaten by the hosts who were headed by Bill Jones posting an excellent 99 followed by spouse Liz and Richard Arthur on 98 with a Division 1 score of 489, their best result of the season. Two 97’s from Tom Lord and Les Crowe topped the Kirk Michael team with Kevin Quinn a point in arrears on 96.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Kirk Michael
Division1
Bill Jones 99 Tom Lord 97
Liz Jones (L) 98 Les Crowe 97
Richard Arthur 98 Kevin Quinn 96
Norman Ormrod 97 Perryn Callister (L) 95
Andy Traynor 97 David Lord 95
489 480
Division 2
Steve Callus 94 Illiam Christian (J) 95
Tony Kneale 94 Alex Trafford (J) 93
Terry Green 91 Suzanne McKnight (L) 92
Chris Ollett 90 Geoff Sayle 83
Phil Kneen 89 00
458 363
Division 3
No Match
Sulby continue their hold on the Division 1 championship at Castletown
Sulby travelled to Castletown and came away with wins in all three Divisions keeping the northerners in control of Division 1. An excellent set of scores for the visitors in Division1 was topped by Julian Teare and Teddy Sayle both on 98 with three 96’s from Fergus Coulter, Will Quayle and Peter Webb. Sulby’s score of 484 was identical to the previous week’s result against IoMSC Douglas. For the Hosts, Nigel Christian hit 98 with 95’s from John Brewis and Shirley Caley.
Castletown v Sulby
Division 1
Nigel Christian 98 Julian Teare 98
John Brewis 95 Teddy Sayle 98
Shirley Caley (L) 95 Fergus Coulter (J) 96
Lauren Cooper (L) 94 Will Quayle 96
Henry Qualtrough 92 Peter Webb 96
474 484
Division 2
Robin McFee 92 Orry Teare 95
Steve Gardner 91 Mark Cain 94
Andy Bell 90 Peter Faragher 94
John-Paul Bridson 90 Don Ault 93
Duncan Watterson 86 Andy Mitchell 92
449 468
Division 3
Reg Caley 85 Rod Forshaw 91
Jim Teare 88
Richard Faragher 87
00 Jacob Duggan (J) 79
85 345
Ladies rule the range at Port St Mary !
Shooting for IoMSC Douglas, two young ladies, Tracey Skelton and Jayde Lambert both produced 99’s for the visiting team and recorded the highest scores of the evening of either team when Douglas visited Port St Mary on Monday evening. These scores are excellent results for both young women but was especially heart-warming for a relative newcomer to shooting, Jayde Lambert. Tracey Skelton, who has become an excellent shot in recent months, leads the ladies individual championship and her 99 this week will enhance her position - well done to both of you. 97’s from Nick Brown, Martin Burns and Junior, Christian Eaton made up the winning Division 1 team. For the ‘Port, Kevan Kneale and Junior, Callum Grant both posted 98’s with Gary Knight and Ashley Gardner (Snr) both hitting 97.
Port St Mary v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Kevan Kneale 98 Tracey Skelton (L) 99
Callum Grant (J) 98 Jayde Lambert (L) 99
Gary Knight 97 Nick Brown 97
Ashley Gardner (Snr) 97 Martin Burns 97
Ashley Gardner (J) 96 Christian Eaton (J) 97
486 489
Division 2
Derek Kermode 96 Mark Osborn 96
Orry Kerr (J) 96 Dave Humphrey 95
Peter Lewis 95 Mike Clague 95
George Dalton-Brown (J) 94 Andy Potter 95
Patrick Kerr (J) 94 Sam Jones (J) 95
475 476
Division 3
Ean Brewis 94 Mike Thompson 94
Dave Bould 94 Thomas Clague (J) 93
Peter Gelling 94 Keith Lowney 89
Jackie Gardner (JL) 93 Paul Perkins 89
Patrick Cubbon (J) 93 Aaron Astill (J) 88
468 453
Additional Shooters
Juan Clague 92
George Brown 90
With just 2 further matches in this winter’s league, it appears that Sulby Rifle Club will claim the Division 1 Championship. The leagues below have been adjusted up to march 10th.
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Sulby 16 13 0 3 7792 26
IoMSC Douglas 17 12 1 4 8291 25
Port St Mary 17 10 2 5 8280 22
Laxey 16 9 1 6 7753 19
Kirk Michael 16 6 0 10 7726 12
IoMSC Sandsiders 16 4 0 12 7691 8
Castletown 16 1 0 15 7627 2
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 17 14 0 3 8042 28
IoMSC Douglas 17 13 0 4 8063 26
Sulby 16 13 0 3 7534 26
Laxey 16 8 0 8 6975 16
Kirk Michael 16 5 0 11 6637 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 16 3 0 13 6925 6
Castletown 16 1 0 15 7136 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 17 15 0 2 7158 30
Sulby 16 14 0 3 6985 26
IoMSC Douglas 17 13 0 4 6177 26
Laxey 16 6 0 9 1150 12
IoMSC Sandsiders 16 3 1 12 681 7
Castletown 16 1 0 15 990 2
Kirk Michael 16 0 1 15 165 1
Clague and Skelton win the 101 Challenge Cup
The final of the 101 Challenge Cup was held at Sinclair range on Wednesday evening and the semi-final was a little marred when the Laxey pair of Harry Creevy and John Wood had to unfortunately withdraw due to other shooting commitments, this gave the Kirk Michael pair of Suzanne McKnight and Kevin Quinn a ‘walkover’ directly into the final. The other Semi-final was between Mike Clague and Tracey Skelton for IoMSC Douglas and Mark Cain with Will Quayle for Sulby. The IoMSC Douglas pair won this battle by a single point – 191 to the Sulby’s pair result of 190. In the final, Clague posted 99 and Skelton 97 = 196, to a rather poor result from The Kirk Michael team of McKnight on 91 and Quinn on 94 = 185. Thanks must go to the Isle of Man Shooting Club for the use of the range and especially to marker and range officer, the ever reliable Brian Fozard.
NSRA postal Competitions
Barry Jones has kindly forwarded the results for round seven of the Island team, ladies and Junior competitions and starting with the ‘20 man’ team, the scores are as follows:-
Harry Creevy 100
Mike Duncalf 98
Richie Arthur 97
John Wood 97
Kevan Kneale 97
Nigel Christian 97
Barry Jones 97
Dave Bould 97
Ashley Gardner 96
Nick Kennish 96
Kevin Quinn 95
Bill Jones 95
Robin McFee 95
Steve Callus 95
Mark Cain 94
Dave Humphrey 94
Mike Clague 94
Andy Traynor 93
Keith Lowney 91
Suzanne McKnight 87 giving a total of 1905 x 2000
to the opposition, Scottish Southern Cities 1729. This result places the local in mid table of Division 6.
In the ladies League our five locals were beaten by a single point by Middlesex Small-Bore Rifle Association posted scores were:-
Perryn Callister 97
Shirley Caley 95
Jaccie Hamilton-Jones 94
Suzanne McKnight 94
Lorrie Thompson 94 = 474 x 500
Once again the local team are holding a mid-table position.
Much better news comes from the Islands Junior team, where the four man team are in third position in Division2 on equal points with Surrey SBRA and Hertfordshire SBRA – the only difference being the aggregate scores – Surrey have 2672, Hertfordshire 2666 and the Island have 2665. Round 7 results were:-
Fergus Coulter 97
James Hewison 95
Alex Trafford 94
Illiam Christian 93 = 379 x 400 to Berkshire SBRA 390
News from off the Island
Harriet Nuttall, who is studying at Cambridge University, has sent me the results of the varsity match (Oxford v Cambridge) which Cambridge have now won for the eighth year in succession. Harriet was a member of both the eight man ‘Heslop’ team, and the ladies five ladies ‘Bentata’ team – Cambridge were successful in both categories. Although Nuttall is a little disappointed with her performance, she did produce the top lady shot of the event – her scores, which counted for both teams were 190 x 200. Harriet is looking forward to a break home on the Island at Easter when she will be involved in the Easter Shoot.
Dates for your Diaries
The final fixtures of the 2014/15 winter leagues continue next Monday, March 23rd when IoMSC Douglas take the long haul north to Laxey, IoMSC Sandsiders entertain Castletown and Kirk Michael welcome near neighbours Sulby.
March 18th is the allocated date for the Golden Jubilee – more information can be obtained from Mike Clague on claguecpm@hotmail.com or ring / text on 200713
The Isle of Man Rifle Association are holding their Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation on Saturday April 18th at 7.30 pm. Clubs have been advised regarding the menu and if last years dinner is anything to go by, it will be an excellent evening.
March 21st is the final day for entries for the Easter Shooting Festival and all information and entry forms are available at http://isleofmanshooting.com/easter/index.html
