Port St Mary arrived at St Johns at Sinclair on Monday evening with a team of seventeen which included seven juniors under the expert guidance of ‘Decky’ Kermode and true to form, Ashley Gardner junior claimed top slot in the Southerners results. Ashley was just a point ahead of Eddie Maddrell who is producing excellent results having just returned to the shooting scene after 30 years away. Ashley senior and junior George Dalton-Brown both hit 97 with Kevan Kneale making up the Division 1 team. For the hosts, Andy Potter led the way on 99 with Tracey Skelton and junior Christian Eaton, just point in arrears. Mike Clague and another junior, Sam Jones, made up their Division 1 team. Wins in Divisions 2 and 3 went to the southern team mainly due to the lack of shooters for IoMSC Douglas.
A close match had been envisaged, but it was down to the very last card marked to clarify the points in Division 1 for the top two teams. It was obvious that a 98 for the visitors would have given the match to the Southerners, a 97 would draw the match and in fact, due to work commitments, the late arrival of Ashley Gardner shot a perfect score as far as Douglas were concerned, as a 97 gave the home team a very valuable drawn league point.
Worthy of a mention, shooting under the IoMSC Douglas banner, are two young ladies new to the sport, Charlotte Brunt who has only shot in 3 matches and Sharron Drysdale who this week shot her first league match. Both are proving to be valuable members of the IoMSC Douglas squad and indeed, I am convinced, after witnessing them in training, both are improving rapidly and will become excellent shots.
IoMSC Douglas v Port St Mary
Division 1
Andy Potter 99 Ashley Gardner (J) 99
Tracey Skelton (L) 98 Eddie Maddrell 98
Christian Eaton (J) 98 Ashley Gardner 97
Mike Clague 96 George Dalton-Brown (J) 97
Sam Jones (J) 96 Kevan Kneale 96
487 487
Division 2
Mark Osborn 95 Juan Clague 95
Dave Humphrey 95 Gary Knight 95
Keith Lowney 93 Jackie Gardner (JL) 95
Thomas Clague (J) 93 Patrick Kerr (J) 95
Nick Brown 93 Patrick Cubbon (J) 94
469 474
Division 3
Sharron Drysdale (L) 91 Derek Kermode 93
Charlotte Brunt (L) 82 Dave Bould 93
Ryan Forrest (J) 93
Orry Kerr (J) 91
00 Ean Brewis 89
173 459
Additional Shooters
Peter Gelling 89
Graham Brown 87
Jones becomes the second shooter with a 100 this season so far
Kirk Michael were down to just 8 competitors this week when IoMSC Sandsiders visited and the lack of shooters created a poor result in both Divisions contested by the home team. Leading shots for the Northern team were Suzanne McKnight and Tom Lord both on 96 from new member of the team, Mathew Wernham on 94 which I think is a PB for the newcomer. For the visitors, Will Jones hit the ‘ton’ and in doing so becomes only the second shooter in the IoMRA Leagues this season to date to do so, the other being junior IoMSC Douglas shooter, Thomas Clague who ironically also collected his 100 at Kirk Michael too ! Junior Matthew Roosen was biting on the heels of Jones with a 97 with Andy Traynor and Tony Kneale a point further in arrears. Points in all three Divisions went to IoMSC Sandsiders.
Kirk Michael V IoMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
Suzanne McKnight (L) 96 Bill Jones 100
Tom Lord 96 Matthew Roosen (J) 97
Mathew Wernham 94 Andy Traynor 96
Alex Trafford (J) 93 Tony Kneale 96
Perryn Callister (L) 92 Norman Ormrod 94
471 483
Division 2
Andy Kelly (J) 90 Steve Callus 94
David Lord 89 Terry Green 94
Tommy Ardis 88 Phil Kneen 92
Graham Wyatt 92
00 James Jones 91
267 463
Division 3
Connor Rowe (J) 83
00 Chris Ollett 77
00 160
Sulby impress against Castletown
Sulby hosted a ten man team from Castletown and took all three divisions with considerable ease. Sulby’s Division 1 score improved this week to a very creditable 489 x 500 – the highest score of the evening’s three matches, with Phil Quayle leading the way on 99, Andy Mitchell and Peter Faragher were close behind on 98. For the visitors, Richard Arthur continued his excellent form of late, posting a 98 with Steve Gardner and Robin McFee both on 95.
Sulby v Castletown
Division1
Phil Quayle 99 Richard Arthur 98
Andy Mitchell 98 Steve Gardner 95
Peter Faragher 98 Robin McFee 95
Mark Boyde 97 John Brewis 94
Fergus Coulter (J) 97 Lauren Cooper (L) 94
489 476
Division 2
Mark Cain 96 Martin Moore 93
Peter Webb 96 Ian Arthur 93
Orry Teare 96 Nigel Christian 92
Jim Teare 96 Duncan Watterson 92
Teddy Sayle 95 John-Paul Bridson 89
479 459
Division 3
Will Quayle 94
Jacob Duggan (J) 90
Rod Forshaw 87
Richard Faragher 81
Don Ault 81 00
461 00
Additional Shooters
Richard Farrington (J) 77
Ben Morgan (J) 71
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at November 9th
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
IoMSC Douglas 5 4 1 0 2444 9
Port St Mary 5 3 2 0 2436 8
Laxey 4 3 0 1 1936 6
Sulby 4 2 1 1 1941 5
IoMSC Sandsiders 4 1 0 3 1912 2
Castletown 4 0 0 4 1919 0
Kirk Michael 4 0 0 4 1878 0
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 5 5 0 0 2375 10
IoMSC Douglas 5 4 0 1 2355 8
Laxey 4 3 0 1 1853 6
Sulby 4 1 0 3 1887 2
Castletown 4 1 0 3 1838 2
IoMSC Sandsiders 4 1 0 3 1285 2
Kirk Michael 4 0 0 4 1286 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 5 5 0 0 2311 10
Sulby 4 4 0 0 1808 8
IoMSC Douglas 5 3 0 2 1155 6
Laxey 4 2 0 2 517 4
Castletown 4 1 0 3 950 2
IoMSC Sandsiders 4 1 0 3 160 2
Kirk Michael 4 0 0 4 84 0
Dates for your diaries
Due to the installation work of the new targets, the 50 metre range at Sinclair, St Johns is closed for the foreseeable future.
Next week November 23rd, the Isle of Man Rifle Association Winter Leagues programme is as follows, Sulby host near neighbours Kirk Michael, IoMSC Douglas welcome Laxey at St Johns, Castletown entertain IoMSC Sandsiders at the Stadium and Port St Mary this week, collect the bye against Cossacks
