A single point separated the Division 1 teams of Sulby and IoMSC Douglas at the Sulby range on Monday evening and the result was down to the last shooter for each team for the outcome of the match. Arriving late due to work commitments, Mike Clague produced the goods for the visitors with a 98and for the home team, Julian Teare also managed a 98 but needed a 100 for the win. IoMSC Douglas claimed the win in Division 1 with a score of 489 to Sulby’s 488 but wins in Divisions 2 and 3 went to the northern team. Top Shots for the St Johns based IoMSC Douglas team, were Andy Potter and junior shooter, Thomas Clague both on 99. For the hosts, Peter Webb hit his second 100 of the season and becomes the only shooter to date to do so, in the IoM Rifle Association Double Hundred Competition – congratulations Peter. Leading shots for Sulby were Peter, Julian on 98 with Teddy Sayle and junior, Fergus Coulter, both posting 97’s.
Sulby v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Peter Webb 100 Andy Potter 99
Julian Teare 98 Thomas Clague (J) 99
Teddy Sayle 97 Mike Clague 98
Fergus Coulter (J) 97 Dave Humphrey 97
Mark Boyde 96 Tracey Skelton (L) 96
488 489
Division 2
Barry Jones 95 Sharron Drysdale (L) 94
Will Quayle 95 Sam Jones (J) 94
Mark Cain 94 Nick Brown 93
Peter Faragher 94 Mark Osborn 92
Phil Quayle 94 Paul Perkins 92
472 465
Division 3
Orry Teare 93
Jacob Duggan (J) 93
Chris Clague 93
Jaccie Hamilton-Jones (L) 93
Rod Forshaw 92 00
464 00
Additional Shooters
Ben Morgan (J) 79
Port St Mary overpower Kirk Michael
Once again, the juniors from Port St Mary led the way when the Southerners travelled to Kirk Michael to take on the ten man village team. Juniors Patrick Cubbon and Callum Grant both posted 98’s for the visitors with Kevan Kneale, Gary Knight and Eddie Maddrell making up the Division 1 team with a score of 487. The ‘Port also claimed the points in Divisions 2 and 3. For the hosts, Perryn Callister and Matt Wernham both hit 95 with Suzanne McKnight, David Lord and junior, Andy Kelly, all on 94. Good to see Illiam Christian on the result sheet again.
Kirk Michael v Port St Mary
Division 1
Perryn Callister (L) 95 Patrick Cubbon (J) 98
Matt Wernham 95 Callum Grant (J) 98
Suzanne McKnight (L) 94 Kevan Kneale 97
David Lord 94 Gary Knight 97
Andy Kelly (J) 94 Eddie Maddrell 97
472 487
Division 2
Alex Trafford (J) 93 Patrick Kerr (J) 96
Tommy Ardis 93 Ashley Gardner 95
Illiam Christian (J) 93 Ashley Gardner (J) 95
Tom Lord 92 George Dalton-Brown (J) 94
James Rosengrove (J) 84 Ryan Forrest (J) 94
455 474
Division 3
Derek Kermode 94
Juan Clague 93
Ean Brewis 93
Jackie Gardner (JL) 93
00 Isaac Heaton (J) 93
00 466
Additional Shooters
Dave Bould 92
Rhys Keown (J) 88
Graham Brown (Res) 91
Second win of the Season for Castletown
A delighted Castletown team had an excellent and well deserved win in all three Divisions against a rather depleted Laxey contingent at the Stadium on Monday evening. For the hosts, Ian Arthur and Martin Moore both hit 97 and Richie Arthur and Nigel Christian both hit 96. Shirley Caley made up the winning Division 1 team on 95. Suzanne Curphey posted a 97 to take the top slot for Laxey, with John Wood on 96, Harry Creevy and Gary Kneale both hitting 95 and Andrew Jessopp on 93.
Castletown v Laxey
Division 1
Ian Arthur 97 Suzanne Curphey (L) 97
Martin Moore 97 John Wood 96
Richard Arthur 96 Harry Creevy 95
Nigel Christian 96 Gary Kneale 95
Shirley Caley (L) 95 Andrew Jessopp 93
481 476
Division 2
Peter Shimmin 95 Judy Kee (L) 93
Robin McFee 94 Stephen Curphey 93
John Brewis 93 Gemma Kermode (L) 92
Henry Qualtrough 93 Bridget Kneale (L) 86
John – Paul Bridson 92 00
467 364
Division 3
Steve Gardner 92
Lauren Cooper (L) 91
Andy Bell 89
Duncan Watterson 87
Reg Caley 84 00
443 00
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at January 4th
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 10 8 2 0 4878 18
IoMSC Douglas 10 8 1 1 4887 17
Laxey 10 5 0 5 4844 10
Sulby 9 4 1 4 4373 9
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 3 0 6 4306 6
Castletown 9 2 1 6 4322 5
Kirk Michael 9 0 1 8 4259 1
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 10 10 0 0 4758 20
IoMSC Douglas 10 8 0 2 4713 16
Laxey 10 5 0 5 3855 10
Sulby 9 5 0 4 4252 10
Castletown 9 4 0 5 4165 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 1 0 8 2995 2
Kirk Michael 9 0 0 9 2831 0
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 10 10 0 0 4629 20
Sulby 9 7 0 2 3853 14
IoMSC Douglas 10 6 0 4 2238 12
Castletown 9 5 0 4 2723 10
Laxey 10 2 0 8 517 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 9 1 0 8 245 2
Kirk Michael 9 0 0 9 84 0
Next week’s League matches on January 18th with IoMSC Sandsiders taking the road north for a tough match at Sulby, Laxey hosting Port St Mary and Castletown is another team going north, this time to take on the village team at Kirk Michael. IoMSC Douglas have this week’s bye.
Results of Round 2 of The NSRA Postal matches
Barry Jones has forwarded the result sheet for round 2 of the NSRA postal League and on this occasion the Island had a good win against Perthshire Small-Bore Rifle Association by just 3 points.
Results were:-
Harry Creevy 98
Barry Jones 98
Thomas Clague 98
John Wood 97
Richie Arthur 97
Ashley Gardner 97
Kevin Quinn 97
Fergus Coulter 97
Kevan Kneale 96
Mark Cain 96
Bill Jones 96
Alex Trafford 96
Robin McFee 95
Perryn Callister 94
Steve Callus 94
Andy Traynor 94
Dave Humphrey 93
Dave Bould 93
Nigel Christian 93
Suzanne McKnight 92
Giving a team score of 1911 – against Perthshire score of 1908
Another set of results have been supplied by Bill Jones these being round three of the Ulster Counties Short Range Individual Prone Competition.
Results were:-
Division 2 Ashley Gardner (PSM) 98, 4th
Division 3 Barry Jones (Sulby) 99, 1st
Andy Potter (IoMSC) 97, 2nd
Eddie Maddrell (PSM) 97, 8th
Kevan Kneale (PSM) 96, 10th
Division 4 Derek Kermode (PSM) 98, 3rd
Kevin Quinn (KM) 94, 8th
Division 5 Perryn Callister (KM) 99, 1st
Fergus Coulter (Sulby) 98, 2nd
Gary Knight (PSM) 96, 8th
Division 6 Suzanne McKnight (KM) 95, 4th
Division 7 Patrick Cubbon (PSM) 93, 9th
Division 8 Jaccie Hamilton-Jones (Sulby) 96, 1st
Dave Bould (PSM) 95, 6th
Ean Brewis (PSM) 89, 8th
Division 9 Juan Clague (PSM) 93, 4th
Jackie Gardner (PSM) 92, 8th
Division 10 Steve Callus (IoMSC Sand) 98, 1st
Division 11 Ronnie Fairbairn (Sulby) 91, 8th
Division 12 Peter Lewis (PSM) 93, 6th
Division 14 Rod Forshaw (Sulby) 79, 8th
Division 15 Graham Brown (PSM) 95, 5th
Obviously, being round three, this score is added to the aggregate score giving the actual position shown. Just two juniors are shooting in the junior class and the results for this were:-
Division 1 Patrick Cubbon (PSM) 93, 4th
Jackie Gardner (PSM) 92, 6th
