Monday evening saw the top of the League match between League leaders, Port St Mary and IoMSC Douglas and the home team took the points in all Divisions. The result gives the Southern team a three point lead in Division 1 and incredibly, equal scores on aggregate after eleven matches, from the St Johns based IoMSC Douglas squad. Once again Kevan Kneale produced an excellent leading score of 99 for the ‘Port with Ashley Gardner a point in arrears on 98. Three 97’s went to Dave Bould, Decky Kermode and junior, Callum Grant to make up the Division 1 score of 488 for the hosts. For the visitors, Mark Osborn and junior, Christian Eaton both posted 97’s, a point ahead of Sharron Drysdale on 96, Tracey Skelton on 95 and Paul Perkins on 94.
Port St Mary v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Kevan Kneale 99 Mark Osborn 97
Ashley Gardner 98 Christian Eaton (J) 97
David Bould 97 Sharron Drysdale (L) 96
Derek Kermode 97 Tracey Skelton (L) 95
Callum Grant (J) 97 Paul Perkins 94
488 479
Division 2
George Dalton-Brown (J) 97 David Humphrey 94
Eddie Maddrell 96 Mike Clague 94
Juan Clague 95 Sam Jones (J) 94
Gary Knight 95 Keith Lowney 93
Ryan Forrest (J) 95 Nick Brown 93
478 468
Division 3
Patrick Cubbon (J) 94 Thomas Clague (J) 92
Rhys Keown (J) 94
Patrick Kerr (J) 93
Jackie Gardner (JL) 92
Peter Gelling 92 00
465 92
Castletown have another successful match
Castletown Rifle Club appear to be having a resurgence of fortunes at The Stadium and this week is no exception as a draw against one of the top Island teams is as good as a win in many instances. Castletown hosted a strong Sulby team and a draw in Division 1 and a win in Division 2 must be a terrific boost for the Stadium based team. Top shots for the hosts went to the trio of Lauren Cooper, Nigel Christian and Richie Arthur all on 97 with the pair of Steve Gardner and John Brewis a point in arrears on 96. For the visitors, junior Fergus Coulter posted a superb 99 with Mark Cain and Will Quayle on 98. Sulby had a consolation win in Division 3.
Castletown v Sulby
Division 1
Lauren Cooper (L) 97 Fergus Coulter (J) 99
Nigel Christian 97 Mark Cain 98
Richard Arthur 97 Will Quayle 98
Steve Gardner 96 Peter Faragher 94
John Brewis 96 Peter Webb 94
483 483
Division 2
Henry Qualtrough 96 Jim Teare 94
Shirley Caley (L) 95 Teddy Sayle 93
Robin McFee 94 Mark Boyd 93
Peter Shimmin 93 Chris Clague 93
Ian Arthur 92 Barry Jones 91
470 464
Division 3
John-Paul Bridson 91 Orry Teare 91
Andy Bell 90 Jaccie Hamilton-Jones (L) 90
Reg Caley 86 Rod Forshaw 89
267 270
Kirk Michael claim wins in Divisions 2 and 3 at St Johns
IoMSC Sandsiders hosted their match with Kirk Michael but the visitors had a much deserved win in both contested Divisions. Both teams are short of shooting members but a good score of 482 x 500 was posted by the visiting team in Division 1 and an additional shooter in Division 2 gave them a win as well. Andy Traynor recorded top slot for the hosts on 98 with Bill Jones on 97. Suzanne McKnight matched Traynor’s score of 98 for the visitors with relatively newcomer to shooting, Mathew Wernham on 97 and Perryn Callister with another new shooter, Tommy Ardis both on 96 – junior Andy Kelly made up the Kirk Michael Division 1 team hitting 95, which I am led to believe, is a personal best in the League for the youngster. It is also good news to see Illiam Christian back on the Island and helping out the Kirk Michael village team.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Kirk Michael
Division 1
Andy Traynor 98 Suzanne McKnight (L) 98
Will Jones 97 Mathew Wernham 97
Steve Callus 94 Perryn Callister (L) 96
Tony Kneale 93 Tommy Ardis 96
Terry Green 93 Andy Kelly (J) 95
475 482
Division 2
Phil Kneen 89 Tom Lord 95
Matthew Roosen (J) 88 Alex Trafford (J) 93
Graham Wyatt 88 Illiam Christian (J) 92
Conner Rowe (J) 86 David Lord 91
00 James Rosengrove (J) 89
351 460
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at January 11th
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 11 9 2 0 5366 20
IoMSC Douglas 11 8 1 2 5366 17
Laxey 10 5 0 5 4844 10
Sulby 10 4 2 4 4856 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 10 3 0 7 4781 6
Castletown 10 2 2 6 4805 6
Kirk Michael 10 1 1 8 4741 3
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 11 11 0 0 5236 22
IoMSC Douglas 11 8 0 3 5181 16
Sulby 10 5 0 5 4716 10
Castletown 10 5 0 5 4635 10
Laxey 10 5 0 5 3957 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 10 1 0 9 3346 2
Kirk Michael 10 1 0 9 3282 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 11 11 0 0 5094 22
Sulby 10 8 0 2 4123 16
IoMSC Douglas 11 6 0 5 2330 12
Castletown 10 5 0 5 2990 10
Laxey 10 2 0 8 517 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 10 1 0 9 245 2
Kirk Michael 10 0 0 10 84 0
Dates for your Diaries
Next week’s League matches on January 25th see Castletown travelling to St Johns for their match against IoMSC Sandsiders, Laxey hosting IoMSC Douglas in the Glen Gardens range and Kirk Michael hosting near neighbours Sulby.
Port St Mary have this week’s bye.
Postal Results
Several postal results are available and the first, The NSRA Junior League round 2, shows the local juniors sitting in second position in the League, 2 League points behind the leaders Hampshire but just a single aggregate point in arrears of the Southern Association.
I understand that Barry Jones challenged the initial result but his challenge was unsuccessful.
Results were:-
Fergus Coulter 98
Matthew Roosen 97
Thomas Clague 96
Alex Trafford 92 with a total team score of 383 x 400
- from Norfolk County Rifle Association’s score of 384.
Round 3 of The Women’s League sees our local team in equal third position with Fife and Kinloss Small-Bore Rifle Association in the six-team League. In this round the Island team were beaten by Devon County Small-Bore Rifle Association.
Results were:-
Perryn Callister 97
Tracey Skelton 97
Shirley Caley 95
Suzanne McKnight 95
Lauren Cooper 92 with a total team score of 476 x 500
- from Devon County SBRA score of 478.
Ulster Counties
Bill Jones has furnished me with round four of the Ulster Counties Short Range Winter Individual League and there are some pleasing results in several of the nineteen Leagues.
The first figure is the shooters score in this round followed by their League position.
Division 2 – Ashley Gardner (Snr) (PSM) 94, 8th
Division 3 – Barry Jones (SLBY) 99, 1st
Andy Potter (IoMSC) 96, 3rd
Eddie Maddrell (PSM) 92, 8th
Kevan Kneale (PSM) 99, 10th
Division 4 – Derek Kermode (PSM) 95, 3rd
Kevin Quinn (KM) 95, 7th
Division 5 – Perryn Callister (KM) 97, 1st
Fergus Coulter (SLBY) 97, 3rd
Gary Knight (PSM) 91, 9th
Division 6 – Suzanne McKnight (KM) 98, 3rd
Division 7 – Patrick Cubbon (PSM) 91, 10th
Division 8 – Jaccie Hamilton-Jones (SLBY) 95, 1st
Dave Bould (PSM) 94, 7th
Ean Brewis (PSM) 95, 8th
Division 9 – Juan Clague (PSM) 95, 4th
Division 10 – Steve Callus (IOMSC) 98, 1st
Division 15 – Graham Brown (PSM) 84, 7th
Peter Gelling (PSM) ncr, 9th
In the 50 metre Leagues, we have had a problem for many, as the 50 metre range at St Johns has been unavailable due to the installation of the new electronic targets and the only members able to complete the relevant rounds have been those able to shoot during the week.
Division 1 – Will Jones (IoMSC) 191 x 200, 3rd
Tom Lord (IoMSC) 194, 7th
Division 2 – Steve Callus (IoMSC) 183, 8th
