Kirk Michael hosted a revitalised Castletown team this week and although good scores were made by the hosts, Castletown left with wins in all Divisions. Once again, a lady led the northern villagers Division 1 team with Perryn Callister hitting a very creditable 98. Junior, Alex Trafford was a point in arrears on 97. Alex has been having considerable trouble with a new stock on his rifle but it looks as though he has finally mastered it. Suzanne McKnight and Tom Lord added their 96’s with junior Andy Kelly making up the Division 1 team on 95. The visitors gained the win by just a single point with Richard Arthur and Nigel Christian both on 99 followed by Steve Gardner on 96, Robin McFee on 95 and Andy Bell making up the team with a 94.
Kirk Michael v Castletown
Division 1
Perryn Callister 98 Richard Arthur 99
Alex Trafford (J) 97 Nigel Christian 99
Suzanne McKnight (L) 96 Steve Gardner 96
Tom Lord 96 Robin McFee 95
Andy Kelly (J) 95 Andy Bell 94
482 483
Division 2
Mathew Wernham 94 Ian Arthur 93
David Lord 93 Lauren Cooper (L) 93
Tommy Ardis 93 Shirley Caley (L) 93
John-Paul Bridson 93
00 Henry Qualtrough 92
280 464
Division 3
Duncan Watterson 87
00 Reg Caley 79
00 166
Outstanding scores at Port St Mary
Division 1 leaders, Port St Mary, are showing their superiority in local rifle shooting on a weekly basis and once again, juniors were in the forefront of this week’s wins in all Divisions against a small but gutsy Laxey team. For the Southerners, junior Ashley Gardner joined this seasons ‘100’ club with sister, Jackie and Gary Knight a point in arrears on 99. Two 98’s were claimed by Derek Kermode and Ashley Gardner senior to give an excellent result in Division 1 of 494 x 500. The score of 494 is the highest Division 1 score of the season to date, beating the ‘Ports two results of 493 and two 493’s from IoMSC Douglas.
The visitors tried hard to match the ‘Ports score, but with just nine team members in total, they found it difficult however, Gemma Kermode and John Wood led the fightback on 99 and Harry Creevy was just a point further back on 98. Suzanne Curphey hit 97 and Stephen Curphey another point back on 96. Laxey’s score of 489 would, on many occasions throughout the season, have been a winning score but the ‘in-depth’ team strength of Port St Mary is truly magnificent and the Southern juniors are showing outstanding talent – not one of the eighteen shooters scored below 90 - well done to all
Port St Mary v Laxey
Division 1
Ashley Gardner (J) 100 Gemma Kermode (L) 99
Jackie Gardner (JL) 99 John Wood 99
Gary Knight 99 Harry Creevy 98
Derek Kermode 98 Suzanne Curphey (L) 97
Ashley Gardner (S) 98 Stephen Curphey 96
494 489
Division 2
Callum Grant (J) 98 Gary Kneale 96
Ryan Forrest (J) 97 Judy Kee (L) 95
Eddie Maddrell 97 Bridget Kneale (L) 92
Patrick Kerr (J) 96 Peter Clague 89
Kevan Kneale 96 00
484 372
Division 3
Juan Clague 96
Dave Bould 96
Ean Brewis 93
Patrick Cubbon (J) 92
George Dalton-Brown (J) 91 00
468 00
Additional Shooters
Isaac Heaton (J) 94
Graham Brown 91
Rhys Keown (J) 90
Sulby welcome IoMSC Sandsiders and take all points available
IoMSC Sandsiders travelled north to take on Sulby and unfortunately, left the range losers in all three Divisions. Teddy Sayle led the way for the hosts with 98 closely followed by junior, Fergus Coulter and Julian Teare on 97 with Mark Boyde and Peter Webb making up Division 1 on 96. Bill Jones claimed top slot for the visitors on 98 with Andy Traynor on 97, Steve Callus on 95 and Tony Kneale, (who is still getting to grips with his new rifle) and Terry Green both hitting 93.
Sulby v IoMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
Teddy Sayle 98 Bill Jones 98
Fergus Coulter (J) 97 Andy Traynor 97
Julian Teare 97 Steve Callus 95
Mark Boyde 96 Tony Kneale 93
Peter Webb 96 Terry Green 93
484 476
Division 2
Mark Cain 95 Graham Wyatt 91
Orry Teare 95 Matthew Roosen (J) 91
Will Quayle 95 Phil Kneen 90
Jaccie Hamilton-Jones (L) 95
Peter Faragher 94 00
474 272
Division 3
Barry Jones 94
Jim Teare 94
Chris Clague 93
Jacob Duggan (J) 93
Phil Quayle 89 00
463 00
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at January 18th
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 12 10 2 0 5860 22
IoMSC Douglas 11 8 1 2 5366 17
Sulby 11 5 2 4 5340 12
Laxey 11 5 0 6 5333 10
Castletown 11 3 2 6 5288 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 3 0 8 5257 6
Kirk Michael 11 1 1 9 5223 3
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 12 12 0 0 5720 24
IoMSC Douglas 11 8 0 3 5181 16
Sulby 11 6 0 5 5190 12
Castletown 11 6 0 5 5099 12
Laxey 11 5 0 6 4329 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 1 0 10 3618 2
Kirk Michael 11 1 0 10 3562 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 12 12 0 0 5562 24
Sulby 11 9 0 2 4586 18
Castletown 11 6 0 5 3156 12
IoMSC Douglas 11 6 0 5 2330 12
Laxey 11 2 0 9 517 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 11 1 0 10 245 2
Kirk Michael 11 0 0 11 84 0
Dates for your Diaries
Next week’s League matches on February 1st see Castletown welcome IoMSC Douglas, at the Stadium, Laxey travelling over Snaefell to Sulby, IoMSC Sandsiders welcome league leaders Port St Mary and Kirk Michael have this week’s bye.
The Isle of Man Shooting Club Monthly Handicap matches will recommence on Sunday February 7th at 10.30 a.m.
NSRA results – Round 3
Further results from round 3, are now available from the NSRA postal competitions and in Division 7, the Island twenty-man team lead the way by 2 league points with an identical aggregate score with Durham and Cleveland Small-Bore Rifle Association.
Full results were:-
Harry Creevy 99
Kevin Quinn 99
John Wood 98
Richie Arthur 98
Perryn Callister 98
Ashley Gardner 98
Mark Cain 97
Bill Jones 97
Kevan Kneale 96
Fergus Coulter 96
Nigel Christian 96
Andy Traynor 96
David Humphrey 95
Barry Jones 94
Alex Trafford 94
Dave Bould 93
Suzanne McKnight 93
Robin McFee 91
Steve Callus 90
Thomas Clague 90
giving a team score of 1908 x 2000 compared to the opposition, Cumbria and Northumbria score of 1813.
In the junior class of the NSRA leagues, the island’s youngsters still continue to post good results and on this occasion, the team of four were beaten by just one point which leaves the team sitting mid table but with the second highest aggregate score.
Full results were: -
Alex Trafford 97
Fergus Coulter 96
Matthew Roosen 96
Thomas Clague 91
giving a score of 380 x 400 from Kent’s score of 381
