IoMSC Sandsiders welcomed Port St Mary, the Island’s strongest rifle squad, on Wednesday evening and once again the Southerners showed their supremacy. The visiting Division 1 team was entirely made up of juniors an extraordinary result and led by teenager, Ashley Gardner who managed another 100, his second in successive matches. Callum Grant posted a 98 with George Dalton-Brown, Ryan Forrest and Isaac Heaton all recording 97’s making up the Division 1 team, the ‘Port also claiming wins in Divisions 2 and 3. For the hosts, who are another team with membership difficulties, 96’s from Andy Traynor and junior, Matthew Roosen were followed by Bill Jones on 95, Steve Callus on 94 and Tony Kneale on 90.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Port St Mary
Division 1
Andy Traynor 96 Ashley Gardner (J) 100
Matthew Roosen (J) 96 Callum Grant (J) 98
Bill Jones 95 George Dalton-Brown (J) 97
Steve Callus 94 Ryan Forrest (J) 97
Tony Kneale 90 Isaac Heaton (J) 97
471 489
Division 2
Graham Wyatt 89 Kevan Kneale 97
Conner Rowe (J) 83 Ashley Gardner (Snr) 96
Eddie Maddrell 96
Patrick Kerr (J) 95
00 Patrick Cubbon (J) 95
172 479
Division 3
Juan Clague 95
Gary Knight 95
Dave Bould 95
Jackie Gardner (JL) 94
00 Graham Brown 93
00 472
Additional Shooters
Rhys Keown (J) 92
Ean Brewis 90
Another good result from Sulby
Another reasonably strong team Sulby, hosted the team from Laxey who have posted some improving scores of late, but on this occasion, lost Division 1 by eight points. The Sulby team were led by Peter Webb on 99 with Mark Cain And junior Fergus Coulter on 98 closely followed by Teddy Sayle and Will Quayle on 97. Harry Creevy posted the top score for Laxey on 99, John Wood and Suzanne Curphey recorded 97’s with Garry Kneale and Stephen Curphey each on 93.
Sulby v Laxey
Division 1
Peter Webb 99 Harry Creevy 99
Mark Cain 98 John Wood 97
Fergus Coulter (J) 98 Suzanne Curphey (L) 97
Teddy Sayle 97 Garry Kneale 95
Will Quayle 97 Stephen Curphey 93
489 481
Division 2
Orry Teare 96 Judy Kee (L) 90
Mark Boyde 95 Peter Clague 89
Peter Faragher 95 Bridget Kneale (L) 89
Jim Teare 95
Barry Jones 95 00
476 268
Division 3
Julian Teare 94
Chris Clague 92
Jacob Duggan (J) 89
Rod Forshaw 89 00
364 00
IoMSC Douglas back to winning ways
The Sinclair based IoMSC Douglas team ventured over the Ballamodha to Castletown Stadium for their Monday evening match and claimed wins in all three Divisions. For Castletown, John-Paul Bridson and Robin McFee both hit 97 closely followed by Ian Arthur on 96 with Nigel Christian and Steve Gardner both posting 95. Andy Potter led the way for the visitors on 98 with Mark Osborn and junior Christian Eaton both on 97, Mike Clague and another junior, Sam Jones made up the Division 1 team on 96’s.
Castletown v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
John-Paul Bridson 97 Andy Potter 98
Robin McFee 97 Mark Osborn 97
Ian Arthur 96 Christian Eaton (J) 97
Nigel Christian 95 Mike Clague 96
Steve Gardner 95 Sam Jones (J) 96
480 484
Division 2
Lauren Cooper 94 Nick Brown 96
Shirley Caley (L) 93 Thomas Clague (J) 95
Richie Arthur 93 Sharon Drysdale (L) 95
Andy Bell 92 Dave Humphrey 94
Henry Qualtrough 91 Paul Perkins 94
463 474
Division 3
Duncan Watterson 87 Keith Lowney 93
Reg Caley 87 Tracey Skelton (L) 92
174 185
As can be seen from the results above, some of the Islands Rifle Clubs, (specifically in the locations of Laxey, IoMSC Sandsiders (St Johns) and Kirk Michael), are finding it almost impossible to field two five man teams never mind three so, if there are any potential shooters or those who were previously involved and may be interested returning to this intriguing sport, we would be delighted to welcome new shooters. I am sure all kit can be provided. Help and guidance would be offered to new individuals and it may be worthwhile mentioning that we have a thirteen year old and many over the age of seventy - so age is not a barrier – give it a try, you never know, you may enjoy it !
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at February 1st.
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 13 11 2 0 6349 24
IoMSC Douglas 12 9 1 2 5850 19
Sulby 12 6 2 4 5829 14
Laxey 12 5 0 7 5814 10
Castletown 12 3 2 7 5768 8
IoMSC Sandsiders 12 3 0 9 5728 6
Kirk Michael 11 1 1 9 5223 3
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 13 13 0 0 6199 26
IoMSC Douglas 12 9 0 3 5655 18
Sulby 12 7 0 5 5666 14
Castletown 12 6 0 6 5562 12
Laxey 12 5 0 7 4597 10
IoMSC Sandsiders 12 1 0 11 3790 2
Kirk Michael 11 1 0 10 3653 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 13 13 0 0 6034 26
Sulby 12 10 0 2 4950 20
IoMSC Douglas 12 7 0 5 2515 14
Castletown 12 6 0 6 3330 12
Laxey 12 2 0 10 517 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 12 1 0 11 245 2
Kirk Michael 11 0 0 11 84 0
Dates for your Diaries
Next week’s matches will see IoMSC Douglas, go north to Kirk Michael, IoMSC Sandsiders will host Laxey and Sulby welcome Port St Mary, Castletown have the week’s bye.
NSRA postal results for round 4 – the Island leads Division 7
I have now received the results from Round 4 of the NSRA Postal League and the ‘twenty man’ Island team lead Division 7 by 2 points with an aggregate score just 13 points ahead of Perthshire Small-Bore Rifle Association.
Results were:-
Kevan Kneale 100
John Wood 98
Richie Arthur 98
Perryn Callister 98
Suzanne McKnight 98
Andy Traynor 98
Barry Jones 97
Will Jones 97
Dave Humphrey 97
Dave Bould 97
Nigel Christian 97
Harry Creevy 96
Mark Cain 96
Robin McFee 95
Fergus Coulter 94
Illiam Christian 94
Steve Callus 94
Thomas Clague 94
Ashley Gardner 93
Alex Trafford 93 = 1924 x 2000
The Ladies also continue to do well !
Round 5 of the NSRA Women’s Postal League shows our ladies maintaining a mid-table position and on this occasion, beating a normally strong Yorkshire County Small-Bore Rifle & Pistol Association by five points.
Results were:-
Tracey Skelton 98
Perryn Callister 96
Suzanne McKnight 96
Shirley Caley 95
Lauren Cooper 95 = 480 x 500
