The visitors at Sulby on Monday evening were the Division 1 leaders Port St Mary and although a tough match was envisaged, a win for the northern club by seven points would not have been expected. The loss for ‘Port was the first of the season and with two reasonably tight matches before the season ends for the southerners, the closing stages in Division 1 looks as if it may go ‘down to the wire’. Sulby have managed to hit 489 on five occasions over the season and 482 is the lowest Port St Mary have scored throughout their 15 match run. Divisions 2 and 3 went to the southern club which enhances their title ambitions in both those Divisions.
Teddy Sayle led the way for Sulby with a terrific 100 closely followed by Mark Cain and Will Quayle posting 98, Peter Faragher on 97 and Julian Teare making up the Division 1 team on 96. Championship leading junior, Ashley Gardner, Derek Kermode and another junior, Ryan Forrest all recorded 97’s for Port St Mary with Gary Knight on 96 and Kevan Kneale on 95.
Sulby v Port St Mary
Division 1
Teddy Sayle 100 Ashley Gardner (J) 97
Mark Cain 98 Derek Kermode 97
Will Quayle 98 Ryan Forrest 97
Peter Faragher 97 Gary Knight 96
Julian Teare 96 Kevan Kneale 95
489 482
Division 2
Mark Boyde 94 Ashley Gardner 95
Orry Teare 94 Dave Bould 95
Fergus Coulter (J) 93 Eddie Maddrell 94
Peter Webb 92 Isaac Heaton (J) 94
Phil Quayle 92 George Dalton-Brown (J) 94
465 472
Division 3
Rod Forshaw 92 Ean Brewis 94
Jacob Duggan 90 Callum Grant (J) 93
Jim Teare 89 Juan Clague 92
Richard Faragher 85 Graham Brown 91
Ben Morgan (J) 77 Jackie Gardner (JL) 91
433 461
Additional Shooters
Patrick Kerr (J) 93
Laxey take all the points at IoMSC Sandsiders
Laxey were the visiting team at Sinclair range, St Johns and the hosts were outshot due to the lack of members – IoMSC Sandsiders have many shooters either on holiday or unable to compete due to illness or injury and on this occasion, just six were available. Laxey recorded an excellent result of 488 led by Harry Creevy, Gemma Kermode and Suzanne Curphey all on 99, John Wood a little further behind on 96 and Judy Kee on 95. Sandsiders had Bill Jones on top with a 98, Andy Traynor posted 97 with junior Matthew Roosen and Tony Kneale both on 96 and another junior, Conner Rowe making up their Division 1 team on 90.
IoMSC Sandsiders v Laxey
Division 1
Bill Jones 98 Harry Creevy 99
Andy Traynor 97 Gemma Kermode (L) 99
Matthew Roosen (J) 96 Suzanne Curphey (L) 99
Tony Kneale 96 John Wood 96
Conner Rowe (J) 90 Judy Kee (L) 95
477 488
Division 2
Graham Wyatt 84 Stephen Curphey 94
Garry Kneale 94
Bridget Kneale (L) 94
Peter Clague 93
00 Andy Jessopp 91
84 466
IoMSC Douglas maintain the pressure on the league at Kirk Michael
The village team at Kirk Michael are at times struggling for support but regularly continue to post some encouraging results but this week’s match went to the visitors in all three Divisions. Tom Lord managed a great 98 for the villagers closely followed by junior shooter, Illiam Christian, on 97 and the ‘intending bride’, Perryn Callister hitting 96. It was terrific to see Kevin Quinn who has had serious medical problems recently making up the Division 1 team and recording a 95 along with David Lord on the same score. I would like to think I speak on behalf of all those involved in shooting when we offer our best wishes to Perryn Callister when she married her Scottish fiancé, Colin Watson yesterday, February 29th (I am guessing the day was chosen so anniversary gifts would be restricted to every four years ! – wonder if you realised that Perryn !).
The title of leading shooter for the visitors went to Mark Osborn on 100, it’s been a long time Mark, followed by Nick Brown on 98, Dave Humphrey, Andy Potter and Tracey Skelton all on 97. All three divisions went to the visitors.
Kirk Michael v IoMSC Douglas
Division 1
Tom Lord 98 Mark Osborn 100
Illiam Christian (J) 97 Nick Brown 98
Perryn Callister (L) 96 Dave Humphrey 97
Kevin Quinn 95 Andy Potter 97
David Lord 95 Tracey Skelton (L) 97
481 489
Division 2
Alex Trafford (J) 93 Sharon Drysdale (L) 96
Mathew Wernham 93 Sam Jones (J) 95
Tommy Ardis 92 Paul Perkins 94
Andy Kelly (J) 89 Thomas Clague (J) 93
00 Christian Eaton (J) 93
367 471
Division 3
00 Keith Lowney 92
00 92
LEAGUE POSITIONS as at February 23rd.
Division 1
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 15 12 2 1 7322 26
IoMSC Douglas 15 11 1 3 7316 23
Sulby 14 8 2 4 6804 18
Laxey 15 8 0 7 7278 16
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 4 0 11 7168 8
Castletown 14 3 2 9 6731 8
Kirk Michael 14 1 1 12 6655 3
Division 2
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 15 15 0 0 7151 30
IoMSC Douglas 15 12 0 3 7073 24
Sulby 14 8 0 6 6606 16
Castletown 14 7 0 7 6495 14
Laxey 15 7 0 8 5805 14
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 1 0 14 4414 2
Kirk Michael 14 1 0 13 4198 2
Division 3
S W D L Agg Points
Port St Mary 15 15 0 0 6967 30
Sulby 14 10 0 4 5383 20
IoMSC Douglas 15 9 0 6 5475 18
Castletown 14 7 0 7 4044 14
Laxey 15 2 0 13 517 4
IoMSC Sandsiders 15 1 0 14 245 2
Kirk Michael 14 0 0 14 84 0
Dates for your Diaries
Next week’s Winter League matches on March 7th will see IoMSC Douglas welcome league leaders Port St Mary to Sinclair, St Johns and Castletown travel north to Sulby and will host Castletown at the Glen Gardens. IoMSC Sandsiders go north to Kirk Michael which could prove to be a tight match. The bye this week goes to Laxey
At a recent IoM Rifle Association meeting provisional dates were agreed for several Association competitions – the following are the venues and dates that have been agreed.
101 Cup - Laxey Range - 3rd March
ND Hamilton Meikle - Sulby Range - 10th March
The Fozard - Sinclair Range - 13th March
Golden Jubilee - Port St Mary Range - 17th March
Lady of Mann - Castletown Range - 22nd March
Town v Country - Port St Mary Range - 31st March (averages needed and Captains to arrange teams)
Isle of Man Rifle Association Dinner 2016.
This year’s IoMRA Annual Dinner will take place on Saturday 16th April, 2016 at The Claremont Hotel on Loch Promenade, Douglas.
Nigel Christian wins the W S Cowin Trophy
Thursday evening saw the finals of the W S Cowin Trophy at Sinclair range, St Johns. The competition format is for the winner and second placed at club level to represent their clubs at the final round. It was unfortunate that Laxey were unable to field a shooter but apparently this was due to illness and injury. Some excellent results were confirmed by marker, Brian Fozard with the re-gauge system needing to be used regularly. In the final pairing of Port St Marys’ junior Ashley Gardner and Castletown rifle clubs’ Nigel Christian, the two matched each other shot for shot and a re-gauge was necessary once again to determine the winner.
Full result:-
Preliminary round :-
Nick Brown (IoMSCD) 94 v Ashley Gardner (J) (PSM) 97
Peter Webb (SBY) 97 v Tom Lord (KM) 98
Matthew Roosen (J) (IoMSCS) 98 v Mark Osborn (IoMSCD) 97
Nigel Christian (CSTN) 98 v David Lord (KM) 97
Steve Callus (IoMSCS) v BYE
Julian Teare (SBY) v BYE
Eddie Maddrell (PSM) v BYE
Richard Arthur v BYE
1st round:-
Ashley Gardner 98 v Steve Callus 97
Tom Lord 98 (re-gauged to 97)
v Julian Teare 98 (re-gauged to 98)
Matthew Roosen 96 v Eddie Maddrell 94
Nigel Christian 96 (re-gauged to 96)
v Richard Arthur 96 (re-gauged to 95)
Semi-Final:-
Ashley Gardner 98 v Julian Teare 97
Matthew Roosen 94 v Nigel Christian 96
Final:-
Ashley Gardner 97 (re-gauged to 95)
v Nigel Christian 97 (re-gauged to 96) Winner
