The weekly Monday evening series of matches at Sinclair Range continued this week under the control of Range Officer, Brian Fozard, having just returned from visiting his family in the USA, with the matches commencing at 7.15 prompt.
Harry Creevy posted his second 618 + in 7 days on Monday in the IoM Rifle Association’s Jamaica Trophy round 4 and round 2 of The Osborn Carpets 2nd 600 series. The new decimal method of scoring is now showing the superiority of some of the Islands best target shooters and Creevy is leading the way by maintaining consistently high scores each week. Monday once again, had benevolent weather conditions except for a small period during the match when the sun decided to appear just 10 minutes into the detail. This appears to have affected all of those shooting as the scores dipped slightly during series 2 and 3.
Full results of The Osborn Carpets scratch match were:-
1 - Harry Creevy 103.3, 102.2, 102.5, 103.1, 103.4, 104.0 = 618.5
2 - Mike Duncalf 104.2, 101.4, 101.7, 102.6, 101.1, 101.2 = 612.2
3 - John Wood 104.2, 100.2, 100.3, 102.3, 100.9, 100.6 = 608.5
4 - Bill Jones 101.8, 101.7, 102.7, 101.5, 103.2, 96.6 = 607.5
5 - Ashley Gardner 98.9, 101.1, 100.3, 101.5, 102.0, 103.1 = 606.9
6 - Tracey Skelton 100.3, 99.8, 101.6, 99.3, 101.4, 101.4 = 603.8
7 - Nick Brown 101.0, 99.4, 99.2, 102.5, 98.5, 101.5 = 602.1
8 - Alex Trafford (J) 100.2, 97.3, 101.4, 99.2, 102.0, 98.2 = 598.3
9 - Sharon Drysdale 97.5, 100.6, 98.2, 97.4, 100.8, 103.1 = 597.6
10 - Steve Callus 99.7, 97.2, 101.3, 98.2, 100.7, 100.4 = 597.5
11 - John Brewis 101.1, 96.8, 98.1, 100.9, 98.4, 95.7 = 591.0
12 - Sam Jones (J) 93.7, 97.8, 102.4, 97.5, 100.2, 97.3 = 588.9
13 - Tony Kneale 99.1, 99.4, 98.8, 99.5, 94.2, 94.8 = 585.8
14 - Matthew Roosen (J) 99.2, 92.6, 96.0, 99.8, 89.7, 95.6 = 572.9
15 - Rhys Keown (J) 98.3, 85.2, 87.3, 88.9, 91.2, 89.4 = 540.3
Class awards:-
Class A –
1 - Harry Creevy 618.5
2 - Mike Duncalf 612.2
3 - Tracey Skelton 603.8
4 - Bill Jones 607.1
Class B –
1 - John Wood 608.5
2 - Ashley Gardner 606.9
3 - Nick Brown 602.1
Class C –
1 – Alex Trafford 598.3
2 – Sharon Drysdale 597.6
3 - Steve Callus 597.5
4 – John Brewis 591.0
5 - Sam Jones 588.8
6 – Tony Kneale 585.8
7 - Matthew Roosen 572.9
8- Rhys Keown 540.3
Class Awards – IoMRA Jamaica Trophy
Class A –
1 - Harry Creevy 618.5
2 - Mike Duncalf 612.2
3 - Tracey Skelton 603.8
4 - Bill Jones 607.1
Class B –
1 - John Wood 608.5
2 - Ashley Gardner 606.9
3 - Nick Brown 602.1
Class C –
1 – Alex Trafford 598.3
2 – Sharon Drysdale 597.6
3 - Steve Callus 597.5
4 – John Brewis 591.0
5 - Rhys Keown 540.3
Due to a computer malfunction, I am unable to give the results for this week’s Empire Garage Tynwald Shield but I will try to include it in next week’s column.
Alex Trafford wins round 12 of The Sadler junior Championship
Round twelve of The Sadler Junior Championships went to 16 year old Alex Trafford five clear points ahead of second placed Sam Jones. Rhys Keown in third slot would be the first to agree that this week’s results overall were disappointing.
Results were:-
1 – Alex Trafford 100.2, 97.3, 101.4 = 298.9
2 - Sam Jones 93.7, 97.8, 102.4 = 293.9
3 – Matthew Roosen (J) 99.2, 92.6, 96.0 = 287.8
4 - Rhys Keown 98.3, 85.2, 87.3 = 270.8
Results from the Ulster Counties Individual and Team Leagues
This summer the IoM Shooting Club have the least members competing in the Ulster Counties Leagues with just six taking part and it is the youngsters who are showing the way. In Division 1, Will Jones is sitting in equal fifth position but Steve Callus is a place higher in Division 3. Nick Brown holds onto fourth in Division 4 with teenager Alex Trafford in the same position in Division 5. Sixteen year old Matthew Roosen leads Division 6, five points ahead of the second placed shooter and Tony Kneale holds onto sixth position in the same league. In the team event, there are two teams involved and in Division A, the ‘A’ team of Jones, Callus and Roosen are in sixth slot and in Division B the team of Brown, Trafford and Kneale hold are mid table in fourth position.
Douglas Explorer Scouts enjoy an evening at Sinclair
Fourteen Scouts arrived at Sinclair for their annual match which has been incorporated into the Isle of Man Shooting Clubs Corporate League. The youngsters were under the control of leader Laura Skears and appeared to enjoy their match although the scores posted throughout the evening were a little lower than several of the other corporate teams who have competed. Leading score of the night went to Will Foxton with 166.5 from Alex Mercer on 164.2 and Rhiannan Perkins on 160.2.
Full results were:-
1 - Will Foxton 80.5, 86.0 = 166.5
2 - Alex Mercer 86.5, 77.7 = 164.2
3 - Rhiannan Perkins 73.9, 86.3 = 160.2
4 - Poll Watson 77.6, 80.7 = 158.3
5 - Robert Stephenson 75.7, 80.5 = 156.2
6 - Chris Ramsey 72.3, 83.0 = 155.3
7 - Nathan Smith 81.7, 72.2 = 153.9
8 - Jack Goodwin 71.7, 81.4 = 153.1
9 - Laura Skears 72.4, 76.2 = 148.6
10 - Arron Ramsey 81.0, 63.9 = 144.9
Giving a team total of 1561.2
Additional Shooters
11 - Sam Walmsley 71.4, 65.9 = 137.3
12 - Will Walmsley 66.6, 60.3 = 126.9
13 - Daniel Brew 58.5, 64.2 = 122.7
14 - Will Hearnden 74.3, 47.2 = 121.5
Dates for your Diaries
Next Monday July 25, will see the IoM Shooting Club Monday evening competitions which will include round 4 of The Osborn Carpets second 600, The Jamaica Trophy round 6 and rounds 14 of The Empire Garage Tynwald Handicap and The Sadler Junior Championship.
