"Two of them were a bit scratchy," growled Harry Creevy as the Commonwealth Games veteran helped get Laxey back to winning ways against Kirk Michael at Laxey Glen with ten bulls.
Some people are never happy!
The 100 score is his second of the Winter League campaign so far this season.
Gemma Kermode and John Wood both scored 98s and Stephen Curphey chipped in with a very handy 97 to erase last week's defeat at Sulby.
Both teams have been struggling for numbers recently and that came to a head for Kirk Michael as they were only able to field five shooters due to illness, work commitments and late call-offs.
The dramatic home victory over Sulby two weeks ago is already consigned to memory as the club gets on with the bread and butter of winning matches - any matches.
It wasn't all bad - Perryn Watson extended her rich vein of form with 98 and Suzanne McKnight had a 95 joined by Alex Trafford on the same score.
LAXEY KIRK MICHAEL
98 John Wood Suzanne McKnight 95
100 Harry Creevy Perryn Watson 98
97 Stephen Curphey Alex Trafford (J) 95
98 Gemma Kermode Colin Watson 93
94 Andy Jessop Ian Rogerson 79
487 459
Laxey won the Division 2 fixture courtesy of Bridget Kneale's 89 as she was the sole competitor.
IOMSC Douglas see off IOMSC Sandsiders
Paul Perkins was top gun for a much-changed IOMSC Douglas team as their consistently-high scoing got the better of IOMSC Sandsiders under the bright lights of the range at St John's.
IOMSC DOUGLAS IOMSC SANDSIDERS
98 Paul Perkins Matthew Roosen (J) 98
97 Mark Osborn Andy Traynor 96
97 Tracey Skelton Graham Wyatt 94
97 Martin Burns Tony Kneale 92
96 Sam Jones (J) Phil Kneen 91
485 471
Douglas were short on firepower for the division 2 match with only three people: Nick Brown on 96, David Humphrey also on 96 and Christian Eaton, with 94, were outgunned by Steve Callus 91, Terry Green 91, Bill Jones 86 and Norman Ormrod on 83 for a victory by 351 to the 286 of IOMSC Douglas. It was a case of any score is better than no score at all.
Close-fought battle as Port St Mary edge out Castletown
In what could be loosely considered a "local derby", Port St Mary got the better of Castletown by 490 points to 486.
In a powerhouse display by the two teams with the most shooters to call upon, the two clubs fielded no less than 15 and 13 players respectively throughout divisions 1, 2 and 3 so the home side swept the board in all of them. The other sides in the league will be wondering who is going to put the brakes on the Port his season.
PORT ST MARY CASTLETOWN
Division 1
99 Kevan Kneale Trevor Taubman 99
99 George Dalton-Brown Nigel Christian 98
98 Ben Kelly Ian Arthur 97
98 Isaac Heaton (J) Robin McFee 96
96 Callum Grant Martin Moore 96
490 486
Division 2
96 Paul Clague John Brewis 94
96 Eddie Maddrell Steve Gardner 94
96 Jackie Gardner Richard Arthur 94
95 Derek Kermode Phil Corrin 93
95 Gary Knight Andy Bell 93
478 468
Division 3
94 Ean Brewis Shirley Caley 92
95 Luca Salimardi Reg Caley 91
94 Ryan Forrest John Paul Bridson 89
94 Rhys Keown
93 Juan Clague
470 272
NSRA News
Isle of Man won round 2 of the Inter-Counties competition with a bye but good shooting, people!
Isle of Man RA Total 1,922
John Wood 99
Mark Cain 99
Ashley Gardner 99
Andy Traynor 99
Nick Brown 98
Harry Creevy 97
Tracy Skelton 97
Nigel Christian 97
Bill Jones 97
David Humphrey 97
Richard Arthur 96
Kevan Kneale 96
Gemma Kermode 95
Michael Duncalf 95
Perryn Watson 95
Eddie Maddrell 95
Robin McFee 95
Fergus Coulter 94
Bill Jones 93
Suzanne McKnight 89
Inter-County Junior League results
Isle of Man RA lost to Berkshire in Round 2 of the Inter-County Junior League with a total of 379.
Sam Jones 96
Alex Trafford 96
Christian Eaton 95
Matthew Roosen 92
