The team of Robin McFee, Lauren Cooper, John Paul Bridson and John Brewis of Castletown Rifle Club who won the ND Hamilton Meikle team event held on a chilly Tuesday night at St Johns. Robin McFee scored 98, John Paul Bridson 97, Lauren Cooper 97 and John Brewis 95. The total of 387 put them ahead of Douglas with 377 and Kirk Michael with 371.
Nigel Christian's big break wins it for Castletown
Castletown edged out Kirk Michael by a single point and brought the visitors' recent run of victories to a halt.
The ultimate result, on a nail-biting evening, was due in no small part to the Kirk Michael team who flagged up a scoring error. This was corrected and gave Castletown's Nigel Christian an extra point which turned the result - a tremendous display of sportsmanship, but typical of competitors on the island. Castletown won the matches in divisions two and three far more easily, however.
Nigel Christian's 97 was his team's top scorer while teenager Noah Mayne and Perryn Watson also notched 97s for Kirk Michael.
Castletown Kirk Michael
Division One
97 Nigel Christian Noah Mayne 97
96 Richard Arthur Perryn Watson 97
96 John Paul Bridson Alex Trafford 96
96 Mark Shimmin Suzanne McKnight 94
94 Ian Arthur Kevin Quinn 94
479 478
Division Two
94 John Brewis Colin Watson 87
94 Lauren Cooper Illiam Christian 85
94 Steve Gardner
93 Andy Bell
93 Robin McFee
468 172
Division Three
91 Henry Qualtrough
90 Shirley Caley
89 Rhian Masson
85 Duncan Watterson
76 Reg Caley
431
Laxey make their points against Douglas
Two of the island's top female rifle shooters were to the fore as Laxey bagged the points at St Johns.
This proved to be a night for close-run things in the Winter Indoor League and Sharon Drysdale, for Team Douglas, and Gemma Kermode, for Laxey, scored excellent 99s to pave the way for a win by a single point.
Gemma is bound for the Commonwealth Games in Australia shortly and Isle of Man team manager Harry Creevy was not to be outdone as he too hit a 99. Two 98s from Gary Kneale and John Wood contributed to a strong performance from Laxey. Team Douglas were pretty consistent too, with 97s from David Humphrey, Christian Eaton and Matthew Roosen.
Strength in numbers meant Team Douglas won the Division Two match with ease thanks to 96s from Nick Brown and Matthew Burns although neither Andrew Jessop nor Bridget Kneale were disgraced for Laxey.
IOMSC Team Douglas Laxey
99 Sharon Drysdale Gemma Kermode 99
97 David Humphrey Harry Creevy 99
97 Christian Eaton Gary Kneale 98
97 Matthew Roosen John Wood 98
96 Sam Jones Stephen Curphey 94
486 487
Division Two
96 Nick Brown Andrew Jessop 93
96 Matthew Burns Bridget Kneale 91
95 Keith Lowney
89 Matthew Humphrey
376 184
Mission Possible for Kevan as Port put paid to Sulby
Kevan Kneale was the star for Port as his 100, a so-called 'possible',.helped them beat Sulby. Ben Kelly notched a 99 with Ashley Gardner just a point back. For Sulby, Will Quayle continued his good run with a 99 while Teddy Sayle had a 98.
Sulby Port St Mary
99 Will Quayle Kevan Kneale 100
98 Teddy Sayle Ben Kelly 99
97 Julian H Teare Ashley Gardner 98
96 Mark Boyde Callum Grant 97
96 Peter Webb Greg Beard 97
486 491
Division Two
95 Mark Cain Rhys Keown 97
93 Peter Faragher Gary Knight 96
93 Stuart Harvey Ethan Kiernan 96
92 Barry Jones Eddie Maddrell 96
92 Orry Teare Ryan Forrest 94
464 479
Division Three
90 Andy Mitchell George Dalton-Brown 94
80 Rod Forshaw Peter Clague 94
80 Jim W Teare Jackie Gardner 93
250 Sue Keown 93
Juan Clague 93
467
Additional shooter
L Newsom 91
News from NSRA events
Sharon Drysdale scored a perfect 100 in Division Four of the NSRA's Women's Inter-County League but Isle of Man RA lost out by just two points to Surrey County.
scores: Sharon Drysdale 100; Gemma Kermode 99; Lauren Cooper 96; Perryn Watson 95; Jackie Gardner 94
Meanwhile, the Isle of Man Junior team bagged a narrow win over Hampshire by, you guessed it, a single point, 384 to 383. Scores: Sam Jones 98; George Dalton-Brown 97; Christian Eaton 96; Callum Grant 93
