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Port simply brushed IoMSC Sandsiders aside with an impressive display and three near-perfect 99s.
The result keeps their championship drive going at full tilt. Young Matthew Roosen scored a defiant 99 too for the visitors but he could not stop them sliding to a big margin of defeat as Derek Kermode, Paul Clague and Eddie Maddrell turned the screw.
Port in fact have another match to come with the rearranged match against Laxey coming up soon.
Port St Mary IoMSC Sandsiders
99 Derek Kermode Matthew Roosen 99
99 Paul Clague Steve Callus 94
99 Eddie Maddrell Andy Traynor 93
98 Ben Kelly Tony Kneale 92
97 George Dalton Brown (J) Bill Jones 91
492 469
There were big wins in Divisions 2 and 3 for Port St Mary too.
IoMSC Douglas see off Castletown
An incredibly consistent performance from Douglas, with five 98s in Division 1, saw them edge out the visitors by just two points. Nick Brown was one of the homesters who enjoyed a fine bout of form and showed the youngsters a thing or two.
Richard Arthur top scored for his side but it was not enough to take the points.
IoMSC Douglas Castletown
98 Mark Osborn Richard Arthur 98
98 Nick Brown Robin McFee 97
98 David Humphrey Steve Gardiner 97
98 Tracey Skelton Nigel Christian 95
98 Sam Jones Andy Bell 95
490 482
Castletown had an easier ride in the other matches, though, as they won divisions 2 and 3 pretty convincingly with their larger numbers.
Laxey lose out to solid Sulby
Over at Laxey Glen, Sulby came to visit and they walked off with the points - but only just. In yet another close Division 1 fixture this season, a mere two points separated the sides. There were a couple of good 97s, from Andrew Jessop and Steven Curphey for Laxey but Sulby more than matched that with Andy Mitchell their top scorer on 98.
Laxey Sulby
97 Andrew Jessop Andy Mitchell 98
97 Steven Curphey Mark Cain 97
96 Gemma Kermode Will Quayle 97
96 John Wood Julian Teare 96
96 Harry Creevy Teddy Sayle 96
482 484
Memorial Trophies success for Keown and Burns
The results from the JB Ritchie & G Jones Memorial Trophies saw Sue Keown win the first round of the Ritchie for the category with averages of 95 and under with 183 ahead of John Paul Bridson with 171.
In the G Jones event for shooters with averages of 96.5 and under, Martin Burns took round one with scores of 99 and 98 for a total of 197.
Christian Eaton 195
Barry Jones 193
Nick Brown 193
Martin Moore 191
Rhys Keown 190
Sam Jones 190
Suzanne McKnight 188
Paul Perkins 185
The latest instalment of the Monthly Handicaps on the Sinclair 50m electronic range at St John's saw Sue Keown take the honours.
H'cap Adjusted score
Sue Keown 100.0 674.8
Tracey Skelton 46.2 663.7
Steve Callus 61.3 654.4
Rhys Keown 69.0 652.9
Sharon Drysdale 53.1 651.6
Martin Moore 60.0 650.7
Bill Jones 52.5 641.2
Alex Trafford 50.5 636.5
