Come along to the range for what maybe some of the best Sporting Clay Shooting on the Island
Today we held the Olympic trap Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers. Lovely sunny conditions meant for close competition with all shooters only separated by 6 targets. Alan Wade came out on top from Mark Riley with Arran Morrison-Wade in third.
Cracking day for the English Sporting Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers. 33 shooters took on a technical layout with only a few clays separating the top 4.
Junior shooter Joe Faragher claimed the 2026 title just pipping Alan Kinrade with Martin Kneen and Nigel Moffat rounding out the top spots.
Today we held the 4th championship of the season with the Single Barrel Down the Line Manx Championship. Thank you to Sadlers for sponsoring the championships again this year. It was close at the top with the top 3 separated by a target each.
Results
1st Mike Walker 93
2nd Phil Ward 92
3rd Callum Craine 91
First Championships of the year as we held the Manx Championships for Universal Trench followed by the Double Trap.
Thank you to Sadlers for there support again this year. Stan Skinner won the Universal Trench with Alan Wade only a few clays behind. Jake Keeling took the honours in the Double Trap with father and son Wade sharing second
15 shooters got soaked today as we held the final Manx Championship of the season. Thank you to Sadlers Agricultural Supplies for once again sponsoring the championships for this year. It was a class contest shot over 4 disciplines with the top 3 separated by a target each.
Results
Manx Champion- Jack Kneen 80
2nd David Walton 79
3rd Nigel Moffatt 78
4th Liam Kirkpatrick 71
Today we had 27 shooters take part in the FITASC Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers Agricultural Supplies. It was a brilliant sunny day for it with 3 technical layouts. Thank you to everyone who set up the shoot as it is very hard to do. Well done to Alan Kinrade who shot high gun of the day on a 64 and Alan Brew in joint second on a 63. Both shooters shot targets only.
We had two shoot offs for the Championship with Jack Kneen claiming the title over Tony Tongue and Nigel Moffat pipping Martin Kneen to third in sudden death.
Results for the Championship
Manx Champion- Jack Kneen 62+22
2nd Tony Tongue 62+17
3rd Nigel Moffatt 61+19+5
4th Martin Kneen 61+19+4
Cracking turnout today as we held the English Sporting Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers Agricultural Supplies. Thank you to everyone who helped run the shoot and set everything as these event wouldn’t happen with you. It was a close day with shoot offs making for more excitement.
Manx Champion- John Taylor 78
2nd Tony Tongue 75+1
3rd Nigel Moffatt 75+0
4th Jack Kneen 74+2
5th Jake Keeling 74+1+1
Today was a busy one at blue point as held the fourth round of the Sportrap summer league sponsored by Manx Vehicle Glass aswell as the Olympic Trap Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers Agricultural Supplies which also had round 2 and 3 of the league sponsored by R Watterson Plumbing and Heating.
Round 2 of the Olympic trap also had the copy cat trophy up for grabs which was claimed by Rob Watterson.
Results for the Sportrap
A class
1st Kevin Oates 44/50
2nd Martin Kneen 40/50
3rd Alan Brew 35/50
B class
1st Corina Moffatt 40/50
2nd Jamie Hancox 36/50
3rd Liam Kirkpatrick 35/50
C class
1st Peter Chadney 35/50
2nd Paul Morton 31/50
3rd Nicky Barnett 30/50
Results for round 2 of the OT
1st Rob Watterson 43/50
2nd Callum Craine 42/50
3rd Alan Wade and Arran Morrison-Wade 41/50
After the second 50, we needed a shoot off to decide our 2025 OT champion between Alan Wade and Callum Craine. Both shooters came away with a 20 in the shoot off taking us to sudden death with Wade pipping Craine 2-1.
OT Manx Champion- Alan Wade 86+20+2
2nd Callum Craine 86+20+1
3rd Rob Watterson 81
4th Arran Morrison-Wade 80
Today we had 17 shooters take part in the English Skeet Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers Agricultural Supplies with 22 shooters taking part in the first 50 for the fourth round of the league sponsored by Penketh and Millar.
Results for the first 50
A class
1st Jake Keeling and Racheal Bowen-Matthews 46/50
2nd Joe Faragher, John Taylor and Paul Mihailovits 45/50
B class
1st Brian Faragher 45/50
2nd Dave Corlett and Mark Corrin 43/50
C class
1st Kevin Airey 41/50
2nd Ted Davis and Lewis Brew 40/50
After the second 50 was shot, a shoot off was required to decide second place between Joe Faragher and Roman Sammer both on 92. Joe shot a 24 in the shoot off to take second from Roman who shot a 22. Racheal Bowen-Matthews held it together to take the title and the Ladies title to make it the double.
Results for the Manx Championship
Manx Champion- Racheal Bowen-Matthews 94/100
2nd Joe Faragher 92/100+24
3rd Roman Sammer 92/100+22
4th Jake Keeling 91/100
5th John Taylor 90/100
Cracking day at blue point for the Single Barrel DTL Manx Championship sponsored by Sadlers Agricultural Supplies. We also had a snooker shoot on for the non-trap shooters with prizes kindly sponsored by Isabella’s.
Results for the Championship
SB DTL Manx Champion- Callum Craine 92
2nd Phil Ward 91
3rd Mike Walker 89 -Count back
4th Jake Keeling 89
