Isle of Man Easter Shoot 2010

It wasn't me!

The entry forms aren't out yet, but should be soon. So, I know there has been a good bit of interest from various quarters; who's going this year? I'm looking forward to it myself, just have to get the few quid together. Should be a great trip though. Hopefully have a solid DURC contingent this year too. For the curious, the programme of events will be as follows.

Three Position Rifle 3 x 40
2 x 60 shot Prone Rifle
4 x 40 shot Prone Rifle Teams
Women's 3 x 20
2 x 60 shot Air Rifle
2 x 60 shot Air Pistol
ISSF 25m Standard Pistol
ISSF 50m (Free) Pistol
ISSF 25m (Sport) Pistol
ISSF 25m Centre Fire Pistol
Service Pistol
Police Pistol 1and 2
9mm Pistol
Practical Pistol
Sporting Rifle
Black Powder
Pistol NRA 1500 Pistol
Service Rifle

As you can see, there's something to cater to just about every paper-puncher out there. We had a brilliant time last year. The facilities are top-notch, the matches are good and challenging and it's a great way to meet new people, our counterparts in the UK. So, will we have more company on the boat this year?

FLOYDSTER

Yip, deffo going this year again!, Its part of my CG selection shooting program!!;)

Always a great social weekend!:D

dCorbus

Thanks, IWM

When is it being held?

FLOYDSTER

2nd to 4th April!;)

Have a look.....................http://www.isleofmanshooting.com/

It wasn't me!

Cheers FLOYDSTER, forgot to include the link.

Oh, and beers in Douglas are definitely on the to do list for this year. Got to get IRLConor ready for the ferry.

Coronal

I might try and make this, it'd be good to incorporate into my training plan. It's gonna depend on whether I can roll a home holiday in though, it appears the Munich-IoM trip can't be done in less than 10 hours, and for less than 300 euro :eek:

Grizzly 45

Great! Just what I didnt need! A international competition,the money to go and now a pistol refusal.With a court date proably before Easter.:mad::mad::mad:
If it aint one thing it's another....

It wasn't me!

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Great! Just what I didnt need! A international competition,the money to go and now a pistol refusal.With a court date proably before Easter.:mad::mad::mad:
If it aint one thing it's another....

they're well used to UK shooters Griz, so the facilities exist to borrow a pistol over there with prior notice. You'll even get a choice of pistols and calibres, so come on over. Douglas is a good town.

FLOYDSTER

The entry forms are out, also Temp cert etc!!;)

http://www.isleofmanshooting.com/easter/index.htm

Left hand side of the page in pdf or Excel !

ina

Just to remind you all that entries close 3 weeks today - Friday 19th March!

Ina

It wasn't me!

Hmm, best get on that so. Also need to sort PSNI paperwork to go out through Belfast. Looking forward to the shoot though. Must get training, less tit-making to do this year!

FLOYDSTER

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Hmm, best get on that so. Also need to sort PSNI paperwork to go out through Belfast. Looking forward to the shoot though. Must get training, less tit-making to do this year!

Yes, get the finger out slack boy!!:D, my entry is in!!

It wasn't me!

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Yes, get the finger out slack boy!!:D, my entry is in!!

Will do. I'll send you my stuff next week for the PSNI licence and I'll get the portfolio together for Ina and co. Need to finish some college work so I can get some training done too!

intershoot

All confirmed........I'm goin - wooohooooooo!

Rite, what do i need to bring?

:cool:

It wasn't me!

Will be sending the envelope full of stuff off tomorrow hopefully. Will have the stuff up to you for the PSNI sharpish too FLOYDSTER. Should be a good trip now.

It wasn't me!

intershoot wrote: »

Rite, what do i need to bring?

:cool:

Gun, gear, couple of bottles of decent whiskey, that should do the trick.

FLOYDSTER

Beer money for the boys!! and a clean pair of pants!!
Oh and some good weather and make the clean pair of pants your lucky ones!!:D

Sparks

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Gun, gear, couple of bottles of decent whiskey, that should do the trick.

And an electric blanket for the .22 rifle range

intershoot

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Beer money for the boys!! and a clean pair of pants!!
Oh and some good weather and make the clean pair of pants your lucky ones!!:D

Some peeps just never learn......

Thank god the boss is with me thats all I can say......any shot gunners there this time PMSL!

:cool:

FLOYDSTER

intershoot wrote: »

Some peeps just never learn......

Thank god the boss is with me thats all I can say......any shot gunners there this time PMSL!

:cool:

PMSL!!,lets hope not because its no more mr nice guy!! ;)and anyway with you there its not me "the boss" has to worry about!!:D:D

It wasn't me!

Portfolio of forms is off in the post today, sent FLOYDSTER my stuff for the PSNI yesterday by express post so that should be handily taken care of, booked the ferry from Belfast to Douglas to Dublin. All that's left is the hotel and we're sorted. Should be a great trip. Hopefully see some of you out there.

Sparks

Sad I'm not going now, after all the swapping of IoM Easter shoot stories with IRLConor, IWM and dCorbus last night in DURC

It wasn't me!

Sparks wrote: »

Sad I'm not going now, after all the swapping of IoM Easter shoot stories with IRLConor, IWM and dCorbus last night in DURC

Hey, still a while for entries to close. We'll be there in time for the airgun stuff too, so pack both your rifles!

Sparks

Sounds fantastic, now I just need to convince Herself Indoors that we should delay the wedding a bit so I can use the savings to go to the IoM for some of that chocolate cake

Next year!

intershoot

thats it......all sorted! entry, hotel, FAC, car!!

o0o0o0 ....... getting excited now :eek: ..........better get the mop!

intershoot

BALLS.......... her indoors has just informed me ive no passport and no driving license! both have expired I dont know why I bother some times!!!

I wonder if Ina can sort that lot out too :rolleyes:

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intershoot wrote: »

BALLS.......... her indoors has just informed me ive no passport and no driving license! both have expired I dont know why I bother some times!!!

I wonder if Ina can sort that lot out too :rolleyes:

My own passport's gone off the radar too. Didn't need it last year though, so should be fine. I was told last year photo ID would suffice.

demonloop

intershoot wrote: »

BALLS.......... her indoors has just informed me ive no passport and no driving license! both have expired I dont know why I bother some times!!!

I wonder if Ina can sort that lot out too :rolleyes:

Sure just use that English license you have for totting up penalty points whilst in England

FLOYDSTER

demonloop wrote: »

Sure just use that English license you have for totting up penalty points whilst in England

PMSL!! very true!!:D:D:D

intershoot

Hhmmmmm........never actually thought about me other license. Dont know if that part works on its own if the card is outta date.

Must make a few enquiries!

You're not just a pretty face DEMONLOOP, yer a sneaky sh1te too! :rolleyes:

sbw

Sparks wrote: »

Sounds fantastic, now I just need to convince Herself Indoors that we should delay the wedding a bit so I can use the savings to go to the IoM for some of that chocolate cake

Next year!

C'mon Sparks! Where are your priorities ?

dCorbus

same problem here as sparks has - And before you ask, no, it's not that we're planning our wedding!:D:eek:

No way dC is going to convince his good lady wifey to let him traipse off to the IoM at the moment - But next year.......hmmmmmm:)

Listening to all the lads talking about the IoM and the shooting there, I'm really disappointed I'm not going to make it. Particularly with such nice, friendly, but yet quiet and reserved, chaps as floydster and intershoot heading along too.:rolleyes:

Although, the thoughts of getting stuck in the bag of a certain van (you know the one I mean, lads) with iwm and irlconor sends a shiver down my spine!:eek::eek::eek::D

FLOYDSTER

It does always make a good social weekend never mind the shooting!!;)
There is always time to play after a days hard work!! lol:D

intershoot

WOOOOOOOOOO there dCorbus :eek: .....lets not tar me with the same dirty brush as Mr FLOYDSTER please!

I'm only a social drinker , not a raging alcoholic like our good friend. Another thing is when I'm drun.....happy, everyone's my friend......unlike Mr Nasty :rolleyes:.

eh FLOYDSTER....... KILL EM ALL arrrrGGGGGHHHHHH!!!

FLOYDSTER

intershoot wrote: »

I'm only a social drinker , not a raging alcoholic like our good friend. Another thing is when I'm drun.....happy, everyone's my friend......unlike Mr Nasty :rolleyes:.

PMSL!!, uuuummmmm, just think back a little!!:D:D:D

Sparks

sbw wrote: »

C'mon Sparks! Where are your priorities ?

Priority number one goes something along the lines of not losing body parts to the wrath of Her Indoors

Besides, it's our wedding, so we get to do things our way.
ie. two cakes, decent food and a bouncy castle
I was wondering how best to arrange the rifle club lads with the air rifles outside for the parade, but that idea was downvoted

FLOYDSTER

Boat booked along with accom!;), couple of days work to do on the island before the fun begins!!

It wasn't me!

FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Boat booked along with accom!;), couple of days work to do on the island before the fun begins!!

Nice one. we're booked into the Ascot I believe, boat's taken care of. once the PSNI stuff gets back and we get the posted IoM package back, we're sorted.

FLOYDSTER

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Nice one. we're booked into the Ascot I believe, boat's taken care of. once the PSNI stuff gets back and we get the posted IoM package back, we're sorted.

Paperwork is in the only hold up being St Paddys day so I'll buzz them before the end of next week and see where we are!;)

It wasn't me!

Ferry booking confirmation and Isle of Man firearms cert arrived there the other day. Just about ready to roll on this one.

FLOYDSTER

Looks like we are stuck here until Wed!!:D, the joy of fastcrafts!!

IRLConor

FLOYDSTER picked up a nice haul of medals. He won the Saturday prone match, the Sunday prone match, the final and the aggregate. He also picked up a bunch of class, 40 shot and team prizes. I think he has something in the region of 10 medals to bring home with him.

Ray Kane from Midlands had a good showing in the 3P event. He went into the final in second place and managed to hold on for the bronze despite having a hard time in the final. I think his qualification score was 1117, but I'll check that when I have a look at the full results. He got (I think) 574 on the Sunday in the prone match which was a tough shoot with very unsteady wind. On a calm day or with a steadier wind he could easily have come away with 5-10 points more.

The rest of us had a tougher time of it. I shot 564 on Saturday and 555 on Sunday. It wasn't me! had a lot of trouble with his rifle. When I was watching him shoot yesterday he had over 70 misfires (probably a worn firing pin) and ran out of time with 10 shots to go. The two who travelled from DRC also found the going tough, but seemed to enjoy the matches.

I think there were a few who travelled from Ireland for the pistol events, but they were on a different range (which had to have several tons of snow dug off it with a JCB on Friday!) and didn't make the prize giving.

I'd definitely recommend anyone to come to the Isle of Man for the next easter shoot. It's a really well-run set of competitions. This year, they had:

Rifle:

• 50m prone ISSF
• 50m 3P ISSF
• Sporting rifle (40 shots, any sights, 50m)
• Service Rifle
• Air Rifle

Pistol:

• ISSF Standard Pistol
• Service Pistol
• Police Pistol (2 comps)
• ISSF Centrefire Pistol
• Blackpowder pistol
• ISSF Free Pistol (50m)
• 9mm Pistol
• ISSF Sport Pistol
• NRA 1500
• IPSC
• Air pistol

If you shoot any of the above, it's worth trying to make it over. The organisers do a fantastic job of making the paperwork easy. I got my temporary permit back in about 3 working days. They are also very well organised in terms of firearms security. Our rifles are stored for us in an armoury at the range and dropped to and from the port for us which makes life a lot easier.

As soon as the results are posted (probably today or tomorrow), I'll link to them here.

bunny shooter

Congrats to all :cool:

Sparks

Indeed, and thanks for the writeup Conor!

demonloop

Results

http://isleofmanshooting.com/easter/results2010.shtml

FLOYDSTER

Couldnt have been a much more difficult weekend wind wise!!, everyone struggled and the scores were well down on what would have been expected!;)
Another very enjoyable weekend both competition and socially and a big thank-you to all those envolved in the organisation and running of the events, roll on next year!

I was well chuffed with the 594 on the Saturday and although I only shot a 589 on the Sunday it was second highest score on the day by a point!, so I hope its a sign of things to come at Hanover and Plzen!;)

murph226

Well done lads!

FLOYDSTER

IRLConor wrote: »

It wasn't me! had a lot of trouble with his rifle. When I was watching him shoot yesterday he had over 70 misfires (probably a worn firing pin) and ran out of time with 10 shots to go.

Hopefully all sorted now!!, I watched him train yesterday after the repair and its like a different person shooting!, he should be well sorted for Sunday at ECSC!!:D

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FLOYDSTER wrote: »

Hopefully all sorted now!!, I watched him train yesterday after the repair and its like a different person shooting!, he should be well sorted for Sunday at ECSC!!:D

Yeah, I was able to concentrate and all! That wind still made a tit of me on quite a few occasions in the practice match I shot, but all told, given the wind yesterday, I was happyish with a 567.

Cass

Even though i don't shoot or compete in 3P/prone/sporting, its always good to see lads going away and succeeding.

Congrats to all who competed, and well done to those that brought home some gold/silver/bronze wear.

It wasn't me!

FLOYDSTER's not going to say it, but his medal tally is 14, with twelve golds, a silver and a bronze. That was a seriously good weekend, with another Irish bronze medallist in the 3P. For the record, FLOYDSTER's 594 is the same score that got him a 7th place in the Munich World Cup in 1996 which won the quota place which sent him to Atlanta for the Olympics that year. I may well not make the Isle of Man shoots for the next two years, with exams conspiring against me, but for anyone who can make it, it's an incredible shoot to be at. Well worth travelling to.