Wick Old Stagers 'A' secure rifle league title in final round

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Published: 11:55, 06 March 2024

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Wick Old Stagers "A" secured the Division One title in Caithness Small Bore Rifle Association's winter league after getting the better of Stagers "B" in the 15th and final round.

Stagers "A" ended up with 22 points, two more than runners-up Huntly "A".

Orkney won Division Two with 20 points, one ahead of Watten "B"

Division Three winners Westfield "A" finished on 24 points, with Lairg next on 19.

Dingwall completed the season with a 100 per cent record in Division Four. Watten "C" were the runners-up, 11 points adrift on 19.

Westfield "B" won Division Five with only one loss.

Round 15 had five shooters with the maximum score – H Simpson (Wick Old Stagers), R L O Brown (Pentland) and L Thomson (Huntly) in Division One, along with G A Mackay and L MacDonald (Westfield) in Division Three.

Ross Sutherland of Halkirk won Caithness Small Bore Rifle Association's annual indoor junior championship, held in Lieurary hall. Ross, pictured receiving his trophy from Jim Manson (right), scored 287 points, one more than his clubmate Sophie Campbell (front, right), who was runner-up on 286 points. Looking on are other junior shooters who took part in the championship. Front (from left): Grace Campbell, Halkirk; Luke Taylor, Westfield, who also won the Division Two junior league; (back) Iona Simpson, Wick Old Stagers; and John Bremner, Halkirk. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios

In the junior individual league, it's a Halkirk first and second in Division One with S Campbell as winner and R Sutherland as runner-up.

L Taylor (Westfield) won Division Two, ahead of C Mackay (also Westfield).

Results (shots dropped) – Division One: Wick Old Stagers "A" 5 beat Wick Old Stagers "B" 19. Individual scores – Wick Old Stagers "A": H Simpson 0, D Simpson 1, B Young 2, S S Nicolson 2. Wick Old Stagers "B": A W Paul 3, S Nicolson 4, Graeme Sutherland 4, George Sutherland 8.

Pentland "A" 6 beat Halkirk A 7. Individual scores – Pentland: R L O Brown 0, P Richard 1, D Mowat 2, G Begg 3. Halkirk: J G Campbell 1, R B Campbell 1, J Fraser 2, W A Campbell 3.

Huntly "A" 8 beat Watten "A" 13. Individual scores – Huntly: L Thomson 0, W A Copland 2, G Habiby 2, L Clark 4. Watten: D Bremner 1, D Wilson 3, N Brims 4, G Bremner 5.

Top score in Division One for round 15 was 100 shot by H Simpson (Wick Old Stagers), R L O Brown (Pentland) and L Thomson (Huntly).

Division Two: Halkirk "B" 14 drew with Orkney 14. Individual scores – Halkirk: G Levack 3, T Hawes 3, R Levack 4, S Yuille 4. Orkney: R Spence 1, D Sinclair 4, A Purchon 4, A Hakim 5.

Keiss 18 beat Stirkoke "A" 113. Individual scores – Keiss: A Johnson 3, B Cormack 4, J Harrold 4, J Dunnett 7. Stirkoke: R Innes 2, G Robertson 5, J M Sutherland 6, NCR 100.

Watten "B" 21 beat Dallas 23. Individual scores – Watten: S Henderson 1, B E Mackay 4, D Thomson 7, S Mackay 9. Dallas: J Anderson 4, K Sutherland 5, G Sutherland 5, N Sutherland 9.

Top score in Division Two for round 15 was 99 shot by S Henderson (Watten) and R Spence (Orkney).

Halkirk Rifle Club junior member Sophie Campbell won Caithness Small Bore Rifle Association's Daisy 2000 indoor championship for the second successive year. She received the trophy from Jim Manson of Westfield Rifle Club. The competition, open to juniors up to the age of 18, was held in Lieurary hall. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios

Division Three: Westfield "A" 6 beat Huntly "B" 24. Individual scores – Westfield: G A Mackay 0, L MacDonald 0, M Mackay 1, M Mackenzie 5. Huntly: A Scott 4, D Innes 4, R Brown 6, L G Thomson 10.

Stirkoke "B" 14 beat Pentland "B" 23. Individual scores – Stirkoke: G Cameron 1, G Henderson 4, D G Henderson 4, A Webster 5. Pentland: J Coghill 4, W D Steven 4, P Gates 7, A Cowe 8.

Halkirk "C" 17 beat Lairg 24. Individual scores – Halkirk: C Gunn 2, R Sutherland 3, S Campbell 5, J Bremner 7. Lairg: M Peat 5, D Macleod 6, A Murray 6, I Mackay 7.

Top score in Division Three for round 15 was 100 shot by G A Mackay and L MacDonald (Westfield).

Division Four: Dingwall 19 beat Wick Old Stagers "C" 31. Individual scores – Dingwall: R H Meiklejohn 2, B Mackintosh 5, R C Meiklejohn 6, H Meiklejohn 6. Wick Old Stagers: C Ronaldson 5, I Simpson 6, A Harper 8, A Tait 12.

Clachnacuddin 26 beat Pentland C 400. Individual scores – Clach: W H Macdonald 1, R Emburey 5, B Harding 7, A Rose 13. Pentland: 4 x NCR.

Watten "C" 30 beat Stirkoke C 216. Individual scores – Watten: K Macaulay 4, L Bremner 7, D Thomson Jnr 9, M Macaulay 10. Stirkoke: J Cameron 8, I Gunn 8, 2 x NCR 200.

Top score in Division Four for round 15 was 99 shot by W H MacDonald (Clachnacuddin).

Division Five: Nairn "A" 49 beat Stirkoke "D" 229. Individual scores – Nairn: R Thompson 6, S Murray 7, S Pickthall 17, M Pickthall 19. Stirkoke: B Sutherland 9, D Henderson 20, 2 x NCR 200.

Westfield 51 "B" beat Bogey 60. Individual scores – Westfield: J Manson 4, M Sutherland 9, F Adams 12, L Taylor 26.

Halkirk "D" 400 drew with Nairn B 400. Halkirk: 4 x NCR 400. Nairn "B": 4 x NCR 400.

Top score in Division Five for round 15 was 96 shot by J Manson (Westfield).

Junior individual league – Division One: S Campbell 4 beat J Bremner 7; I Simpson 6 beat J Sutherland 100; R Sutherland 7 beat G Campbell 13.

Division Two: L Taylor 18 beat E Swanson 100; D Sutherland v B Thomson (no contest); G Mill v C Mackay 100 (no contest).

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