Shoulder-to-Shoulder Catch Up

There's been a bit of a delay in getting these scores out to people.  Sorry for the wait.  Since the Sarisbury match, City has had a few further matches and we've now finished our the 2016-17 shoulder-to-shoulder season (which will also be our last season at the Hambrook St range).  Our performance was a bit of a mixed bag of results if we're honest but it's not without its highlights.  Here's how we did.

Havant A - 491 A. Morley (99) A. Perry (99) J. Alexander (98) J. Allsop (98) L. Hanna (95) M. Nevatte (97) M. Reynolds (95) T. Brown (99)

Portsmouth City - 485 A. Nevatte (97) G. Scruton (99) I. Cooper (98) J. Rowe (95) T. Sommerville (96) R. Ashman (94) S. Hart (95)

It's fair to say that we were outmatched on this one.  We weren't quite able to get a full team together but congratulation to Havant for a very respectable winning score.  A small note of congratulations should also go to Tom Sommerville for his first counted-in score.

So by this point, we'd shot 10 matches and lost 4.  I wish I could say we turned it around after this, but there was one more defeat to come...

This time we really were reduced in numbers and could only muster a team of 6.  It was a close match... but didn't go our way.

Portsmouth Railway - 484 J. Ring (98) M. Carter (92) C. Coles (99) C. Richards (96) N. Toms (96) N. Perman (95) K. Hardyman (95)

Portsmouth City - 482 I. Cooper (98) A. Nevatte (94) G. Scruton (96) J. Rowe (97) P. Upchurch (91) S. Hart (97)

So where our defeat against Sarisbury meant we had to say goodbye to any hopes we had for winning the championship this year, these defeats against Havant and Railway meant we had to say goodbye to achieving runner-up, as we had last year.

Thankfully, the news gets better for City from here.

Portsmouth City - 484 I. Cooper (99) A. Nevatte (93) L. Haskett (96) P. Upchurch (90) S. Hart (98) J. Rowe (98) R. Ashman (89) T. Sommerville (88)

West Meon A - 480 G. Stone (89) P. Hannington (95) M. Atkins (95) G. Dixon (92) A. Smith (100) D. Corbett (98)

So we got back on the winning track but congratulations need to go to A. Smith of West Meon for his ton.

Wickham had started very strong this season but, like City, had encountered a slump mid-season.  This was a home match for City, so we had the advantage and thankfully, we pressed it.

Portsmouth City - 491 J. Rowe (99) A. Nevatte (99) I. Cooper (99) G. Scruton (98) S. Hart (95) P. Upchurch (90) L. Haskett (96)

Wickham A - 483 R. Long (95) T. Malleson (97) T. Caister (98) S. Dismore (98) M. Barnes (93) J. Willsher (95)

A very strong showing from many of the team.  No tonnes, but those 99s are nothing to be sniffed at.  Our final match was against HMS Excellent and while our record against them is good, City had lost its last two away matches.

HMS Excellent A - 474 J. Atkins (97) T. Dugan (93) W. Dugan (96) I. Andrews (90) T. Thompson (93) E. Metcalfe (93) I. Thomson (95)

Portsmouth City - 487 G. Scruton (100) A. Nevatte (95) J. Rowe (100) I. Cooper (95) M. Simmons (92) R. Ashman (94) P. Upchurch (93) S. Hart (97)

So Portsmouth City finished the season on a high note!  Congratulations to G, Scruton and J. Rowe on their tonnes, especially to Jonny, for whom this was his first Portsmouth & District shoulder-to-shoulder ton!

So here were the overall stats for Portsmouth City's 2016-17 season:

9 wins, 5 losses (last season was 11 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses)

Team Average: 487.1 (last season was 486.7)
See all the results here.

Further results to come...

City puts an end to Wickham's winning streak

We at Portsmouth City always have a great time when we shoot against Wickham, and we're of course very happy that Wickham has had such a successful shoulder-to-shoulder season with no losses so far (that is wins against West Meon A, Railway A, Havant, Chichester, Sarisbury and HMS Excellent A).  However, after our loss against Railway A last week, City was keen to get another win under our belt and put an end to Wickham's unbroken streak of wins.

Here's how the match went.

Wickham A - 484 S. Dismore (97) T. Caister (92) M. Barnes (97) R. Heasell (94) M. Ward (97) I. Nichols (97) R. Long (94) T. Malleson (96)

Portsmouth City - 488 I. Cooper (96) A. Nevatte (97) P. Upchurch (96) S. Hart (98) G. Scruton (98) J. Rowe (97) R. Ashman (98)

So no outstanding scores but a solid performance from our shooters.  Apologies to Wickham for stopping their clean sweep this half of the season.

We have one more match, the reschedule home match against Chichester, next Thursday and then comes the Xmas break.  As the points stand now, we have 8 championship points as a result of 4 wins and wish us luck in getting two more next week against Chi!

PCRC rounds off the 2015/16 season with another win!

Well, that's the end of the Portsmouth & District shoulder-to-shoulder season.  PCRC's last match was at home this week against Wickham and we're pleased to say it was another win and a good score for our aggregate.  Here are the results:

Portsmouth City - 489 M. Nevatte (97) A. Nevatte (99) I. Cooper (99) G. Scruton (97) D. Reeves (90) P. Upchurch (94) L. Haskett (94) R. Ashman (97)

Wickham - 476 A. Peters (91) M. Ward (92) T. Caister (91) S. Dismore (99) M. Barnes (91) R. Heasell (96) T. Malleson (97) J. Willsher (92)

The team's average for this season was 486.7 (a whole point improvement on our average from last year, 485.7).  We have yet to find out where we stand in the overall ranking for the league (we'll have to wait to know the outcome of a few other matches from this week).

Special congratulations go to Richard Ashman of Portsmouth City, who managed to turn up just before we were about to turn off the lights and shot a perfectly respectable 97 with the range to himself.

Our final stats for the 2015/16 season are as follows:

14 matches (11 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses)
Total League Points: 23
Aggregate Score: 6814

Scoring Team Average (top 5 shooters of each match): 486.7

Top Shoulder-to-Shoulder Average: 97.25 (Gordon Scruton, 12 matches)

The competition for the best individual average was once again close this year, with 6 shooters all being within half a point of each other:

1st: Gordon Scruton (97.25, 12 matches)
2nd: Sarah Hart (97.08, 12 matches)

3rd: Ian Cooper (97.07, 14 matches)

4th: Richard Ashman (97.00, 10 matches)

5th: Marian Nevatte (96.93, 14 matches)
6th: Adam Nevatte (96.86, 14 matches)

Special thanks go to Marian Nevatte for her final season as captain of the team, and to the following shooters for attendance and participation at all 14 matches:

Ian Cooper

Marian Nevatte

Adam Nevatte

No shooters managed to get counted in for every match (going to show that we all have our bad shoots and that at the end of the day it's the team result that matters).  However, the most consistently counted in shooter this season was Marian Nevatte, who was counted in 12 out of the 14 matches she shot.

We'll update everyone once we find out our overall standing for the championship.  We were runners up last year, so we'll be hoping to match if not improve on that.  Fingers crossed.  To view the results and match reports for the rest of the season, click here.

City adds another win to the season!

Portsmouth City goes from strength to strength as it adds another win to what is turning out to be a very successful season.  We were away at Wickham tonight and achieved the best score of the season so far (and equalling our last match against Wickham in the 2014/15 season).

Wickham A - 483 S. Dismore (94) R. Heasell (97) T. Caister (92) M. Barnes (98) M. Ward (92) I. Nichols (96) R. Long (96) E. Malleson (96) Reserve J. Willsher (92)

Portsmouth City - 489 I. Cooper (97) M. Nevatte (96) A. Nevatte (98) S. Hart (97) J. Rowe (96) P. Upchurch (99) G. Scruton (95) R. Ashman (98)

So we now have 6 wins, no losses or draws and that gives us 12 championship points and a team average that now equals our average from last season, 485.7.  Next Monday sees us face last season's champions, Sarisbury, in our last match of 2015 so we're all hoping to keep the momentum going.

Portsmouth wins again! (PCRC vs Wickham A)

This evening saw Portsmouth City face Wickham A at home.  Earlier in the season, Wickham managed to put an end to our initial winning streak by forcing a draw.  However, tonight was a slightly different story:

Portsmouth City - 489 G. Scruton (97) A. Nevatte (99) M. Nevatte (99) P. Upchurch (90) S. Hart (95) I. Cooper (99) L. Haskett (89) J. Rowe (92)

Wickham A - 482 J. Willsher (96) S. Dismore (98) J. Cottrill (97) M. Barnes (94) R. Heasell (97) R. Long (92)

So, PCRC chalks up another win this season but there is little time to rest as we face Portsmouth Railway away next Monday.

Wickham vs Portsmouth City

Monday night at the Wickham & District Rifle Club range saw a tense match between their A team and PCRC.  Ultimately the match resulted in a draw (Wickham's second of the season) with both teams scoring 484.  Nonetheless, a good night was had by all with some exciting scores achieved.  The scores were as follows:

Wickham A - 484 J. Willsher (94) S. Dismore (98) J. Cottrill (96) M. Barnes (99) I. Nichols (97) R. Heasell (94) R. Long (92)

Portsmouth City - 484 I. Cooper (96) A. Nevatte (100) P. Upchurch (91) M. Nevatte (93) S. Hart (95) L. Haskett (93) J. Rowe (93) G. Scruton (100)

Special congratulations go to Adam Nevatte and Gordon Scruton for their possibles (PCRC's first of the season).

PCRC now has 5 points in the league having won their first two matches (2 points each) and drawn this third match (1 point).