News: Ladies General

Marown A chasing leaders with a win at South Ramsey

Marown A visited South Ramsey on wed 28th June. On paper this was always going to be a close game. But Marown didn’t let their supporters down who travelled up north, and secured the win South Ramsey 141 V 166 Marown A (4-5)  Sisters Rebecca Teare and Debbie Leece both won by single figures 21-6 and 21-7. 

Port St Mary 140 V 145 Peel Sunset (4-5) This game was very mixed with a couple of close 21-19 games. But with the Peel side winning 3 of the games to single figure they took the eventual win.

Top of the table leaders visited Marown B 107 V 187 Castletown A (8-1) With the absence of the B team captain Lil Smith, Castletown A took full advantage to keep their top of the table spot secured. Rosemary Winkle took the lone marown game 21-19.

Castletown B 124 V 175 Nobles (2-7) Angela Quayle (Castletown B) come close to taking a 3rd game for the B team narrowly losing 20-21. 

Mooragh Park 145 V 135 Ballagh (5-4), Douglas 168 V 149 Port Erin (5-4)

Jenny Moore Claims Ladies Championship Title

On Saturday 1st July the Ladies Championships were held at Port Erin Green. 

Jenny Moore took the title on a very tricky green, beating Rebecca Teare in the final 21-18.

The day started with 17 entries. In the quarter final stages Clare cooper (marown) just came through 21-20 against her team mate Debbie Leece, Janet Monk (Mooragh Park) won 21-12 to Kim Hargraves (South Ramsey). The finalists booked their places with Rebecca Teare overcoming fellow marown player Charlotte Clark 21-9 and Jenny Moore ended Jayne Smith’s (marown) hopes of a final winning 21-19.

The Semi Finals saw a marown clash of cooper and Teare with rebecca just edging the lead enough to win 21-17. Jenny dominated her game against Janet winning 21-7.

The final was a much slower game and after 16 ends was level on points at 9-9. But after another 5 ends Jenny was leading 14-11 as Rebecca was unable to claim any 2’s at all in this game. By the 29th end at 20-14 Jenny just needed 1 more point, But Rebecca wasn’t about to let her take it easily and dug in deep to win the next 4 ends 20-18. On the next end Jenny claimed a single to end the game at 21-18 and claim her Isle of Man Ladies Championship title. 

The presentation was made by the ladies Association Competition Secretary Christine Holland. Jenny and Christine thanked Ann Gale, who was unable to attend for sponsoring the Competition and  everyone who entered, also Port St Mary Club for providing measurers and refreshments for the Day.

The next Competition Held by the Ladies Association is on 15th July and is the Girls Junior Merit at Douglas Bowling Club at 9.30am, also on the same day starting at 1pm is the ladies Millennium 4’s Team Competition. Entries for both events close on Friday 14th at 10pm. All entries can be made on the website or by emailing [email protected]

Cooper girls a credit to Marown B

On Friday 16th June Peel Sunset hosted Marown B. The 2 young Cooper girls Grace and Emily are definitely following in their mothers footsteps with a fine performance from them both. The Peel side took 5-4 games. But with some excellent scoring by the Marown players, they took the win 146-173.

Elsewhere the closest game of the night was Port Erin 146 V 159 Ballaugh (4-5). There was lots of close games on this green for both teams. Maria Dimsdale and Michelle Cubbon both won by single figures.

Results: Mooragh Park 109 v 184 Castletown A (1-8), Castletown B 95 v 182 South Ramsey (1-8), Nobles 156 v 125 Port St Mary (5-4), Marown A 182 v 85 Douglas (8-1)

Close games on eve of festival finals day

After a busy Festival week league matches were played on the evening of finals day, I’m sure most of the ladies just wanted to go home and put their feet up with a nice cool glass of something refreshing. All teams reached an impressive 3 figure score.

Port Erin 141 v 137 Marown B (5-4) This was the closest game of the night. Marown’s youngster Grace Cooper with an 21-5 win, Rosemary Winkle 21-8 and Joyce Ogden 21-4 wins. On the Southside Caroline Whitehead and Jenny Cain both won 21-8 and port Erin took the win by just 4 points.

Castletown B travelled North to play Mooragh Park, where the northerners took the win 154 v 137 (5-4) Grayse Blencoe and Janet Monk both winning to single figures for the Park. As did Joy Stevens for Castletown. 

Results: Castletown A 162 v 145 Ballaugh (6-3), Marown A 186 v 112 Port St Mary (7-2), Nobles 100 v 179  South Ramsey (2-7), Peel Sunset 171 v 158 Douglas (3-6)

Tebay Triumps at Town Cup

The Ladies Ramsey Town Cup was held on Sunday 11th June at North Ramsey bowling club in glorious sunshine, after the Rheuben Thomas Memorial Trophy, which is a junior competition and took place in the morning.

A good entry of 29 bowlers enjoyed a lovely, relaxed setting in the beautiful Mooragh park. Most bowlers playing off 6.

Through to the quarter finals were Caroline Corlett and Maddison McMullan. After 13 ends Caroline was 17/13 up but Maddison managed to win the next 6 ends to finish 17/21.

The other winning quarter finalists were Sue Gawne against Caroline Parker 21/14. Tina Hampson against Joy Morris 21/20 and Louise Tebay against Janet Monk 21/17.

The semi-finals saw a convincing win for Louise Tebay against Tina Hampson 21/8 and Sue Gawne sealed her place in the final with a 21/19 win against Maddison McMullan in an exciting game that was to and fro from the start.

The final between Louise and Sue was always going to be a tough match for both of these talented players. Sue got off to a good start and established an early lead, but Louise took command of the green in the final stages, finding a mark across the crown and the game ended Louise 21 Sue 13.

The prizes were presented by Gary Merrill from North Ramsey. Louise thanked Sue for a great game and all the other competitors, along with the helpers from North Ramsey, who had made the competition such a success.

Chief Sector Marshal busy on Duty for Marown derby

Wednesday 31st May saw the Ladies Open age League played. The TT practice sessions meant that the Marown A team Captain Helen Withers was busy on Duty and unable to play at the marown derby. 

This left the A team bringing in the subs and it was a lovely evening, except for the biting midges. 

Debbie Leece, Clare Cooper and Lyn Bolton for the A team all won by single figures, as did Elaine Dewhurst for the B team. The rest of the games were all close and the B team weren’t going to let them have an easy win. Final score Marown B 119 v Marown A 177 (1-8).

Port St Mary 160 hosted Castletown B 132 (5-4) Mother and Daughter Joy Stevens and Angela Quayle (Castletown B) both had close 21-19 wins. But with Katy Williams, Nicola Cain and Tricia Bull (PSM) all winning by single figures, it was enough to give the Port St Mary ladies the overall match win.

Peel Sunset had the difficult journey to Ballaugh with the roads closed around the TT course. Most of the games were very close and could have gone either way. Julie Reilly and Cath Harvey (Ballaugh) both had good wins of 21-6 and 21-4. With a final match result Ballaugh 177 v 137 Peel Sunset (6-3).

Castletown A played their usual top form at home against Port Erin. Jean Thackrah was the only Port Erin winner. The Castletown team kept all the opponents scores low enough for them to win the match 184 v 101 (8-1).

Nobles just had to cross the town to defeat Douglas. The newly formed Nobles team are certainly one to watch out for in the second half of the fixtures. They played the Villa green well and were only 9 points off a full house. Douglas 124 v 180 Nobles (3-6).

The northern teams saw Mooragh Park 113 v 171 South Ramsey (2-7). Victoria Johnson had a close encounter with Gillian Morgan taking the 21-20 win for the park side. Whilst Elaine Moore also had a battle with Madison McCullen winning 21-19 for the South side. Janet Monk took the second win for Mooragh Park 21-4. The remaining South players all won with good wins leaving them as match winners and remaining a close second on the League Table. 

The Ladies Over 60’s games are back on Thursday 15th June and the next set of Open age League games are due to commence on Friday 16th June.

Castletown B take a draw at home to Douglas

Castletown B Draw at home to Douglas in open age

In the ladies Open Age League the Southern side Castletown B welcomed Douglas to their green where they had an extremely close match. Castletown won 5-4 on games with the final match result a draw 139 v 139. Douglas won 3 of their games to single figures helping them to secure a draw.

The top score of the night was South Ramsey  180 v 124 Port St Mary (8-1). South Ramsey’s Jenny Moore won 21-3 and Kim Hargraves 21-8, helping keep the team at the top end of the table and just 13 points off the current leaders Castletown A.

Other Results: Peel Sunset 109 v 179 Castletown A (2-7), Port Erin 165 v 146 Mooragh Park (6-3), Nobles 159 v 149 Marown B (5-4), Marown A 152 v 141 Ballaugh (5-4)

Top of the table clash

It was a clash at the top of the table for last year’s league winners Castletown A. Who welcomed Marown A to their green on a midweek Battle. On paper this was always going to be a close encounter and that proved correct. There were lots of supporters around the green supporting both teams. After the first 4 games off Marown were leading by just 20 points. Castletown played the home green well and with the remaining 5 games got the points back to finish the game level 153 v 153 to receive a draw. Castletown A 153 v 153 Marown A (4-5)

Port Erin 139 v 136 Peel Sunset (6-3) After winning 6 games the Port Erin side just managed to take the win by 3 points after Peel Sunset traveled south and managed to take their 3 wins all to single figures 5-21, 5-21 and 3-21. Di Benson and Voirrey Curphey’s 21-8 wins helped the Southern side protect their win. The next games are back to Friday evening 26th May.

Results: Mooragh Park 146 v 167 Port St Mary (4-5), Ballagh 179-125 Nobles (8-1), Marown B 181 v 114 Castletown B (7-2), Douglas 105 v 185 South Ramsey (1-8)

Gladys Cowell Ladies Over 60’s

Gladys Cowell Over 60’s Ladies Open competition held at Peel Sunset BC on Saturday 20th May 2023

There was an entry  of 17 ladies.

So, we started with only one pre-lim Cath Parker v Marilyn Ellison with Marilyn going through to the last 16.

The previous holder of the trophy, Paula Firth, knocked out Marilyn by a close score of 21-19 in the first round but Paula was defeated by Joyce Kelly 19-21 in the quarter-finals. Joyce went on to play Sue Gawne but lost 18-21. Lil Smith, another strong contender had  convincing wins in the first round and quarter final stage, but Lynda Cademy stopped Lil in her tracks by winning 21-17, with Lynda going through to the final game against Sue. The final was a close match, it was a slow start then Sue started to pull away by gaining a series of twos; Lynda then started to collect more points but could not catch Sue with a final result of 21-18 to Sue Gawne. 

There were 5 clubs represented and most staying until to the end. The President of Peel Sunset BC, Lynda Wilson, presented the prizes to the semi-finalists and runner up and to the winnerof the Gladys Cowell Trophy. Thanks were given to the Cowell family for continuing to support this competition and also to the green keepers for their fantastic efforts.

Linda Wilson

Janet Monk Wins George Hawkins Over 60s Trophy

It was sunshine all the way at Mooragh Park and a good entry of 40 bowlers made the most of the
good weather to play in this mixed singles competition.
Some great bowling led to the quarter finals with the closest game between Peter Oates and Dave
McCabe which finished 21/20. Closely followed by Elaine Moore and John Corteen 21/16.
The other quarter finalists were Janet Monk against Philip Cannan and Steve Parker against John
Kneen. Both games finished 21/8.
In the semi-final Janet was against Steve and took an early lead in a game that saw some excellent
bowling from both players finishing 21/10.
Elaine and Peter had a closer game and after 19 ends the score was 17/15, but Elaine won the next 4
ends and finished the game 21/15.
A thrilling all girl final followed, and it was predictably a very close game. Janet took an early lead,
but Elaine fought back and after 17 ends just one point separated them, but Janet managed to keep
hold of the jack winning the next 5 ends to claim her win 21/14.
The presentations and prize money were made by George Hawkins family who had been watching
the competition from the start. North Ramsey Bowling Club and Janet expressed their thanks to all
of Georges family for their continuing support and Janet thanked everyone within the club who had
made the day such a success.