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Relegation Battle Heats Up in Division One
The bottom four teams clashed in Canada Life International League Division One as Peel B went level with their opponents on the night, as they beat Marown C 8-2 at home, with the Crosby men still in danger of relegation. For the Peel men Tony Carroon was the best winner as he won 21-9, whilst Alan Cromwell caused the biggest upset of the night as he recovered from a 10-15 deficit against Tom Kelly to win 21-18. The two winners for Marown were Peter Kelly who beat Geoff Rice 21-8, and Conor Keenan who stepped into the team as he picked up an impressive 21-15 win over Rob Middleton.
The crunch clash at the bottom took place between Castletown A and South Ramsey B at the Crofts, with Town taking a 7-3 home win. For the visitors Ben Dugdale won the clash of the captains as he beat Jordan Drewett 21-17, Tony Dugdale beat Nathan Cooil 21-15, whilst Christian Caley was staring defeat in the face, however he pulled off an incredible comeback as he trailed 5-20 against David Quayle to run out with a 21-20 victory. For the home team four comfortable wins were taken by Aaron Richardson, Ron Williams, Ian Watson, George Foy, with Nathan Hamilton getting home 21-20 against Tony Hart.
League Leaders South Ramsey A stretched their lead to 10 points ahead of their next fixture away to Marown A, as they won 8-2 at home to Onchan A who were kept below 100 chalks (162-90). Winning for the visitors were Reg Temporaza who held off Stefan Kelly 21-17, whilst Matthew Quirk edged a good battle with Jordan Cain 21-19. Will Penhallurick missed out on a third win for Onchan as he let a 9-2 lead over John Kennish slip, eventually losing out 17-21. For the home team there were four single figure victories, whilst David Bradford earned a 21-13 win over Kevin Quirk.
Marown A came away from the Villa with a 3-7 victory over Douglas A, as they cruelly missed out on another two points with two 20-21 defeats, as Andy Cannell held off Glenn Boland, with Keith Rise getting the better of Sam Clague. The third win for the home team was from captain Merv Sayle who beat Phil Kelly 21-16. Four of the Crosby men’s wins were to single figures, with Paul Dunn having to battle for his 21-17 win over Gordon Wynne-Smythe.
Port St Mary A hosted North Ramsey A at Breagle Glen with the Port men winning 5-3 on games, the teams tied on chalks (141-141) to ensure the home team took a 6-4 win. Home captain Wayne Roberts held off Paul Allison 21-19, Dave Saxon beat John Cannan 21-20, with Dan McCabe seeing off Steve Walmsley 21-17, with Paul Skelly the best winner as he beat Gary Merrill 21-9. For the Mooragh men Allan Callow beat Robbie Cooil 21-8, Steven Waters won 21-15 against Tim Williams, whilst Rob Monk beat Tom Collins 21-13.
Marown B drew 4-4 on games with Peel A at Crosby, the home teams superior chalks securing the aggregate for a 6-4 win (152-126). Darren Kerruish continued his good form of late, as he beat Gary Smith 21-5, with teammate Matthew Keggen beating Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly 21-7. For the visitors Tommy McMeiken was the best winner as he beat Juan Killip 21-14, Peter Greenlees won 21-17 against Harry Barton, Dean Kinley held off Brian Kelly 21-18, whilst David Proctor got over the line 21-19 against John Kelly.
In Division Two league leaders Finch Hill A are 11 points ahead of second placed Ballaugh A following their 8-2 home win over Douglas B, with just 13 chalks separating the teams (139-126). Winning for the visitors were Dave Pease who beat Dave Jones 21-5, whilst Nick Firth beating John Qualtrough 21-8. For the home team Les Brookes was the best winner as he beat Steve Cook 21-7, with teammates Paul Dougherty (21-18) and Pat Maher (21-19) having to battle for their wins over Willie Cowley and Paddy Murphy respectively.
Ballaugh A were just four chalks off a 10-0 win, as they beat Noble’s A 8-2 at home. Two 21-19 wins were claimed by Juan Qualtrough and Mark Bradshaw over Mike Spooner and John Keenan respectively. For Ballaugh single figures wins were taken by John Maddrell, John Andrew, and Nigel Tebay.
Castletown B promotion hopes took a hit as came away from their fixture against South Ramsey C with a 7-3 defeat. Paul Routledge took the best win of the night as he beat Willie Corkill 21-6, Greg Barlow and Franz ten Donkelaar stepped up from the D team, with both players earning victories, whilst Richie Davies edged home 21-20 against Alan Phair. For the Town men Peter Oates, Derek Lewney, and George Peach all won with the latter winning 21-18 against James Moore.
Elsewhere in Division Two Onchan B took on their C Team, despite the higher ranked team losing 3-5 on games, they won the aggregate by five chalks (134-129) to avoid an embarrassing defeat.
Another draw on chalks (130-130) between North Ramsey B and Peel C at Mooragh Park resulted in a 6-4 win for the home team, whilst Port Erin A came away from Noble’s B with a 2-8 victory, with the Breagle Glen men having a game in hand on the teams above them as they look to close the gap.
In Division Three Noble’s D sit in third place, they were the only home winners this week as they beat South Ramsey D 7-3, helped by four single wins from Terry Bates, Alex Colquitt, Stan Cooper, and Roy Moore. Winning for the Ramsey men were Steve Kelly, Geoff Collier, and Billy Blair.
Ballaugh B closed the gap on leaders Port St Mary B, with a comfortable 3-7 victory away to Douglas D, whilst Port St Mary B came away from Peel D with a 4-6 victory as they remain top by two points on 120 points with just four games left to play. The result could have been better for the visitors with three of the Port players losing to 18,19 & 20.
Marown D slipped to a 4-6 home defeat over Douglas C, with John Ferguson and Greg Tomlinson winning to single figures for the visitors. Stu Mason responded for the home team with a 21-7 win over David Beynon.
Finch Hill B took home a 3-7 away win over Port Erin B, with Guy Smith winning 21-20 against Trevor Barker. For the Breagle men Alan Crebbin beat Samson Smith 21-3.
The closest game in Division Three was between Ballaugh C and Noble’s C, with another positive result for the visitors, as they came away with a 4-6 win taking the aggregate by seven chalks (140-147). Visiting captain Steve Cain beat Charlie Harrison 21-8, whilst teammates Paul Moore and Nigel Hinds lost out in close games.
Firth & Gawne win Ballapaws Trophy
Peel Sunset Bowling Club hosted the open lady’s doubles competition, The Ballapaws Trophy on Saturday 29th July.
There were 14 pairs entered. The winners of the competition were Paula Firth and Sue Gawne who had convincing wins through to the final when Philippa Taylor and Joyce Ogden did their utmost to stop them in their tracks the final ending in a score of 21-18. The losing semi-finalists were Cath Parker and Val Allwood and Jenny Moore and Kim Hargraves. It was extremely pleasing to see a number of juniors entering, they were a credit to Douglas BC.
The presentation was by the sponsors Ballapaws Boarding Kennels & Day Care.
Jean Kelly Quarter Finals
The quarter final stage of the Jean Kelly was held on an extremely wet evening.
Mooragh Park (+47) 179 – 163 (+22) Castletown A (4-5) Some good wins from te Mooragh Park side, Janet Monk 21-5, Katie Johnson 21-4 and Madison McMullan 21-9 helped secure them the win.
Castletown B (+53) 149 – 228 (+53) Marown B (2-7) Linda Dawson and Aalish Moore were the Southside winners. Youngster Grace Cooper (Marown) had a great 21-5 win. securing Marown B’s spot in the semi final.
Ballaugh (+36) 175 – 200 (+25) Marown A (3-6) Ballaugh pushed the Marown B team all the way with Captain Michelle Cubbon just losing out 20-21 and Maria Dimsdale 19-21.
Port Erin (+50) 167 – 200 (+34) South Ramsey (3-6) The South Ramsey side managed a couple of single figure wins to secure their spot in semi finals.
The draw has been made for the Semi Finals to be played on wednesday 16th August as follows:
Mooragh Park V Marown A and South Ramsey V Marown B.
Over 60’s Marown top of table
The Over 60s League is looking very similar to the open age league table. With Marown currently lying in top spot but with a game ahead of Castletown A and South Ramsey. Can they hold onto the top spot?
Marown were a player short when they visited Mooragh Park B, so they will be happy to still walk away with the win. Mooragh Park B 63 V 92 Marown (2-4)
Ballaugh just came out on top 110 V 97 Ports St Mary A (3-3). Port Erin A 123 V 89 Douglas A (5-1) Douglas had to give a game away and with 3 of the loses to 20 they still managed to pick up a few points. Castletown A 126 V 68 Finch Hill (6-0) The southside were on their usual top form taking all the 6 games Joy Stevens just managed to hold off Anne Hon 21-20 to secure her team the full house.
Peel Sunset 121 V 89 Castletown B (5-1), Onchan A 105 V 77 Port Erin B (4-2), South Ramsey 101 V 85 Mooragh Park A (3-3)
Close points at top of open age league table
Only 4 games left in the Open age league and with only 55 points separating the top 3 teams the title could easily go down to the very last game. Marown A currently sit in 1st place on 3136 with Castletown A only 9 points behind on 3136 leaving South Ramsey chasing the top on 3080.
Marown A pushed themselves to the top of the table with a good away win at Port Erin 103-186 with Port Erin’s Alison Stockham winning their only game 21-18.
Castletown B had a close fought game when they welcomed the strong Ballaugh team to their green. Castletown B 144 v 167 Ballaugh (4-5).
The Douglas team youngsters are showing great improvement helping their team record a win against Port St Mary who were unfortunately 1 player short. Douglas 169 V 112 Port St mary (6-3).
Nobles 130 V 159 Castletown A (3-6) The southside team were just too strong for the Nobles side. Sylvia Kennaugh and Grace Gawne for Nobles had some great wins to single figures. 21-7 and 21-6.
That just leaves Marown B 89 V 183 South Ramsey (1-8) Rosemary Winckle managed a win for the marown side 21-15, but the Ramsey side was just too strong winning 4 of their games to single figures.
Trio Compete In British Senior Merit
Three local bowlers competed in the British Senior Merit on Saturday at Heaton Park in Manchester.
Onchan man Peter Slinger won his first game 21-10 against John Short from Wales, before losing out 8-21 in the second round to Reece Farr (Shropshire).
Marown’s Tom Kelly just got over the line 21-20 against Joe Stockdale (Yorkshire), before suffering a 7-21 defeat to Lee Brown (Potteries & District) in the next round.
The best run of the local men was from Manx Champion Neil Withers (Marown) as he won his first game 21-16 against Yorkshire man Gordon Flower, then went on to secure an even better win in the second round as he beat Ryan Sandham (Cheshire) 21-11.
At the quarter final stage Withers came up against a formidable opponent in Simon Coupe (North Lancs & Fylde), who has won top titles all over the U.K. and also went into the event as the favourite with the bookmakers priced at 3/1 in a field of 64 players. Despite Withers efforts Coupe went on to take a 21-14 victory.
The competition was eventually won by Coupe who beat Reece Farr 21-11, the same opponent who had put Slinger out in the second round. This was Coupe’s first time winning the British Senior Merit.
Jean Kelly Prelim Continues
Jean Kelly Prelim
Port Erin (+53) 200 V 199 Nobles (+43) The Port Erin side just managed to take the win by 1 point overall taking full advantage of that 10 point advantage. Susan Inch (Port Erin) won 21-9. Marilyn Ellison’s 21-7 and Sue Gawne’s 21-6 wins for nobles wasn’t quite enough and left them with the title of the plate in their sight.
Castletown A (+13) 196 V 158 Douglas (+57) Even with a 44 point advantage Douglas still had a lot of work to do, unfortunately for them Castletown were the much stronger team winning 8 – 1 on games. Paula Garrett took a 21-15 win for Douglas.But with Castletown winning 5 of their
games to single figures they were always on the top.
The final prelim game was Peel Sunset (+45) 183 V 202 Ballaugh (+39) The Ballaugh team won 6-3 on games with 3 of them to single figures, giving them enough points to take them on to the next round, where the will face Marown A.
Maximum Points for Ballaugh O60’s
Ballaugh received a full house against Castletown B who were 1 player short.
All games were won to singles figures leaving an overall score of Ballaugh 126 V Castletown B 28 (6-0)
Castletown A also recorded a full sweep winning 126 V 56 Mooragh Park A (6-0) Sue Peach, Anne Oates and Kim Foy all won to single figures.
The closest game of the day was Peel Sunset 107 V 91 Douglas A (3-3) Shirley Corrin and Joyce Kelly both had single wins for the west side. As did Paula Garret for Douglas.
Other Results: Mooragh Park B 101 V 75 Port Erin B (4-2), Port Erin A 80 V 110 Nobles (2-4), Onchan A 68 V 116 Finch Hill (1-5),Port St Many A 77 V 117 Marown(1-5.
A couple of close games later in the week. The first being Port Erin B 84 V94 Peel Sunset (3-3) The other game was Douglas A 87 V 93 Onchan A (3-3) Douglas A were a player short so they had to give away a 0-21 game, But Paula Garrett scored a 21-1 win to keep the scores even.
Other Results: Marown 123 V 87 Ballaugh (5-1), Castletown B 106 V 89 Mooragh Park B (4-2), Nobles 99 V 124 Castletown A (1-5), Finch Hill 122 V 91 Port Erin A (4-2), Port St Mary A 94 V 106 South Ramsey (2-4)
Busy Week For Ladies Open Age League
Ladies open age league saw a couple of games that were postponed by the weather the week before played this week.
Mooragh Park 103 V 175 Marown A (2-7) Janet monk 21-13 and Madison McMullan 21-15 were the Park winners.
Castletown B 121 V 180 Peel Sunset (2-7) Debra Cooper came close to another win for the southside just losing 20-21 to Gill Clarke.
Castletown A 165 V 131 South Ramsey (6-3) Kath Kinley (Castletown A) and Elaine Moore (South Ramsey) both recorded 21-6 wins.
Marown B 175 V 107 Douglas (6-3) Celia Joughin, Joyce Ogden and Lil Smith all had single figure wins.
Marown A scored a maximum win at home against Peel Sunset 189 V 105 (9-0) Clare Cooper, Rebekah Kelly and Helen Withers all took single figure wins.
Castletown B hosted the castletown Derby with a much improved scoreline to their last derby. 78 V 187 (1-8) Linda Dawson for the B team taking a win off the A team 21-19.
Other Results: Douglas 107 V 171 Mooragh Park (2-7), Nobles 175 V 132 Port Erin (6-3), Port St Mary 143 V 163 Marown B (4-5), South Ramsey 172 V 118 Ballaugh (6-3),
Jenny Moore wins Jordan Cup at Nobles
Jordan Cup Winner 2023
Jenny MooreSaturday 22nd July saw the return of the Jordan Cup, kindly sponsored by Atla Group, at Nobles Bowling Club. The last time the competition was held was 2020, as drawn doubles. This year saw a return to its original singles format.
There were 21 entrants on what was expected to be a very miserable wet afternoon, however the weather held off and we only had minor drizzly outbursts towards the end of the afternoon.
The afternoon went well with the quarter final one, Kim Hargraves (South Ramsey) v Paula Firth (Nobles). Paula led for most of the match until the 18th end when Kim made a comeback to bring the score to 17 across. Paula then managed a 2 to bring the game to 19-17 but Kim held the pressure to take the game 21-19.
In the second quarter final it was point for point between Sue Gawne (Nobles) and Jenny Moore (South Ramsey) up until 15 across, then Jenny went up a gear to bring the game to 21-15.
The third quarter final saw newcomer Keri Hampson (Nobles) take on junior player Martha Butler (Marown). Martha took the lead early on to lead 16-6, when Keri started to get back in the game. After 22 ends Martha was at match point to Keri’s 15 but Keri held her head to eventually run out 21-20. This was her second 21-20 result of the day.
The last quarter final saw Tina Hampson (Nobles) take on mixed teammate Jayne Smith (Marown). Jayne was 17 -10 up after 17 ends but Tina started making a comeback to a 2 point deficit at 18-16. Jayne then took a 2 and a 1 to close out the game 21-16.
Semi-final 1 saw club mates Kim Hargraves and Jenny Moore take on each other with Jenny coming out on top 21-9.
The second semi-final saw Keri Hampson take on Jayne Smith. Up until today Keri hadn’t won a game before so she was pleased to have reached this far. Jayne took control of the game but Keri fought well with the game ending 21-5.
Jenny Moore and Jayne Smith were the finalists. The score after 27 ends was 19-18 to Jenny, with both players giving everything. It was Jenny who rolled out victorious with single points in the last 2 ends, making the final score 21-18.
The presentation party consisted of Tina Hampson Nobles Comp Sec, for Atla Lisa Bradshaw and Jamie McKenna Director of Atla Fiduciaries Limited. Nobles thanked the sponsors, everyone who attended and as always the measurers, markers and volunteers. It seems a great day was had by all.