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Ladies Open Age League
Port St Mary 112 V 164 Castletown A (4-5) The strong Castletown side winning 4 of the games to single figures, and losing only 2 of the games to just 21-20, meant that they still produced a good 164 points for a good match win.
Marown B 151 V 133 Mooragh Park (5-4) A close call for both sides, with a couple of single figures wins the Marown B side just taking a few more points to secure them the win.
Nobles 117 V 170 Marown A (3-6) The visitors just managed to take a few single-figure wins to keep them out of Noble’s reach. Marilyn Ellison, Tina Hampson and Sue Gawne all took wins for Nobles.
South Ramsey 188 V 132 Port Erin (8-1) A great win for the Ramsey side only 1 point off a maximum score. The Port Erin side came close with two 21-19 loses and a 21-20 and 21-17.
Douglas 131 V 150 Ballagh (4-5) Another close game, with both teams winning 3 games to single figures. Jane Lothian (Douglas) 21-20 just held off Cath Harvey (Ballagh).
Friday 14th saw only Peel Sunset prepared to play in the torrential rain, much to Nobles surprise. All the other games were called off due to green unable to be played on. So the rest of us were tucked up cosy with our feet up and no doubt a glass or two of something. Nobles seemed to like the heavy watered green winning 6 of their games to single figures. Peel Sunset 84 V 175 Nobles (2-7)
Jean Kelly Knockout Prelim
Port St Mary (+44) 175 V 200 Marown B (+58)
Port St Mary hosted the first prelim game. The Marown B team ended up being just to strong for them. Jo Corkill (Marown) found her confidence with a butal 21-8 win. Both teams had a couple of single figure wins. But even without the +14 advantage Marown push on to the Quarter Final round where they will face an away game at Castletown B.
Busy week for Over 60’s Ladies
Onchan A played Mooragh Park A, winning 4-2 and by just 2 points 105-103. Mooragh Park had 3 close games at 17,18 and 19.
Peel Sunset had a good win over Nobles 106 V 96 (4-2) with Shirley Corrin (Peel) and Dee Lewis (Nobles) both winning their games 21-6. Libby Andrade came a close second after just losing out to Peels Mary Moffett 21-20
Port St Mary A travelled across to Castletown B to draw on games, but take the win 90-105.(3-3)
Mooragh Park B Struggled this week at home to Finch Hill 65 V 117 (1-5). Gillian Malpass was the only Northern side to win 21-12.
Ballagh 120 V 88 Douglas A (4-2) Douglas A winners Kay McKierman 21-19 and Pauline Cowley 21-17 just stopped the Ballagh sie picking up a full house.
Marown hosted Port Erin B winning 3 of the games to single figures. Kay Primrose-Smith 21-17 and Gwen Tuck 21-20 put Marowns chances of a full house to a halt. 121 V 75 (4-2)
South Ramsey travelled the coast to Port Erin A 89 V 115 (3-3) which finished level on games, with 2 close 21-20 games and South Ramsey taking the win on points.
On the second games of the week. Nobles produced some good single figure wins to take the match against Onchan A 122 V 51 (5-1) Maureen Payne was Onchans lone winner 21-17.
Mooragh Park A 116 V 69 Port Erin A (5-1)The Ramsey side were on top form winning 2 of the games to single figures. The Southsides only winner was Pauline Worrall 21-11.
Port Erin B 70 V 115 Ballaugh (2-4) Rose Watterson 21-2 and Barbara Graham 21-4 both had great wins for the Ballaugh Side. Port Erin B winners were Kay Primrose-Smith 21-18 and Gwen Tuck 21-13.
Finch Hill 86 V 111 Peel Sunset (2-4) Mary Moffatt 21-2 and Joyce Kelly 21-7 are showing their experience and played some fantastic bowls on the away green.
South Ramsey 85 V 109 Castletown A (2-4) this was a match pretty even on games with the exception of Castletowns Hillary Kermode 21-7 and Kath Kinley 21-4 wins.
Castletown B 97 V 115 Marown (2-4) The Castletown green played its usual home advantage and Marown struggled to take the usual easy win and had to dig deep to win this one. Full credit to Castletown B who pushed hard to gain all the points that they did.
Douglas A 116 V 50 Mooragh Park B (5-1) Douglas A were on fire in this game, winning 3 of the games 21-5 and Sue McCourt also taking a 21-3 win. Chris Simms for the Ramsey side won her game 21.11.
Madison McMullan wins Junior Girls Merit Title
Junior Merit Finalists
Lola Tebay (Runner Up), Maddison McMullan (Winner)On Saturday 15th July the Junior Girls Merit took place at Douglas Bowling Club.
With an entry of 12 the format was 2 groups of 6 played in a round robin format, with the winners of each group playing the final.
Group 1 saw Aalish Moore, Emily Jacobs, Katie Jacobs, Madison McMullan, Lacey McMullan and Erin Quayle. With Katie and Madison both only losing 1 game it was then left to decide on chalk difference that Madison would go through to the final.
Group 2 saw Lola Tebay, Bailey McMullan, Grace Gawne, Graiagh Smith, Olivia Johnson and Grayse Blencoe. Lola was the clear winner of this group and she won all of her games to see her go through to the final.
The Final began with Lola and Madison. Madison took control of this game and Lola just couldn’t get inside. Which left Madison winner 11-1 to take the junior girls Merit title.
The presentation was made by the Ladies association where Douglas Bowling Club were thanked for hosting the event. All of the competitors received some goodies and winner Madison and runner up Lola received their prizes.
Rayner Finals Line-ups Decided
All four semi-finals of the Plumbmaster Rayner Shield & Rayner Plate competitions took place on Thursday evening.
In the Rayner Shield Marown C hosted North Ramsey A at Crosby, with the visitors’ favourites based on league position of the teams and the Mooragh men comfortably beating the Crosby men 9-1 recently albeit with home advantage. This time round Marown made home advantage count as they secured a 4-4 draw on games with the match then being decided on chalks as the home team reached their first ever Rayner Shield final as they won by 10 chalks (146-136).
Two single figure wins for the home team were ultimately the difference as captain Stevie Rundle led the way with a 21-9 win over Allan Callow, whilst Sam Clague won 21-7 against Steven Waters. Also winning for the home team were the Kelly brothers as Tom beat Gary Merrill 21-16, whilst younger sibling Kevin won 21-20 against Jimmy Moffatt. For the visitors Paul Allison beat Jamie Joughin 21-8, Steve Walmsley won 21-15 against Peter Kelly. Rob Monk had to work hard for his 21-19 victory over Dan Smith, whilst John Cannan edged his game with Steve Rough 21-20.
In the other semi-final fixture Onchan A hosted South Ramsey A, with the visitors booking their place in the final with a 2-6 (116-160) win on the night. Two 21-3 wins for the Ramsey men from John Kennish and David Bradford ultimately meant they had to win two more games, unless they suffered heavy defeats themselves, however the visitors went on to win four more games as Bob Clark beat Reg Temporaza 21-18, a result matched by Peter Collister against Will Penhallurick, Jordan Cain won 21-17 against Matthew Quirk, whilst South Ramsey captain Glynn Hargraves beat Phil Kerruish 21-15. For Onchan Kevin Quirk had to dig deep for his 21-19 win over Stefan Kelly, whilst Onchan captain Peter Slinger won 21-15 against Alan Moore.
The Plumbmaster Rayner Shield final will be held on Friday 4th August between Marown C and South Ramsey A with the venue to be confirmed.
The Rayner Plate semi-final between Peel B (+20) and Marown B (+15) in the Sunset City was finely balanced with the home team holding just a five chalk start on the night. The match result on games ended 4-4, however the result in the Plate is decided purely on chalks as the home team won by just six chalks (160-154).
For the home team Dewi Bartlett beat Walter McCarthy 21-14, Dougie Allan secured a fine 21-9 victory over Harry Barton, whilst Peel captain Paul Quirk won 21-15 against Karl Parker. For the visitors Brian Kelly beat Rob Middleton 21-17, Matthew Keggen won 21-16 against Dave Smith, Darren Kerruish got the better of Geoff Rice 21-12, whilst Juan Killip claimed a comfortable 21-11 win over Andy Mackie.
The match came down to the final game on the green between Mick Kavanagh and John Kelly with the score at 19-16 to the Peel man, Kavanagh became the unlikely hero on the night as he secured the win for Peel without the handicap coming into play. In very unusual circumstances Kavanagh was counting for one with all three bowls played close to the jack when his teammates informed him to carry his second bowl up as it would secure the win, however Kavanagh wanted to score another for game. After a bit of discussion Kavanagh did indeed carry his second bowl up to secure their passage to the final before going on to claim a 21-17 victory against Kelly to seal the result.
First Division side South Ramsey B (+25) were drawn at home to second division team Ballaugh A (+45), despite the home team winning 5-3 on games they weren’t able to claw back the 20 chalk deficit that they had to make up as they lost by 13 chalks (166-179).
For the home team Tony Dugdale beat Nigel Tebay 21-12, Tony Hart and Ben Dugdale won 21-14 against Phil Quayle and Mike Spooner respectively, Eddie Carlyle beat Gordie Moore 21-11, whilst Christian Caley edged his game with Tony Quine 21-20. For the visitors all three wins were comfortable which helped their cause securing the chalks and their place in the final as John Maddrell proved he is still a tough opponent with his 21-10 win over Toby Hart, whilst Patrick Grant and John Keenan won their games 21-13 against Austin Hart and Bryan Corner respectively.
The Plumbmaster Rayner Plate final will be held on Friday 11th August between Peel B and Ballaugh A with the venue to be confirmed.
League Bowls
There was some disruption to matches scheduled to be played in Canada Life International League on Monday evening due to heavy rain this resulted in several matches being postponed.
In Division One, Marown A went ahead with their fixture at home to South Ramsey B as they claimed a routine 9-1 victory. Five games were won to single figures by Paul Dunn, Neil Withers, Colin Kelly, John Gelling with Peter Jones the biggest winner as he won 21-1 against Tony Hart. The lone winner for the Ramsey men was Toby Hart who won 21-19 against Phil Kelly, whilst Ben Dugdale came next closest to picking up a point as he lost 18-21 to Glenn Boland.
A very heavy Castletown green resulted in their A team winning 6-4 against Marown B, with Nathan Cooil and Jordan Drewett losing out 20-21 to Walter McCarthy and Harry Barton respectively, Chris Lever was beaten 19-21 by John Kelly as the home team missed out on picking up a further three points. For the home team Ian Watson edged home 21-20 against Matthew Keggen, with the other three wins being comfortable. The win lifts Castletown off the bottom of the league and into safety in 10th place.
Peel B won’t have been too unhappy with their 4-6 home defeat as they took four wins on the night. Three close wins were claimed by the Peel men as Michael Kavanagh beat Jamie Clague 21-17, Dougie Allan beat Mike Thomas 21-18, with teammate Dewi Bartlett winning to the same score against Neil Dunwell. For Onchan Reg Temporaza won comfortably 21-8 against Andy Mackie, whilst Kevin Quirk beat Geoff Rice 21-17, whilst Matthew Quirk beat Rob Middleton to the same score.
Marown C suffered a 3-7 home defeat to Peel A, with Stevie Kelly making his return to the fold with a 21-11 win over Jamie Joughin, whilst another man to return to the fold Peter Greenlees won 21-17 against Steve Rough. For the Crosby men Sam Clague beat Pip Pemberton 21-11, Tom Kelly won 21-17 against former teammate George Gadsby, whilst Kevin Kelly held off David Proctor 21-18.
Douglas A rearranged their home fixture with North Ramsey A to Friday, with the weather not much better than Monday evening when the fixture was originally due to be played. The home team did however manage to take a 7-3 win, edging the aggregate by just four chalks (143-139). For the Villa men captain Mervin Sayle held off Steven Waters 21-18, Ian Moore beat Gary Merrill 21-16, whilst Stuart Garrett stepped up to the A Team to defeat Allan Callow 21-19. For the visitors Rob Monk beat Andy Cannell 21-15, Steve Walmsley had a comfortable 21-14 win over Keith Rise, whilst Paul Allison was the best winner on the night as be won 21-9 against Jimmy Sansom.
South Ramsey A rearranged their home fixture with Port St Mary A to Wednesday 19th July.
In Division Two Finch Hill A hit 100 points for the season as they came away from South Ramsey C with a 3-7 win. Winning for the home team were David Corkill, Paul Routledge and Richard Davies. For the visitors Stephen Oates was only winner to single figures as he beat Tony Marler 21-9, whilst the other four wins were comfortable.
Ballaugh A slipped to a 3-7 away defeat to Onchan B, as captain Philip Quayle was beaten 20-21 by Roy Corlett, Mike Spooner won 21-10 against Mark Kelly, John Keenan beat Paul Callister 21-16, whilst Nigel Tebay won 21-18 against Neil Richmond. The other four wins were comfortable for the home team with Colin Spence beating Steve Grant 21-10 and Steve Parker winning 21-13 against Richard Hainge.
North Ramsey B won 7-3 at home to Douglas B despite suffering two heavy defeats with Paddy Murphy beating Adam Greenwood 21-8, David Pease won 21-9 against Joe Kneale. Nick Firth picked up the third win for the Villa men as he edged home 21-20 against Tony Smart, with the home team claiming a win to the same score as John Corteen beat William Cowley. Lee Christian was the only winner to single figures for the Mooragh men as he beat Geoff Mayles 21-8.
Peel C had a good week as they beat Onchan C 9-1 at home, with Neil Taylor preventing the whitewash with his 21-14 win over David Allwood. Four single figures wins for Peel kept the visitors down to just 86 chalks.
Port Erin A were due to be at home to Nobles A, however the fixture did not go ahead, with a new date to be agreed.
In Division Three a better evening of weather was enjoyed by bowlers as Port St Mary B hit top spot on 95 points as they came away from Finch Hill B with a 2-8 win.
Noble’s D sit in third place on 88 points following their 8-2 home win over Peel D, whilst Noble’s C continue to tick along nicely as they beat Port Erin B 3-7 at Breagle Glen.
Douglas C & D faced off at the Villa with the higher ranked team winning 8-2. Marown D had a positive result away to Ballaugh C with the visitors coming away with a 2-8 victory.
Ballaugh B sit joint top on 95 points as they beat South Ramsey D 7-3 at home on Thursday evening in their fixture which was due to be played on Monday, as this fell victim to the weather.
South Ramsey take Highest score of night in Ladies Open Age League
On an extremely wet night Peel Sunset hosted South Ramsey 100 V 181 (1-8) with Joyce Kelly taking the homesides only win 21-13.
Mooragh Park fought hard against the visitors Nobles 123 V 156 (3-6) with the McMullan sisters Madison and Bailey both winning by single figures.
Marown A welcomed Castletown B 174 V 97 (8-1) Linda Dawson took the only win for Castletown 21-6.
Marowns B team ventured to Ballagh, Where the strong Ballagh side took the game 166 V 128 (5-4)
Port Erin played Port St Mary 132 V 168 (4-5) 4 of Port St Mary wins were to single figures with Trish Bull taking the 5th 21-19.
Castletown A 178 V 108 Douglas (7-2) The Douglas side will be happy taking 2 games off the Southside on their home green. Jane Lothian 21-14 and Graiagh Smith 21-17.
Maximum points for Nobles Over 60’s
Nobles hosted Mooragh Park B and happily took maximum points 126 V 40 (6-0) Mooraghs Chris Simms came the closest to taking a game, just losing out to 17.
Finch Hill also took maximum points against Castletown B 126 V 60 (6-0) with Jan Osborne, Brenda Williams and Mary O’Conner all winning by single figures.
Results: Port Erin B 121 V 92 Castletown B (5-1), South Ramsey 120 V 80 Onchan A (4-2), Finch Hill 122 V 92 Ballagh (5-1), Douglas A 82 V 121 Marown (3-3), Castletown A 110 V 86 Port St Mary A (4-2).
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)
Marown Over 60’s stretch their top of the table lead
Marown took a trip to Nobles on 27th June, and played their usual fine form. Take the games 5-1 and only drop 1 point. Jane Robinson secured Nobles’ only win 21-20. Nobles 68- 125 Marown.
In second spot on the table saw Castletown A 126 V 44 Onchan(6-0) . Castletown Played a perfect home green taking maximum points. Winning 4 of the games to single figures.
In current third and fourth place on the table saw South Ramsey take on Mooragh B team 126 v 40 (6-0) and winning to maximum points keeps them in reach of Mooragh A.
Mooragh A welcomed the strong Ballaugh team where Ballagh took the games 2-4. Janet Monk (Mooragh Park) and teammate Janice Pilling both won by single figures. This gave Mooragh Park A the win 105 v 93
Port Erin A 113 v 101 Port St Mary A(3-3, Douglas A v Port Erin B (4-2)
No maximum points on the second games of the week. Castletown B hosted Douglas A with Sheila Preston Taking Castletowns only win 21-2. Castletown B 73 V 107 Douglas B (1-5).
It was the Mooragh Park derby with the B team hosting. Mary Bruce (Mooragh Park B) took a 21-11 win. But with the A team on top form and Janice Pilling securing a 21-0 win, the final score went to the A team. Mooragh Park B 52 V 116 Mooragh Park A (1-5).
Ballaugh 101 V 92 Nobles (3-3), Marown 121 V 52 Finch Hill (5-1), Peel Sunset 76 V 105 South Ramsey (3-3), Port Erin A 87 V 121 Castletown A (2-4).
On Friday 30th Mooragh Park A 97 V 79 Peel Sunset (4-2) Not many points were achieved in this game. For the Park side again Janet Monk and Janice Pilling won to single points. As did Sue Jones and Joyce Kelly for Peel Sunset.
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)