Ladies’ League Friday 8 August
The games were more evenly matched on Friday night with two of the contests ending with nine points between the two teams. At Douglas the home team were 6-3 ahead on games but wins to single figures by the three Purt le Moirrey winners gave the visitors the nine point advantage. League leaders Port St Mary had the better of South Ramsey 5-4, in a low scoring match, with two wins, and two losses, to single figures. Marown were successful on their travels winning 7-2 against Onchan. However Eileen Thomas and Libby Andrade with good single figure wins kept their visitors’ score down. Peel Sunset completed a successful week with a 6-3 win at Noble’s Mixed, the three winners for the home side being Sylvia Kennaugh, Josie Harding and Paula Firth who won to single figures. Port Erin were the night’s top scorers, winning seven of their nine games. The two winners for Ballaugh were Jenny Maddrell and Jane Teare who came through 21-19 against Sylvia Maddrell, while Christine Macdonald almost gave them a third game, reaching 20 against Phil Dobson.