Isle of Man County Crown Green Bowling Association

A superb entry of 40 pairs took part in the inaugural Breagle Glen Cup on Sunday. Following the merger of Port Erin & Port St Mary Bowling Clubs to form Breagle Glen Bowling Club the future is now certain; this allows the club to move forward together. The club members have put in a great deal of work over the winter to improve the bowling surface, which was running well, along with improvements made to the surrounds to paint the benches to the clubs’ new colours with flags also brightening the place up.

Losing out at the quarter final stage were Jayne Smith and Walter McCarthy (Marown) to Ballaugh’s Louise and Nigel Tebay (19-21), the last of the home greeners Jean and Bernard Thackrah to Debbie Leece and Neil Withers (Marown) 8-21. In the other half of the draw Lyn Bolton and Peter Jones were defeated 13-21 by Jenny Moore and James Teare (South Ramsey), whilst another South Ramsey pair Kim & Glynn Hargraves beat Ros Cannon and James Drinkwater 21-9.

The first semi-final saw Leece and Wither the first pair to progress to the final with a 21-14 win over Louise and Nigel Tebay, whilst Moore and Teare recovered from a deficit to edge through to the final with a 21-20 over clubmates Kim & Glynn.

The final was a low scoring affair, with Leece and Withers taking the biggest lead of the game at 19-16. A double and a single levelled the game up for the fifth time in the game to show how tight the game was. On the following end Moore and Teare were counting two for game, Withers played a reaching bowling and slightly fortuitously came off a short bowl and managed to save one and the game to put the score at 20-19. On the following end Moore and Teare were counting one for game with Withers playing a superb round peg reaching bowl to hit the jack full onto the counting bowl which knocked it off the green to leave the Marown pair counting. With the score 20-20 it went to a deciding end

The presentation was made by Steve Durcan, who thanked the club members for their support on the day, all the work carried out over the winter, the greenkeeper Bernie Durcan and his team for preparing the green, competition secretary Angie Bennett assisted by Chris Holland, and David Inch for providing the refreshments throughout the day. The prizes were presented by Club President Seamus Whelan.