MAROWN LADIES RETAIN MIILLENNIUM FOURS TITLE
The Ladies Association Millennium Fours competition was held on Sunday on Nobles Park No.1 green in mainly fine, but somewhat blustery at times. The competition attracted an entry of 15 teams of four with the format being two singles and a doubles, 15 off scratch.
Getting through to the semi-finals were : Fiona Kennish , Kim Hargraves, Jenny Moore and Rebecca Teare (South Ramsey/Castletown); Lynda Cadamy, Philippa Taylor, Lyn Bolton and Sue Gawne (Marown/Nobles); Clare Cooper, Jayne Smith, Debbie Leece and Louise Tebay (Marown), and Rose Waterworth, Caroline Parker, Michele Cubbon and Julie Reilly (Ballaugh).
Semi-finals : The first semi was between South Ramsey/Castletown v Marown/Nobles. This was an extremely good match. First game pitted Kim against Philippa. Philippa started off the strongest leading 9-3 on the 7th end and although Kim responded well, Philippa ran out to win 15-11. Second game saw Fiona take on Lyn and with some good lead bowls, Fiona led 10-7 on the 11th end and despite Lyn scoring another two points, Fiona ran out to win 15-9. Doubles game saw Jenny and Rebecca take on Sue and Lynda. Jenny and Rebecca started off strong leading 14-7 on the 14th end, but Sue and Lynda dug deep taking the next four ends to make the score 14 across. Final end saw Jenny and Rebecca get the point needed to win 15-14. Final points : 41-38 to the South/Castletown team. The second semi was between Marown v Ballaugh. This match was a little more one-sided. Doubles game pitted Debbie and Jayne against Caroline and Rose. Unfortunately for the Ballaugh pairing, Debbie and Jayne were on devastating form winning 15-0. Second game was between Louise and Julie and on the 12th end Louise led 10-5. This lead was good enough for Louise to take the win 15-7. Last game of this semi was between Clare and Michele. Michele started off the strongest leading 13-6 on the 14th end and despite Clare claiming doubles on the next two ends, Michele’s lead carried her through to win 13-10. Final points : 40-22 to the Marown team.
Final : South Ramsey/Castletown v Marown. The first game of the final saw Kim play Jayne. This game was initially evenly matched with Jayne leading by one chalk (5-4) on 7th end. From this point, Jayne upped her game and despite Kim scoring another four points, Jayne ran out to win 15-8. Second game was between Fiona and Louise. Unfortunately for Fiona, Louise was on exceptional form from the start and despite Fiona’s best effort, Louise won 15-4. The third game was the doubles between Jenny/Rebecca and Clare/Debbie. This was an evenly contested game with the lead changing several times with the score level at 13 across on 18th end. With two good bowls on the following end, Jenny and Rebecca took the win 15-13 . Final points : 43-27 to the Marown four.
Many congratulations to Clare, Jayne, Debbie and Louise on their well deserved win and thanks to all the competitors for taking part and treating the spectators and supporters to some exceptional bowling. Thanks must also go to Clare Cooper and Jenny Moore (competition committee) for the smooth running of the competition and to Nobles Park for hosting the event.