LADIES OPEN AGE LEAGUE
Castletown A were on impressive form last Friday evening winning 8-1 (186-118) away to Douglas with four of their games being won to single figures. Sole winner for Douglas was Harley Garrett who won to 18 against Hilary Kermode whilst Harley’s Mum, Paula, nearly claimed another win for the home side when she lost to 20 against Jenny Saunders. Two other close games resulted in a 21-19 win for Alison Kearsley and a 21-18 win for Anne Oates. Marown A also had a good 6-3 away win (177-147) to Ballaugh A, keeping them in touching distance of the Castletown A ladies. All games in this match went into double figures with the three lowest winning scores were 21-14 wins for Crosby ladies Lyn Bolton, Lynda Cadamy and Zoe Pearson. Three winners for Ballaugh were Alison Quaggan who won 21-20 against Clare Cooper, Rose Waterworth who won to 14 against Rebekah Kelly and Michele Cubbon who won to 17 against Philippa Taylor. Another relatively high scoring match was by Marown B who won 6-3 (172-148) at home against Ballaugh B. The only player to win to single figures was Crosby’s Lil Smith who won to 3. Three winners for Ballaugh were Natalie Cubbon who won to 19, Elaine Fenton who won to 10 and Gail Curphey who after a tussle with Lillie Barrett eventually won 21-17. Another tough game resulted in a 21-20 win for Marown’s Lisa Pugh against Alison Millard. South Ramsey put in a solid home performance winning 7-2 (169-128) against Breagle Glen A. Lauren Groen and Fiona Kennish for the south ladies, plus Trish Bull for the visitors all won to single figures. The other winner for Breagle was Margaret Tasker who won to 13 against Joyce Ogden. Closest game of the match saw Kim Hargraves just get over the line 21-19 against Alison Stockham. Nobles travelled to Breagle Glen B coming away with a 5-4 win (149-136). Erin-Rose Woodward and Voirrey Curphey for Breagle, plus Joanne Kelly and Keri Hampson for the Nobles ladies all won to single figures. Three closest games saw Belinda Barnfather for Nobles win to 15 against Elaine Hawkins with Pauline Worrall and Jacqui Elliott for the home team both winning to 14 against Margaret Swindlehurst and Liz Vipond. The previous evening Mooragh Park made their way to Castletown B coming away with a solid 7-2 win (174-139) with Janet Monk for the visitors being the only player to win to single figures. Two winners for the Town ladies were Susan Kerruish who won to 11 against Katie Johnson and Marie Ashurst who won to 16 against Grayce Blencoe. Mooragh’s Deborah Taylor and Shannon McMullan both had nip and tuck games before winning to 19 against Judith Moore and Barbara Young.