Pre-Christmas round-up

Two round robins brought the pre-Christmas programme to a finish in the Manx Petroleum sponsored Outdoor Winter Bowling Club and at the second event the tombola winning numbers were announced.

A smaller than usual gang of 31 attended the midweek session on Wednesday, December 20 which was separated into two groups.

Emerging as winners in the triples were Peter Kelly, Derek Allen and Sefton Dent, with the runners-up spot going to Derek Cadamy, Erwin Gelling and Doug Allan.

This while the pairing of Steve Parker and Nigel Thomas won the black jack set ahead of Elaine Moore and Ken Karran.

Saturday’s session was played as doubles with the winners being Marg Tasker and Alan Moore, along with Bryan Corner and Lynda Cadamy.

Second positions went to Glynn Hargraves and Ken Karran; also Kim Hargraves and Caroline Whitehead, whilst in third were Stefan Kelly and Sefton Dent, and Derek Allen and Alec Taylor.

This Saturday, December 30 a set of fixtures postponed due to snow on December 9 will be held and will involve three of the leading four teams.

A New Year’s Eve round robin will complete the 2017 activities the following day.