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Weekend Roundup

Jim Kernan Winners 2015

L-R David Bradford, Matthew Keggen, Jordan Cain, Peter Slinger

Roundup of the three opens contested this weekend.

On Saturday in the ladies singles at Ballaugh Margaret Tasker came through a tough field to win the Pearl Kaighin beating Philippa Fletcher 21-9 in the final.

In the Mens Singles at Marown Rob Monk won his maiden singles open beating Ian Moore 21-10 to clinch the Henry Kissack Memorial Trophy.

On Sunday 12 teams took part in the Jim Kernan.  Each team consisted of four players two playing singles and the others competing in a doubles with the winner of each match decided on total chalks.  The final turned out to be an all Onchan affair with David Bradford beating Glynn Hargraves 21-13.  Jordan Cain beating Matthew Quirk 21-17 and Matthew Keggen & Peter Slinger beating Phil Kerruish & Kevin Quirk 21-11 meaning an overall victory of 63-41 for Cain, Bradford, Keggen and Slinger.

Robert Monk
Robert Monk
Margaret Tasker
Margaret Tasker

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Rayner Shield / Plate Draws

Rayner Shield Winners 2014

Back Row (L-R): Mike Cain, Stuart Clague, Phil Kelly, John Gelling, Peter Kelly
Front Row (L-R): Neil Withers, Ian Kissack (Captain), Dean Kipling, Colin Kelly

The Rayner Shield (Last 16) and Plate (Prelim & Last 16) draws have been made and are available using the links below.

Click here for Shield Fixtures
Click here for Plate Fixtures

The Prelim round of the Plate is due to be played this week with the last 16 of both competitions in May

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Welcome to the New Website

Welcome to the new Isle of Man Bowls Website.

The relaunch is a major overhaul of the original site with a fresh new look and some new brand new features.

  • A new system has been developed from the ground up to store the bowls results which will allow a centralised area for all bowls results now and in the future
  • All league and cup games played since 2012 have been re-imported to include all individual games played.
  • From the League and Merit tables you can now click your team or a player and see their results for the season and also their historical results
  • As before on the night the match score will be available on the website
  • 1-2 days later the individual game results will be imported once results are received and verified
  • As these games are imported the merits and player history pages are immediately updated

As well as these new features further enhancements will be released in the near future

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John & Fiona Kennish win Kenny Parker Rosebowl

A total of 30 pairs came together at South Ramsey’s green on Sunday to battle for the Kenny Parker Any Combination Doubles Rosebowl.

The competition was run by North Ramsey but had been switched from the Mooragh Park to allow the green there more time to recover from the extensive work that has been undertaken over the winter.
While a persistent mist lingered all day it did at least remain dry allowing for some competitive bowling on a green that was running well. In the end the final was an all South Ramsey family affair with John and Fiona Kennish triumphing 21 – 15 over Andy Kennish and Alan Moore in a closely fought final.

Losing out in the semis were the North Ramsey pairng ofSteve Parker and Steve Walmsley along with LynBolton from South Ramsey and Trevor Quayle from Port St Mary. Fallers at the quarter final stage were T & P Collins, A & P Taylor, F Watson and J Surridge and S Kelly and M Kneen.

At the end of a good day’s bowling Kenny’s son Steve presented the trophy to the winners, thanking all those who had helped to organise the day and giving particular thanks to South Ramsey for making their green available for the running of the competition and for providing the catering.

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2015 Fixtures

All 2015 league and cup fixtures for Mens/Ladies Night League & Over 60s are now available on the website.

Anyone wishing to download these to assist with Club Fixture Books or another requirement can do using the links below.  All files are in Excel format.

Download -> 2015 Fixtures Men Night League
Download -> 2015 Fixtures Men Over 60s
Download -> 2015 Fixtures Ladies Night League
Download -> 2015 Fixtures Ladies Over 60s

We are still awaiting details of Club Contacts and Opens which will be published at a later date.

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RH Green Fours

18 Pairs entered the last Open of the 2014 Season – The R.H. Green Fours (Men’s Doubles) which was held at Finch Hill Green on Sunday 28th September, on a pleasant sunny afternoon.

Some well known names did not progress beyond the first two rounds, which made the competition all the more interesting!

The semi – finals consisted of four pairs who had been on sparkling form all afternoon, with Mark Moorley and Jeff Kinley pitted against Dave ( Barney) Kelly and Bob Clark. Which resulted in a 21 – 15 win for Kelly and Clark.

The other semi was an all home green affair – Steve Bridson and Paul Doughterty versus Mervyn Sayle and Keith Fearnley. The result was 21 – 13 in favour of Bridson and Doughterty.
The final was between Dave ( Barney ) Kelly and Bob Clark versus Steve Bridson and Paul Doughterty.

Steve and Paul did not continue their earlier form and had no answer to the extremely accurate long marks set by Barney and Bob who were most certainly worthy winners.

The Prizes and Cup were presented by long time Finch Hill Official Eric Cain.

Report by Peter Hughes

RH Green Fours Finalists 2014

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Over 60s Men :: Castletown A Champions

Castletown A have retained their status of Over 60s Mens Champions following a 5-3 win over their nearest rivals Port St Mary A ending their title challenge with 3 games to go.

It is still all to play for for runner up with only 3 points seperating the next 5 teams.

Castletown have now won the league for 6 consecutive seasons, this latest victory being their 9th overall.

Current League Standings
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Point Deductions – Game 15

Please be aware that the following point deductions have been made to the league tables following game 15.

South Ramsey C have received a 4 point penalty for playing an ineligible player.  Match result altered to a 7-3 (135-121) win for North Ramsey C

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