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Rayner Shield/Plate Quarter Final Draw

Rayner Shield Winners 2016 - South Ramsey A

Back: Alan Moore, John Kennish, Peter Collister, Chas Grills
Front: David Bradford, Gary Conwell, Dave Kelly, Glynn Hargraves

Finch Hill B (2026)

Division 2 (Sponsored by Ventosus)

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PosTeamPldWDLPtsForm
3Castletown B11002
4Finch Hill B11002
5Breagle Glen C11002
PosPlayerTeamPWLW/OCFCAAv. LostAv. All
3Peter SmithFinch Hill B110021121.0020.00
9Peter WoodsFinch Hill B110021621.0015.00
13Jeff CrellinFinch Hill B110021721.0014.00
16Arthur HalsallFinch Hill B1100211021.0011.00
=Stewart CubbonFinch Hill B1100211021.0011.00
68Patrick DelaneyFinch Hill B1010172117.00-4.00
93John SmithFinch Hill B1010102110.00-11.00
105Chris BrayFinch Hill B10105215.00-16.00
DateMatch #HomeScoreAway
1Finch Hill B5-3(137-97)South Ramsey C
2

Venue: Nobles 2

Nobles B-:-Finch Hill B
3Finch Hill B-:-North Ramsey C
4Marown B-:-Finch Hill B
5Peel Sunset C-:-Finch Hill B
6Finch Hill B-:-Ballaugh B
7Breagle Glen C-:-Finch Hill B
8Finch Hill B-:-Castletown B
9Peel Sunset B-:-Finch Hill B
10Finch Hill B-:-Onchan C
11Douglas B-:-Finch Hill B
12Finch Hill B-:-Ballaugh C
13North Ramsey B-:-Finch Hill B
14South Ramsey C-:-Finch Hill B
15Finch Hill B-:-Nobles B
16North Ramsey C-:-Finch Hill B
17Finch Hill B-:-Marown B
18Finch Hill B-:-Peel Sunset C
19Ballaugh B-:-Finch Hill B
20Finch Hill B-:-Breagle Glen C
21Castletown B-:-Finch Hill B
22Finch Hill B-:-Peel Sunset B
23Onchan C-:-Finch Hill B
24Finch Hill B-:-Douglas B
25Ballaugh C-:-Finch Hill B
26Finch Hill B-:-North Ramsey B

Finch Hill B (2026)

Division 2 (Sponsored by Ventosus)

View Full Team History
PosTeamPldWDLPtsForm
3Castletown B11002
4Finch Hill B11002
5Breagle Glen C11002
PosPlayerTeamPWLW/OCFCAAv. LostAv. All
3Peter SmithFinch Hill B110021121.0020.00
9Peter WoodsFinch Hill B110021621.0015.00
13Jeff CrellinFinch Hill B110021721.0014.00
16Arthur HalsallFinch Hill B1100211021.0011.00
=Stewart CubbonFinch Hill B1100211021.0011.00
68Patrick DelaneyFinch Hill B1010172117.00-4.00
93John SmithFinch Hill B1010102110.00-11.00
105Chris BrayFinch Hill B10105215.00-16.00
DateMatch #HomeScoreAway
1Finch Hill B5-3(137-97)South Ramsey C
2

Venue: Nobles 2

Nobles B-:-Finch Hill B
3Finch Hill B-:-North Ramsey C
4Marown B-:-Finch Hill B
5Peel Sunset C-:-Finch Hill B
6Finch Hill B-:-Ballaugh B
7Breagle Glen C-:-Finch Hill B
8Finch Hill B-:-Castletown B
9Peel Sunset B-:-Finch Hill B
10Finch Hill B-:-Onchan C
11Douglas B-:-Finch Hill B
12Finch Hill B-:-Ballaugh C
13North Ramsey B-:-Finch Hill B
14South Ramsey C-:-Finch Hill B
15Finch Hill B-:-Nobles B
16North Ramsey C-:-Finch Hill B
17Finch Hill B-:-Marown B
18Finch Hill B-:-Peel Sunset C
19Ballaugh B-:-Finch Hill B
20Finch Hill B-:-Breagle Glen C
21Castletown B-:-Finch Hill B
22Finch Hill B-:-Peel Sunset B
23Onchan C-:-Finch Hill B
24Finch Hill B-:-Douglas B
25Ballaugh C-:-Finch Hill B
26Finch Hill B-:-North Ramsey B

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Recap :: Mens Manx Championship

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Draw & Results

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Competition Changes – New Mixed Doubles This Sunday

This Sunday 23rd Peel will host a Mixed Doubles Competition – The Lancaster Cup.

This replaces the South Ramsey team competition which has been moved to September due to their facilities not being ready in time to hold the competition.

It is short notice so we are relying on word of mouth as much as anything to get entries so please pass word around your club.

Please support this new competition. To enter simply follow the link below to the website or email Phil Parker [email protected]

Enter Lancaster Cup

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Rayner Shield / Plate

Rayner Shield Winners 2016 - South Ramsey A

Back: Alan Moore, John Kennish, Peter Collister, Chas Grills
Front: David Bradford, Gary Conwell, Dave Kelly, Glynn Hargraves

Unfortunately two teams fielded 5 players in their shield match – there is a minimum of 6 – so those teams are ineligible to play in the Plate competition.

As a result we had to re-draw the competition so please pass word around to the captains that the fixtures in the book are incorrect and the website has the correct fixtures from this point forward.

There are now only 16 teams in the Plate so no prelim round required.

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IOMCCGBA withdraw from the County Championship

County In Doubt

It is with deep regret that, following last night’s emergency meeting of the IOM County Management Committee, it has been decided that the Isle of Man will not be able to fulfil its fixtures in the Crosfield Cup this season.

This decision was reached with a heavy heart and after a lot of soul searching. However, it was felt that, given the overwhelming increase in our costs that the collapse of Citywing brought about at such short notice (just 3 weeks ago), to proceed with the fixtures could jeopardise the financial stability of the county association and this was a risk that the committee felt they could not take.

We are immediately looking into alternative plans for the IOMCCGBA’s participation in the Crosfield Cup 2018, which will hopefully be cost effective and sustainable for future years.

We must take this opportunity to thank the BCGBA and the three counties involved in our efforts to hastily arrange alternative arrangements for this season’s fixtures, for a while we thought we could find a way through this disaster, but unfortunately time has been our enemy.

Specific thanks must go to off Island support from John Crowther, Duncan Reeves, Graeme Wilson, Mike Holden and Phil Brown.

Once again many thanks for everyone’s help and support, we are saddened to have to take this decision but we feel it is the best course of action to secure future development and safeguard finances across the whole of the IOMCCGBA.

Neil Withers
Chairman IOMCCGBA

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Citywing Failure Leaves Future of Manx Bowls In Doubt

County In Doubt

The Island Bowls team is facing an uncertain future following the collapse of Citywing.

The Isle of Man County Crown Green Bowling team has been competing at the highest level in the UK for the past two years and is set to play their first county match of the season in May against Yorkshire.

The county matches consist of home and away ties involving two 12-man squads. One squad travels to the away green, while the local team hosts 12 visiting players from the opposition.

In the past, the IOM team has chartered a 19-seater Citywing plane, which flew the IOM team to the UK and returned with the visiting bowlers. An early-evening departure took visiting bowlers back to the UK and then returned with the away squad.

This arrangement has worked well and was set to continue this year, however, the collapse of Citywing means that Manx bowlers have fixtures in May, June and July but no transport to take them.

The current timings of scheduled commercial flights means that travel off island and return cannot happen in one day – a requirement of the IOM’s inclusion in the County Bowls set up.

The organization committee have worked tirelessly to come up with a logistical and financially suitable solution however we haven’t found one yet.

We only have a short time before a decision needs to be made to withdraw or have an alternative plan so if anyone knows is in a position to help we’d be happy to speak with them.
<strong>Neil Withers – Chairman</strong>
<a href=”mailto:[email protected]”>[email protected]</a>
<strong>07624483666</strong>

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2017 Season

All 2017 fixtures have been uploaded onto the website and you will be able to find them in the various sections.

Opens

Some clubs are still to confirm their open details to the association. As soon as all of the information has been received the open pages will be created and published. For now just a list of the opens and dates is available.

Season Schedule

It was agreed by the Men’s Executive Committee that the Men’s Night League will run through September. This has allowed the League and Rayner to be spread more evenly through the season but the Mixed Team Competition can now be integrated into the calendar.

Mixed Team Competition

Starting in May the teams entered will be split into groups of 4 and play home and away against the other teams in their group. The 6 group matches will take place between May and August with the Semi Final and Final being held on neutral greens in September.

The draw and fixtures for this competition will be announced soon.

Updates

There is a new Stats section on the website where all player profiles are now stored. When viewing a player profile you can now compare head to head records and see player ranking positions. The rankings are based on all competitive matches since 2012.

Players profiles can still be accessed as before from merit and team pages by clicking on the players name.

Captains

Clubs are still to confirm captains and the pages have been removed until this data is available.

Whilst much of the information is the same you can now search directly for a player and compare head to head two players. There are also ranking tables for the Men, Ladies and Winter League – the rankings roll year to year and every competitive game played attributes to the rankings. The rankings table will be updated every couple of weeks to include recent games played.

Winter League 2017

Due to the winter league introducing the doubles and some of these matches being played as 1v1 or 2v1 the individual scores cannot be imported as they break the website data structures. This is the sole reason for their being no stats or merit information from the winter league.

Men Night League Fixture Download

Use the links below to download the fixture lists in excel format

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Download 2017 Men Night League Fixtures

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South Ramsey Win 7th Mixed Title

Mixed Team Championship Winners 2017 - South Ramsey

South Ramsey retained the Ellan Vannin Fuels Mixed Team Championship with a convincing 182-127 (8-1) win over Nobles.

South have dominated the Mixed Team competition since 2008 notching up their 7th title tonight.

The Mens Association would like to pass their thanks to the sponsors Ellan Vannin Fuels, Finch Hill, Nobles & Douglas for the use of their green and the club members who have been on hand to assist on the night.

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Keenan 4’s Mens Doubles Trophy

Keenan Pairs 2016 Winners

Robert Monk & Matthew Keggen

On Saturday the Ballaugh Bowling Club held the Keenan 4’s Mens Doubles Trophy. With an entry of 39 pairs it was always going to be a long day for both the Competition Hut and the Kitchen teams as well as the players. Despite the forecasted bad weather most of the rain passed us by and the green was running well. By the time the final was played there was blue skies over Ballaugh..

After nearly 7 hours play the winners were Matthew Keggen & Rob Monk who beat Colin & Tom Kelly In the final. Losing semi-finalists were Jordan Cain & Bob Clark and Neil Withers & Paul Dunn and the losing quarter finalists were Adrian Skinner & Kevin Quirk, Mike Hargraves & Ian Kissack, John Keenan & Peter Graham and Geoff Porter & Norman Radcliffe.

At the conclusion Club President John Keenan thanked all those who helped to make it a success and presented the prizes..

Best placed home greeners were John Keenan and Peter Graham getting into the quarter finals with three other pairs getting two games.

Once again thanks to the lades keeping us fed and watered together with Paul Bradford and Ann Gale for help in the Competition Hut

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