BALLAUGH A OVER 60s LADIES ON FORM
Ladies Over 60s league : Third set of fixtures took place last Thursday morning and although it is still early on, Ballaugh A began their bid for the league title putting in an impressive home performance scoring a full house against Castletown A (126-104). Barbara Young and Sue Wilshaw just missed out on winning for the Town ladies when they both lost to 19 against Barbara Graham and Rose Waterworth. Another strong performance saw the Nobles ladies win 5-1 at home against Breagle Glen A dropping only three points (123-74) with Jo Smith for Nobles winning her game to single figures. Stopping the whitewash was Caroline Whitehead who won to 18 against Paula Firth. Home derby between Mooragh Park B and A resulted in a convincing 5-1 win for the A ladies dropping only two points (124-68) with Maureen Hamilton and Janet Monk winning their games to single figures. Sole winner for the B team was Joan Henderson who won to 19 against Chris Sims. Another home derby resulted in a 4-2 win for Breagle B against Breagle C (114-91). Two winners for the C ladies were Kay Primrose-Smith who won to 18 against Pauline Worrall and Gwen Tuck who won to 12 against Betsy Skelding. Marown also put in a strong home performance winning 5-1 against Ballaugh B (118-60) with four of the Crosby ladies winning their games to single figures. Stopping a full house was Gill Clarke who won to 13 against Elaine Dewhirst. Onchan ladies travelled to South Ramsey A and although the match finished three all, Onchan just missed out winning by four points (92-88). Judy Kelly and Elaine Moore for South plus Kay McKiernan and Maureen Payne for Onchan all won to single figures. Finch Hill ladies travelled south to Castletown B coming away with a solid 5-1 win (112-77). Sole winner for Castletown was Elaine McElroy who won to single figures, as did Sue Caley and Lil Smith for Finch. Linda Dobinson nearly claimed another win for Town when losing to 20 against Wendy Cowin. Peel hosted South Ramsey winning the match 4-2 (101-70); interestingly, all six games were won to single figures.
Ladies Open Age : second set of fixtures took place last Friday evening. South Ramsey made their way to Marown B coming away with a solid 8-1 win (180-105) with four of South ladies winning their games to single figures. Two extremely close games resulted in 21-20 wins for South’s Jackie Murley and Lesley Murray against Grace Cooper and Martha Butler. Sole winner for Marown was Lil Smith who won to 12 against Lauren Groen. Castletown A also put in a strong performance away at Ballaugh B winning 7-2, dropping only five points (184-112). Hilary Kermode, Hannah Drewett and Anne Oates for the Town ladies won to single figures with the two winners for Ballaugh, Charlotte Neesom and Elaine Fenton, winning to 19 and 18 respectively against Kellie Maddrell and Joy Stephens. Another 7-2 scoreline was achieved by Douglas at home to Breagle Glen B (180-133). Katie Jacobs for Douglas was the only player to win to single figures. Three nip and tuck games saw Douglas ladies Emma Sayle win to 20 against Jacqui Elliott; Rebecca Jacobs winning to 19 against Jean Thackrah, and Harley Garrett winning to 18 against Anita Roberts. Two winners for Breagle were Voirrey Curphey who won to 16 and Pauline Worrall who won to 17. Marown A visited Breagle Glen A coming away with a good 6-3 win (170-132) with three of Marown’s wins being won to single figures. Closest games of the match resulted in a 21-19 win for Crosby’s Clare Cooper against Mavis Franks with Trish Bull and Caroline Whitehead both winning to 17 against Helen Withers and Jayne Smith. Peel ladies travelled east to Nobles and although they lost 4-5 on games they won on points (140-125) helped by Val Allwood, Niamh Stringer and Beverley Wilson winning to low single figures. Also winning their games to single figures for Nobles were Sue Gawne and Sylvia Kennaugh. Closest game of the match resulted in a 21-18 win for Colese Creer against Peel’s Emilie Moss. Ballaugh A ladies were away to Castletown B winning 5-4 and by 10 points (150-140) with Michele Cubbon for Ballaugh and Susan Kerruish for Town winning their games to single figures. Closest game resulted in a 21-17 win for Melody Marsh against Ballaugh’s Ali Quaggan.