News: Ladies General
Busy Week For Ladies Open Age League
Ladies open age league saw a couple of games that were postponed by the weather the week before played this week.
Mooragh Park 103 V 175 Marown A (2-7) Janet monk 21-13 and Madison McMullan 21-15 were the Park winners.
Castletown B 121 V 180 Peel Sunset (2-7) Debra Cooper came close to another win for the southside just losing 20-21 to Gill Clarke.
Castletown A 165 V 131 South Ramsey (6-3) Kath Kinley (Castletown A) and Elaine Moore (South Ramsey) both recorded 21-6 wins.
Marown B 175 V 107 Douglas (6-3) Celia Joughin, Joyce Ogden and Lil Smith all had single figure wins.
Marown A scored a maximum win at home against Peel Sunset 189 V 105 (9-0) Clare Cooper, Rebekah Kelly and Helen Withers all took single figure wins.
Castletown B hosted the castletown Derby with a much improved scoreline to their last derby. 78 V 187 (1-8) Linda Dawson for the B team taking a win off the A team 21-19.
Other Results: Douglas 107 V 171 Mooragh Park (2-7), Nobles 175 V 132 Port Erin (6-3), Port St Mary 143 V 163 Marown B (4-5), South Ramsey 172 V 118 Ballaugh (6-3),
Jenny Moore wins Jordan Cup at Nobles
Jordan Cup Winner 2023
Jenny MooreSaturday 22nd July saw the return of the Jordan Cup, kindly sponsored by Atla Group, at Nobles Bowling Club. The last time the competition was held was 2020, as drawn doubles. This year saw a return to its original singles format.
There were 21 entrants on what was expected to be a very miserable wet afternoon, however the weather held off and we only had minor drizzly outbursts towards the end of the afternoon.
The afternoon went well with the quarter final one, Kim Hargraves (South Ramsey) v Paula Firth (Nobles). Paula led for most of the match until the 18th end when Kim made a comeback to bring the score to 17 across. Paula then managed a 2 to bring the game to 19-17 but Kim held the pressure to take the game 21-19.
In the second quarter final it was point for point between Sue Gawne (Nobles) and Jenny Moore (South Ramsey) up until 15 across, then Jenny went up a gear to bring the game to 21-15.
The third quarter final saw newcomer Keri Hampson (Nobles) take on junior player Martha Butler (Marown). Martha took the lead early on to lead 16-6, when Keri started to get back in the game. After 22 ends Martha was at match point to Keri’s 15 but Keri held her head to eventually run out 21-20. This was her second 21-20 result of the day.
The last quarter final saw Tina Hampson (Nobles) take on mixed teammate Jayne Smith (Marown). Jayne was 17 -10 up after 17 ends but Tina started making a comeback to a 2 point deficit at 18-16. Jayne then took a 2 and a 1 to close out the game 21-16.
Semi-final 1 saw club mates Kim Hargraves and Jenny Moore take on each other with Jenny coming out on top 21-9.
The second semi-final saw Keri Hampson take on Jayne Smith. Up until today Keri hadn’t won a game before so she was pleased to have reached this far. Jayne took control of the game but Keri fought well with the game ending 21-5.
Jenny Moore and Jayne Smith were the finalists. The score after 27 ends was 19-18 to Jenny, with both players giving everything. It was Jenny who rolled out victorious with single points in the last 2 ends, making the final score 21-18.
The presentation party consisted of Tina Hampson Nobles Comp Sec, for Atla Lisa Bradshaw and Jamie McKenna Director of Atla Fiduciaries Limited. Nobles thanked the sponsors, everyone who attended and as always the measurers, markers and volunteers. It seems a great day was had by all.
Ladies Open Age League
Port St Mary 112 V 164 Castletown A (4-5) The strong Castletown side winning 4 of the games to single figures, and losing only 2 of the games to just 21-20, meant that they still produced a good 164 points for a good match win.
Marown B 151 V 133 Mooragh Park (5-4) A close call for both sides, with a couple of single figures wins the Marown B side just taking a few more points to secure them the win.
Nobles 117 V 170 Marown A (3-6) The visitors just managed to take a few single-figure wins to keep them out of Noble’s reach. Marilyn Ellison, Tina Hampson and Sue Gawne all took wins for Nobles.
South Ramsey 188 V 132 Port Erin (8-1) A great win for the Ramsey side only 1 point off a maximum score. The Port Erin side came close with two 21-19 loses and a 21-20 and 21-17.
Douglas 131 V 150 Ballagh (4-5) Another close game, with both teams winning 3 games to single figures. Jane Lothian (Douglas) 21-20 just held off Cath Harvey (Ballagh).
Friday 14th saw only Peel Sunset prepared to play in the torrential rain, much to Nobles surprise. All the other games were called off due to green unable to be played on. So the rest of us were tucked up cosy with our feet up and no doubt a glass or two of something. Nobles seemed to like the heavy watered green winning 6 of their games to single figures. Peel Sunset 84 V 175 Nobles (2-7)
Jean Kelly Knockout Prelim
Port St Mary (+44) 175 V 200 Marown B (+58)
Port St Mary hosted the first prelim game. The Marown B team ended up being just to strong for them. Jo Corkill (Marown) found her confidence with a butal 21-8 win. Both teams had a couple of single figure wins. But even without the +14 advantage Marown push on to the Quarter Final round where they will face an away game at Castletown B.
Madison McMullan wins Junior Girls Merit Title
Junior Merit Finalists
Lola Tebay (Runner Up), Maddison McMullan (Winner)On Saturday 15th July the Junior Girls Merit took place at Douglas Bowling Club.
With an entry of 12 the format was 2 groups of 6 played in a round robin format, with the winners of each group playing the final.
Group 1 saw Aalish Moore, Emily Jacobs, Katie Jacobs, Madison McMullan, Lacey McMullan and Erin Quayle. With Katie and Madison both only losing 1 game it was then left to decide on chalk difference that Madison would go through to the final.
Group 2 saw Lola Tebay, Bailey McMullan, Grace Gawne, Graiagh Smith, Olivia Johnson and Grayse Blencoe. Lola was the clear winner of this group and she won all of her games to see her go through to the final.
The Final began with Lola and Madison. Madison took control of this game and Lola just couldn’t get inside. Which left Madison winner 11-1 to take the junior girls Merit title.
The presentation was made by the Ladies association where Douglas Bowling Club were thanked for hosting the event. All of the competitors received some goodies and winner Madison and runner up Lola received their prizes.
Marown A chasing leaders with a win at South Ramsey
Marown A visited South Ramsey on wed 28th June. On paper this was always going to be a close game. But Marown didn’t let their supporters down who travelled up north, and secured the win South Ramsey 141 V 166 Marown A (4-5) Sisters Rebecca Teare and Debbie Leece both won by single figures 21-6 and 21-7.
Port St Mary 140 V 145 Peel Sunset (4-5) This game was very mixed with a couple of close 21-19 games. But with the Peel side winning 3 of the games to single figure they took the eventual win.
Top of the table leaders visited Marown B 107 V 187 Castletown A (8-1) With the absence of the B team captain Lil Smith, Castletown A took full advantage to keep their top of the table spot secured. Rosemary Winkle took the lone marown game 21-19.
Castletown B 124 V 175 Nobles (2-7) Angela Quayle (Castletown B) come close to taking a 3rd game for the B team narrowly losing 20-21.
Mooragh Park 145 V 135 Ballagh (5-4), Douglas 168 V 149 Port Erin (5-4)
Jenny Moore Claims Ladies Championship Title
On Saturday 1st July the Ladies Championships were held at Port Erin Green.
Jenny Moore took the title on a very tricky green, beating Rebecca Teare in the final 21-18.
The day started with 17 entries. In the quarter final stages Clare cooper (marown) just came through 21-20 against her team mate Debbie Leece, Janet Monk (Mooragh Park) won 21-12 to Kim Hargraves (South Ramsey). The finalists booked their places with Rebecca Teare overcoming fellow marown player Charlotte Clark 21-9 and Jenny Moore ended Jayne Smith’s (marown) hopes of a final winning 21-19.
The Semi Finals saw a marown clash of cooper and Teare with rebecca just edging the lead enough to win 21-17. Jenny dominated her game against Janet winning 21-7.
The final was a much slower game and after 16 ends was level on points at 9-9. But after another 5 ends Jenny was leading 14-11 as Rebecca was unable to claim any 2’s at all in this game. By the 29th end at 20-14 Jenny just needed 1 more point, But Rebecca wasn’t about to let her take it easily and dug in deep to win the next 4 ends 20-18. On the next end Jenny claimed a single to end the game at 21-18 and claim her Isle of Man Ladies Championship title.
The presentation was made by the ladies Association Competition Secretary Christine Holland. Jenny and Christine thanked Ann Gale, who was unable to attend for sponsoring the Competition and everyone who entered, also Port St Mary Club for providing measurers and refreshments for the Day.
The next Competition Held by the Ladies Association is on 15th July and is the Girls Junior Merit at Douglas Bowling Club at 9.30am, also on the same day starting at 1pm is the ladies Millennium 4’s Team Competition. Entries for both events close on Friday 14th at 10pm. All entries can be made on the website or by emailing [email protected]
Cooper girls a credit to Marown B
On Friday 16th June Peel Sunset hosted Marown B. The 2 young Cooper girls Grace and Emily are definitely following in their mothers footsteps with a fine performance from them both. The Peel side took 5-4 games. But with some excellent scoring by the Marown players, they took the win 146-173.
Elsewhere the closest game of the night was Port Erin 146 V 159 Ballaugh (4-5). There was lots of close games on this green for both teams. Maria Dimsdale and Michelle Cubbon both won by single figures.
Results: Mooragh Park 109 v 184 Castletown A (1-8), Castletown B 95 v 182 South Ramsey (1-8), Nobles 156 v 125 Port St Mary (5-4), Marown A 182 v 85 Douglas (8-1)
Close games on eve of festival finals day
After a busy Festival week league matches were played on the evening of finals day, I’m sure most of the ladies just wanted to go home and put their feet up with a nice cool glass of something refreshing. All teams reached an impressive 3 figure score.
Port Erin 141 v 137 Marown B (5-4) This was the closest game of the night. Marown’s youngster Grace Cooper with an 21-5 win, Rosemary Winkle 21-8 and Joyce Ogden 21-4 wins. On the Southside Caroline Whitehead and Jenny Cain both won 21-8 and port Erin took the win by just 4 points.
Castletown B travelled North to play Mooragh Park, where the northerners took the win 154 v 137 (5-4) Grayse Blencoe and Janet Monk both winning to single figures for the Park. As did Joy Stevens for Castletown.
Results: Castletown A 162 v 145 Ballaugh (6-3), Marown A 186 v 112 Port St Mary (7-2), Nobles 100 v 179 South Ramsey (2-7), Peel Sunset 171 v 158 Douglas (3-6)
Tebay Triumps at Town Cup
Ladies Town Cup Finalists
Sue Gawne, Louise TebayThe Ladies Ramsey Town Cup was held on Sunday 11th June at North Ramsey bowling club in glorious sunshine, after the Rheuben Thomas Memorial Trophy, which is a junior competition and took place in the morning.
A good entry of 29 bowlers enjoyed a lovely, relaxed setting in the beautiful Mooragh park. Most bowlers playing off 6.
Through to the quarter finals were Caroline Corlett and Maddison McMullan. After 13 ends Caroline was 17/13 up but Maddison managed to win the next 6 ends to finish 17/21.
The other winning quarter finalists were Sue Gawne against Caroline Parker 21/14. Tina Hampson against Joy Morris 21/20 and Louise Tebay against Janet Monk 21/17.
The semi-finals saw a convincing win for Louise Tebay against Tina Hampson 21/8 and Sue Gawne sealed her place in the final with a 21/19 win against Maddison McMullan in an exciting game that was to and fro from the start.
The final between Louise and Sue was always going to be a tough match for both of these talented players. Sue got off to a good start and established an early lead, but Louise took command of the green in the final stages, finding a mark across the crown and the game ended Louise 21 Sue 13.
The prizes were presented by Gary Merrill from North Ramsey. Louise thanked Sue for a great game and all the other competitors, along with the helpers from North Ramsey, who had made the competition such a success.
Chief Sector Marshal busy on Duty for Marown derby
Wednesday 31st May saw the Ladies Open age League played. The TT practice sessions meant that the Marown A team Captain Helen Withers was busy on Duty and unable to play at the marown derby.
This left the A team bringing in the subs and it was a lovely evening, except for the biting midges.
Debbie Leece, Clare Cooper and Lyn Bolton for the A team all won by single figures, as did Elaine Dewhurst for the B team. The rest of the games were all close and the B team weren’t going to let them have an easy win. Final score Marown B 119 v Marown A 177 (1-8).
Port St Mary 160 hosted Castletown B 132 (5-4) Mother and Daughter Joy Stevens and Angela Quayle (Castletown B) both had close 21-19 wins. But with Katy Williams, Nicola Cain and Tricia Bull (PSM) all winning by single figures, it was enough to give the Port St Mary ladies the overall match win.
Peel Sunset had the difficult journey to Ballaugh with the roads closed around the TT course. Most of the games were very close and could have gone either way. Julie Reilly and Cath Harvey (Ballaugh) both had good wins of 21-6 and 21-4. With a final match result Ballaugh 177 v 137 Peel Sunset (6-3).
Castletown A played their usual top form at home against Port Erin. Jean Thackrah was the only Port Erin winner. The Castletown team kept all the opponents scores low enough for them to win the match 184 v 101 (8-1).
Nobles just had to cross the town to defeat Douglas. The newly formed Nobles team are certainly one to watch out for in the second half of the fixtures. They played the Villa green well and were only 9 points off a full house. Douglas 124 v 180 Nobles (3-6).
The northern teams saw Mooragh Park 113 v 171 South Ramsey (2-7). Victoria Johnson had a close encounter with Gillian Morgan taking the 21-20 win for the park side. Whilst Elaine Moore also had a battle with Madison McCullen winning 21-19 for the South side. Janet Monk took the second win for Mooragh Park 21-4. The remaining South players all won with good wins leaving them as match winners and remaining a close second on the League Table.
The Ladies Over 60’s games are back on Thursday 15th June and the next set of Open age League games are due to commence on Friday 16th June.