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Marown B Damage South Ramsey A Title Hopes
Week Two of the Canada Life International season had Division One league leaders Peel A taking on their B Team with the lower ranked team putting in a good performance winning three games. Winning for the B team were Gordon Corrin who pulled off a stunning 21-4 win over Tommy McMeiken who is notoriously hard to beat on Peel, with David Proctor no slouch himself with a 21-6 win over Gary Smith. Robert Middleton got the third win with a close 21-18 victory over Alec Taylor. For the A team winning to single figures were Ste Kelly against Michael Kavanagh, George Gadsby beat Brian Lindsay 21-8, while new signing Dean Kinley continued his fine start to life at his new club with a 21-13 win over David Smith. The result ensured Peel A remained top.
Marown A had their second visit of the season to Onchan Park, this time taking on their B Team and coming away with a 2-8 victory to jump up a place in the table to second. Winners for the home team were Mike Kelly who beat Harry Barton 21-16, while Frank Watson had a comfortable 21-13 win over new signing Sam Clague. For the Crosby men Colin Kelly was the best winner with a 21-7 win over Mike Alexander, with the rest of the Marown wins being to double figures with Mark Kelly coming closest to picking up another point for the home team losing 17-21 to Paul Kelly.
The match of the night ended up with a strong Marown B doing plenty of damage to South Ramsey A title aspirations as they secured a 5-5 draw at Crosby with the home team winning five games, however the visitors secured the crucial two-point aggregate by six chalks (135-141). For the home team Glenn Boland beat Peter Collister 21-15, a result matched by Marown captain Darren Kerruish who held off Steven Waters. Brian Kelly managed to secure a 21-17 win over new signing Jordan Cain, while Karl Parker fought back from a 13-17 deficit to run out with a 21-17 victory over James Teare, John Gelling claimed win number five of the night with a rare league defeat for David Bradford as the former performed brilliantly to win 21-14 with Bradford trying everything, however Gelling had an answer to anything that was thrown at him. The result was well deserved by the Marown men and they could realistically be pushing for fourth place in the table at the end of the season with the squad they have.
Onchan A picked up their second win of the season coming away from the Crofts with a 3-7 win over Castletown A. The visitors only dropped 10 chalks from their three losses, with Derek Lewney beating Will Penhallurick 21-18, Aaron Richardson claimed an impressive win to the same score as he beat Peter Slinger, while Peter Oates beat Mike Thomas 21-17. For the visitors Phil Kerruish beat Town captain Ian Watson 21-8, Kevin Quirk had a tough time with Ron Williams before winning 21-19, while Neil Dunwell edged it 21-20 against Nathan Cooil.
Douglas A were in better spirits following their first win of the season at home to Port Erin as they won 8-2. Kevin Firth was the best winner for the home team with a 21-10 win over Derek Allen. For the visitors Ed Benson had a stunning 21-7 win over Shaun Seal, with Harry Minor beating Willie Cowley 21-10. The visitors are still searching for their first win of the season.
Another team still awaiting their first win of the season are North Ramsey A who came away from their visit to take on Port St Mary A who are sharing the green at Breagle Glen with Port Erin whilst they search for their new forever home following the sad loss of the green in Port St Mary after 100 years. The ‘home’ team took a 7-3 win on the night with Trevor Quayle leading the way for Port with a 21-9 win over Andrew Honour, with Robbie Cooil having to battle for his 21-18 win over Adrian Skinner who looks to have settled at North Ramsey after a stint with Onchan. For the visitors Gary Merrill was ruthless with his 21-3 win over Rod Swift, Allan Callow left Paul Skelly still searching for his first win of the season with a 21-17 victory and Steve Walmsley kept up his 100% record with a 21-13 over Jordan Drewett. Just nine chalks separated the teams in a well contested match (138-127).
In Division Two Finch Hill A slumped from top of the table to fourth following their 3-7 home loss to Castletown A with the latter leapfrogging them into third place. The Town men were good value for the victory with Willie Corkill securing a win to single figures over Mark Taylor to help his team to secure the aggregate by 24 chalks.
South Ramsey B went top thanks to their 8-2 home win over Peel C with father & son, Tony & Ben Dugdale both winning to single figures with Tony winning 21-1, son Ben winning 21-7. Winning for the visitors were Harry Kelly who secured a 21-19 victory over Chas Grills, with Jimmy Corlett the other winner for Peel with a 21-5 win over Austin Hart.
Sitting in second place on 21 points are Ballaugh A who maxed out 10-0 at home to Douglas B who scored 100 chalks on the night. For the home team Richard Hainge and Philip Quayle both won to single figures against Bob Callow and Steve Gregg respectively, with Nigel Tebay in only his second season of league bowls, having been promoted from the C Team over winter just getting over the line with a 21-20 win over Geoff Mayles, with the latter being the highest points scorer for the Villa men.
Marown C currently sit in joint fourth with Finch Hill A after a solid 3-7 away win over Onchan C with Jamie Joughin and Walter McCarthy both winning to single figures for the visitors with Jamie Clague hitting back for Onchan with a 21-7 win over Steve Cain.
In Division Three North Ramsey B came away from their visit to Douglas to take on Finch Hill B with a 4-6 victory, after securing the aggregate by 10 chalks (133-143) with the result good enough for them to stay joint top on 18 points.
Peel D, are joint top following their 8-2 home win over Port Erin B with Philip ‘Pip’ Pemberton enjoying his second full season upon his return to bowls, Pip will be looking to go two places better in the individual merit after finishing third overall last season, he won 21-9 against Ben Mowle, whilst Owen Crompton beat John Ryder 21-20. Another new bowler to the game Kevin Murray suffered a 15-21 defeat to Mark Stockham.
Noble’s B are performing well with Junior bowler Alex Hampson leading the way for the home team with a 21-5 win over James Teare, whilst William Cowley was on the wrong side of a 21-20 as he lost to Ciaran Broad, who was playing in only his third league game and held onto his 100% record. Grahem Moore having returned to Noble’s after a spell with Douglas, defeated another young player Clark Kelly 21-11.
Four junior bowlers participated in the fixture between Castletown C and South Ramsey D at the Crofts on Tuesday night with young Freddie Palmer performing well in his defeat to a new bowler Julian Rothera, while Sam Quayle recorded a good 21-14 win against Steve Kelly, with Junior Keggen turning out for his first league game playing a fellow youngster Ryan Hargraves with the latter winning 21-8.
The third division has a good mix of new bowlers, juniors and experienced players as they look to learn and improve their game.
Ladies Crown Green Bowling 2022 Season Underway
The ladies crown green bowling got underway last week. The major change this season being the Port st Mary ladies moving en bloc to neighbouring Port Erin due to unfortunately not having a home green of their own this year. Given this, Castletown A must start as favourites to retain their titles in both the Open Age and Over 60s leagues, but as we all know anything can happen along the way.
In the Over 60’s last Thursday morning, Finch Hill A and Onchan A both recorded maximums against Castletown B and Mooragh Park B respectively. Port st Mary A travelled to Ballaugh coming away with a three all result and winning by 17 points. Mooragh Park A took on Onchan B at home winning five games to one; lone winner for Onchan was Libbi Andrade. Closest matches of the morning were between Port Erin A home to South Ramsey, and Marown home to Peel. Both matches finished three all in games with Port winning by 3 points and Marown by twelve. As there are now four Over 60’s teams playing at Port Erin, Port St Mary B hosted Castletown A on Friday morning. Castletown had a good 5-1 win with Hilary Kermode and Joy Stephens winning to single figures, as did Lesley Coker for PSM.
In the Open Age League last Friday, closest match of the night saw Castletown A winning six games to three and by 15 points at home to Onchan with Kim Foy and Tracy Moore (Castletown) winning to single figures as did Sylvia Kennaugh for Onchan. Port St Mary took on Castletown B winning five games to four with Mavis Franks (PSM) edging it 21-20 against Debra Cooper. Mooragh Park travelled to Crosby coming away with a 5-4 win against Marown B with Janet Monk, and sisters Lacey and Madison McMullan (Mooragh) winning to single figures as did Clare Cooper for Marown. Marown A won five games to four away to Douglas. Closest game saw Lynda Cadamy (Marown) just crossing the line 21-19 against Emma Sayle. South Ramey had a good 7-2 home win against Peel with four of the nine games being won to single figures.
British Merit Qualfier: The qualifier to play in the British Merit Championship at Brighouse Sports Club, Yorkshire on Sunday 9 July, took place at Finch Hill last Sunday attracting an entry of 12 ladies. The final saw Jenny Moore from South Ramsey, who is currently the UK holder of this title, playing Sue Gawne from Onchan. With both ladies playing exceptionally well, spectators anticipated a good final and they were not disappointed. Game was nip and tuck throughout with Jenny eventually winning 21-17. Thanks go to Finch Hill for the use of their green and their ladies for providing refreshments during the afternoon, and to Caroline Whitehead for running the qualifier.
Season Preview
2021 League Champions South Ramsey A
Inset - New signings Bob Clark & Jordan CainLeague champions South Ramsey A will start as favourites for the league title in Canada Life International Sponsored Division One following two big signings over the winter in the form of Onchan’s Jordan Cain and Castletown man Bob Clark, with both players having huge experience and a good pedigree in the local game. Whilst South Ramsey undoubtedly start as favourites on paper, that will count for nothing once the new season gets underway with teams looking to cause an upset.
Marown A should not be written off just yet with their captain Paul Dunn making some sweeping changes in their top team bringing in youth, with Sam Clague coming in from Castletown and Harry Barton stepping up from their B Team whilst they are also rumoured to be signing a well-known Merseyside county player who is said to be moving to the Isle of Man. A full season of Dean Kipling should not be under-estimated, with Kipling winning all 12 league games played last season.
Newly promoted teams Port Erin A and Onchan B will be looking to consolidate their place in the top division.
In Division Two South Ramsey B have strengthened, whilst Ballaugh A will look to go straight back up. Noble’s A who were also relegated have survived another winter as they look to continue to rebuild the club, they will look to find their feet in Division Two this season. Last season’s teams promoted from Division Three Ballaugh B and Onchan C will look to adjust to life in Division Two.
In Division Three a number of teams will be looking to push on and improve, with Finch Hill looking for an immediate return to Division Two. Something always worth watching out for in Division Three is the players new to the game as they gain experience and improve.
TQ triumphs in club championship
Three former winners were in the smaller than usual gang that participated in the Pronto Plumbing sponsored outdoor winter bowling club championship, which took place on Saturday.
However, when the final took to the green after about four hours play there was to be a new name on the winner’s list, with two team-mates from Louie’s Angels battling it out.
At the last eight stage, Trevor Quayle beat 2020 winner Stefan Kelly, before getting the better of Caroline Whitehead in their semi-final; Wayne Roberts meanwhile comfortably overcame the challenges of Marg Tasker and former champion Alan Moore.
Quayle took an early lead in the final before his opponent went on a good run and after 10 ends Roberts had a 16-10 advantage.
Five ends later the game was all-square at 16-across, but although Roberts did take another two singles it was TQ who triumphed 21-18 and therefore took the title for the first time.
Results – quarter-finals: Trevor Quayle 21 Stefan Kelly 18, Caroline Whitehead 21 Tricia Bull 19, Marg Tasker 9 Wayne Roberts 21, Alan Moore 21 Fiona Kennish 12; semi-finals: Quayle 21 Whitehead 13, Roberts 21 Moore 10; final: Quayle 21 Roberts 18.
Wednesday, 9 March saw ten members take to the green playing in one group of doubles. The winners scored eighteen points, but two couples scored eighteen, Paul Callister and Trevor Barker along with Margie Tasker and Sue Gawne.
Sunday, 13 March saw four teams take to the green in the final set of re-arranged fixtures, Bit n Bobs, Parkers, WALOB and Mooragh Lakers.
WALOB took on Lakers and although the latter won four out of the six games, WALOB won on points by the closest of margins. Unfortunately, Lakers were unable to field a full team and were one player down. The closest win for the Lakers was won by Alison Kearsley who held Ken Karran to 20 points.
Bobs took on Parkers and thankfully Gillian Jopson managed a win for Bobs meaning Parkers couldn’t get the maximum 126, but they did get 125. Geoff Collier for Bobs put up a great fight but was held at 19 points by Paul Clinton.
Lakers then played Bobs, and Bobs won four of the games. Sue McCourt had a really close game after being a long way down, she made a come back from being on 7 points to win, keeping Luke Kenna on 19 points.
The last game of the day and in turn the season, was Parkers against WALOB. The Parkers won five out of the six games. The doubles pairing of Terry Moore and Mike Thomas beat Sid Bolton and Tony Hart to 20, whilst the other close game points wise was that won by Mike Alexander who held Ken Karran to 19.
WALOB 4 (104), Mooragh Lakers 4 (103); Bits n Bobs 1 (91), Parkers 7 (125); Mooragh Lakers 2 (96), Bits n Bobs 6 (108); Parkers 7 (113) WALOB 1 (103).
This weekend will see the final two days of club bowls for this winter campaign, beginning with a round robin on Saturday, followed 24 hours later by the Best versus Rest event and prize presentations, for which raffle prizes would be very much appreciated.
Proceedings begin at 1pm and taking part in Sunday’s contest will be league champions, Louie’s Angels, supported by the ladies’ merit winner, Sue Gawne; and members of runners-up Seven-Up, who will make up the Best team.
The remaining individual merit winners, or representatives, will form the Rest team.
A weekend of delayed fixtures
It was a full weekend of re-scheduled fixtures over the weekend in outdoor winter league crown green bowls with the sun even shining.
Saturday, 5 March saw four teams take to the green, Mooragh Lakers, WALOB, Bits n Bobs and Parkers.
Lakers took on WALOB for the first game, and took four wins out of the six. The two wins for WALOB were Lyn Bolton, who brought to an end the unbeaten run of opponent Sue Gawne, and Toby Hart. The closest scoring games for Lakers were won by Janet Monk who kept Joyce Ogden to 19, and Alison Kearsley who kept Kim Hargraves to 18.
The second game on the green was Parkers against Bits n Bobs, with the only victory for Bobs being achieved by Sue Collier who kept Mike Alexander to 17, and the other closest game was for Mike Thomas who kept Pauline Cowley to 20.
Bobs then took on Lakers and unfortunately did not manage to win a game, but Geoff Collier had the most successful scoring game by getting 17 against Walter McCarthy.
The final game of the day was WALOB against Parkers, with 4 wins going to WALOB. The doubles pairing for WALOB of Sid Bolton and Tony Hart had a battle with Peter Karran and Mike Alexander but managed the win by one point. Lyn Bolton held Sid McKnight to 17, whilst Colin Spence for the Parkers kept Joyce Ogden to 17.
Louie’s Angels player Matthew Keggen was confirmed as this year’s individual merit winner after the defeat of Sue Gawne, with Trevor Quayle (also Angels) taking second in the standings.
Mooragh Lakers 6 (113), WALOB 2 (105); Parkers 7 (122), Bits n Bobs 1 (96); Bits n Bobs 0 (66), Mooragh Lakers 8 (126); WALOB 6 (114), Parkers 2 (106).
Sunday, 6 March had three teams take to the green, Nobles Nutters, Castletown Corkers and Parkers once again and thanks must go to them for fulfilling their fixtures over the two days.
Nobles Nutters won all the games that they fielded players for, but unfortunately had to give a game to Corkers due to being a player short. The doubles pairing of Tina Hampson and Mark Bradshaw came out victors against Grace and Lily Gawne by one point.
Corkers then took on Parkers and unfortunately for the southern outfit, Parkers won all games giving them the maximum points available.
The final game of the day was Parkers against the Nutters and it was level on games won, meaning the decision on the winning team was on chalks which went to the Parkers. The three games won by the Nutters were the closest scoring. Stephen Hampson keeping Jo Smith to 17, junior Alex Hampson keeping Mike Alexander to 18 and Sylvia Kennaugh holding Sid McKnight to 19.
Nobles Nutters 7 (111), Castletown Corkers 1 (84); Castletown Corkers 0 (68), Parkers 8 (126); Parkers 5 (117), Nobles Nutters 3 (87).
Could we take this opportunity to remind all those in possession of any trophies to return them ready for this year’s presentations. Likewise, the club are looking for donations of raffle prizes for the best v rest presentation event on Sunday, 20 March.
Ahead of that, this Saturday sees the club championship take place and with an entry of 31 proceedings will get underway at 12 noon prompt; while on Sunday the final set of re-arranged games will take place.
Seven Up secure second spot
The Outdoor Winter League sponsored by Pronto Plumbing had a full week of fixtures, after the storms disrupted play the previous week.
Wednesday, 23 February saw the Round Robin take place with 20 members taking to the green, split into two groups of doubles. The outstanding winners of the yellow jack group by 13 points was Margie Tasker and Dougie Allan, with runner up going to Ken Karran and Peter Corlett. The second group was a closer run competition with only one point between the winner and second place. Taking victory on 26 points was Brian Colquitt and Alan Phair, with Peter Kennaugh and Sue Gawne came in second with 25.
Saturday, 26 February saw three teams take to the green, WALOB, All But and the Outsiders. WALOB took on All But and secured five wins, which led to Bryan Corner the only winner for All But holding Lyn Bolton to 11 points. Tony Hart had the closest scoring game in which he held Willie Corkill to 20.
All But then took on the Outsiders and again won one of the games, Celia Joughin this time holding Steve Cook to 19, the other close game was when Jenny Moore held Brian Aspden to 20. Unfortunately for All But they were a player short in both games.
WALOB then took on the Outsiders and each team secured three wins. The doubles pairing for WALOB Sid Bolton and Toby Hart kept James Teare and Kevin Firth to 20 and Kim Hargraves kept Jenny Moore to 18. The closest scoring game with the Outsiders taking the game was when Frank Watson kept Lyn Bolton to 18.
WALOB 7 (116), All But 1 (82); All But 1 (87), Outsiders 7 (124); Outsiders 5 (117), WALOB 3 (103).
Sunday, 27 February again had three teams take to the green Mooragh Lakers, Castletown Corkers and Seven Up. The Lakers took on the Corkers and they won every game giving them the maximum score of 126 for the match. The Corkers then took on Seven Up and unfortunately again did not manage a win, meaning Seven Up got the maximum score available.
Seven Up then took on the Lakers and secured four wins. The closest games were both wins for Seven Up with Dougie Allan keeping Janet Monk to 17, and Kevin Quirk likewise keeping Walter McCarthy to 17.
Mooragh Lakers 8 (126), Castletown Corkers 0 (74); Castletown Corkers 0 (61), Seven Up 8 (126); Seven Up 6 (112), Mooragh Lakers 2 (92).
Could I please remind those teams / people in possession of any trophies to return them ready for this year’s presentations. Please remember these were awarded two years ago. Likewise, we are looking for donations of raffle prizes for the best v rest presentation on Sunday, 20 March.
Ahead of this, entries are still open for the Club Championship which will take place on Saturday, 12 March.
Angels secure first title
The Outdoor Winter League managed to hold some of its fixtures this week; the usual Round Robin held on Wednesday took place with a total of 23 members taking to the green. The players were split into two groups, one of doubles and one of triples. Dave Faragher and Margie Tasker took the win in the doubles by 2 points, keeping Derek Allen and Ken Karran to 26. The triples saw Brian Colquitt, Pauline Cowley and Tricia Bull take the win by 5 points against Dougie Allan, Sue McCourt and Gillian Jopson leaving them on 23.
Saturday, 12 February saw three games take to the green, Castletown Cannons, Seven Up and Louie’s Angels.
Seven Up took on the Angels and won three of the six games played, with Angels also winning three. The points gained took the overall match win for the Angels. The closest scoring win for Seven Up was that of Dougie Allan who held Margie Tasker to 19, whilst Matthew Keggen for the Angels likewise held Mark Kelly to 19.
Angels then took on the Cannons and took five out of the six wins. George Peach for the Cannons scored a win keeping Tricia Bull on 15.
The Cannons then took on Seven Up and unfortunately were unable to secure a win, allowing Seven Up to achieve the maximum points available.
Louie’s Angels have been involved with the winter league since the start. One of three original teams along with Castletown Corkers and Seven Up, The Outdoor Winter League started in 2001-02.
Although there are still a few fixtures to play, this is the first time Louies Angels have won the league. Their previous best place was runners-up in 2011-12.
Seven Up 3 (102), Louie’s Angels 5 (113); Louie’s Angels 7 (120), Castletown Cannons 1 (73); Castletown Cannons 0 (67), Seven Up 8 (126).
The games on Sunday, 13 February were postponed and will be played on Sunday, 20 February.
Programme wiped out
Well the three storms that hit the island last week brought the Outdoor Winter League crown green bowls, sponsored by Pronto Plumbing to an abrupt halt. The usual Round Robin on Wednesday and the weekend fixtures as expected did not go ahead.
This weekends fixtures are to go ahead as planned and then the remaining fixtures will be as follows.
Saturday, 5 March: Mooragh Lakers v WALOB, Parkers v Bits n Bobs, Bits n Bobs v Mooragh Lakers, WALOB v Parkers.
Sunday, 6 March: Nobles Nutters v Castletown Corkers, Castletown Corkers v Parkers, Parkers v Nobles Nutters.
Saturday, 12 March: Club Championship 12 noon start.
Sunday, 13 March: WALOB v Mooragh Lakers, Bits n Bobs v Parkers, Mooragh Lakers v Bits n Bobs, Parkers v WALOB.
Saturday, 19 March: Free Day
Sunday, 20 March: Presentations and Best v The Rest, which will feature the league winners, plus support players, against the merit winners from the remaining 10 teams.
Please don’t forget entries are being taken at Noble 3 Green for the Club Championship which is to be held on Saturday, 12 March.
Second position battle continues
The hardy members of the Outdoor Winter League Crown Green Bowls took to the green in what were rather cold weather extremes this week.
Wednesday, 2nd February was the usual round robin where 26 members took part in what was a group of doubles and a group of triples. There was three points between first and second place in the doubles. Bryan Corner and Pat Rigby scoring 38 and Julian Rothera and Joy Stephens scoring 35.
The winners in the triples scored 30 leaving two groups in joint second on 25. The winners being Judith Moore, Terry Bates and Kevin Firth. The two groups in second place were Ken Karran, Sue McCourt and Lil Smith and Ivor Moore, Tricia Bull and Billy Blair.
Saturday, 5th February saw three teams take to the green, Bits n Bobs, Seven Up and WALOB. The first match on the green was Bobs against Seven Up. The Bobs took one game from Seven up with Gillian Jopson holding Reg Temporaza to 16, and Sue McCourt almost made it a second win but unfortunately Derek Allen managed to leave Sue on 20.
The second match on the green was Seven Up against WALOB, and it was a full six games win for Seven Up giving them the maximum points available. WALOB had two games that were close, Kim Hargraves scoring 20 and Lyn Bolton scoring 19.
The final match of the session was WALOB against Bobs. Bobs managed to win two of the six games, the doubles pairing of Sue Collier and Sue McCourt, and Franz ten Donkelaar keeping WALOB from getting the maximum points available.
Bits n Bobs 1 (83), Seven Up 7 (121); Seven Up 8 (126), WALOB 0 (89); WALOB 6 (111), Bits n Bobs 2 (99).
Sunday, 6th February saw four teams take to the green in again what was rather windy conditions. All But, Nobles Nutters, Outsiders and Castletown Corkers battled it out. All But took to the green playing the Nutters and took three wins and almost took a fourth when Lil Smith got to 20 points, but Sylvia Kennaugh for the Nutters took the win. The Nutters also took three wins the next closest scoring one being a win by Dave Naughton who kept Brian Aspen to 19. All But took the match victory on points.
Outsiders then took on the Corkers and took victory in five out of the six games. The loss they had was when Kevin Firth scored 19 points with Dave Faragher taking the win. Frank Watson had a really close game against Grace Gawne but held her to 20 to secure the win.
Nutters then took on the Outsiders, again Outsiders taking the win in five games. The only loss was the doubles, Tina Hampson and Mark Bradshaw kept Jenny Moore and Ben Dugdale to 16 points. Frank Watson again had a close game, this time keeping Dave Naughton to 19.
The final game was Corkers against All But, continuing what appeared to be a theme of five wins was All But, there only loss being Peter Kennaugh who unfortunately took on Dave Faragher who won his second game of the session. The only significantly close game was the doubles, where Brian Aspen and Celia Joughin held sisters Grace and Lily Gawne to 19.
All But 5 (118), Nobles Nutters 3 (103); Outsiders 7 (124), Castletown Corkers 1 (86); Nobles Nutters 1 (91), Outsiders 7 (121); Castletown Corkers 1 (78), All But 7 (114).
Entries are now being taken at Noble 3 Green for the Club Championship which is to be held on Saturday, 12 March.
Angels flying towards title
The weather is being kind and yet again the crown green bowling outdoor winter league has had a full week of fixtures.
Wednesday, 26 January saw 25 members take to the green for a round robin. The players were drawn into two groups, one of doubles and the other triples.
Starting with the doubles which was won by a mere four points by Bryan Corner and Julian Rothera, leaving Lil Smith and Lawrence McMullen second with 26 points. The triples was won by Margie Tasker, Dougie Allen and Billy Blair scoring 30 points, whilst a joint second place went to Terry Bates, Peter Corlett and Ivor Moore on 24 points and Brian Colquitt, Willie Corkill and Tricia Bull scoring the same.
Saturday, 29 January saw four team battling it out on the green, Louie’s Angels, Bits n Bobs, WALOB and Castletown Cannons. Bits n Bobs took on Angels for the first match and luckily for Bobs Franz ten Donkelaar played as he was the only winner for them, as he beat Tricia Bull to 20. The only other close point scoring game was that of the doubles which saw Margie Tasker and Wayne Roberts holding Julian Rothera and Sue McCourt to 18.
At the same time WALOB were playing Cannons, George Peach being the only winner for the Castletown outfit, by keeping Steve Waters to 18 points, unfortunately Sue Kerruish couldn’t secure a second win for the Cannons as Ken Karran took the game by one point.
The second half saw the Angels take on WALOB, the Angels only losing one game when Sid Bolton took victory from Wayne Roberts.
The Bobs took on Cannons, and again were thankful for Franz playing as he and Billy Blair were the only wins, Franz beating Elaine McElroy and Billy holding Barbara Young to 20.
Bit n Bobs 1 (79), Louie’s Angels 7 (125); WALOB 7 (123), Castletown Cannons 1 (92); Louie’s Angels 7 (119), WALOB 1 (99); Castletown Cannons 6 (116), Bits N Bobs 2 (98).
Sunday, 30 January likewise saw four teams battle it out, All But, Mooragh Lakers, Outsiders and Parkers. All But took on Lakers and secured one win by Brian Aspden, who held Shannon McMullan to 19 points. There were two other close scoring games Jane Lothian was held to 20 points by Alison Kearsley and Lil Smith to 19 points by Walter McCarthy.
Outsiders took on Parkers and they won all but one game. The doubles Elaine Moore and Fiona Kennish could only stay on 20 points as Mike Thomas and Jo Smith took the win.
Lakers then played the Outsiders, and took wins in four of the six games. Tracy Moore held Elaine Moore to 19, Walter McCarthy also had a close game as he kept Tony Dugdale to 18 points.
Parkers then played All But and both teams secured three game wins each. There was only one game that was really close and that was won by Jo Smith of the Parkers, as she held Brian Aspden to 20. The win on chalks went to All But who scored 10 more points overall in the match.
All But 1 (99), Mooragh Lakers 7 (124); Outsiders 7 (125), Parkers 1 (97); Mooragh Lakers 6 (110), Outsiders 2 (109); Parkers 3 (100), All But 5 (110).