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Firth & Gawne win Ballapaws Trophy
Peel Sunset Bowling Club hosted the open lady’s doubles competition, The Ballapaws Trophy on Saturday 29th July.
There were 14 pairs entered. The winners of the competition were Paula Firth and Sue Gawne who had convincing wins through to the final when Philippa Taylor and Joyce Ogden did their utmost to stop them in their tracks the final ending in a score of 21-18. The losing semi-finalists were Cath Parker and Val Allwood and Jenny Moore and Kim Hargraves. It was extremely pleasing to see a number of juniors entering, they were a credit to Douglas BC.
The presentation was by the sponsors Ballapaws Boarding Kennels & Day Care.
Jean Kelly Quarter Finals
The quarter final stage of the Jean Kelly was held on an extremely wet evening.
Mooragh Park (+47) 179 – 163 (+22) Castletown A (4-5) Some good wins from te Mooragh Park side, Janet Monk 21-5, Katie Johnson 21-4 and Madison McMullan 21-9 helped secure them the win.
Castletown B (+53) 149 – 228 (+53) Marown B (2-7) Linda Dawson and Aalish Moore were the Southside winners. Youngster Grace Cooper (Marown) had a great 21-5 win. securing Marown B’s spot in the semi final.
Ballaugh (+36) 175 – 200 (+25) Marown A (3-6) Ballaugh pushed the Marown B team all the way with Captain Michelle Cubbon just losing out 20-21 and Maria Dimsdale 19-21.
Port Erin (+50) 167 – 200 (+34) South Ramsey (3-6) The South Ramsey side managed a couple of single figure wins to secure their spot in semi finals.
The draw has been made for the Semi Finals to be played on wednesday 16th August as follows:
Mooragh Park V Marown A and South Ramsey V Marown B.
Over 60’s Marown top of table
The Over 60s League is looking very similar to the open age league table. With Marown currently lying in top spot but with a game ahead of Castletown A and South Ramsey. Can they hold onto the top spot?
Marown were a player short when they visited Mooragh Park B, so they will be happy to still walk away with the win. Mooragh Park B 63 V 92 Marown (2-4)
Ballaugh just came out on top 110 V 97 Ports St Mary A (3-3). Port Erin A 123 V 89 Douglas A (5-1) Douglas had to give a game away and with 3 of the loses to 20 they still managed to pick up a few points. Castletown A 126 V 68 Finch Hill (6-0) The southside were on their usual top form taking all the 6 games Joy Stevens just managed to hold off Anne Hon 21-20 to secure her team the full house.
Peel Sunset 121 V 89 Castletown B (5-1), Onchan A 105 V 77 Port Erin B (4-2), South Ramsey 101 V 85 Mooragh Park A (3-3)
Close points at top of open age league table
Only 4 games left in the Open age league and with only 55 points separating the top 3 teams the title could easily go down to the very last game. Marown A currently sit in 1st place on 3136 with Castletown A only 9 points behind on 3136 leaving South Ramsey chasing the top on 3080.
Marown A pushed themselves to the top of the table with a good away win at Port Erin 103-186 with Port Erin’s Alison Stockham winning their only game 21-18.
Castletown B had a close fought game when they welcomed the strong Ballaugh team to their green. Castletown B 144 v 167 Ballaugh (4-5).
The Douglas team youngsters are showing great improvement helping their team record a win against Port St Mary who were unfortunately 1 player short. Douglas 169 V 112 Port St mary (6-3).
Nobles 130 V 159 Castletown A (3-6) The southside team were just too strong for the Nobles side. Sylvia Kennaugh and Grace Gawne for Nobles had some great wins to single figures. 21-7 and 21-6.
That just leaves Marown B 89 V 183 South Ramsey (1-8) Rosemary Winckle managed a win for the marown side 21-15, but the Ramsey side was just too strong winning 4 of their games to single figures.
Trio Compete In British Senior Merit
Three local bowlers competed in the British Senior Merit on Saturday at Heaton Park in Manchester.
Onchan man Peter Slinger won his first game 21-10 against John Short from Wales, before losing out 8-21 in the second round to Reece Farr (Shropshire).
Marown’s Tom Kelly just got over the line 21-20 against Joe Stockdale (Yorkshire), before suffering a 7-21 defeat to Lee Brown (Potteries & District) in the next round.
The best run of the local men was from Manx Champion Neil Withers (Marown) as he won his first game 21-16 against Yorkshire man Gordon Flower, then went on to secure an even better win in the second round as he beat Ryan Sandham (Cheshire) 21-11.
At the quarter final stage Withers came up against a formidable opponent in Simon Coupe (North Lancs & Fylde), who has won top titles all over the U.K. and also went into the event as the favourite with the bookmakers priced at 3/1 in a field of 64 players. Despite Withers efforts Coupe went on to take a 21-14 victory.
The competition was eventually won by Coupe who beat Reece Farr 21-11, the same opponent who had put Slinger out in the second round. This was Coupe’s first time winning the British Senior Merit.
Jean Kelly Prelim Continues
Jean Kelly Prelim
Port Erin (+53) 200 V 199 Nobles (+43) The Port Erin side just managed to take the win by 1 point overall taking full advantage of that 10 point advantage. Susan Inch (Port Erin) won 21-9. Marilyn Ellison’s 21-7 and Sue Gawne’s 21-6 wins for nobles wasn’t quite enough and left them with the title of the plate in their sight.
Castletown A (+13) 196 V 158 Douglas (+57) Even with a 44 point advantage Douglas still had a lot of work to do, unfortunately for them Castletown were the much stronger team winning 8 – 1 on games. Paula Garrett took a 21-15 win for Douglas.But with Castletown winning 5 of their
games to single figures they were always on the top.
The final prelim game was Peel Sunset (+45) 183 V 202 Ballaugh (+39) The Ballaugh team won 6-3 on games with 3 of them to single figures, giving them enough points to take them on to the next round, where the will face Marown A.
Maximum Points for Ballaugh O60’s
Ballaugh received a full house against Castletown B who were 1 player short.
All games were won to singles figures leaving an overall score of Ballaugh 126 V Castletown B 28 (6-0)
Castletown A also recorded a full sweep winning 126 V 56 Mooragh Park A (6-0) Sue Peach, Anne Oates and Kim Foy all won to single figures.
The closest game of the day was Peel Sunset 107 V 91 Douglas A (3-3) Shirley Corrin and Joyce Kelly both had single wins for the west side. As did Paula Garret for Douglas.
Other Results: Mooragh Park B 101 V 75 Port Erin B (4-2), Port Erin A 80 V 110 Nobles (2-4), Onchan A 68 V 116 Finch Hill (1-5),Port St Many A 77 V 117 Marown(1-5.
A couple of close games later in the week. The first being Port Erin B 84 V94 Peel Sunset (3-3) The other game was Douglas A 87 V 93 Onchan A (3-3) Douglas A were a player short so they had to give away a 0-21 game, But Paula Garrett scored a 21-1 win to keep the scores even.
Other Results: Marown 123 V 87 Ballaugh (5-1), Castletown B 106 V 89 Mooragh Park B (4-2), Nobles 99 V 124 Castletown A (1-5), Finch Hill 122 V 91 Port Erin A (4-2), Port St Mary A 94 V 106 South Ramsey (2-4)
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.