LADIES OPEN AGE LEAGUE

LADIES OPEN AGE: After a busy bowling festival week, fixture 13 was played on Friday 19 June. South Ramsey were on fine form winning 8-1 away at Nobles dropping only three points (186-70).  Stopping a whitewash was Colese Creer who won to 18 against Lauren Groen. Breagle Glen A also had an impressive 8-1 (177-103) win at home to Ballaugh A with four of their ladies winning their games to single figures as did Ballaugh’s sole winner, Karen Young.  Two closest games saw Trish Bull and Angela Bennett both win to 15 for the Breagle ladies. Castletown A travelled to Peel coming away with a solid 6-3 win (172-152) with Town’s Rebecca Teare and Chris Price winning to single figures. Scoreline could have been reversed when Peel’s Emilie Moss and Niamh Stringer both lost to 20 against Kellie Maddrell and Jenny Saunders. Mooragh Park also had a good 6-3 home win against Marown B (155-112) with six of the nine games being won to single figures – four for Mooragh and two for Marown. Closest game of the match resulted in a 21-15 win for Marown’s Emily Cooper against Jackie Hassall. Douglas also had a sound 6-3 away win at Castletown B (163-125) with four of the Douglas ladies plus a Castletown lady winning to single figures. Other two winners for ‘Town’ were Sue Wilshaw who won to 18 and Rachel Palmer who won to 11. Ballaugh B won 5-4 at home to Breagle Glen B (162-138) with Gill Clarke and Charlotte Neesom for the home side and Pauline Worrall for the visitors winning to single figures. Breagle’s Jacqui Elliott had a tough game against Rachel Thomas eventually crossing the line 21-19.

On Wednesday 24 June (fixture 14), Marown B put in a solid home performance winning 6-3 (172-119) against Breagle Glen B with four of the Crosby ladies winning to single figures. Three winners for the visitors were Voirrey Curphey who won to 17, Anita Roberts who won to 12 and Pauline Worrall who won to 17. Marown’s Martha Butler had a good game against Chrissy Woodward before crossing the line to win 21-18.  Mooragh Park won 6-3 at home (147-128) to neighbours Ballaugh A. The three winners for Ballaugh were Maria Dimsdale, Michele Cubbon and Karen Young who all won to single figures as did Janet Monk and Shannon McMullan for Mooragh. South Ramsey made their way south to Castletown B coming away with a solid 6-3 win (167-113) with four of South’s ladies winning to single figures.  Three winners for Castletown were Aaslish Moore who won to 16, Marie Ashurst who won to 15 and Barbara Young who won to 10. The following evening, Marown A had an impressive 6-3 away win at Douglas dropping only four points (185-103) with four of their six wins being won to single figures.  The winners for Douglas were Paula Garrett who won to 19 and Rebecca Jacobs and Emma Sayle who both crossed the line 21-20 against Philippa Taylor and Debbie Leece. Two remaining matches from this fixture (Nobles vs Castletown A, and Breagle Glen A vs Peel) have been re-arranged for Wednesday 1 July.

Last Friday evening, 26 June, Castletown A won 7-2 at home dropping only five points against Ballaugh B with four of the ‘Town’ ladies winning to single figures. Two winners for Ballaugh were Victoria Johnson who won to 17 against Rachel Palmer and Maggie Hughes who had a battle with Kellie Maddrell before getting the point needed to win 21-20. Marown A won 6-3 (155-122) at home to Breagle Glen A with Clare Cooper, Louise Tebay, and Debbie Leece for the Crosby ladies, plus Alison Stockham and Margie Tasker for Breagle all winning to single figures. Closest game saw Jayne Smith for the home side win to 18 against Ros Cannon. South Ramsey hosted Marown B and although Marown won 5-4 on games they lost the match on points (146-136). Elaine Moore and Gill Dixon for South and Grace Cooper for Marown all won to single figures with Lil Smith and Martha Butler for the visitors both having tough games eventually winning 21-20 and 21-19 respectively against Kim Hargraves and Anne Buck. Peel put in a solid home performance winning 7-2 (163-122) against Nobles with four games being won to single figures – three for Peel and one for Nobles. Colese Creer and Lisa Bradshaw just missed out on two wins for the visitors when they both lost to 20 against Emilie Moss and Louise Horsfall. Douglas made their south to Breagle Glen B coming away with an impressive 6-3 win dropping only four points. Scoreline could have been 8-1 to Douglas as both Rebecca Jacobs and Harley Garrett both lost to 20 against Jacqui Elliott and Anita Roberts. Third winner for Breagle was Voirrey Curphey who won to 19 against Sue McCourt. Another solid 7-2 win was by Ballaugh A at home to Castletown B (179-118) with four of the Ballaugh ladies winning to single figures. Two winners for Castletown were Marie Ashurst who won to 19 against Michele Cubbon and Jo Robert who won to 13 against Charlotte Neeson.