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Last Wednesday and Friday evenings (22 and 24 July), second and third placed Marown A and South Ramsey kept their hopes up of being contenders for the league title, as both teams closed the gap on current leaders Castletown A.
Wednesday evening: South Ramsey took on Castletown A at home winning the match 5-4 (169-125); scoreline for South was helped by Jenny Moore, Gill Dixon and Elaine Moore winning their games to single figures. Closest game saw Town’s Rebecca Teare cross the line 21-18 after a good battle against Fiona Kennish. Marown A played their B team with the A ladies scoring a full house (189-122) with Jayne Smith, Deborah Leece and Lyn Bolton winning to single figures. Lola Tebay and Lisa Pugh nearly won two games for the B team when Lola lost to 20 against her mum Louise and Lisa losing to the same score against Helen Withers. Current fourth placed team, Breagle Glen A, also had a good 5-4 win (170-146) away to Castletown B with Trish Bull and Alison Stockham for Breagle winning to single figures. Two closest games of the match resulted in 21-19 wins for both Margaret Tasker and Katy Williams for Breagle against Judith Moore and Susan Kerruish. Another solid performance was by Mooragh Park at home to Nobles. Mooragh won the match 7-2 (167-96) with five of the Mooragh ladies winning to single figures, Two winners for Nobles were Colese Creer who won to single figures and Anne Mullan who won to 14 against Deborah Taylor. Douglas were at home to Ballaugh B winning the match 5-4 (160-124) with Mel Molesworth, Jane Lothian, Pauline Henry and Harley Garrett for Douglas plus Elaine Fenton for the visitors all winning their games to single figures. Closest game resulted in a 21-18 win for Ballaugh’s Rachel Thomas against Erin Quayle. Peel Sunset made their way to Breagle Glen B coming away with a 5-4 win (154-132) with Diane Flemming, Emilie Moss and Shirley Corrin for the Peel ladies plus Jean Thackrah for the home team winning to single figures. Anita Roberts and Olivia Harrison had a nip and tuck game with Anita taking the honours for Breagle 21-19.
Friday evening, Castletown A bounced back from their loss on Wednesday night with an impressive 8-1 win at home dropping only five points (184-117) against Ballaugh A. Rebecca Teare for the Town ladies was the only player to win to single figures. Sole winner for Ballaugh was Caroline Parker who won to 16 against Anne Oates. Marown A were again on exceptional form scoring another full house (189-87) at home to Breagle Glen B with four of the Marown ladies winning to single figures. Highest scoring games were 21-14 wins for mother and daughter Lyn Bolton and Zoe Pearson against Jean Thackrah and Anita Roberts. South Ramsey were again on fine form winning 8-1 (184-150) away to Peel. Gill Dixon for South was the only player to win to single figures. Sole winner for Peel was Helen Cowley who won to 16 against Lauren Groen, although the Peel ladies just missed out on making the scoreline 6-3 when both Mary Moffatt and Olivia Harrison both lost to 20 against Kim Hargraves and Sue Collier. Mooragh Park kept up their good form winning 8-1 (179-96) away to Ballaugh B with five of the Mooragh ladies winning their games to single figures. Stopping a whitewash was Alison Millard who won to 11 against Elaine Slack with Elaine Fenton just missing out on a win for the home side losing to 20 against Katie Johnson. Nobles also put in a solid home performance winning 8-1 (177-80) against Castletown B with six of the Nobles wins being won to single figures. Saving Castletown’s blushes was Sonya Mercer who won to single figures. Closest game saw Joanne Kelly win to 14 against Susan Kerruish. Marown B won 7-2 (168-139) away to Breagle Glen A with Enya Christian and Jo Kelly for the Crosby ladies winning to single figures. Two winners for Breagle were Trish Bull who won to 11 against Lil Smith and Nicola Cain who won to 10 against Lillie Barrett. Two closest games were 21-19 wins for both Grace Cooper and Celia Joughin against Alison Stockham and Margaret Tasker.