Kennish & Bradford Win Doubles Championship
The Islands premier doubles competition the Association Doubles Championship was held at Marown Bowling Club on Sunday. The competition was played 21-up off a handicap of +3 for all competitors. The event was well supported with 26 pairs entering in a bid to win the coveted title.
At the quarter final stage, the home pairing of Matthew Keggen and Paul Kelly eased to a 21-11 win over Noble’s pair Jim Callister and Alex Yates, whilst another home pairing – Colin Kelly and Peter Jones won by a bigger margin, 21-6 against Breagle Glen pair Wayne Roberts and Trevor Quayle, who had just put out the current holders Glynn Hargraves and Jamie Box (South Ramsey/Marown) in the previous round.…
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Town Men Retain Rayner Plate
The final of the 2026 PlumbMaster sponsored Rayner Plate took place on Thursday evening in the Sunset City on a vastly improved Peel Bowling green.
First Division side Castletown A, the current holders were looking to become the first side to ever retain the trophy, which is a feat in itself with two things needing to happen – losing in the first round of the Rayner Shield, which they duly did 3-5 at home to Marown A despite losing two close games, and having to claw back some sizeable deficits at the start of play to lower ranked teams in each round of the Plate competition.…
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