Monthly Archives: July 2014
Port St Mary defeat Peel to keep up challenge for title
The Tower Insurance Over 60’s League rolls relentlessly on with the last years champions Castletown A still holding a two point lead over Port St Mary A after the last two series of games. The Town had relatively easy games against the two teams at the tale end of the league winning 7-1 at Douglas B, and unfortunately Finch Hill B were unable to field a team for their visit to Castletown which resulted in an 8-0 walkover for the Town and two points deducted for Finch Hill B. Port St Mary A visited Finch Hill B on Tuesday and inflicted an 8-0 win but on Thursday they entertained current third placed Peel A who beat North Ramsey B on Tuesday 7-1 but then went down 6-2 at Port St Mary in a very close game Peel losing three games 21-20, This allowed South Ramsey to leapfrog Peel and are a further 2 points behind Port, and one ahead of Peel with victories at home to Finch Hill A 5-3 and at Douglas A by 6-2. North Ramsey A’s title hopes are slipping after being held to two draws, at home to Douglas A and away to Nobles Mxd. while Onchan A were held to surprising draw at home to Peel B , but got back on track by taking all the points in a 5-3 win at Finch Hill B. Marown move into 7th place with four points this week, while Castletown B drop to 8th after only picking up one point in their draw with Onchan B, who are in ninth place just a point behind the town B, while Ballaugh now in tenth place had a good week with four points from their trip to Port Erin and the visit of Castletown B both 5-3 wins.with Nobles Mixed just a point behind after a win and draw, then come Finch Hill A, Douglas A and Port Erin who are all mid table, with North Ramsey B four points behind Port Erin but a similar number ahead of Nobles Park. Peel B are climbing the table and although 3rd from the bottom are now in touch with Port St Mary B and Noble’s Park who are one and two points ahead of them. The Merit has again seen a change with Dave Foulis of Ballaugh losing to Bernard Thakrah at Port Erin, this means that Peter Kelly of Ballaugh moves ahead again both players on 21 wins, with on 19 wins come a whole scutch of players, Mike Thomas (Onchan), Harry Kelly(Peel), Chas Grills (S Ramsey), Ron Maycox and Ray Maddrell of PSM and the Town pairing of Dave Faragher and Collin Holland.
Next week sees just one set of games on the Tuesday with the top fixture pairing 4th placed Peel A at home to leaders Castletown A, with the Wednesday and Thursday being taken up with the Over 60’s qualifying at Douglas.
Ladies’ over 60’s 3 July
Port St Mary A have extended their lead at the top of the table after they were visited by Mooragh Park on Thursday 3 July. Taking five games, with Win Collister and Val Macfarlane winning to single figures, they were denied a maximum by. Jean Radcliffe winning her game for the visitors. There was a strong performance by Ballaugh at Noble’s Mixed as they dropped just 5 points. With every player reaching double figures, Mixed were also able to post a score over 100. The match at Castletown ended level on games but wins to single figures by Marie Ashurst, Ann Hollingworth and Anne Oates, together with Barbara Young reaching 20 against Chris Holland, gave the home side a considerable points advantage. A good win to single figures by Muriel Cain denied Port Erin a full house while at Noble‘s 3 the highlight of the morning was the game between Theresia Britten and Joyce Kelly, with Joyce eventually coming through 21-19. Onchan B‘s other winner was Viv Rush who won to single figures. Onchan A had the better of Marown 4-2 on games with Hazel Hughes winning to single figures, the two winners for Marown being Mary Alderson and Celia Joughin..
Ladies’ over 60’s 1 July
It was a strange match at Peel on Tuesday 1 July in the Trend sponsored ladies’ over 60’s league with Joyce Kelly and Mary Moffatt for the home side and Jan Osborne for Douglas having convincing wins to single figures. On the other hand Patsy Rush and Rose Corfield had a close match with Patsy coming through 21-19 while Heather Horsburgh and Jo Oldam kept the rest waiting for their dinner before Heather eventually came through 21-20.Noble’s Mixed had the better of Villa 4-2 on games in a high-scoring match, the two winners for the home side being Muriel Cain and Peggy Chapman, while Marilyn Ellison spoiled the party for Port St Mary B being the lone winner for Onchan B. All the games went to double figures at Onchan A where Hazel Hughes and Flo Kelly were the two winners for the home side while Heather Reynolds put up a battling performance to reach 19 against Tricia Bull. Rita Callan and Lilian Slinger won to single figures against Castletown, whose two winners were Anne Oates and Ann Hollingworth, while Ballaugh won 4-2 on games against Marown with Jenny Maddrell winning to single figures as did Mary Alderson for the visitors.
Point Deductions
Please be aware that the following point deductions have been made to the league table during June.
Finch Hill B have received a 4 point penalty for failing to fulfil their Game 11 fixture