Yearly Archives: 2015
Flo Doan Ladies’ Doubles
Flo Doan Winners 2015
Lillian Slinger & Janet MonkThe Flo Doan Ladies’ doubles was played at Peel on Saturday 1 August. Having been cancelled last year because of the rainy conditions, the weather made amends this year giving beautiful conditions which together with a well-running green led to some fine bowling.
Semi-finals: Mary Moffatt and Cath Parker 21, Josie Harding and Flo Price 9; Janet Monk and Lilian Slinger 21, Lynda Cadamy and Caroline Whitehead 12.
Although the first two ends were shared, Janet and Lilian soon took control winning the next four ends, including a 3 and a 4, to take a 16-7 lead. Mary and Cath could find no way to contain the mother-daughter combo, and despite winning two more singles had to concede the title to their opponents 21-9.
The presentation was made by club captain, Heather Horsburgh, who thanked all those who had stayed to the end, those who had helped with the smooth running of the event and the green keeper for the excellent green.
Castletown Narrow Gap on North Ramsey
This weeks Over 60’s Bowls has been marred with controversy after Port St Mary B decided to concede their game at North Ramsey B, due allegedly to the fact that some of their players were also playing at North Ramsey in the evening! Actions like this have a serious effect not only on the running of the league and also the merit competition, and it seems inconceivable that they were unable to muster a team from the players available. I would like to add that North Ramsey A are the innocent party in this, and I am sure they would have definitely preferred to have played rather than be given a walkover. Teams should play each and every game, and not decide not to attend, when it suits them, as this not only affects the opposition it also affects each and every team in the league, and would result in anarchy if other teams took similar action. I am sure the Executive Committee will come up with a more suitable punishment than the docking of two points should anything like this happen again, for the good of our sport.
Enough ranting, on with the game, this week with North Ramsey sitting a game out, Castletown narrowed the gap to three points with a very close away win at Marown with two of the two players winning to all but the 5-3 victory could just of easily been reversed. At home on the Thursday Town A hit top form against Nobles B inflicting a whitewash on the visitors. Port St Mary A dropped a point on their visit to Douglas A before beating North Ramsey B 7-1 To lie four points behind Castletown A, Onchan have moved up to fourth place on 36 points two behind PSM A, missing the chance to close right up by getting draws at South Ramsey, then being held by Peel A at home, Peel A are level with Ballaugh on 33 points 3 behind Onchan, Ballaugh having a full house this week with two 5-3 wins at home to Finch Hill and Away to Onchan B, next up one point behind come Castletown B, Nobles A and Douglas A, Castletown B beat Port Erin 7-1 before going down 5-3 at Nobles A, who in turn lost to Peel A in their other match. Douglas A had two tough games and came away with three points holding PSM A before winning at Marown 5-3. With South Ramsey and Marown on 31 points only two points separate 5th to 11th positions. The Merit is led by Stuart Garrett of Douglas who has won 24 games on 23 wins are Mike Hargraves (Castletown) and Geoff Porter (North Ramsey) with 22 victories are Chas Grills (South Ramsey) and Ron Maycox (Port St Mary) while on 21 wins are Tony Carroon (Peel B), Roger Thomas (South Ramsey), George Peach (Castletown B) and Colin Hinds (Onchan). The Popular Charlie Howland Pairs Competition was played at Ballaugh on Friday in good conditions with 24 pairs in contention. After some excellent bowling throughout the competition the Onchan Pairing of Mike Thomas and Paul Bailey were the victors over home green pairing Dave Foulis and Paul Bradford 21-19 in a very thrilling final, the losing semi-finalist were also both from Ballaugh, Dave McTaggart and Arthur Moore and John Keenan and Peter Graham. The Over 60’s are very grateful for Charlie Howland for his wonderful sponsorship of the competition, Ballaugh Bowling Club for being such good hosts and the ladies in the kitchen for keeping everyone fed and watered throughout the afternoon. The Ismay Cup Final between North Ramsey A and Port St Mary A will be held at Nobles Green on Wednesday 12th August 2pm start
North Ramsey A remain in clear lead of Over 60’s
The Tower Insurance Over 60’s League stills has North Ramsey A as top dogs after a 7-1 home victory over Nobles B on Tuesday, however they were slightly fortunate on their visit to Onchan B winning 5-3 including a walkover as Onchan B only had seven players available, The Southside Giants, Castletown A and Port St Mary A continue their chase of the leader, both also winning both games, Town went to their bogey green Port Erin and came away with a 7-1 win before using home green advantage to see of South Ramsey 5-3. Port St Mary had the result of the week going to Peel A and demolishing them 7-1 before whitewashing visitors Port Erin. Nobles A had the bragging rights against rivals Douglas A by using home advantage to win 7-1 with Vinty Dugdale being the first player to beat Stuart Garrett in the league this season, Onchan A have also hit form at present and had a whitewash over Finch Hill, and to show how close games can be North Ramsey B who are near the foot of the table nearly pulled of a surprise by only just going down 5-3 to Onchan A with North Ramsey Players losing to 20 and 19, Ballaugh also had a good week winning at Port St Mary B and then seeing of Castletown B, Another team moving up the league are Marown who collected four points this week with 5-3 wins over Douglas and Port St Mary B. The Merit Table has a new leader in Geoff Porter of North Ramsey who is fractionally ahead of Stuart Garrett of Douglas, both having won 22 games, Geoff missed out on opening up a bigger gap by losing to Ken Bridson of Onchan on the Thursday. On 21 wins come Chas Grills of Ramsey and Mike Hargraves of Castletown, with Ron Maycox of Port St Mary and Roger Thomas of South Ramsey on 20 wins. This week also saw the semi-finals of the Ismay Cup, with as expected the two home teams won both by 7-2 scores, North Ramsey A beating Port Erin and Port St Mary A defeating Peel B, This should make a very close final between two of the big guns in the league,
Port St Mary B Win Rayner Plate
Rayner Plate Winners 2015 - Port St Mary B
Port St Mary B have won the Rayner Plate for the second time beating North Ramsey B 213-159.
Ladies’ over 60’s Tuesday 28 July
There were only six matches played in the Trend sponsored ladies’ over 60’s league on Tuesday 28 July. Nobles were top scorers, dropping just two points courtesy of Muriel Cain’s 21-19 win over Josie Harding. Pat Kelly almost added a second game, losing out 20-21 to Pat Robertson. The Castletown players all reached double figures at Port St Mary A, and with Ann Hollingworth having a good win to single figures they ended only 10 chalks adrift despite going down 5-1 on games. Onchan A also won 5 games, Edwina Reid saving Port St Mary B’s blushes, winning to single figures. They nearly had a second game as Pauline Worrall reached 20 against Marilyn Ellison. Moira Anderson and Lilian Slinger both won to single figures for Mooragh Park against Marown, who replied with four wins, three of them also to single figures. Ballaugh were in ruthless mode against Onchan B for whom only Barbara Kennaugh recorded a win, albeit to single figures. The home side won four of their five games to single figures, Eileen Killey being the only other player on the away side to reach double figures Peel Sunset struggled at Breagle, drawing on games and winning by a mere four chalks.
Advantage Onchan
Onchan A moved within touching distance of yet another Isle of Man Bank Division One title after two hard fought victories over tough opposition sees them move eighteen points clear at the top.
They hosted Douglas A on Monday night and with Douglas being the only team to beat them this year knew they had a fight on their hands. The Villa men put in a spirited performance in a match which could have gone either way but fell just short on this occasion losing out 7-3.
The champions then travelled to Marown A for the hugely anticipated top of the table clash, with the Crosby men needing to make up some ground on their rivals to stand any chance of snatching the title for themselves. Marown would have been pleased with how the week started as their 9-1 win away at Castletown A had seen them already claw two points back on Onchan.
The early stages of the old firm match were as even you would expect and with things finally balanced at three apiece it looked like the home side might just pull it off. It wasn’t to be though as Onchan’s tail showed their strength in depth as they took the remaining games to seal a 7-3 victory, and all but assure themselves of the silverware.
Port St Mary A are the form team at the moment and after a brilliant week have moved into third twelve points behind Marown with a game in hand. They began the week with a brilliant 7-3 away win over high flying South Ramsey A and backed this up with a solid 8-2 home win over Castletown A.
Port’s primary aim will be to secure third spot but if they can make use of the extra game and Marown falter you just never know they might just pull off a massive upset and break into the top two.
South now find themselves in fourth place just two points above Douglas A after the sides won 7-3 and 9-1 respectively on Wednesday night. The top five are thirty points clear of North Ramsey in sixth, who are themselves 20 points clear of seventh, so whilst I don’t think anyone else can displace the top teams the order is still all to play for and Douglas will have their eyes on fourth spot.
South Ramsey B are turning the screw at the top of Division Two and a 9-1 victory away at Marown B backed up with a solid 6-4 showing against Port St Mary B will do their title aspirations no harm at all.
Port B are flying high too and their own 6-4 victory over Ballaugh B keeps them in the hunt for main honours. Douglas B need to relight the fire behind their challenge if they want to be at the top of the pile come September after they dropped points going down 7-3 away at North Ramsey B in their only match of the week.
Douglas C caused an upset in Division 3 on Tuesday as they beat runaway leaders Onchan C 7-3 at the Villa Mariina. It’s hard to believe that this high flying Douglas side picked up only one win in the final fixture of last season as they are now a match for anyone they play.
Ladies’ league 24 July
South Ramsey were top scorers in the C Tarleton Hodgson and Son Ltd sponsored league on Friday 24 July, winning 7-2 on games with three wins to single figures. The two winners for Douglas were Pat Kelly and Jan Osborne who pipped Jill Quayle 21-20.Peel Sunset had their third 5-4 win in a row, but this time also managed to win on points ! Rebecca Teare’s win to single figures was matched by Cath Parker and Philippa Taylor, while Debbie Leece made a strong come back before losing out 20-21 to Heather Horsburgh. It was a close, if low-scoring, match at Ballaugh where the home team won 6-3 on games with two wins to single figures. In reply Mooragh Park’s three winners, Helen Martin, Janet Monk and lilian Slinger also won to single figures. League leaders Port St Mary A won five games, three to single figures, against Castletown while there were also some very close encounters in the match, while Marown had the better of Onchan 6-3 on games, the feature match seeing Lil Smith just edge out Dee Lewis 21-20.Carol Kaye had a good win to single figures for Port Erin against Purt le Moirrey, where the other games were much closer with a 21-19 to each team and Linda Dawson losing out 20-21 to Voirrey Curphey.
Match postponed from 26 June
Nobles 153 (5), Ballaugh 143 (4)
This was a close match with the advantage going to Nobles by 10 points. Both teams had two wins to single figures while, in contrast, Peggy Griffin reached 19 against Sonja Lees and Debbie Leece just lost out 20-21 to Ellie Faragher.
Jordan Cup
There was a field of 24 for the Jordan Cup ladies’ singles played at Nobles’ on Saturday 25 July. Once again the weather was fine and the green was interesting. Quarter-finals: Sylvia Kennaugh 21, Lilian Slinger 20; Heather Horsburgh 21, Jo Smith 18; Helen Martin 21, Debbie Leece 17; Margaret Tasker 21, Lin Ruscoe 7 Semi-finals: Sylvia Kennaugh 21, Heather Horsburgh 15; Helen Martin 21, Margaret Tasker 13 In the final both players produced some excellent bowling, early exchanges seeing them level at 8-8 before a spurt of five ends saw Sylvia advance to 14-8. Helen took five of the next six ends to take a lead of 16-15 which Sylvia levelled to 16 across on the next end. She then scored two 2’s and a single to take the match, and her first trophy, 21-16. Committee member, Joyce Ogden thanked everyone before presenting the prizes.
Onchan Ladies’ Doubles
The weather stayed fair for the ladies’ doubles, for the Onchan Commissioners’ Cup, played on Wednesday 22 July. The field of 16 pairs produced some entertaining bowls played in good spirit. Semi-finals: Janet Monk and Lilian Slinger 21, Philippa Taylor and Heather Horsburgh 11; Paula Garrett and Lyn Bolton 21, Rosie Winckle and Shirley Whelan 14 In the final Paula and Lyn were first out of the blocks, winning the first five ends to take a 13-6 lead. A 2 followed by three 3’s gave the advantage to Lilian and Janet, which they never relinquished, despite Paula and Lyn winning two more ends, taking the game 21-16. Competition secretary, Marilyn Ellison thanked all those who had helped to make the afternoon a success before introducing the chairman of Onchan Commissioners, Robin Turton, who presented the prizes.
Ladies’ over 60’s league Thursday 23 July
Joan Murphy spoiled the party for Peel Sunset on Thursday 23 July, winning her game to deny them a full house against Villa, on a morning when Ballaugh also passed the 120 point mark. Edwina Reid and Pauline Worrall, who edged out Ann Gale 21-20 were the two winners for Port St Mary B, while Chris Holland almost levelled the game score, just losing out 20-21 to Mary Simmonds. Port St Mary A won four games at Onchan B, the two winners for the home side being Barbara Kennaugh and Wendy McDowell who just pipped Margaret Tasker 21-19. Three wins to singles figures gave the visitors a strong points lead. It couldn’t have been much closer at Port Erin where it ended level on games with a win to single figures for each side, the visiting side coming through by just one chalk. Onchan A had a 5 point advantage over Marown in another close match while Douglas had the advantage against Nobles, Sue Caley winning to single figures for the home side as did Lin Ruscoe for the visitors. Pat Robertson came close to making the match 3-3 on games reaching 20 against Moire Turner.