Monthly Archives: July 2019
Onchan Commissioners Cup
A total of 26 ladies entered the competition which started at 1pm under difficult weather conditions which only got worse as the afternoon progressed.
There were 5 preliminary games and going through to the quarter finals were 8 pairs.
The first game of the quarter finals saw Jenny and Elaine Moore win their game against Sue Gawne and Marilyn Ellison 21-9, the second game Paula Firth and Lin Ruscoe beat Caroline Corlett and Libby Andrade in a closely fought game 21-16, the third game Chris Price and Jean Radcliffe defeated Maureen Payne and Lynda Clarke 21-13 and finally in the fourth game Phillipa Taylor and Joyce Ogden eased past Judy Kelly and Helen Caley 21-7.
In the first semi-final, Jenny and Elaine Moore triumphed 21-13 against Paula Firth and Lin Ruscoe. In the other semi-final Chris Price and Jean Radcliffe conceded their game against Phillipa Taylor and Joyce Ogden 16-14, the deteriorating weather conditions playing a part in their decision thus Phillipa Taylor and Joyce Ogden made their way through to the final against Jenny and Elaine Moore.
In the final Phillipa Taylor and Joyce Ogden were unable to get the better of their opponents Jenny and Elaine Moore who were in commanding form and eventually triumphed 21-6.
Overall, despite the inclement weather the afternoon proved to be a success and there was some extremely good bowling on display from all entrants.
Onchan Ladies Bowling Club and all entrants would like to thank Kathryn Williams, the Vice Chairman of Onchan Commissioners for turning out in such awful weather conditions to present the trophy.
Low Scores Leave League Wide Open
The Ladies Night League entered round 16 with Nobles and Castletown A looking to extend their advantage over Champions Port St Mary A who sit out from this set of matches.
Castletown A travelled to Breagle Glen to face Port Erin knowing a big score could help them regain top spot in the league. Castletown won six of the games including Anne Oates, Hilary Kermode, Sue Peach, Hannah Drewett and Kim Foy who all won to single figures. Home players Carole Kaye along with Lynda Cadamy and Di Bendson, who won to single figures, restricted Castletown’s final tally with the match finishing 107-154 (3-6).
Nobles had a tricky encounter against South Ramsey, who had just won the Jean Kelly Competition the night before. The match finished 5-4 on games with Elaine Moore top-scoring for the away team 21-8. Debbie Leece and Paula Firth both won to single figures helping Nobles to a 27 chalk victory 153-126 (5-4).
Onchan broke their run of eight consecutive losses by defeating Peel Sunset. Dee Lewis won 21-3 for the home side with wins also coming from Caroline Corlett, Jo Smith, Libby Andrade, Sue Gawne and Maureen Payne. Peel had wins from Lynda Wilson 21-18, Heather Horsburgh 21-7 and Mary Moffatt 21-3 reducing the deficit but the home side won by 13 chalks 154-141 (6-3).
Marown picked up a comfortable home win over Douglas with Rosie Winckle, Philippa Taylor and Lil Smith leading their side to victory with single figure wins. Pat Kelly and Wendy Cowin won for the away team with Shantelle Thorpe just losing 21-20 to Ceila Joughin. Final score 166-107 (7-2).
Mooragh Park hosted Ballaugh with the away side coming away with the win despite losing 5-4 on games. Alison Millard won 21-10, Voirrey Oates and Gill Dixon both won 21-8 and Barbara Graham won 21-5 to put the away side in control. Helen Martin 21-8 and Vicky Lloyd-West 21-7 reduced the gap with Shannon McMullan, Janet Monk and Caroline Parker also winning. The home side, however, fell seven chalks short losing 136-143 (4-5).
Castletown B welcomed Port St Mary B with the away side leaving with the spoils claiming a 27 chalk win. Youngster Charlotte Peach collected another win beating Lesley Coker 21-16 and teammates Barbara Young, Linda Dobinson and Joy Stephens also won. PSM picked up five wins, Brenda Hawkard, Debra Cooper and Pauline Worrall winning 13, 10 and 11 whilst Rita Callister 21-8 and Edwina Reid 21-9 helped secure victory for PSM. The match ended 135-162 (4-5).
At the end of the round Nobles remain top 13 chalks ahead of Castletown with South Ramsey moving into third position due to Port St Mary A sitting out. Port St Mary have now slipped back 173 points and will look to reduce that gap in the coming weeks before their rivals sit out.
Elaine Moore remains top of the individual merit having won all 15 games. Rebecca Teare, Jenny Moore, Clare Cooper and Mary Moffatt make up the top 5 ladies.
Peel Sunset Increase Lead
On Tuesday Peel Sunset pulled ahead in the league. They travelled south and had a good win against Port St Mary B 60-118(1-5).
In contrast their closest rivals, Port St Mary A, lost ground in the league when they came up against a strong Castletown side who were playing well on their own green. Joy Stephens, Ann Oates, Ann Hollingworth and Hilary Kermode all won their games for the home team but the visitors fought back with Ann Maddrell and Margaret Tasker both winning to single figures leaving a final score and a win for Castletown 102-84 (4-2).
Another team that lost ground in the league on Tuesday was Marown who slipped to 6th place following their result at Port Erin. Although Marowns Mia Moore, Mary Alderson and Celia Joughin all won their games, Joyce Ogden and Gwen Tuck pushed back for Port Erin B and played very well winning to single figures . It ended in a very close game with the visitors, Marown winning by just 6 points 91-97 (2-4).
Thursdays matches produced 4 very close matches which shows how evenly balanced some of the teams are and how most of the teams have improved as the season progresses.
Ballaugh and Douglas A ended with the visitors just ahead by one point 100-101 (3-3)
South Ramsey and Castletown, another 3-3 tally with the visitors losing by just 2 points 98-96.
Mooragh Park A, at home, losing to Marown by, again, 2 points 99-101 and finally Douglas B and Port Erin B shook hands with a 3 point win for the home side Douglas 94-91 (3-3).
Port Erin A won comfortably at home against Nobles with single figure successes for Lynda Cadamy, Voirrey Curphy and Jacqui Elliot but Sylvia Kennaugh and Paula Firth pushed back for the visitors with convincing wins. Final score 96-70 (4-2).
In the remaining matches Peel won comfortably against Mooragh Park B in a very friendly game 126-33 (6-0) and a home derby took place in Port St Mary with the A team winning 125-87 (5-1).
And so with Peel still to travel to play against the strong teams of Marown and South Ramsey and most teams having only 9 matches remaining, it really is still all to play for at the top.
Spar Mixed Doubles
Spar Mixed Doubles Winners 2019
Photo: Richard FaragherOn Sunday Ballaugh Bowling Club hosted the Spar Mixed Pairs. There were 29 pairs entered and they enjoyed the fine weather and some good play.
Bowing out in the quarter finals were Shirley and Gordon Corrin (Peel), Chris Price (Port St Mary and Dave Kelly (South Ramsey), Derek and Lynda Cadamy (Port Erin) and Alison Keggen (Noble’s) and Paul Kelly (Marown).
Losing semi-finalists were Kim Hargraves & Stefan Kelly (South Ramsey) and Lil Smith (Marown) & Edward Carlyle (South Ramsey), which left the final an all South Ramsey affair between Elaine Moore & Glynn Hargraves and Jenny Moore & James Teare.
Jenny and James made a good start winning the first three ends. After that it was close with only the five points scored in the first three ends the difference. Jenny and James finally won 21-15.
The presentation was made by Debbie Jones of Mannin Retail (Spar) who was introduced by Competition Secretary Richard Faragher who thanked the members for organising event with thanks given especially to the ladies in the kitchen. James Teare in his speech thanked the Spar – the Sponsors, Ballaugh members for organising the competition especially Richard Faragher for running the competition together with the measurers and markers.
Ladies’ Millennium fours
LADIES’ ASSOCIATION MILLENNIUM FOURS.
A total of forty-four ladies gathered at Castletown on Saturday 13th. July to compete in the Ladies’ Association Millennium team fours.
Each “match” consisted of two singles games and a doubles, the players for each being drawn at random.
The first match pitted one of the three Castletown teams against South Ramsey. Although Ann Hollingworth won her game against Kim Hargraves, South Ramsey were convincing winners 40-21. It was nice to see some of our younger players taking part, including Grace Quayle in this match.
In match 2 Nobles faced another Castletown team and were denied a full house when Sue Peach came through 15-13 against Alison Keggen, the final score being 43-31 in Noble’s favour.
The third prelim. was the closest match of the afternoon, with Mooragh Park 1 facing a combined Port St Mary / Port Erin team. In the singles matches Tricia Bull’s 15-9 win over Madison McMullan, followed by Shannon McMullan’s 15-11 win over Margaret Tasker left the combined team two points ahead with the doubles to come. A 15-11 win by Janet Monk and Helen Martin over Mavis Franks and Voirrey Curphey saw the Ramsey team through by a margin of two points.
In the quarter-finals South Ramsey faced Nobles, the game of this match being a closely fought battle between Kim Hargraves and Debbie Leece, which was neck and neck all the way through, Debbie eventually taking it 15-14. to leave South Ramsey one short of a maximum score as they won 44-36.
Mooragh 1 faced their less experienced club mates, Mooragh 2, in a match containing four junior girls, and despite some dogged resistance from their opponents they came through 45-24.
It all came down to the doubles in the Castletown 2 v Port St Mary team as the singles were divided, Heike Perry winning 15-9 against Kellie Maddrell, balanced by Chris Price’s 15-8 win over Tracy Moore. Port St Mary were !5-10 winners in the doubles, going through to the semi-finals 39-33.
The last quarter-final saw two combos, Maureen Payne joining Lin Ruscoe, Paula Firth and Sylvia Kennaugh from Nobles, taking on Oggie’s Angels. The first singles saw Philippa Taylor get off to a flyer against Lin Ruscoe, but Lin dug deep to level at 14-14 before Phi;ippa took the game 15-14. With the other two games going Oggie’s Angels way, they advanced 45-30.
In the semi-finals, South Ramsey scored the full 45 points against Mooragh 1, with Fiona Kennish, having been down 12-6 against Helen Martin, coming through to win 15-13. In the doubles Shannon and Madison McMullen played some very good bowls but were unable to get the better of their more experienced opponents, Elaine Moore and Kim Hargraves.
The other semi-final saw a convincing 15-5 win in the doubles for Chris Price and Kellie Maddrell, but Philippa Taylor and Lynda Cadamy each came through in the singles 15-4 to book their team’s place in the final.
Philippa and Jenny contested the first singles in the final, with there being little between the two protagonists up to 12-12, when three singles saw the game go to Philippa 15-12. Lynda Cadamy was in commanding form against Kim Hargraves, winning 15-3, while in the doubles Joyce Ogden and Lyn Bolton edged out Elaine Moore and Fiona Kennish 15-10 giving a final result Oggie’s Angels 45, South Ramsey 25.
HART & DAWSON CLAIM LANCASTER CUP
Lancaster Cup Winners 2019 - Tony Hart & Lee Dawson
Photo: Tony Hart
Peel hosted the Lancaster Cup men’s doubles with 27 pairs taking part.
At the end of the competition it was two new names on the trophy with the South Ramsey duo of Tony Hart and Lee Dawson winning the final against home greeners Dougie Allan & Gordon Corrin 21-13. With the score at 13-9 to Hart/Dawson they conceded a four to allow Allan and Corrin to level the score at 13-13. This kick started Hart and Dawson to respond by running out to take a deserved 21-13 win.
Losing out in the semis to the winners were the home pairing of Alan Cromwell & Tony Carroon (14-21), whilst the other semi was well contested with home greeners Brian Lindsay & Peter Greenlees losing out 18-21 to Allan and Corrin.
Losing out in the quarter finals were home pairing and competition favourites Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly and Tom Kelly, David Proctor (Peel) & Glenn Boland (Noble’s), Alan Moore (South Ramsey) & Sam Clague (Castletown) along with Derek Allen (Port Erin) & Alec Taylor (Peel).
The presentation was made by Peel competition secretary Dave Kelly, who thanked the sponsor David Lancaster, the team who ran the competition, all the club members who had helped throughout the day.
Success For South In Jean Kelly Competition
Jean Kelly Winners 2019
Back: Jill Quayle, Moira Anderson, Elaine Moore, Lyn Bolton, Sue Collier, Fiona KennishFront: Gill Morgan, Bethany Kennish, Kim Hargraves, Jenny Moore
South Ramsey took on Port St Mary A in the final of the Jean Kelly Handicap competition which was held on Onchan Bowling Green.
South Ramsey would start the match with a five-point advantage with the handicaps based on the teams respective 2018 league position.
A success for Port St Mary would equal the record of five wins held by Castletown. South Ramsey would be chasing their second win in the competition with their first coming 17 years ago in 2002.
Elaine Moore (SR) vs Ann Maddrell was the first match off the green. Elaine started brilliantly surging into a 15-0 lead before Ann was able to get off the mark. Ann battled hard and responded with a seven-point run but was unable to prevent Elaine from running out 21-8 and guided South Ramsey off to a perfect start.
Ladies Champion Jenny Moore (SR) took on Mavis Franks with Mavis taking an early 6-3 lead before a nine-point run for Jenny took her 12-6 up. Mavis responded with three points in two ends before Jenny scored nine points without reply to win 21-9.
Girls Junior Champion Bethany Kennish (SR) took on Jayne Kneen with the youngster leading after 20 ends 13-11. Jayne then won six out of the next seven ends to clinch PSM first win on the night 21-14.
Kim Hargraves (SR) was next off in her match against Chris Price. Kim raced into an early 11-2 lead before Chris picked up some momentum to bring the match back to 11-8. Kim was able to build another run of winning five ends out of six to lead 18-9 before going 20-11 up. Chris tried to stage a comeback but the game ended with a win for Kim 21-16.
The final game from the first half saw Sue Collier (SR) take on Margaret Tasker. The game was evenly poised after ten ends with the score level at 7-7 before Margaret had a break of 10 points to take control of the game. Sue scored on a few more ends but Margaret won the game 21-12.
At the halfway stage in the match, South Ramsey held a 19 point lead.
Lyn Bolton (SR) against Trish Bull was the first game off in the second half with another strong performance from South edging them closer to victory. Lyn started the game well lying 9-1 up after nine ends. Trish was unable to break into the game but at 19-4 down picked up a couple of doubles before Lyn won 21-8, taking her team 32 points ahead.
Val Macfarlane (PSM) got off to good start in her match against Fiona Kennish leading 9-4 after ten ends and 14-5 after 15 ends. Fiona fought hard into double figures before Val won 21-13 reducing the deficit to 24 chalks.
Kellie Maddrell (PSM) gave her team hope in the match after winning her game against Jill Quayle 21-10. After a nip tuck start, Kelly broke away to lead 17-7 before winning 21-10 bringing the match score down to 13 chalks.
The final game between Gill Morgan (SR) and Wendy Kennaugh started like so many on the night, with a player racing into an early lead. Gill was leading 14-1 after eleven ends with the match now safe for South Ramsey. Wendy managed to take control of the jack and a run of 9 ends brought her back into the game at 14-11. Gill, with a run of four singles, moved 18-11 up and despite Wendy picking up a couple more doubles was unable to stop Gill who won 21-16.
South Ramsey won the final with the result finishing 159-141 giving them an 18 chalk win on the night.
Following the match, the presentation was held by Jean Kelly’s family. Thanks were given to Onchan for hosting the final, all the spectators who attended and the players for putting on a good performance.
The association would also like to thank Moore Kelly and his family for their continued generosity and providing fantastic food and refreshments for all the players and spectators.
Second Half of Season Underway
The men’s night league teams commenced the second half of the season, with Marown A carrying on their fine form to take a good 1-9 away win over North Ramsey A. Preventing the whitewash for the home team was Steve Walmsley who recorded a convincing 21-10 victory over Dean Kipling. For the visitors standing in for the A team captain Paul Dunn was B team captain Harry Barton who claimed a good 21-8 win over Ray Skelly. Three of the Crosby men had to work hard for their wins with Phil Kelly winning 21-17 against John Cannan, Matthew Keggen won 21-18 against Bryan Corner, whilst Paul Kelly just got home 21-19 against Gary Merrill.
Noble’s A hosted Peel A with the visitors taking an 2-8 away win. Winning for Noble’s were David Quayle who won 21-12 against Alec Taylor, whilst Tommy Collister beat Jerome Surridge 21-14. For Peel Harry Kelly beat Steve Cook 21-20, Tom Kelly & Gary Smith both won 21-18 against Mark Quinn and John Ruscoe respectively. Captain Stevie Kelly won 21-17 against David Pease, with father Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly winning comfortably 21-12 against Glenn Boland, whilst Andy Kennish continued his fine form to make it 10 wins from 11 games with a 21-11 win over Kevin Firth.
South Ramsey A hosted Douglas A on a green that has seen remarkable improvement since the start of the season. The home team recorded an 8-2 win with captain Glynn Hargraves winning 21-1 against Gary Conwell, team mate Alan Moore also running out with a 21-3 victory over Shaun Seal. Stefan Kelly had to battle hard for his 21-17 win over Jimmy Sansom, whilst Peter Collister held his composure to just get over the line with a 21-20 win over Douglas captain Andy Cannell, with Collister having a 20-16 lead only for Cannell to level up at 20-20 and Collister beating a good bowl on the last end to take the win. Winning for Douglas were Stuart Garrett and Ian Moore.
Marown B brushed aside South Ramsey B with relative ease in their 8-2 home win. Brian Kelly made light work of his game with Edward Carlyle to win 21-4, whilst Jamie Joughin stepped up from the C team to take a 21-10 win against Christian Caley. Bobby Thorne having recently returned from university won 21-10 against Ian Moore, whilst Peter Kelly had a good 21-15 victory over Tony Dugdale. For the visitors Sid Bolton just got home 21-19 against James Kelly, captain Ben Dugdale continued his return from injury to win 21-18 against Juan Killip, with Austin Hart just losing 19-21 against Luke Hyland.
Port St Mary A welcomed Castletown B with the home team taking a 6-4 win. Winning for the Port men to single figures were Dan McCabe, Trevor Quayle & Wayne Roberts over George Foy, Dave Faragher and Ross Moore respectively, with Dave McCabe winning 21-14 against Mark Saunders. Winning for the town men were Bob Clark who beat Tim Williams 21-7, captain Ron Williams who beat Rob Cooil 21-16, whilst Nathan Cooil and Aaron Richardson won 21-17 against Glenn Hargraves and Bernard Thackrah respectively.
Castletown A rescheduled their home fixture with Onchan A to a later date due to a number of their team having Southern 100 commitments.
In division two Ballaugh A remain top on 85 points after their 7-3 home win against Port St Mary C with Ronnie Callow and Colin Leece preventing a heavier defeat with wins over Patrick Grant (21-18) and John Keenan (21-19) respectively. It would take a run of poor results to stop the Ballaugh men from going back up to division one next season.
The fight for second spot can be any one of five teams with Port St Mary B occupying second place on 75 points having played a game more than the teams below them. Peel B sit in third on 71 points after seeing off their C team with a 7-3 win, Port Erin A (69) continue to climb the table and are by no means out of it after their 8-2 home win over Port St Mary B with Finch Hill A also on the same number of points slipping up with their 3-7 away loss to bottom of the table Ballaugh B. Onchan B make up the top six on 68 points, claiming a hard fought 6-4 home win over Marown C taking the aggregate by just three chalks (141-138).
In division three runaway leaders South Ramsey C extended their lead by another point to 25 points following their 3-7 away win over Peel D. The Ramsey men are looking on course to win all 20 games this season and there is no doubt that they will be playing second division bowls next season.
It is looking to be a straight fight for second spot between Finch Hill B who occupy second on 66 points, taking a 6-4 home win over Ballaugh C winning the aggregate by just five chalks (146-141) and Noble’s B in third (65) who had a comfortable 2-8 away win over South Ramsey D. Onchan C are not completely out of it on 60 points.
Nobles New Leaders
A double fixtures week of ladies night bowls changed the top of the table once more with the title race taking another twist.
Wednesday evening saw a number of big wins. In the match between Castletown A and Peel Sunset, Mary Moffatt prevented a whitewash winning her game 21-14. Peel lost six games to single figures recording their lowest away performance since 2011 with the final score 182-69 (8-1).
Marown is always a tough place for teams to visit and Port St Mary B was only able to record one winner with Brenda Hawkard winning her game 21-19. The home side picking up a deserved 187-128 (8-1) win.
Port St Mary A collected their first full house of the season defeating Castletown B 189-75 (9-0).
Ballaugh slipped to a 13 chalk defeat at home to South Ramsey. Elaine Moore had the best score on the night winning 21-5. Match score 149-162 (3-6).
Douglas was a player short in their home match against Port Erin with the visitors winning 128-166 (3-6). Youngster Rebekah Kelly picked up her first league victory winning 21-5.
The final game on Wednesday saw Onchan defeated by Nobles 130-176 (3-6) with Jan West recording the biggest win on the night 21-6.
Onto Friday and match of the night, league leaders Castletown A travelling to champions Port St Mary A. The match was close on games finishing 5-4 but PSM won three games to single figures building a lead which would give them an overall victory by 21 chalks 151-130. The result pulls PSM back only 6 chalks behind Castletown A.
With PSM and Castletown taking points off each other Nobles took full advantage against Peel Sunset who were, unfortunately, a player short. Paula Firth had the standout win 21-3 whilst Shirley Corrin and Mary Moffatt won for Peel. The match finished 179-103 (7-2) and took Nobles top of the league holding a slender 14 chalk advantage over Castletown A.
South Ramsey remain fourth winning 179-101 (7-2) against Port St Mary B. SR won five games to single figures with Lyn Bolton and Jenny Moore winning 21-7 and Elaine Moore, Ann Gale and Jill Quayle winning 21-8.
Castletown B took full advantage of Douglas being a player short to record a two-point and first league win of the season. The away side won five of the nine games including Shantelle Thorpe and Paula Garrett who won 21-8 and 21-6 respectively. Jo Robert, Joy Stephens and Elaine McElroy won for CT with the match ending 137-135 (4-5).
Mooragh Park faced Onchan and it was encouraging to see so many juniors on the result card with six playing in the match. The home team won comfortably 165-126 (7-2) including wins for Junior Champion Shannon McMullan and sister Madison.
In the final game from Friday Ballaugh faced Port Erin. Both sides recorded two wins to single figures but with the home team winning the majority of the games picked up a 19 chalk victory 159-140 (6-3).
Next week Port St Mary A sit out allowing their rivals to temporarily pull away. Nobles take on South Ramsey with Castletown A looking to claw points back on the new leaders. Castletown themselves travel the short distance to Breagle Glen to face Port Erin.
Teare & Skelly Win Heywood Gelling Trophy
Heywood Gelling Trophy Winners 2019 - Paul Skelly & Rebecca Teare
Photo: Arnie WithersMarown hosted their second open of the bank holiday weekend with 32 pairs taking part in the Heywood Gelling Trophy on Sunday on a scorcher of a day with the green quicker than it was on Friday.
At the end of the competition it was Noble’s/Port St Mary pairing of Rebecca Teare and Paul Skelly, who beat the Noble’s/South Ramsey duo of Paula Firth and Sid Bolton by the closest of margins 21-20. The final started with Firth/Bolton taking a 11-6 lead, then 14-9 and extending this further still to 19-13. At 20-16 it looked like it wasn’t going to be Teare/Skelly’s day however they fought back well from lying game down on more than occasion to take a single, a three with Teare playing a great second bowl under pressure at 20-20 to beat Firth’s bowl which Bolton was unable to beat to give the victory to Teare & Skelly. This win qualifies the winners to play in the UK later in the season.
Both semis were well contested with another Noble’s/South Ramsey pairing of Clare Cooper & Lee Dawson losing out 19-21 to Firth and Bolton, whilst in the other semi a new partnership of Pat Mason (Ballaugh) and Andy Kennish (Peel) almost made it to the final only for Skelly to play a couple of great bowls after earlier fearing for his safety from his partner Teare when lying two up for game he inadvertently flicked the jack to end up two down at a crucial point of the game. His relief was clear for all to see at the end of the game after helping secure a 21-19 win to reach the final.
Losing out in the quarter finals were South Ramsey pair Jenny Moore & James Teare, another new partnership from Onchan Caroline Corlett & Les McClellan, Joyce Ogden (Marown) & Wayne Roberts (Port St Mary) along with Sue Gawne (Onchan) & Brian Kelly (Marown).
At the conclusion of the competition the presentation was made by competition secretary Philip Kelly, who thanked the club members who had helped with the running of the competition and the Marown Ladies for the refreshments provided. Marown President Lil Smith was then introduced to present the prizes.