Yearly Archives: 2021
MAXIMUM FOR PORT ERIN LADIES
Open age league: Port Erin were on excellent form obtaining a full house at home against Peel in last Friday night’s Crown Green Bowling Ladies Open Age League. Di Benson and Jean Thackrah for Port won to single figures with the closest game being Caroline Whitehead (Port) winning to 19 against Mary Moffatt. Lynda Wilson and Louise Horsfall (Peel) couldn’t quite get over the line with both losing to 16 against Jacqui Elliott and Susan Inch. Marown B won 5-4 at home against Castletown B with Jo Corkill (Marown) just narrowly missing out making it six wins by losing to 20 against Sarah Morgan. Castletown A continue to head the leader board with a 7-2 win at home against Mooragh Park. Janet Monk and Shannon McMullan were the only winners for Mooragh winning to 15 and 6 respectively. Marown A won 5-4 away to Ballaugh with the game of the match being between Barbara Graham (Ballaugh) and Elaine Dewhirst with Barbara eventually winning to 20. Onchan played Douglas at home winning 7-2. Two winners for Douglas were Harley Garrett and Jan West who both won to single figures, as did Libby Andrade and Dee Lewis for Onchan. South Ramsey hosted Port St Mary with South winning 5-4. Result in games could have been the other way round with Jayne Kneen losing to 20 against Judy Kelly.
Over 60s league: Castletown A and Port St Mary B both recorded maximums at home against Finch Hill and Port Erin in Tuesday’s Over 60s league. All games went into double figures apart from Kath Kinley (Castletown) and Roma Ware (Port) who both won to single figures. Mooragh Park A had a good home win against Port St Mary A, although the match finished three all on games, Mooragh won on points. Onchan A had an impressive away win at South Ramsey winning 5-1. Five games were won to single figures apart from Sue Collier (South) who had a real tussle against Caroline Corlett before losing to 20 with the last twenty minutes of the game being played in torrential rain.
FIRST LADIES ASSOCIATION COMPETITION WIN FOR KIM
Isle of Man Merit (Barbara Lee Trophy) Winner 2021 - Kim Hargraves
Photo: Glynn HargravesThe Ladies Association IOM Merit (Barbara Lee Trophy) competition was played on Sunday at Onchan Bowling Club attracting an entry of 24 ladies. Fortunately, the weather stayed fine for a great afternoon of bowling.
Going through to the first semi-final was junior bowler Madison McMullan (Mooragh Park) against the more experienced Trish Bull (Port St Mary). On the 14th end, Trish led 12-5 but with some excellent bowls Madison reduced this deficit to 13 across on the 22nd end. Trish drew on her experience, started to pull away and eventually won 21-16. The second semi-final was an all South Ramsey affair with Kim Hargraves taking on Sue Collier. Sue got off to a blistering start leading 14-5 on the 15th end but with sheer determination Kim dug deep winning 10 of the last 11 ends to win 21-16.
The final was certainly exciting to watch and well contested. With both playing well, it was 19 all on 32nd end. With a final flourish Kim took the next two ends to win her first major singles title 21-19.
Presentation of trophy and prizes was made by the Ladies Association President. Kim then thanked all her opponents, Onchan for hosting and Gill Morgan for the smooth running of the competition finishing off by saying she was ‘over the moon’ at winning.
Castletown A continue to dominant at the top of the ladies Open Age league with a good away win against fourth placed Marown last Wednesday night. Philippa Taylor and Alison Kearsley had a tough game with Philippa just edging it 21-20. Sue Peach (Castletown) also had a battle against Shirley Whelan with the latter eventually winning to 19. Celia Joughin (Marown) and Amanda Lawler (Castletown) were the only players to win to single figures. Ballaugh were also on fine form winning by 16 points away to Peel. The closest game was between Lynda Wilson (Peel) who won to 17 against Pam Unsworth.
Results: South Ramsey 169 (6), Marown B 126 (3); Marown A 141 (4), Castletown A 158 (5); Peel 143 (4), Ballaugh 159 (5); Port St Mary 155 (5), Mooragh Park 118 (4); Castletown B 144 (3), Onchan 165 (6); Douglas 150 (6), Port Erin 121 (3)
In the Over 60’s league on Tuesday morning, Peel kept up the pressure on leaders Castletown A with a maximum away at Castletown B. The win was helped by Gill Clarke and Mona Kerruish winning to single figures. Susan Kerruish just missed out on winning a game for Castletown losing to 20 against Terri Berry. Another maximum was achieved by Finch Hill at home to Port St Mary B. with Port just missed out on winning two games as Chris Holland and Edwina Reid lost by 20 and 19 respectively.
Results: Ballaugh 81 (2), Castletown A 111 (4); Port Erin 109 (5), Onchan B 75 (1); Onchan A 119 (5), Mooragh Park A 68 (1); Port St Mary 110 (4), Marown 84 (2); Finch Hill 126 (6), Port St Mary B 84 (0); Castletown B 72 (0), Peel 126 (0); Mooragh Park B 41 (1), South Ramsey 120 (5)
JMS Veterans Shield. Results from Game 5 – Group A: Port St Mary A (+19) 144, Onchan B (+29) 95; Port Erin (+28) 154, Castletown B (+39) 108; Group B: South Ramsey (+19) 134, Port St Mary B (+31) 106; Group C: Marown (+11) 137, Ballaugh (+24) 89; Mooragh Park B|(+36) 89, Peel (+21) 128; Group D: Onchan A (+17) 122, Castletown (+24) 130
Withers & Dunn Retain Doubles Championship
Doubles Championship Winners 2021 - Neil Withers & Paul Dunn
Photo: Arnie WithersThe Islands premier doubles competition was hosted by Peel Bowling Club on Sunday on a much slower green than that enjoyed for the recent Peel Town Cup. The competition was played 21 up off a handicap of +3 for all competitors. The event was well supported with 32 pairs entering in a bid to win the coveted title.
An all South Ramsey affair had Lee Dawson and Tony Hart lose 9-21 to Glynn Hargraves and David Bradford, while Port St Mary duo Wayne Roberts and Trevor Quayle were 14-14 against Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly and son Stevie Kelly (Peel) before losing 14-21. An all Marown tie was won 21-15 by Neil Withers and Paul Dunn against Colin Kelly and Juan Killip, while South Ramsey’s Tony Dugdale and James Teare lost 12-21 to Matthew Keggen and Paul Kelly (Marown).
In the semi-finals Hargraves and Bradford got off to a good start taking an 8-3 lead over Barney & Stevie Kelly with the latter pairing getting a run of ends playing along the edge in front of the clubhouse to turn the game around to lead 16-8. Hargraves and Bradford dug in to recover the score to just one point behind at 16-17, only to concede a double and a single, then picked up a single themselves and were lying one only for Stevie to play a great reaching bowl to win the game 21-17. The other semi-final was much more straightforward with Withers and Dunn winning comfortably 21-8 against Keggen and Kelly.
In a repeat of the 2020 final Withers and Dunn won six of the first seven ends to lead 10-4, with Withers playing over the middle of the green. The Peel pair responded with two doubles to sit just two points behind at 8-10, this kicked the Marown men into gear as they scored a three, two doubles and a single to take control of the game 18-8. A huge comeback appeared to be on the card as a single allowed Barney to get into the corners with two successive ends scoring three pulled the score back to 15-18, however Withers and Dunn dug deep to take a double and a single to win 21-18 as they retained the title they won at Port St Mary last year in another entertaining final.
The presentation was made by Association Competition Secretary Steve Moore, who thanked Peel Bowling Club for the use of the green and its members for providing helpers throughout the day. Upon accepting the prizes Paul Dunn thanked everyone involved in the running of the competition, their opponents and also his playing partner.
South Ramsey Stun Town Ladies
Jean Kelly Winners 2021 - South Ramsey
Photo: Glynn HargravesThe final of the Jean Kelly was held at Onchan Bowling Club on Friday evening with the rain holding off for the evening, it was a much slower green than expected by the teams. There was a good crowd in attendance with fantastic support for both teams, which resulted in a great atmosphere around the green. With a neutral venue the handicaps were Castletown A (+17) and South Ramsey (+23) with South having just a six chalk start on their opponents not being a lot considering the huge gap between the teams in the league with Town starting the match as clear favourites to retain the title.
The first five games got underway with South Ramsey’s Gill Dixon undoubtedly a big game player storming home with a 21-9 win over Alison Kearsley, with the game finely balanced at 8-6 Dixon took 10 of the last 12 ends. Next off for South was Elaine Moore who similar to the first game, this was close as Moore led 10-9 against Sue Peach, to then run out with a 21-9 victory on a longer length. The third game off on the night was Jenny Moore who recovered from a slow start to beat Anne Oates 21-14.
Next off for South was captain Kim Hargraves who got off to a flier to lead 10-1 against Amanda Lawler, before the latter fought back to trail by one at 10-11. Hargraves kicked back into gear to go on another good run to win six of the last seven ends scoring four doubles on the way to claim a solid 21-11 win over Lawler.
The last game off from the first five games was Gill Morgan who played brilliantly, taking some good bowls off her opponent Hilary Kermode. With the game at 13-18 Morgan was counting with two good bowls only for Kermode to play a fantastic bowl to count. The game finished on the following end with Kermode taking a double to secure Town’s first win of the night and in doing so reduced the deficit to 39 chalks.
With the second half of the match underway South Ramsey had built a good lead, but were by no means home and dry, however South knew that 12 or more points from each player would be enough to seal the win with only four games left on the green.
Tracy Moore responded for Town with the biggest win of the night as she beat Fiona Kennish 21-6 to make things interesting, as this reduced the deficit to 24 chalks. The wins kept coming for Town with the next victory coming from captain Hannah Drewett who beat Lauren Groen 21-18, with Groen battling well to put her team one step closer to victory. The ever reliable Kath Kinley was next off with a 21-10 win over Jill Quayle, with Quayle performing well against a tough opponent.
The last game off for Town was Kim Foy with a 21-15 win over Sue Collier with the latter scoring five doubles on the night, this helped ensure that South Ramsey had scored enough points to seal the win by just four chalks (169-165). All of South Ramsey’s team contributed to their victory on the night and their third Jean Kelly title overall due to the match being played for on chalks. Huge credit must go to both teams who played their part for what was a thrilling final.
The presentation was made by Association President Sue Gawne, who introduced the Kelly Family who continue to support this competition and provided an excellent selection of refreshments to the players and supporters on the night. South Ramsey captain Kim Hargraves was then presented with the Shield. Hargraves thanked the Kelly family for the prizes and the refreshments, Onchan Bowling Club for hosting and congratulated her team on their performance whilst offering her commiserations to Castletown who had played their part in making it a fantastic final.
Bolton & Quayle Play a ‘Blinder’
Finch Hill Mixed Doubles Winners 2021 - Lyn Bolton & Trevor Quayle
Photo: Glynn Hargraves - Also pictured are John Harris of Finch Hill & the sponsor Chris Reynolds from Apollo BlindsFinch Hill Bowling Club hosted a Mixed Doubles on Saturday afternoon. The competition was sponsored by Apollo Blinds with 33 pairs taking part on a heavy green after the recent spell of wet weather.
Bowing out at the semi-final stage were Rebecca Teare and Paul Dunn (Marown) 17-21 to Fiona Kennish (South Ramsey) & Sam Clague (Castletown), whilst in the other semi-final Caroline Whitehead (Port Erin) and Mark Kelly (Onchan) were lost 12-12 to Lyn Bolton (South Ramsey) & Trevor Quayle (Port St Mary).
The final started off fairly evenly with neither pair able to get a firm run with the jack or score any more than a double. After 11 ends the match was finely balanced with the score tied at 12-12 Bolton and Quayle took charge of the game winning four consecutive ends, scoring a two and a three along the way to take firm control of the game at 19-12. Kennish and Clague weren’t done there winning the next two ends to pull the score back to 15-19. Both pairs exchanged singles over the next three ends, which was enough for Bolton and Quayle to seal a 21-16 to take a well-deserved victory.
The presentation was made by Joyce Ogden who thanked the new sponsor Apollo Blinds, everyone who had entered, the club members for their support & providing the refreshments. Chris Reynolds from Apollo Blinds was then introduced to present the prizes.
Setback For South Ramsey A
In Ellan Vannin Fuels Division One South Ramsey A gave hope to the teams below them, following two below par results this week as despite winning both games they dropped seven points.
Monday nights result was a 3-7 away win over Peel B, with wins for the home team from David Proctor who beat James Teare 21-11, Dave Smith won 21-17 against Peter Collister and Dougie Allan was lying game down at 19-19 against Chas Grills and played a reaching bowl to save the game and count for one. On the last end Grills knocked his opponent in for game when counting one himself. All the wins for South were comfortable with David Bradford showing no ill effects from his recent absence to win 21-6 against Paul ‘Pooky’ Quirk, while Tony Dugdale was a more than capable stand in for Stefan Kelly as he won 21-9 against the ‘real’ Paul Quirk.
On Tuesday South caught up on the fixtures as they hosted Port St Mary A in their rearranged fixture. Ramsey had been only place on the Island that day to get hit with rain and heavy rain at that. This is not to take away from Port St Mary A as they performed well to take four points off the league leaders with Paul Russell winning 21-20 against James Teare with a great last bowl, Paul Skelly was lying game down at 18-20 and struck his opponents bowl off the green, then finished the game on the next end with a double to also win 21-20. Wayne Roberts won 21-18 against Chas Grills, while Tim Williams won a close game with Alan Moore 21-19. For the home team David Bradford recorded another single figure win as he beat Tom Collins 21-2, Peter Collister beat Dan McCabe 21-7, Dave ‘Dido’ Kelly was on his game as he beat Trevor Quayle 21-12, while Glynn Hargraves had to dig in to get over the line 21-18 against Robbie Cooil who came closest to securing a fifth win for Port.
Peel A kept themselves firmly in contention, were just two chalks off recording a 10-0 win, as they won 1-9 away to Noble’s A with Steve Cook beating Peel captain Gary Smith 21-19. Ste Kelly was the biggest winner on the night with his 21-2 win over Martyn Hobson, while his father Barney beat Dave Naughton 21-7. For Noble’s Sam Stannard-Duke came closest to picking up another point as he lost 17-21 to Tom Kelly.
Marown A continue to chase down the teams above them, they were ruthless with their 10-0 home win over Douglas A who were missing their top man Andy Cannell, while John Gelling made his return to the Marown team with a 21-12 win over Gordon Wynne-Smythe. The Crosby men recorded two single figure wins from Juan Killip and Paul Dunn who beat Keith Rise and Kevin Firth respectively. Shaun Seal was highest scorer for the Villa men as he was beaten 15-21 by Dean Kipling.
Onchan A beat Castletown A 7-3 at the Park with just three chalks separating the teams (132-129) as Dean Kinley won 21-1 against Mark Kelly, Bob Clark returned to the side with a 21-14 win over Matthew Quirk who suffered a second successive defeat, while Nathan Hamilton had a solid 21-12 win over Frank Watson. For Onchan Phil Kerruish just edged home 21-20 against Aaron Richardson, Kevin Quirk and Peter Slinger both won 21-12 against Nathan Cooil and Sam Clague respectively, whilst a battle of the Jordan’s was won by Cain as he beat Drewett 21-9, with Reginald Temporaza beating Ian Watson 21-13.
Ballaugh A survival hopes took a hit as they lost 2-8 away to North Ramsey A with Ballaugh’s Richard Hainge taking a brilliant 21-11 win against John Cannan, while team mate Philip Quayle wasn’t far behind with his 21-12 win over Steve Walmsley.
Marown B suffered their third straight defeat away to Port St Mary A as they lost 3-7. Winning for the visitors were Bobby Thorne who beat Dan McCabe 21-13, James Kelly who beat Paul Russell 21-19 and Karl Parker who won 21-16 against Tom Collins. Robbie Cooil was the Port men’s best winner as he won 21-9 against John Kelly, Paul Skelly was pushed hard as he beat Glenn Boland 21-19, while Wayne Roberts, Trevor Quayle and Tim Williams all won 21-10.
In Division Two just three fixtures took place this week as Port Erin A held onto top spot with a hard fought 6-4 home win over Onchan B in a high scoring game (151-141), while second placed Finch Hill A made up some ground with their 9-1 home win over their B Team as Stephen Oates prevented the whitewash with a 21-20 win over Kevin Anderson. Dave McCabe edged ahead in the overall individual merit courtesy of Tony Dugdale stepping into South Ramsey’s A Team.
Douglas B played host to Peel C with the home team taking a 6-4 win, with 11 chalks separating the teams (128-117) as Rob Matthews beat Paul Baker 21-9, with Bob Callow winning 21-4 against Kevin Mort. Mike Ashmole responded for the visitors with his 21-7 win over Andy Foster.
In Division Three Onchan C went top following their 2-8 away win over Port Erin B at Breagle Glen, thanks to three single figure wins from Jamie Clague, Sid McKnight and Lawrence McMullen, while Roger Payne received a walk over. Dennis Maxwell made sure of the extra point that took them to top spot with his 21-20 win over Ian Taylor.
Ballaugh B dropped four points at home to second from bottom Douglas D as they won 6-4, with John Bolton leading the way in the individual merit as he won 21-10 against David Cowley. Recording four impressive wins for the visitors were Nick Firth as he beat John Kneen 21-15, John Ferguson won 21-10 against Mike Buckeridge, while Juan Readshaw and David Caley both won 21-14 against John Looney and Fred Waggett respectively.
Third placed Ballaugh C had a tough time away to Peel D losing two games 20-21 with Peter Corlett and Mark Timsdale just falling short, while team mates Nigel Tebay and Richard Green both recorded impressive 21-8 wins for the visitors.
Noble’s B closed the gap on Castletown C to just five points with their 3-7 away win with Jay Elliott picking up his second win since taking the game up this season with a 21-12 victory over Dylan Marsh.
Rounding off the weeks’ fixtures Marown D took their own impressive 3-7 away win over Douglas C with captain Phil Dunn winning 21-11 over Les Quayle, while Alan Gault beat James Teare 21-8 as the Crosby men sit in a credible fifth place in their ever season.
PORT ST MARY WIN PLATE KNOCKOUT
Last Thursday evening Finch Hill Bowling Club hosted the final of the Ladies Plate knockout between Port St Mary and Ballaugh. With the introduction of the new individual handicap system this season, Port were off +30 and Ballaugh +40. First five games saw Chris Price, Chris Holland, Kellie Maddrell and Jayne Kneen for Port winning to 6, 15, 12 and 7 respectively against Michelle Cubbon, Elaine Fenton, Louise Tebay and Pat Mason with Alison Millard for Ballaugh winning to 19 against Nicci Cain. With Port just ahead on points at the halfway stage, it was still all to play for. Katie Williams (Port) played next taking on Julie Reilly. Although Julie tried her best, Katie was on good form winning to 11. Seventh and eighth games saw Trish Bull and Margie Tasker (Port) take on Barbara Graham and Christine McDonald. All four ladies battled well, but Barbara and Christine just had the edge winning to 12 and 15. Last game was between Mavis Franks (Port) and Cath Harvey with Mavis eventually winning 21-14. It was a very good final with all the spectators enjoying some excellent bowling. Result : Port St Mary 193 (6), Ballaugh 168 (3). Presentation was made by the Ladies President with PSM Captain Chris Price, thanking Finch Hill for the use of their green, all those who helped in any way, the spectators, but most of all to her ladies for playing so well.
In the Open Age League last Friday night current leaders Castletown A were away to second placed Port St Mary A. Match was much closer than on their previous encounter earlier in the season with Port winning on games but losing on points. Closest games saw Nicola Cain and Trish Bull (Port) both winning to 19 against Hilary Kermode and Anne Oates with Kath Kinley (Castletown) being the only player to win to single figures. Marown home to Port Erin and Onchan away to Peel both had good eight games to one wins with both teams only dropping one point. Lone winners for Port Erin and Peel were Caroline Whitehead and Sue Jones. South Ramsey had a good away win at Castletown B with Lorraine Moore (South) winning her first league game.
There were four 5-1 results in the Ladies Over 60s matches on Tuesday morning. Closest of these was the match between Finch Hill and Peel where Peel won by 29 points. All games went into double figures apart from the lone winner for Finch, Jan Osborne, who won comfortably to 5. Brenda Williams for Finch battled well against Val Allwood eventually losing to 15.
CLOSE GAMES IN OPEN AGE LEAGUE
There were some close matches last Friday night in the Open Age League. Marown B played Peel at home and although Peel won 5-4 on games they lost by 11 points. Port Erin played host to Mooragh Park with Port winning the match by 12 points. Mooragh Park junior, Lacey McMullan, won her first game to 18 against Rita Callister whilst Jenny Cain for Port came back from 16-8 down to win 21-17 against Lacey’s sister, Shannon.
In the Over 60s league on Tuesday morning, two full houses were achieved by Onchan A and Castletown A who were both home to Castletown B and Mooragh Park B respectively. Closest match saw Marown winning at home by four points against Finch Hill.
LADIES MILLENNIUM FOURS
The Ladies Association Millennium Fours knockout was held last Saturday afternoon attracting an entry of 8 teams of four with each match consisting of two single games and one doubles. Losing out in the semi-finals were the mixed team of Maureen Payne, Sue Gawne, Tracy Moore and Caroline Whitehead who lost to the Marown Team of Rebecca Teare, Deborah Leece, Clare Cooper and Helen Withers, with the Marown/South Ramsey team of Lynda Cadamy, Philippa Taylor, Joyce Ogden and Lyn Bolton losing to the South Ramsey/Mooragh Park team of Kim Hargraves, Jenny Moore, Shannon McMullan and Janet Monk. In the final, Rebecca won the first of the singles games 15-10 against Shannon whilst Jenny for the South/Mooragh won the second singles 15-14 against Deborah. It was all to play for in the doubles with Marown just ahead by 4 points. Game was to and fro with the South/Mooragh pairing of Kim and Janet eventually overcoming Clare and Helen to win 15-13. Although South/Mooragh team won on games, they lost the match by two points. Result : Marown 42 points, South/Mooragh 40 points. Presentation was made by the Ladies President with Clare, on behalf of the Marown Team, thanking Nobles Bowling Club for hosting the competition, all their opponents and those involved for a great afternoon.
REBEKAH CROWNED JUNIOR LADY CHAMPION
On Saturday morning an entry of 12 girls took part in the Junior Lady Crown Green Bowling championship at Nobles Park Bowling Club. Competition was run as a round robin with the girls being split into two groups and games played 11 up off scratch. All the girls played exceptionally well in the rounds with the winner of group one being Aailish Haworth (Mooragh Park) with 54 points and the winner of group two Rebekah Kelly (Marown) with 44 points. In the final the two girls were evenly matched and on 11th end Aalish lead 9-7. Rebekah, with some good lead bowls, won the next three ends to win her well-deserved first junior championship 11-9. The future for ladies bowling is certainly in good hands! Presentation was made by the Ladies President who thanked all the junior ladies for taking part and treating the spectators to some excellent bowling.