Isle of Man County Crown Green Bowling Association

League action in Canada Life International Division One took place on Friday evening last week with the match of the week undoubtedly at Crosby between Marown A and Onchan A with the home team edging it 6-4 and winning by just seven chalks (134-127). For the home team two 21-7 wins from captain Paul Dunn and Colin Kelly over Mike Thomas and Reginald Temporaza respectively helped their cause, whilst Paul Kelly wasn’t far behind with a 21-11 win over Will Penhallurick. Dean Kipling had to battle for his 21-18 victory over Kevin Quirk. For the visitors Peter Slinger put in another solid performance with his 21-6 victory over Sam Clague, with Phil Kerruish their next best winner 21-13 against Neil Withers, Matthew Quirk beat Harry Barton 21-15, whilst Andy Kennish won 21-16 against Phil Kelly.

Douglas A hosted Peel A at the Villa, with the match being keenly contested, the visitors won 4-6 and by nine chalks (142-151). For the Villa men Gary Conwell and Andy Cannell both dug deep to win 21-18 against George Gadsby and Tom Kelly respectively, whilst Stevie Kelly returned to the fold to win 21-7 against Shaun Seal. Dave Smith got home 21-17 against Willie Cowley, with Dean Kinley holding his nerve with a 21-20 win over Merv Sayle.

Peel B returned to their home green with the club recently playing at Noble’s for a short period, however the visitors South Ramsey A came away with a solid 2-8 victory. Winning for the home team were David Proctor who was 15-20 down to Alan Moore with the latter lying game Proctor saved game and ran out with a 21-20 win. Also winning for Peel was Philip ‘Pip’ Pemberton who held off Stefan Kelly 21-13. For the visitors Peter Collister was the best winner 21-8 against Andy Mackie, with Steven Waters, who was stepping up from the B team next best with a 21-9 win over Brian Lindsay. Bob Clark managed to get over the line 21-19 against Dougie Allan. South Ramsey have now extended their lead to five points over Marown A.

Castletown A beat Port Erin A 8-2 at home with Juan Kermode their best winner 21-7 against Peter Hulley, at the other end of the spectrum George Foy beat David Cain 21-20. For the Breagle men Derek Allen won comfortably 21-12 against Town captain Ian Watson, with Steve Durcan their other winner 21-19 against Peter Oates.

Another close contest took place at Mooragh Park between North Ramsey A and Marown B with the visitors taking the spoils 4-6 and matching their A team by taking the aggregate by seven chalks (123-130). Both teams had two single figure winners with Brian Kelly beating Paul Cannan 21-5, whilst Juan Killip beat John Corteen 21-6. For the home team Allan Callow impressed with a 21-7 win over Glenn Boland, whilst Rob Monk won 21-9 against Darren Kerruish.

Port St Mary A hosted Onchan B at Breagle Glen with the home team winning 7-3. Home captain Wayne Roberts was the best winner 21-9 against Denis Maxwell, whilst their other four wins were comfortable. For Onchan Steve Parker was their best winner as he beat Nathan Hamilton 21-8, with Mark Kelly winning 21-19 against Dan McCabe.

In Division Two pacesetters South Ramsey B had a setback at home to Marown C, with a 3-7 defeat although they still have an eight point lead. For the home team Tony Dugdale did his best to lead from the front with a 21-6 win over Conor Keenan, whilst their other two wins were not so comfortable with Bryan Corner winning 21-19 against Steven Rough, whilst captain Ben Dugdale crept home 21-20 against John Kelly. For the visitors Jamie Joughin was the best winner 21-11 against Austin Hart, with their closest wins being slightly more comfortable with Kevin Kelly beating Eddie Carlyle 21-17 and Stephen Rundle won 21-8 against James Moore. Walter McCarthy impressed with a 21-14 victory over Chas Grills.

Ballaugh A didn’t manage to fully punish the slip up from the league leaders, with a 6-4 home win over Castletown B. Richard Hainge recorded his best win to date with a 21-1 victory over Dave Hollingworth. The visitors earned two of their points thanks to hard fought 21-19 wins from John Matheson and George Peach over Gordie Moore and John Maddrell respectively.

Noble’s A had a great week thanks to their 9-1 home win over Ballaugh B as they continue to find their feet, with single figures wins from Mark Bradshaw, Dave Naughton and Michael Johnson. With one comfortable win and three further wins being a lot closer from Stephen Hampson, Jay Elliott and Martyn Hobson. Preventing a whitewash for the visitors was Mike Buckeridge with a 21-16 win over John Andrew.

Port St Mary B and Peel C played out a true draw at Breagle Glen as both teams won 4-4 and scored 135 chalks each to split the aggregate for a 5-5 match result. Only one game was kept to single figures with Tony Carroon winning 21-8 against Port’s Bernard Thackrah.

Douglas B had a short journey home taking on Onchan C at the Park, as they won 3-7 with three single figures wins from Stuart Garrett, Geoff Mayles and Bob Callow. For Onchan two 21-19 wins from Ken Clarke and Ray McMullen over Steve Cook and Keith Fearnley, backed up by Roger Payne who won 21-10 against Les Quayle helped them earn three points on the night.

Finch Hill A slumped to a 4-6 home defeat to South Ramsey C despite drawing 4-4 on games, bigger wins from the visitors saw them take the aggregate by 11 chalks (137-148). Brian Murphy was the best winner for Finch with a 21-9 win over Ian Moore, Sefton Dent won 21-17 against Tony Hart, whilst a further two 21-19 victories followed from Dave Jones and Dave McCabe. For the visitors Lee Dawson was the biggest winner on the night winning 21-8 against Tony Epifani.

In Division Three North Ramsey B continue to show no mercy as they won 9-1 at home to Castletown B with four single figures wins and a walkover keeping the visitors to just 59 chalks. The lone winner for Castletown was Thomas Keggen who beat Adam Greenwood 21-12.

Noble’s B kept in touch with their 2-8 away win over Peel D. Single figure wins came from Grahem Moore and Stephen Corkill, whilst Michael Cooper and Stan Cooper both had to work for their 21-19 wins. The two winners for Peel came from Will Mitchell who beat Junior bowler Alex Hampson 21-14, whilst Andrew Cover beat Barry Salmon 21-17.

Douglas C won 9-1 at home to Port Erin B with their cause helped courtesy of three walkovers with the visitors only able to field five players on the night. For the home team Juan Readshaw beat Christopher Dent 21-8, Nick Firth continued his good form with a 21-19 victory over Ed Benson, whilst Ben Mowle impressed with his 21-6 win over David Beynon.

Elsewhere South Ramsey D took a 6-4 home win over Douglas D, with Junior bowler Ryan Hargraves winning 21-16 against Mark Clarke, whilst Peter Kennaugh stepped in at short notice to beat James Teare 21-11. For the visitors Greg Brew won 21-10 against Billy Blair, whilst Bob Banning performed well to beat Richie Davies 21-13.

The final match of the week was between Finch Hill B and Ballaugh C with the Finch men winning 7-3. Father and son were the best winners for the home team with Kevin Stannard winning 21-7 against Jamie Hinchcliffe, whilst Sam Stannard-Duke won 21-5 against David Dobbie.

Mixed League Championship

In Championship Group A, South Ramsey A won at 8-1 at home dropping just two chalks (187-141), whilst Castletown A lost by nine chalks (146-155) in their 4-5 defeat.

In Group B Marown A also won 8-1 at home to Port Erin (187-112) to stay on course to reach the final whilst Port St Mary A slipped to defeat by just three chalks (154-157) at home to Douglas A with the visitors winning five games.

Mixed League Plate

In the Plate competition in Group A, Nobles won by 41 chalks (174-137) at home to Castletown B as they won 5-4 on games, whilst Peel won 2-7 away from home by a 48 chalk margin (123-171) against North Ramsey B.

In Group B, Ballaugh hosted South Ramsey B with the home team winning 7-2 on games and by 46 chalks (172-126) as they remained on course to progress. Douglas B won by 30 chalks (171-141) at home to Marown B as both teams once again fielded mostly new and junior bowlers.