Ladies League Reports
Over 60’s League Tuesday
Tuesday morning saw three maximums being scored. First of these saw the Nobles ladies travelling to Castletown B with Paula Garrett (Nobles) winning to single figures. Second and third maximums were scored by South Ramsey A who were at home to Mooragh Park B and Castletown A who were away to Breagle Glen C with eight games between the two matches being won to single figures. Peel hosted Breagle Glen B winning 5-1 on games. Lone winner for Breagle was Kay Primrose-Smith who won to 6. Finch Hill ladies travelled to Ballaugh A with the match finishing 4-2 to Ballaugh. Pat Mason and Julie Reilly (Ballaugh) both won to single figures with Lil Smith and Wendy Cowin for Finch winning to 10 and 12. Breagle Glen A drew three all at home against Marown but won by 10 points. Rita Callister and Caroline Whitehead for Breagle, plus Lynda Cadamy for Marown all won to single figures. Mooragh Park were at home to Ballaugh B winning 5-1 and dropping only 3 points. Stopping the full house was Carol Holt who won to 18. South Ramsey B visited Onchan. Unfortunately despite a good effort, South lost 4-2 and by 14 points. Anne Bannan for Onchan won to single figures as did Sue Collier for South.
Thursday morning fixtures
There was only one maximum scored on Thursday by Finch Hill at home to Mooragh Park B. Closest game saw Joan Henderson (Mooragh) losing to 18 against Pat Heesom with Lil Smith, Anne Hon and Wendy Cowin for Finch winning to 7, 9, 4 and 6. Marown hosted Breagle Glen C winning 5-1, only dropping five points. Stopping a full house for Marown was Kay Primrose-Smith who won to 16. Local derby between Mooragh Park A at home to South Ramsey A ended with a 4-2 win for Mooragh in a low scoring match. Janet Monk, Maureen Hamilton and Gill Malpass for Mooragh all won to single figures as did Joyce Ogden and Elaine Moore for South. Ballaugh A made their way to Castletown A. Town won 4-2 with four of their players winning to single figures. Christine McDonald and Julie Reilly were the two winners for Ballaugh winning to 14 and 13. Nobles won 4-2 at home against Peel dropping only four points. Libby Andrade and Dee Lewis (Onchan) won to single figures with Joyce Kelly and Val Allwood (Peel) winning to 20 and 18. Home derby between Breagle Glen B and A resulted in a 4-2 win for the B team. Trish Bull (A team) just missed out making it a three all draw losing to 20 against Pauline Worrall. Onchan travelled to Ballaugh B coming away with a three all draw but winning the match by two points. Closest game saw Ballaugh’s Brenda Clayton winning to 18 against Norma Cowell. South Ramsey B were at home to Castletown B and although match finished three all, Castletown took the honours by 10 points. Sue Collier for South, plus Castletown’s Pat Rigby, Marie Ashurst and Elaine McElroy all won to single figures.
Open Age League
Wednesday night saw the second set of fixtures played. Ballaugh A recorded a maximum at home to Castletown B with four of Ballaugh’s games being won to single figures. Closest game saw Joy Stephens (Castletown B) narrowly losing to 19 against Julie Reilly. Castletown A won 7-2 at home against Nobles with Aalish Moore, Hilary Kermode and Hannah Drewett all winning to single figures, as did Paula Firth for Nobles. Douglas travelled to Peel coming away with a 5-4 win. Winning their games to single figures were Harley Garrett for Douglas and Jo Corkill for Peel. Closest games saw Louise Horsfall and Beverly Wilson (Peel) winning to 19 and 18 against Katie Jacobs and Emma Sayle. Home derby between Breagle A and B resulted in a 7-2 win for the A team. Margie Tasker (A) had a good battle with Hannah Leece with Margie just pipping Hannah 21-20. Two winners for the B team were Roz Cannon and Alison Stockham who won to 7 and 16. Marown B were at home to Ballaugh B winning 6-3 with Crosby ladies Lil Smith and Sue Hammond winning to single figures. Elaine Fenton narrowly missed out winning another game for Ballaugh when she lost to 19 to Grace Cooper. South Ramsey played host to Marown A winning 6-3 on games with Jenny Moore and Kim Hargraves (South) winning to single figures. Closest games saw Rebekah Kelly for Marown and Gillian Jopson for South winning their games to 20 and 19 respectively. Mention must be made about the game between Lauren Groen and Clare Cooper – it was such a good game that both sides of the scorecard were used with Lauren eventually winning to 18. As Clare said ‘it was lovely night for a game of bowls and we were trying for a record number of ends’ – not sure if they did enough!
On Friday night Marown A were at home to Castletown B. Marown won 7-2 with Rebecca Teare and Helen Withers, plus Barbara Young for Castletown all winning to single figures. Closest game of the match saw Marown’s Jayne Smith just edging out Anne Oates 21-19. Castletown A hosted Ballaugh A winning 7-2 on games. Two winners for Ballaugh were Louise Tebay and Caroline Parker winning to 7 and 16. Closest game saw Stella Watterson just pip Ballaugh’s Christie McDonald 21-20. Marown B travelled to Nobles coming away with a 5-4 win. Celia Joughin and Jo Kelly for Marown plus Jo Smith and Colese Creer for Nobles all won to single figures. Marown’s Pippa Clague and Charlotte Clarke plus Nobles Kerri Hampson for Nobles all won their games to 18. Breagle Glen A visited Douglas winning the match 6-3. Two games for Breagle were won to 18, with two games for Douglas being won to 17. Margie Tasker (Breagle) was the only player to win to single figures. Ballaugh B were at home to Peel with the Peel ladies winning the match 6-3. Four of Peel’s wins and one of Ballaugh’s were won to single figures. Closest game saw Gill Clarke for Peel winning to 20 against Brenda Clayton. Mooragh Park travelled to Breagle Glen B coming away with a 7-2 win. Janet Monk, Katie Johnson and Madison McMullan all won to single figures for Mooragh with the two winners for Breagle, Angela Bennett and Roz Cannon, winning to 17 and 11 respectively.
Ladies Association Triples Competition
The Ladies Association triples competition was held on Sunday at Breagle Glen attracting an entry of 11 triples. Getting through to the first of the semi-finals were Tracy Moore, Joyce Ogden and Caroline Whitehead who played Debbie Leece, Helen Withers and Clare Cooper. This was a close game with Debbie, Helen and Clare eventually winning to 16. Second semi-final saw Sue Gawne, Paula Firth and Lynda Cadamy put in a solid performance to beat Voirrey Curphey, Jacqui Elliott and Jean Thackrah 21-9.
In the final, Debbie, Helen and Clare took control of the game and never looking back won 21-8 against Sue, Paula and Lynda. Congratulations to Debbie, Helen and Clare, and to all the lady bowlers who took part. Also thanks to Breagle for hosting the competition and to the Competition committee for the smooth running of the competition.