Isle of Man County Crown Green Bowling Association

Jean Kelly Knockout competition: (Handicaps in brackets) The prelim rounds of the Jean Kelly knockout competition were played last Thursday night. Marown B (+46) were at home to Mooragh Park A (+45). Mooragh put in a solid performance winning 7-2 on games, points 214-158. Janet Monk, Bailey and Madison McMullen for Mooragh, plus Grace Cooper for Marown all won to single figures. Breagle Glen B (+48) played host Marown  (+18). Marown put in a strong performance winning the match 9-0, (207-115). Six of Marown’s wins were won to single figures with the closest game being Breagle’s Jean Thackrah losing to 15 against Debbie Leece. South Ramsey (+15) travelled to Douglas (+46)  winning 7-2, (169-190) with three of South’s games being won to single figures. Best game of the match was between South’s Gill Dixon and Paula Garrett with Gill just crossing the line 21-20. Nobles (+24) were at home to Castletown B (+62) resulting in a 7-2 win for the Nobles Ladies, (205-180). Two winners for Castletown were Marie Ashurst and Barbara Young who won to 19 and 15 with Grace Gawne and Paula Firth for Noble’s also having tough games winning to 16 and 17 respectively. Castletown A (+20) put in a solid performance away to Ballaugh B (+57) winning 7-2 on games (203-166). Town’s Jenny Saunders, Tracy Moore and Hilary Kermode all won to single figures, with Ballaugh’s Julie Cannon just missing out on a win for Ballaugh when she lost to 16 against Kellie Maddrell.

Quarter finals will be played on Thursday 8th May – draw is: Ballaugh A vs Nobles; South Ramsey vs Marown A; Castletown A vs Mooragh Park and Breagle Glen A vs Peel Sunset

Over 60’s league: There were two extremely close matches in last Thursday’s Over 60’s fixtures. First of these saw Peel Sunset win their match against Mooragh A 4-2 and by one point (97-96). The two winners for Mooragh were Janet Monk and Lynn Mayers who won to 6 and 7 with Lynda Wilson (Peel) also winning her game to 9. Peel’s Mary Moffatt and Beverley Wilson had tough battles against Chris Sims and Karen McGurgan respectively with the Peel ladies both crossing the line 21-16. Second close match saw Marown visit Finch Hill coming away with a 3 all result but winning the match by two points (90-92). Four of the games were won to single figures – two to Finch and two to Marown. Closest game resulted in a 21-16 win for Finch’s Elaine Vincent against Celia Joughin. Breagle Glen A scored their best result to date when they won 4-2 at home against Ballaugh B scoring 121 to Ballaugh’s 76. Kay Primrose-Smith nearly made it 5-1 to Breagle when she lost to 20 against Brenda Bowyer. Ballaugh A were at home to Nobles winning 4-2 on games and by nine points (108-99). Paula Firth and Marilyn Ellison were the two winners for Nobles winning to 14 and 10. Closest games resulted in 21-17 wins for Ballaugh’s Christine McDonald and Michelle Cubbon. South Ramsey A played Castletown A with the northerners winning 4-2 on games and by 23 points (108-85). Helen Caley and Joyce Ogden for South both won to single figures with Elaine Moore (South) having a nip and tuck game with Hilary Kermode before eventually winning to 15. Castletown B played host to Onchan winning the match 4-2 and by six points (100-94). Caroline Heathcote nearly made the match three all when she lost to 20 against Pat Rigby. Castletown’s Elaine McElroy and Judith Moore plus Onchan’s Wendy McDowell all won to single figures. Breagle Glen B travelled north to Mooragh Park B coming away with a 4-2 win (74-106). Two winners for Mooragh were Joy Morris and Joan Henderson who won to 12 and 10 respectively, with Breagle’s Angela Bennett, Pauline Worrall and Voirrey Curphey winning to 5, 6 and 2. The following morning (Friday) South Ramsey B made their way south to Breagle Glen C. Match finished 4-2 (100-75) to Breagle with three games to Breagle and two to South being won to single figures. Closest game was between Breagle’s Joan Ryder and Liz Ten Donkelaar with Joan just crossing the line 21-17.

Open Age League: Only two teams managed to score in the 170’s in last Friday evening’s fixtures. The first was Breagle Glen A away to Nobles. Match finished 6-3 to Breagle (points 178-109). Mavis Franks, Tricia Bull and Voirrey Curphey for Breagle all won to single figures, with Dee Lewis, Marilyn Ellison and Colese Creer for Nobles winnning to 17, 18 and 17 respectively. Second highest scoring team of the night was Ballaugh A who won 7-2 on games (176-128) away to Marown B. Rose Waterworth for Ballaugh plus Marown’s Lil Smith both won to single figures. Barbara Graham for Ballaugh just missed out on a win for Ballaugh when she lost to 20 against Grace Cooper. South Ramsey A made their second visit of the week to Douglas coming away with a 6-3 win (162-132). Sue Collier and Jenny Moore for South won their games to single figures with Melanie Smith just missing out on a win for Douglas losing to 19 against Gill Morgan. Breagle Glen were at home to Castletown B  winning 5-4 on games (164-135). Breagle’s Angela Bennett and Jean Thackrah won their games to 6 and 8, whilst Town’s Sue Peach and Jo Robert both had tough games coming through to win 21-19 and 21-18. Mooragh Park travelled to neighbours Ballaugh B coming away with a 6-3 win (160-139). Mooragh’s Madison McMullan and Janet Monk plus Ballaugh’s Yvonne Ward won to 4, 7 and 6 respectively. Ballaugh’s Karen Young, Alison Millard and Sherriee Pedley just missed out on winning their games when they lost to 18, 19 and 18. Castletown A were at home to Peel winning 7-2 on games (167-122) with Alison Kearsley and Hannah Drewett for ‘Town’ plus Shirley Corrin for Peel winning to single figures. A nip and tuck game saw Anne Oates for Castletown just pip Gill Clarke 21-20.  

British Merit Qualifier: The British Merit Qualifier was played at Finch Hill on Sunday afternoon attracting an entry of 21 lady bowlers. Getting through to the semi-finals were Hannah Drewett (Castletown) who beat Lil Smith (Marown); Fiona Kennish (South Ramsey) winning to 15 against Marown’s Helen Withers;  Debbie Leece (Marown) winning to 20 in a hard fought game against Louise Tebay (Ballaugh), and Marown’s Clare Cooper who beat her daughter Grace 21-13. In the semi-finals, Hannah and Debbie were too strong for their opponents with Hannah winning to 7 against Fiona and Debbie winning to 9 against Clare. The final, as expected, was keenly contested with the score tied 12 all after 10 ends. The next three ends saw Hannah take a slight lead 13-12, but not one to give up Debbie piled on the pressure eventually running out 21-14 after 17 ends. Many congratulations to Debbie on her win and also to Hannah who between them treated the spectators to a great final of bowling. Debbie with possibly Hannah will represent the Isle of Man at the British Merit Championships being held at Littleover BC, Derbyshire, on Saturday 5th July. Thanks must go to Chris Holland and Jenny Moore (Competition committee) for the smooth running of the competition and to Finch Hill for hosting and providing refreshments throughout the afternoon.