Isle of Man County Crown Green Bowling Association

Port St Mary hosted the popular Men’s Triples on Sunday, with 17 teams taking part it was Jordan Cain, Bob Clark and Matthew Quirk who retained the Cafe Bar Two-Six & Isle of Man Flight Training sponsored Threesomes Cup with a victory over the South Ramsey trio of John Kennish, Alan Moore and Glynn Hargraves.

Losing semi-finalists were the Marown Team consisting of Walter McCarthy, Colin Kelly and Tom Kelly who came back from 20-11 down to just lose out 21-18 to the South Ramsey men.

In the other semi-final the eventual winners did well to come back from 19-14 down to win 21-19 over home greeners Tim Williams, Chris Oates and Trevor Quayle.

The final started with the younger players, Cain, Clark and Quirk who took the first two ends to go 9-6 up, before their opponents replied with a single and then a five to go 13-9 ahead. The lads hit back with a three to claw themselves back into the game at 13-12. From there the South Ramsey men went 15-13 ahead, lying four before Clark played a superb bowl to sit Moore out and Hargraves failing with two attempts to trail the block. Last years winners then used all their know how to see the game out to win 21-16 for a deserved victory.

The presentation was made by club president Ken Karran, who thanked the sponsors, the people who ran the competition, along with the ladies for the refreshments and the team who prepared the green.