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Peel Sunset Continue To Chase Leaders

Port St Mary continue to lead the way at the top of the Trend Sponsored Ladies Over 60s Bowling League following another two fine performances.  On Tuesday they defeated Onchan at home with a full house 126-55 (6-0).  On Thursday Port St Mary won away to Nobles 71-117 (1-5).  In a repeat of the Jean Kelly Final, Sylvia Kennuagh played Trish Bull with Sylvia winning this time on home turf to prevent a whitewash.  Nobles nearly picked up another win however Rita Callister held on to beat Paula Firth 21-20.

Peel Sunset also picked up two victories beating Mooragh Park at home 115-66 (4-2).  Mary Moffatt, Lynda Wilson and Pat Robertson all won for Peel.  Janet Monk defeated Joyce Kelly 21-18 with Vicky Lloyd-West also winning for the away team.  On Thursday Peel travelled to Ballaugh and returned with a fine 69-118 (1-5) victory.  Mary Moffatt and Joyce Kelly top scored for Peel with Maureen Trustham winning for Ballaugh to secure them game on the day.  Peel now trail Port St Mary by 133 chalks and with Port St Mary sitting out next Tuesday will look to close the gap as much as possible.

Marown stay third picking up two wins this week.  Tuesday away to South Ramsey they collected a 10 point victory 88-98 (2-4).  Both teams picked up big victories keeping the overall match score down with Elaine Moore top scoring for the home side 21-6.  Thursday saw Marown take on Douglas at Crosby.  The home team managed a 115-85 (4-2) victory with Mary Alderson and Philippa Taylor winning to single figures.

In a local derby on Tuesday Douglas took on Villa.  Earlier in the season Villa managed to beat their fellow home-greeners but on this occasion they proved too strong.  Douglas won five games taking an overall 118-75 (5-1) victory.  Patsy Rush and Brenda Williams top scored for Douglas whilst Muriel Cain prevent a whitewash winning 21-13 in her game.

Port Erin were another team that collected two wins this week.  Tuesday saw them beat Ballaugh at home 105-82 (3-3), with Ballaugh only able to field five players.  Sylvia Shelbourne won 21-8 against Maureen Trustham to top score for the home team.  Port Erin then travelled to Villa on Thursday and recorded their fourth win on the bounce with the final score 100-112 (2-4).  Home player Muriel Cain top scored in the match winning 21-9 against Jean Thackrah.  Voirrey Curphey, Jacqui Elliott, Carole Kaye and Sylvia Shelbourne all won for the away side.

Castletown have finished in the top three for the last two seasons but are struggling down in seventh this year.  Tuesday saw them have a tight game with Port St Mary B in which they edged the game by six chalks winning 116-110 (4-2).  On Thursday they had an even tighter match away to Mooragh Park A winning by three chalks with both teams winning three games on the day.  Mooragh had to concede a game and despite this pushed Castletown all the way with Janet Monk top scoring to win 21-6.  The match finished 93-96 (3-3)

Breagle travelled north to face Mooragh Park B and both teams played short resulting in only five games on the day.  Breagle won 49-87 (1-4).  Steph Swift, Kay Primrose-Smith, Susan Inch and Joyce Henry won for Breagle with Maureen Hamilton the sole winner for the home team.  Breagle suffered defeat on Thursday at home to South Ramsey 70-106 (2-4).  Finally Mooragh Park B also lost their Thursday match away to Onchan 126-28 (6-0).

All eyes will be on Peel Sunset next week to see how much they can close the gap on Tuesday when Port St Mary sit out before their tricky away game at Marown.  Following their sit out Port St Mary A will face Mooragh Park B.

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Marown Dent South Ramsey Title Chase

South Ramsey suffered their first defeat of the season away at Marown in last weeks matches.  Marown picked up five wins in the match including Celia Joughin 21-7 over Gil Morgan and Lil Smith winning 21-8 against Elaine Moore who was herself undefeated going into the match.  The final score was a 25 point victory 169-144 (5-4).

Castletown A put in another strong home performance beating rivals Nobles 182-120 (8-1).  Amanda Lawler was the top scorer for the home side winning 21-7 with Clare Cooper saving Nobles blushes with a 21-14 win over Hilary Kermode.  With South Ramsey dropping points Castletown now sit top of the league.

Port St Mary following their sit out last week had an excellent away performance at Ballaugh keeping the pressure on at the top.  Port St Mary won 88-185 (1-8) with Jayne Kneen, Ann Maddrell, Wendy Kennuagh, Chris Price and Margaret Tasker winning to single figures.  Ballaugh avoided a whitewash with Diane White beating Elaine Hawkings 21-17.

Purt Le Morriey produced a brilliant home performance against Onchan to win 185-123 (8-1).  Chris Holland, Edwina Reid and Pauline Worrall all won to single figures.  Dee Lewis was Onchan’s sole winner 21-17 against Mavis Franks.

Port Erin and Douglas finished 5-4 on games but the home side managed to win two matches to single figures thanks to Jean Thackrah and Phil Dobson allowing them to win the match by 21 chalks 159-138 (5-4)

Mooragh Park slipped to a 20 point defeat at home to Peel Sunset.  Mary Moffatt, Shirley Corrin, Heather Horsburgh, Cath Parker and Val Alwood were all on target for Peel with Janet Monk, Caroline Parker, Ellie Cowell and Anne Kean winning for Mooragh.  The final score 134-154 (4-5)

After game round 16 Castletown sit top of the pile holding a slender four chalk lead over South Ramsey.  Nobles lie in third 115 chalks from the top.  Port St Mary have played a game less than the three ahead of them and as a result sit fourth.  With a deficit of only 142 chalks they will look to chip into that lead and leapfrog when they catch up on games.

There is a new leader at the top of the individual merit with Castletown’s Amanda Lawler leading the way ahead of Jenny Moore and Elaine Moore (both South Ramsey).

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Port St Mary A Extend Lead

Port St Mary A hold their advantage at the top of the Trend Over 60s Ladies League after another double week of games.

On Tuesday Port St Mary A defeated rival and third placed Marown 108-97 (4-2).  Extending their already incredible run of having not lost at home in the league since July 2013.

Peel Sunset defeated Castletown 113-72 (4-2) with Mary Moffatt, Heather Horsburgh and Joyce Kelly all winning to single figures.

Port Erin humbled local rivals Port St Mary B 117-99 (5-1) with Mavis Franks winning for the away team to prevent a whitewash.

Douglas and Mooragh Park produced a low scoring game with the away side winning 86-93 (3-3) despite giving a game away.

South Ramsey defeated Ballaugh by 10 chalks winning 111-101 (4-2) with Elaine Moore top scoring to win 21-7.

Mooragh Park B lost by only five chalks in their home tie against Villa with the scores finishing 89-94 (3-3).

In the final match from Tuesday Nobles picked up a full house victory 126-23 (6-0) with Breagle only able to field three players.

Onto Thursday and Marown whitewashed Mooragh Park B 126-48 (6-0) with Philippa Taylor and Shirley Whelan both winning 21-4.  The result keeps Marown second but Peel hold a game in hand.

Port St Mary B faced Peel Sunset with the home side slipping to a nine point defeat 100-109 (2-4).  Peel remain third chasing the leaders whilst Port St Mary B hang onto fourth position.

Onchan made it five wins on the bounce with a 111-93 (4-2) win over Nobles.  Lin Ruscoe (Nobles) 21-8 and Marilyn Ellison (Onchan) 21-5 top scored in the match.

Villa welcomed South Ramsey with the away side winning 72-104 (2-4) thanks to three big single figure wins.

Ballaugh claimed a narrow eight point victory over Douglas 104-96 (4-2).  Brenda Bowyer (Ballaugh) and Brenda Williams (Douglas) both won 21-4 in the match.

Mooragh Park A drew on games with Port Erin but with having to concede a game to a walkover lost the match on chalks 77-90.

Breagle for the second time in the week were only able to field three players but avoided a whitewash defeat against Port St Mary A.  Kay Primrose-Smith beat Win Collister 21-8 with the away side winning 30-113 (1-5).

After another hectic week of bowls Port St Mary A remain the team to beat opening up a 123 point lead over rivals Peel Sunset who are a game behind.

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Port St Mary Ladies Lead At Halfway Stage

Port St Mary Ladies Team 2017

Back: Wendy Kennuagh, Chris Price, Kelly Maddrell-Reeve, Margret Tasker, Ann Maddrell, Trish Bull, Val MacFarlane, Win Collister
Front: Jayne Kneen, Katy Maddrell

As we reach the halfway stage in the C Tarlton Hodgson Ladies Bowling League only five points now separate the top three with Port St Mary leading the way on 2049 followed by South Ramsey 2046 and Castletown 2044.  Nobles are in fourth position, and although they have drifted 89 points back from the leaders, they will still mount a challenge for the top spots.

Onto the results and we start with the most in form team at present Castletown.  They were averaging just over 185 coming into the week and showed no signs of slowing down after another strong home performance where despite losing four games they still managed over 170 chalks.  Two of their losses were 21-20 with Peel players Heather Horsburgh and Lynda Wilson just getting over the line.  The returning Kath Kinley won 21-8 for the home side with Tracey Moore, Amanda Lawler and Heike Perry also winning to single figures.  For Peel, Mary Moffatt top scored beating Sue Peach 21-9.  Final match score 173-132 (5-4).

Port St Mary travelled the short distance to rivals Port Erin.  Port St Mary had the better results on the night with Chris Price, Jayne Kneen, Kellie Maddrell-Reeve and Margret Tasker all winning to single figures.  Port Erin did pick up three wins with Lynda Cadamy and Voirrey Curphey winning to single figures and Jenny Cain beating Katy Williams 21-19.  The result finished 122-156 (3-6).

Purt Le Moirrey welcomed South Ramsey with the away side triumphing with a fine 136-173 (4-5) victory.  Kim Hargraves top scored for the away side beating Chris Holland 21-4 whilst Jenny Moore also won to single figures beating Debra Cooper 21-8.  Elaine Moore retained her 100% record notching up another win beating Dot Mylchreast 21-11.

Nobles bounced back from their result last week beating Onchan 171-108 (7-2).  Nobles picked up some big wins as Clare Cooper won 21-1, Jayne Smith 21-4, Alison Keggen and Debbie Leece both winning 21-6.  Onchan did pick up two wins from Jo Smith and Sue Gawne, with Dee Lewis unlucky to add a third losing 21-20 to Lin Ruscoe.

Douglas faced Castletown B with both teams containing players who are in their first and second year of bowling.  Douglas got the upper hand in all but one game winning 180-94 (8-1).  Rebekah Kelly won her first game of the season with Shantelle Thorpe also winning her second game of the season.  Castletown’s Elaine McElroy prevented a whitewash winning her game 21-12.

In the final game on Friday Ballaugh were narrowly defeated at home to Marown 134-153 (4-5).  Lil Smith and Elaine Dewhurst put in fine away performances to win 21-2 and 21-6 respectively with wins also for Rosie Winckle, Pat Withers and Mary Alderson.  Ballaugh’s winners were Brenda Bowyer, Elaine Fenton, Gill Dixon and Pat Mason who won 21-6 in her game.

With half the season now gone the league has taken shape and the current top four will swap and change places and fight until the league concludes in September.

Individually Elaine Moore is the only player to have won all 12 games; although a mention to Top Lady winner Hannah Drewett who has only played 11 games but has a 100% record.  Elaine is chased by team-mate Lyn Bolton who with Port St Mary’s Chris Price is only one chalk behind.

Looking ahead Port St Mary sit out giving the chasers free reign to pull ahead, at least temporarily.  Nobles entertain Castletown B, South Ramsey go to Ballaugh and Castletown with a home tie to Douglas.

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Full House Thursday

The Over 60s league returned after a week off for the Festival with a double week of fixtures.

Tuesday saw league leaders Peel Sunset home to Port Erin with the home side dominating to win 119-80 (5-1).  Mary Moffatt had the best result on the day winning 21-6 whilst away player Carole Kaye managed to prevent a whitewash winning 21-14 against Cath Parker.

In a low scoring game Onchan snatched victory from Marown by a single chalk winning 92-91 (3-3).  Both teams exchanged big wins with Maureen Payne and Dee Lewis winning 21-9 and 21-5 respectively for Onchan.  For Marown Philippa Taylor won 21-6 and Shirley Whelan won 21-8.  Crucially in the other games for Onchan Marilyn Ellison won 21-14 and Marown’s Mary Alderson won 21-15.  With Marown conceding that extra chalk Onchan took the win.

South Ramsey welcomed Port St Mary B who could only manage to take two games off their opponents with South Ramsey winning the match 107-92 (4-2).  Elaine Moore top scored in the match with a fine 21-9 win over Edwina Reid.

Nobles played Villa and in another low scoring game lost only by four chalks despite giving a game away.  Lin Ruscoe (Nobles) and Pat Kelly (Villa) both won to single figures with the match ending 88-92 (3-3).

Port St Mary A collected a full house beating Ballaugh 126-62 (6-0).  Wendy Kennuagh, Val Macfarlane and Margaret Tasker all won to single figures with the result allowing PSM to close the gap on Peel.

Douglas produced a fine home performance to defeat Castletown 106-95 (4-2).  Patsy Rush top scored for the home side winning 21-7 with Sue Peach winning 21-8 for the away team.

In the final match from Tuesday League newcomers Mooragh Park B faced their A team with the A team coming out on top 59-112 (2-4).  Mooragh Park B will have been pleased to have picked up two wins with Peggy Freeman and Frances Radcliffe both winning.

Thursday saw a rush of full houses with four results ending with 126 maximum scores.

League leaders Peel Sunset had their sit out and could only watch as Port St Mary A notched up their second full house of the week and sixth overall by beating Villa away 57-126 (0-6).  Val Macfarlane, Win Collister, Trish Bull and Rita Callister all put in fine individual performances to win to single figures.  The result means Port St Mary go top by 124 points having played a game extra.

Marown’s green is very fast and they used all their home advantage to defeat Nobles 126-83 (6-0).  Mary Alderson and Philippa Taylor won 21-9 and 21-5 respectively to top score for the home team.

Breagle were home to Onchan and were unfortunately a player short.  Onchan won all five playable games with the final score 42-126 (0-6).

Port St Mary is another green which following this fine spell of weather is fast and tricky.  Port St Mary B took full advantage winning 126-84 against Douglas with Roma Ware top scoring to win 21-7.  Douglas were unlucky not to pick up a game with Kath King narrowly missing out losing 21-20 to Mavis Franks.

Further North a local derby took place as Mooragh Park A took on rivals South Ramsey.  Janet Monk won 21-2 to give Mooragh a great advantage and despite Elaine Moore winning 21-9 for the away side the home team managed to win four games overall giving them a 18 point victory 108-90 (4-2)

Ballaugh played Mooragh Park B at home and bounced back from earlier in the week to win 118-60 (5-1).  Jane Teare, Voirrey Oates and Mary Simmonds all won to single figures for the home side.  Mooraghs lone winner was Gillian Malpass who defeated Elizabeth Morrison 21-13.

In the final match held on Thursday Castletown faced Port Erin.  Both teams won three games each and in five of the matches the losing player reached double figures.  One game stood out and Marie Ashurst top scoring win of 21-6 gave Castletown the edge they needed to win 112-96 (3-3)

Next week sees another break from the League as the Quarter Finals of the JMS Shield are held.

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Janet Wins 7th Manx Championship

Ladies Manx Championship Winner 2018

Mooragh Park hosted the Ladies Championship on Saturday 30th June with a field of 26 ladies.

Three former champions, Jenny Moore (South Ramsey); Janet Monk (Mooragh Park) and last years winner Shelley Kennish (South Ramsey), along with Lyn Bolton (South Ramsey), Alison Keggen (Nobles), Amanda Lawler (Castletown), Caroline Whitehead (Port Erin) and Rebecca Teare (Nobles) made up the quarter finals.

Two time champion Jenny Moore defeated fellow club mate Lyn Bolton to book her place in the semi finals and would face Rebecca Teare who booked her spot beating Caroline Whitehead.

Amanda Lawler ended Shelley Kennish title defence and six time champion Janet Monk defeated Alison Keggen.

In the first Semi Final Jenny Moore got off to a good start racing to a 13-4 lead after 11 ends. Rebecca dug in to chip away at the lead but couldn’t get a good run with the block and Jenny ran out 21-13 winner.

The second Semi Final was a repeat of the 2014 final with Janet Monk taking on Amanda Lawler. Janet started the game very well having a run with the block which saw her build up a 11-2 lead after 10 ends. Amanda closed the gap to 9-15 before a run of three 2’s saw Janet close out the game 21-9.

The final got underway with both players exchanging points in cagy a nip tuck battle which saw them level after eight ends with the score 5-5. Jenny and Janet tried to build momentum but with both bowling very well neither could make a break away. After 15 ends, with the game tight at 10-9 to Janet, the first decisive moment came. Janet reeled off a run of 6 ends to build a lead of 17-9. Jenny fought back with two quick doubles reduced the deficit to 17-13 before Janet moved within one point of victory 20-13. Jenny wasn’t done yet and came back finding a long mark which she settle on winning six ends to bring the scores level at 20-20. On the last end Jenny led a bowl which was just slightly tight and a yard through giving Janet room to leave her bowl counting for game. Jenny was unable to better her first bowl and Janet claimed her seventh Manx Championship extending her own record as the most decorated Ladies Manx Champion.

At the conclusion of the competition the presentation was made by Heather Horsburgh and President Sue Peach who thanked Mooragh Park for hosting the competition and to all those who assisted with the running of the competition.

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BCGLBA Pairs Qualifier

The Dorothy Piearce Memorial pairs qualifier took place on Sunday at Finch Hill.  Nine pairs entered the competition with the hope to represent the Isle of Man in August at Warrington.

The eventual winners were Clare Cooper and Rebecca Leece (both Nobles) who beat Mary Alderson (Marown) and Lynda Cadamy (Port Erin) 21-17.  Losing in the semi finals were Jenny Moore & Fiona Kennish and Elaine Moore & Gill Dixon.

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Port St Mary Show Why They Are Champions

Following a busy week of bowls for the June Festival the night league returned.  The superb weather the island has been treated to over the last couple of weeks has made most of the greens fast and very tricky.

Kicking things off is the top 3 clash of Port St Mary vs Nobles.  Second place South Ramsey sat out from this round of matches but were keeping a close eye on the match to see who would be top going into the final matches of the first half of the season.  The Port St Mary green was running very fast with the home ladies using their home advantage to great effect to inflict Nobles biggest defeat since 2011.

Ann Maddrell and Trish Bull got Port St Mary off to a flying start both winning 21-2.  Katy Williams and Val Macfarlane followed this up winning 21-12 and 21-16 respectively.  Alison Keggen got Nobles on the board with a 21-11 victory.  In the second half Port St Mary dominated winning all four games with Jayne Kneen 21-4, Chris Price 21-11, Margaret Tasker 21-12 and Kellie Maddrell-Reeve 21-14.  The final match score was 179-94 (8-1).

Onchan welcomed Douglas with the match decided by 7 chalks.  Onchan won five of the nine available games with Marilyn Ellison top scoring for the home side 21-6.  The away side dug in and despite only winning four games Muriel Cain, Wendy Cowin and Paula Garrett all won to single figures to give the away side the chalks victory 136-143 (5-4).

Marown faced Purt Le Moirrey and it was the away side who mastered the very fast green the best taking an overall win by 45 chalks.  Chris Holland and Roma Ware won to single figures for the away team with wins also from Sandra Lowe, Win Collister, Brenda Hawkard and Rita Callister.  For the home side Rosie Winckle, Elaine Dewhirst and Lil Smith.  Final match score 128-173 (3-6).

Peel entertained Ballaugh at Sunset City with the home-side just doing enough to take the victory.  The match was tight on games with Peel winning five of the nine matches including single figure wins for Lynda Wilson and Sue Jones.  Peel had the edge on the chalks to take the match 168-145 (5-4).

In the final match Castletown A faced their B team for the first time this year with the league newcomers suffering a whitewash defeat 189-85 (9-0).

With one game to go before the half way point Port St Mary hold a 20 chalk advantage over South Ramsey with Castletown only three points further back following their last four games in which they have averaged over 185.  Nobles slip to fourth 104 points behind the leaders with clear daylight to fifth placed Peel Sunset.  The title race will continue to be lively and I expect these top four teams to shuffle a little more before the end of the season.

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Peel Sunset Top At Halfway Stage

The Trend sponsored Ladies Over 60s League returned from the break for TT with the teams reaching the halfway point in the season.

Before Thursdays fixtures South Ramsey welcomed Villa in a re-arranged match from earlier in the season.  Villa won the match by 10 chalks with away player Muriel Cain ending Elaine Moores 100% record winning 21-17.  The final score 85-95 (2-4)

Champions Port St Mary A were visited by Mooragh Park A who managed to take two wins from the home side with Ann Chapman and Julie Reiley winning for the away team.  Val Mcfarlane, Win Collister and Trish Bull all won to single figures whilst Margaret Tasker ended Janet Monks 100% record winning 21-11.  Final score 116-70 (4-2)

Peel Sunset have averaged 120 in their last three matches and improved this further by picking up their 5th maximum of the season defeating Douglas A away 48-126 (0-6).  The result also means Peel Sunset take the top spot at the halfway stage nine points ahead of Port St Mary.

Marown remain third following their victory away to Breagle 91-116 (3-3).  There were wins for home players Steph Swift, Gwen Tuck and Kay Primrose-Smith.  For the away side Margaret Scarffe, Ceila Joughin and Philippa Taylor all won.

Nobles faced Ballaugh at home with the home side putting in a strong performance to win 112-74 (5-1).  Flo Price and Joyce Ogden both won to single figures with Voirrey Oates picking up Ballaughs only win to prevent a whitewash.

Onchan had a comfortable 15 chalk victory over Villa winning four of the six games.  Home player Maureen Payne top scored winning 21-8 with Villa player Joan Murphy winning 21-9.  Final score 108-93 (4-2).

In the final match on Thursday South Ramsey were beaten at home by Castletown 85-104 (2-4)

The league takes another week off due to the June Bowling Festival but returns the following week with a double week of fixtures.

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Microgaming Pairs

Microgamin Pairs Winners 2018

Jenny Moore & Fiona Kennish

An entry of 19 pairs contested the Ladies Doubles sponsored by Microgaming Software Services on Saturday 16th June at Castletown Bowling Green.  The eventual winners were Jenny Moore and Fiona Kennish who beat Philippa Taylor and Joyce Ogden 21-15 in the final.  At one stage the final was nip and tuck and at 15-15 Jenny and Fiona scored a maximum 4 followed by a 2 and took the title.

Losing semi finalists were Kellie Maddrell-Reeve and Lorna Brady; Mary Alderson and Lynda Cadamy

Castletown would like to thank the sponsors for their continued support and all the players who entered.

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