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Leaders Extend Winning Run

The Ladies Night League returned to action following TT fortnight and league leaders Port St Mary extended their winning streak to four matches with a strong away performance against Douglas.

Port St Mary players Val Macfarlane, Wendy Kennuagh, Chris Price and Ann Maddrell all won to single figures with Trish Bull just doing enough to win her game 21-19 against Shantelle Thorpe.  For the home side Joan Murphy held on to win 21-20 against Kellie Maddrell-Reeve and Paula Garrett won 21-17 against Jayne Kneen ending her 100% record.  Final match score 106-187 (2-7)

South Ramsey keep the pressure on Port St Mary with a strong away performance against Port Erin.  Port Erin could only manage two wins with Lynda Cadamy and Leah Vickers winning 21-15 and 21-16 respectively.  South Ramsey’s Elaine Moore, Fiona Kennish and Lyn Bolton all won to single figures with the match ending 115-178 (2-7).

Nobles have slipped to third and had the tricky away encounter against Mooragh Park.  The home side managed to take three games off Nobles with wins for Caroline Parker, Janet Monk and Rosemary Quirk.  Nobles won five of their six games to single figures to take the match 110-164 (3-6)

Purt Le Moirrey welcomed Peel Sunset with the away side taking the spoils 139-153 (3-6).  Peel player Mary Moffatt top scored in the match with a fine 21-3 victory whilst home player Linda Dawson won 21-6.

Castletown A produced their best result of the season away at Ballaugh.  The visitors produced a maximum performance winning 115-189 (0-9) with Marie Ashurst and Heike Perry winning to single figures.  Another 100% record went as Gill Dixon lost narrowly to Kim Foy 19-21.

In the final match on Friday Castletown B faced Onchan.  The match finished with an Onchan victory 148-180 (4-5) however Castletown B are improving each week and it won’t be long until they pick up their first league victory.

South Ramsey sit out the next round of matches but will keep a close eye on Port St Mary vs Nobles match to see how things stand as we approach the midway point in the season

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Top Of The Table Clash

There was a top of the table clash in the Trend Ladies Over 60s league this week as league leaders Port St Mary, who hold a four point lead, visited Peel Sunset.  Last season Port St Mary suffered a heavy 54 point defeat away to Peel and would be looking to avoid the same upset.

Peel bowlers Cath Parker won 21-14 against Trish Bull, Pat Robertson 21-17 against Margaret Tasker and Joyce Kelly 21-12 against Wendy Kennuagh gave Peel a healthy 20 point lead.  For the away side Val Macfarlane won 21-13 against Lynda Wilson and Ann Maddrell won 21-9 against Heather Horsburgh which brought the game level.  The last result of the match saw Mary Moffatt just hold on to defeat Rita Callister 21-20 and give Peel an overall victory by one chalk 106-105 (4-2).  Port St Mary will have left the happier side knowing they have not lost ground on their nearest rivals and will look to use their own home advantage to good effect later in the season.

Castletown welcomed Nobles who produced a great performance to win the match 92-110 (2-4).  Paula Firth won 21-4 for the away side which setup the win for Nobles with Joyce Ogden, Viv Cook, Pat Dacre also winning for Nobles.  Castletown did manage two wins with Marie Ashurst and Sue Peach both winning 21-13.

Port St Mary B faced Onchan and the away side managed to collect four wins but it was the home side who managed to win the match.  For Onchan Maureen Payne and Libby Andrade both won 21-19, Lesley Nicholl 21-18 and Wendy McDowell 21-14.  With Port St Mary pushing close in three of the four losses their winners could make the impact as Pauline Whorrall 21-10 and Edwina Reid 21-12 won for the home side to give them an overall 112-106 (2-4) victory.

Marown travelled to Ballaugh and kept up the pace at the top by winning 93-115 (1-5).  Marown’s winners were Philippa Taylor 21-10, Margaret Scarffe 21-12, Ceila Joughin 21-16 and Mary Alderson 21-20.  Ballaugh player Mary Simmonds made sure there was no whitewash by winning her game 21-10.

Mooragh Park A defeated Breagle 109-63 (4-2) with Breagle fielding only five players.  Janet Monk and Vicky Lloyd-West were on top form for Mooragh winning 21-5 and 21-4 respectively.  Joyce Henry and Gwen Tuck won for the away side.

Douglas played South Ramsey at the Villa.  Douglas were one short and giving away 21 points was the difference in the match as Douglas lost by only eight chalks.  Patsy Rush top scored for the home side 21-4 along with wins from Kath King and Elaine Vincent.  The final score was 86-94 (3-3)

In the final game held on Tuesday Port Erin scored a full house against Mooragh Park B 126-37.

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League Chasers Drop Points

Castletown A hosted Port St Mary in last weeks match of the week.  Both teams sit in the top four places and continue to chase Nobles and South Ramsey

The match was a very tight encounter with Castletown just getting the better results to win 147-141 (5-4).  Home players Hannah Drewitt 21-8 and Tracy Moore 21-6 top scoring with wins also coming from Kim Foy, Heike Perry and Amanda Lawler.  For the away team Jayne Kneen won 21-9 and Chris Price won 21-2 with Ann Maddrell and Val Macfarlane also winning.

With Port St Mary and Castletown dropping points South Ramsey used their considerable home advantage to great effect collecting a maximum and increasing the distance between the teams.  South Ramsey defeated Castletown B 189-72 (9-0) with six of the South Ramsey ladies winning to single figures.

Nobles faced a tough away match travelling to the tricky Peel Sunset green.  Nobles left the happier of the two sides after collecting a well earned victory 146-164 (4-5).  Joyce Ogden had the best performance of the night winning 21-8 for the away side with wins also coming from Clare Cooper, Lin Ruscoe, Debbie Leece and Rebecca Teare.  For Peel Shirley Corrin, Heather Horsburgh, Mary Moffatt and Lynda Wilson.

Mooragh Park are starting to get used to playing at home again and notched up a 77 chalk victory over Onchan.  Helen Martin, Janet Monk, Rosemary Quirk and Ann Chapman all won to single figures with Onchan player Sue Gawne winning her game 21-4 to make sure there was no full house for the home side.  Final score 172-95 (8-1)

Marown put in another strong home performance beating Douglas 142-121 (8-1).  Douglas will be disappointed not to have won more games with Ceila Joughin winning 21-20 against Wendy Cowin and Philippa Taylor winning 21-20 against Pat Kelly.  Douglas only winner was Paula Garrett who won 21-6 to avoid a whitewash.

In the final match from Wednesday Ballaugh lost at home to Port Erin 123-163 (2-7).  Elaine Fenton and Gill Dixon were Ballugh’s winners whilst Port Erin’s Phil Dobson and Carol Kaye won to single figures.

Onto Friday and South Ramsey travelled over the mountain to face Douglas at the Villa Bowling Green where in the last 3 years they have averaged over 177 chalks.  Douglas however put in some great performances keeping South Ramsey for the first time this season to under 150 chalks.  Douglas restricted South Ramsey with wins from Paula Garrett 21-4, Pat Kelly 21-7 and Wendy Cowin 21-10.  South won the remaining six games but Douglas player Shantelle Thorpe just missed out on her first league victory going down 21-20 to Fiona Kennish and Muriel Cain was pipped 21-19 by Lyn Bolton.  The final score 132-147 (3-6)

Castletown and Port St Mary bounced back from their earlier performance in the week and capitalised on South Ramsey dropping points.  Castletown won away to Purt Le Moirrey 107-178 (1-8) with home greener Roma Ware preventing a whitewash.  Port St Mary travelled to Onchan and picked up their first full house of the season winning 69-189 (0-9).

Nobles welcomed Marown and kept up their strong start to the season by winning the match 179-125 (6-3).  Top scoring for the home side were Debbie Leece 21-5, Paula Firth 21-7 and Clare Cooper 21-4 with Jayne Smith, Rebecca Teare and Alison Keggen also winning.  For the away side Philippa Taylor, Lil Smith and Rosie Winckle collected with the match finishing 179-125 (6-3)

Port Erin collected a fine home victory over Peel Sunset 173-115 (6-3).  Caroline Whitehead and Lynda Cadamy both won 21-4 with Jenny Cain also winning 21-7 for the home side.  Peels wins came from Mary Moffatt, Shirley Corrin and Joyce Kelly.

In the final result of the night Mooragh Park won 101-186 (1-8) away to Castletown B.

With the teams all playing a different number of matches we look at the average chalks to give us an idea of who is leading the way.  The top four currently are Nobles (174), South Ramsey (168), Port St Mary (165) and Castletown (163).

Next week South Ramsey and Port St Mary catch up on previously postponed matches before Friday’s mouth watering clash of the current top two sides as Nobles make the journey north to play South Ramsey.  Both teams will be looking to underpin their title credentials and South will be looking to dent the small advantage Nobles currently hold at the top of the table.

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Kennish & Moore Do The Double

Fiona Kennish and Jenny Moore won both Ladies Doubles held last weekend.  On Saturday Marown held the Greeba Cup which Fiona and Jenny won 21-16 against Lynda Cadamy & Mary Alderson.  Losing semi finalists were Alison Keggen & Debbie Leece, Trish Bull & Margaret Tasker.

On Sunday Port Erin hosted the Ladies Association IOM Pairs Competition.  In the final Fiona & Jenny defeated Elaine Moore & Gill Dixon 21-16.  Losing semi finalists were Alison Keggen & Debbie Leece, Carol Kaye & Voirrey Curphy

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Early Leaders Drop Points

League Leaders Nobles travelled to the Purt Le Moirrey green where the home side put in a tough performance winning five of the nine games.  At one point Nobles were in trouble with Lin Ruscoe 17-5 down to Chris Holland, Paula Firth 16-6 down to Roma Ware and Clare Cooper 12-4 down to Pauline Worrall.  Nobles fought back, for the all important chalks, but these Purt Le Moirrey ladies proved too strong.  A big win for Rebecca Teare 21-3 helped the Nobles ladies eventually win the match 144-169 (5-4).

South Ramsey improved their 2017 home performance against Champions Port St Mary.  This year the winning margin was 24 chalks compared to last years three chalk victory.  Big wins on either side as home players Elaine Moore 21-4, Jill Quayle 21-4 and Jenny Moore 21-9.  Port St Mary’s Ann Maddrell won 21-6 and Trish Bull 21-9 evened up the scorecard.  South Ramsey’s Kim Hargraves was 18-7 down to Jayne Kneen before staging a great comeback to gain vital points for the team before falling at the last hurdle 21-20.  The match finished 154-130 (5-4).  Port St Mary will hope to overturn that result later in the season when the teams meet in August.

Mooragh Park played their first home game of the season against a strong Castletown outfit.  Mooragh Park’s Vicky Lloyd-West was their standout performer preventing a whitewash winning 21-20 against Marie Ashurst.  Amanda Lawler and Tracy Moore beat tough opponents Janet Monk and Helen Martin 12 and 16 respectivley.  Caroline Parker and Ann Chapman just lost out 19 and 20 in their games with the final match score 128-188 (1-8).

Castletown B who are improving every week faced Peel Sunset at home.  Newcomer Jo Robert beat last seasons merit runner up Mary Moffatt 21-15 and Barbara Young beat Cath Parker 21-16.  Peel Sunset won five games overall including big wins from Shirley Corrin 21-4 and Lynda Wilson 21-7 giving Peel the victory 145-159 (4-5).

In the final matches played on Friday Ballaugh picked up their second win of the season defeating Douglas 164-135 (6-3).  Marown proved too strong at home beating Onchan 181-109 (8-1) with Marilyn Ellison and Wendy McDowell both just losing 21-20.

Looking ahead to next week the Quarter Finals of the Jean Kelly take place on Thursday with Onchan (+45) vs Nobles (+15), Castletown A (scr) vs Mooragh Park (+25) and Purt Le Moirrey (+30) vs Peel Sunset (+25).  Port St Mary (scr) vs Port Erin (+15) takes place on Tuesday 22nd May due to a green clash.

Friday sees a full set of night league fixtures with Castletown A sitting out this week.

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Singles Figures Separate Top Two

The Trend Sponsored Ladies Over 60s Bowling League entered May with a rush of full houses as three teams turned in a maximum on Tuesday.

Port St Mary B put in a fine performance to win their match against Ballaugh 126-59 (6-0) with Dot Mylchreest, Port St Marys best lady, winning her game 21-5.

Mooragh Park B played their first game on home soil following the work that has been ongoing on their green.  Port St Mary A were the visitors and won all six games with the final score 36-126.

Castletown were the final team to record a maximum on Tuesday defeating Villa.  Anne Oates 21-2, Barbara Young 21-9 and Marie Ashhurst 21-9 were Castletown’s best winners as they won the match 126-59.

Peel Sunset put a stop to Marown’s unbeaten run defeating them by 11 chalks 108-97 (4-2).  Philippa Taylor inflicted Joyce Kelly’s first defeat of the season with a 21-15 victory.

Douglas won the battle but lost the war in their match against Onchan.  Douglas won four games including two 21-20 wins from Moire Tuner and Wendy Cowin with their other two wins 21-11 and 21-17.  Onchan’s two winners proved to be the difference with Libby Andrade winning 21-8 and Lynda Clarke 21-6.  Onchan won the match 98-110 (4-2).

South Ramsey lost at home to Nobles 84-107 (2-4).  Elaine Moore and Ann Gale won for the home side.  Lin Ruscoe was the best winner for Nobles beating Gillian Jopson 21-9.

In the final game from Tuesday Port Erin faced homegreen rivals Breagle.  A strong showing from Port Erin gave them the victory 120-70 (4-2).  For Breagle Gwen Tuck and Joyce Henry picked up individual wins.

On Thursday Port St Mary A welcomed South Ramsey and won four of the six games with two scores 21-7 and two 21-8.  Elaine Moore beat Margaret Tasker 21-14 and Ann Gale maintained her unbeaten status in the league defeating Wyn Collister 21-12.  Port St Mary A won the match 110-72 (6-0).

Peel Sunset closed the gap on rivals Port St Mary to seven points by whitewashing Breagle away form home 53-126 (0-6).

Marown bounced straight back from their defeat earlier in the week with a convincing 108-73 (4-2) win over Castletown.  Philippa Taylor and Mary Alderson were in fine form winning their games 21-2, 21-3 respectively.

Port St Mary B made it two wins in the week with an away win against Villa.  Margaret Corlett and Pat Kelly won for the home side but with Port St Mary B winning four games, including Mavis Franks 21-9 win, they were too strong and the match finished 91-115 (2-4)

Nobles were visited by Douglas.  Paula Firth set the platform for Nobles winning her game 21-1.  In the other five games there were good battles with Nobles just edging the games.  Douglas player Jan Osborne her 100% record losing 21-20 to Lin Ruscoe.

Ballaugh were beaten at home by Mooragh Park A who won five out of the six games.  Mooragh’s best winners were Janet Monk 21-4 and Julie Reilly 21-9 whilst Peggy Griffin made sure there was no whitewash beating Anne Kean 21-18.  Final score and a win for Mooragh 84-123 (1-5)

In the final game Onchan put in another fine home performance to beat Port Erin 122-75 (5-1).  Marilyn Ellison had the best score for Onchan winning 21-2 whilst Jacqui Elliott for Port Erin prevented a full house winning her game 21-17.

Next week Peel will look to further close the gap to Port St Mary with a home match against Onchan before a tricky away game to Nobles.  Port St Mary A are away to Douglas A before playing local rivals Port Erin at home.

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Onchan Open Singles

Onchan Open Singles Winner 2018

Maureen Payne

On Wednesday 9th May Onchan hosted their mid-week singles open with 22 ladies taking part.

The eventual winner was homegreener Maureen Payne who beat Port St Mary player Chris Price 21-18 in a nip and tuck final.

In the semi finals Maureen beat Trish Bull 21-20 and Chris beat Margaret Tasker 21-14.

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Marown Maintain 100% Start

In the Trend sponsored Over 60s League on Tuesday Peel Sunset were two points from a maximum beating Ballaugh 124-64 (5-1).  Mary Moffatt 21-5 and Pat Robertson 21-9 were Peels best performers whilst Brenda Bowyer prevented the whitewash by beating Lynda Wilson 21-19.

Port Erin took on Villa with home greener Carol Kaye using all her knowledge and experience winning 21-1.  Teammates Jean Thackrah 21-8 and Jacqui Elliott 21-7 also won well however, Port Erin were pegged back in two games as Pat Kelly and Muriel Cain won for the visitors restricting Port Erin’s win to 108-74 (4-2).

Port St Mary welcomed Nobles and the visitors would have been pleased to win three games as Sylvia Kennuagh 21-15, Viv Cook 21-12 and Joyce Ogden 21-15 all won for the away team.  The difference on the final result is Port St Marys strength as their winners won 14, 6 and 2 with Val Macfarlane and Margaret Tasker winning to single figures.  The final result was a home win 105-85 (3-3).

Marown made the short Journey to face Douglas and remained the only unbeaten side in the league winning the match 67-110 (1-5).  Mary Alderson won 21-5 for the away team and Jan Osborne prevented the home side losing to a maximum by winning 21-5.

In the remaining games on Tuesday South Ramsey beat Breagle 111-72 (4-2), Castletown defeated Mooragh Park A 108-86 (5-1) and Mooragh Park B lost 61-105 (1-5) to Onchan.

As Thursday’s matches kicked off Port St Mary who sit out this round of matches would have been keeping a close eye on Peel’s result to see how much advantage they would keep at the top of the league.

Peel Sunset closed the gap to five points after collecting their second maximum of the season away to Villa.  Joyce Kelly won 21-1 to remain undefeated this season and the final score was 85-126 (0-6)

Marown who sit in third position hosted Port Erin.  Fine individual performances from Ceila Joughin and Mary Alderson setup the win with the home side keeping their 100% record the final score being 120-81 (4-2).

Onchan performed well at home defeating South Ramsey 108-89 (4-2) with standout home performances from Maureen Payne and Dee Lewis.  Elaine Moore and Ann Gale won for the away side.

In other matches played on Thursday Breagle lost at home to Douglas 78-109 (2-4).  Mooragh Park A were defeated by Port St Mary B 91-98 (2-4).  Nobles beat Mooragh Park B 122-53 (5-1) and Castletown won away at Balalugh 80-106 (2-4).

After round 7 Port St Mary sit at the top averaging 113.83 however, Peel Sunset are right on their tails averaging 113.  Marown sit third with Nobles fourth.

Looking ahead Mooragh Park A & B will now move back to their home green.  Round 8 see’s Peel and Marown go head-to-head.

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South Ramsey Take Revenge

Early Leaders Nobles sat out from this weeks Ladies night league fixtures as champions Port St Mary would look to close the gap in their match against Marown.

Marown put on a big performance away from home taking four out of the nine games.  In a high scoring match home greener Wendy Kennuagh won 21-20 against Elaine Dewhirst and Marown’s Rosie Winkle beat Chris Price 21-20 showing how close the match was on the night.  Val Macfarlane top scored for the home side beating Shirley Whelan 21-8 and Port St Mary just had the upper edge overall winning the match 171-155 (5-4).

Ballaugh won their first match of the season away against Castletown B.  Ballaugh picked up six games in the match with Gill Dixon winning 21-3.  For the home side Sonya Mercer won her first league game with wins also for Tracy Moore and Barbara Young.  The final score was 140-165 (3-6).

In the tightest match of the night Douglas welcomed Purt Le Moirrey to the Villa.  The match was only separated by three chalks.  A big home win for Paula Garrett 21-4 wasn’t enough as the away side won 5-4 on games with Edwina Reid and Linda Dawson winning to single figures.  The final result was a Purt Le Moirrey win 152-155 (4-5)

A repeat of last weeks Jean Kelly tie saw Mooragh Park once again visit South Ramsey.  Last week Mooragh triumphed knocking South Ramsey out.  This week however South Ramsey prevailed restricting the visitors to under a hundred chalks.  Janet Monk won 21-8 over Lauren Groen to prevent a whitewash in a match that finished 176-96 (8-1) with some strong individual performances from the South Ramsey ladies.

In the final matches Castletown faced Port Erin away at Breagle Glen and came away with a fine 116-170 (2-7) victory.  Onchan hosted Peel Sunset with the away team winning 142-157 (4-5).

Looking ahead Mooragh Park play their first home match of the season following the work to their green and Castletown make the trip up North.  Port St Mary face their toughest away challenge of the season so far as they face last years runners up South Ramsey.  South Ramsey won last seasons tie 162-159 (5-4).  Next weeks encounter should be just as close.

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Hannah Is Top Lady

Top Lady Winner 2018

Hannah Drewett

Port St Mary Bowling Club hosted the annual Top Lady Bowling Competition with 32 ladies invited to play.

The first round saw some of the favourites fall with current Manx Champion Shelley Kennish losing 21-8 to Chris Price.  Last years winner Janet Monk lost to Marown player Rosie Winkle 21-12 and Jenny Moore despite a late fight back lost to home-greener Trish Bull 21-18.

Quarter finals saw Katy Williams defeat teammate Chris Price 21-17.  Jayne Kneen beat Peel Sunset’s Joyce Kelly 21-15.  Castletown bowler Hannah Drewett won 21-15 against last seasons overall merit winner Ann Maddrell and Debbie Leece beat Mary Moffatt 21-11.

The first semi final saw a clash of home greeners, also sisters, Jayne Kneen and Katy Williams.  After an early exchange of the jack Jayne built up a 11-5 lead.  Katy, despite picking up a couple of two’s couldn’t get ahead and Jayne won 21-13 to book her spot in the final.

The other semi final between Hannah Drewett and Debbie Leece was nip-tuck all the way and after 27 ends the score was 18-17 to Debbie.  Hannah dug in an won back to back twos and came out on top 21-18.

In the final, Hannah maintained a lead throughout and at the halfway stage led 12-7 before Jayne came back to trail 15-14.  Another surge from Hannah put her 19-14 up and within touching distance of the win.  Jayne used all her experience to close the gap but Hannah maintained her high standard of bowling and won her first Top Lady title 21-18.

Thanks go to the Association for running the competition and Port St Mary for hosting and providing an excellent playing surface.

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