In this weeks Trend sponsored Ladies Over 60s League Tuesday saw three matches end as whitewashes.  Port St Mary bounced back from their loss to Marown last week with an emphatic 126-45 (6-0) victory over Breagle who were a player short.  Margaret Tasker and Wyn Collister both won to single figures.

Marown kept up the pace by picking up their first full house of the season winning away to Mooragh Park B 54-126.  Philippa Taylor, Margaret Scarffe and Marcia Pearson winning well for the away side.

Peel Sunset also collected their first full house beating Port St Mary B 126-69 with Mary Moffatt, Heather Horsburgh and Lynda Wilson all winning 21-8.

Douglas faced Ballaugh who were a player short and lost the match 75-98 (3-3) with Peggy Griffin and Brenda Bowyer putting in fine performances both winning 21-6.

The closest game on Tuesday saw Port Erin take on Mooragh Park A.  Home players Carol Kaye, Jenny Cain won 21-7 and 21-6 respectively and despite Janet Monk winning for the away team 21-4 the home side held on to win 99-80 (4-2)

Nobles sit out from Thursdays matches and welcomed Onchan to Nobles Park.  Slyvia Kennuagh, Viv Cook and Flo Price all won to single figures for the home side to give them a comfortable 107-81 (4-2) victory.  Onchan players Maureen Payne won 21-3 and Dee Lewis held on to beat Josie Harding 21-20.

Thursdays match of the day came between Mooragh Park A and Peel Sunset.  Mooragh Park won the match by six chalks 107-101.  Both teams won three games each to underline how tight the match was.

Marown won four games in their match against South Ramsey but crucially lost two to single figures making their overall total against South Ramsey well below their league average.  They won the match 90-74.

Villa locked horns with fellow club members Douglas.  Douglas were two players short and won all the other four games including Moire Turner and Jan Osborne winning to 9 and 6 respectively.  Despite the result in the four games the 42 chalks given away was too much to claw back and Villa won the match 87-84.

Onchan hosted Port St Mary A with the visitors winning 5-1 on games.  Maureen Payne won 21-2 against Wyn Collister to prevent a full house and Port St Mary won the match 95-107.

To round up the remaining matches Mooragh Park B picked up their second win of the season away to Breagle 100-107 (4-2).  Ballaugh lost at home to Port Erin 77-114 (2-4) and Port St Mary B were pipped by nine chalks losing to Castletown 94-103 (3-3)

Looking at the league table after round 5 it is starting to take shape.  As there is an odd number of teams I am looking at the average score of each team and Port St Mary lead the way averaging 115 followed by Nobles 111 and Marown 109.  Next week the current top two face each other at Port St Mary.

The Trend sponsored Ladies Over 60s League headed into its first double week and saw Marown and Douglas the only teams to win both their games.

On Tuesday newcomers Mooragh Park B collected their first win by defeating Ballaugh who were one player short 91-88 (3-3).

South Ramsey hosted Mooragh Park A in the Ramsey Derby and it didn’t disappoint.  Both teams won three games each but crucially it was Mooragh who won their games more convincingly and won the match 112-98 (3-3).  Two of the islands top lady bowlers faced each other as Elaine Moore took on Janet Monk.  Janet just having the upper hand to win 21-17.

Onchan used their home advantage to good effect brushing aside Breagle 125-76 (5-1).  Kay Primrose Smith beat Jean Quine 21-20 to ensure Onchan didn’t walk away with a maximum.

Champions Port St Mary won all six games as they defeated Villa 126-46.

Douglas won the first of their two matches with a narrow three point win over Port St Mary B and Castletown travelled to Port Erin and won 106-94 (4-2).  Nobles hosted Marown with both teams sharing three wins each, Marown just had the edge on the day winning by three points 113-110.

Thursdays game of the day saw Marown host Champions Port St Mary who Marown have not beaten at home in the last seven years.  The match was finely balanced with Mary Alderson and Marcia Pearson winning to 19 and 18 respectively for the home team whilst Rita Callister and Margaret Tasker winning 15 and 8 respectively.  Marown won the last two games impressively with Philipa Taylor defeating last years merit winner Val McFarlane 21-4 and Shirley Whelan beating Wyn Collister 21-10 to give Marown an overall 107-93 (4-2) victory.  I have previously stated Marown are one of the most improved teams in the league and I can only see them causing a few more upsets as the season unfolds.

Villa recorded a maximum score beating Mooragh Park B 126-62 with good individual performances from Margaret Corlett and Pat Kelly.

South Ramsey travelled one short to Ballaugh which gave the home side the advantage from the outset.  South Ramsey players Elaine Moore and Helen Caley won to single figures which would have overturned the deficit but home player Voirrey Oates won 21-1 to ensure there was no upset on the cards and Ballaugh won 89-76.

Castletown and Peel Sunset ended being a low scoring game with both teams winning two games to single figures.  Peel came out on top winning the match 91-87 (3-3)

In the other games Breagle lost at home to Nobles 76-111 (1-5).  Port St Mary B lost 101-115 to Port Erin and Mooragh Park A lost to Douglas by three points 95-98 with both teams winning three games.

The Trend sponsored Ladies Over 60s Bowling League returned this week with reigning champions Port St Mary A making a blistering start by beating Ballaugh 126-56 (6-0). Port St Mary A have won the league the last four seasons and on this early performance they will be hard to stop again this season.

Second placed team last year Peel Sunset will be looking to push Port St Mary and underlined their title credentials with a strong showing down south beating Port Erin 110-66 (5-1) with Jacqui Elliott winning 21-5 to prevent a whitewash.

Castletown faced Douglas at home and edged the match 114-101 with both teams winning three games each.

Villa were home to Nobles and unfortunately were one player short as they went down 40-114 (1-5) with home player Pat Kelly winning to save their blushes.

Mooragh Park A are playing their home matches in April at South Ramsey and first up were league newcomers Mooragh Park B. The A team won 126-48 (6-0) and whilst that is not the start the B team will have wanted I can only see these ladies improving as the season progresses and it is great to see another club being able to field a second team.

Port St Mary B faced the other new team in the League South Ramsey who return to the over 60s league for the first time since 2007. Port came out on top winning 101-85 (4-2) with good individual performances from Edwina Reid, Pauline Whorrall and Elaine Moore who all won to single figures in the match.

Marown who have been the most improved team over the last few seasons beat Onchan 111-98 (5-1) with Margret Scarffe the best winner for the home side 21-7 whilst Marilyn Ellison won 21-6 for the away side to prevent a full house.

Looking ahead to next week sees a double week with a Northern derby between South Ramsey and Mooragh Park A. Port St Mary face Villa at home and a tough away encounter at Marown later in the week.