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Rayner Shield & Plate Final Venues

Rayner Shield Winners 2014

Back Row (L-R): Mike Cain, Stuart Clague, Phil Kelly, John Gelling, Peter Kelly
Front Row (L-R): Neil Withers, Ian Kissack (Captain), Dean Kipling, Colin Kelly

For both finals where possible can all players arrive around 6:30 on the night so that team photos can be taken prior to play commencing at 7pm. Players must also conform to BCGBA Dress Code which is Grey or Black Trousers & Collared Shirts (preferably Club Shirts). Any player not conforming to this will not be allowed to play on the night. The full BCGBA dress code rule is below.

Rayner Plate

Time Match # Home Score Away
Fri 31 Jul 2015
19:00 Final Port St Mary B (+40) –:– North Ramsey B (+40)

Rayner Shield

Time Match # Home Score Away
Fri 07 Aug 2015
19:00 Final Port St Mary A –:– South Ramsey A

Player Dress Code

  1. Hard or block heeled footwear must not be worn whilst on the green in any match played under the Association’s jurisdiction.
  2. The following is the only permitted dress for male bowlers in all County Matches (Senior, Junior, Veterans and Supplementary), including away practice and the Finals Days of all tournaments organised or run by the Association.
    1. Trousers: These shall be full length, single coloured trousers, in grey or black. Studs, rivets and zipped pockets are not allowed, nor are external pockets on the legs. Nothing in this rule shall prevent exceptions being made for individuals with a relevant disability.
    2. Shirts: County Associations to determine the style and design of their County shirt, which must be collared and may include County’s insignia, player’s name, Club insignia, sponsor’s insignia and/or manufacturer’s insignia. This to apply for County reprersentative games only. Collared shirts to be worn for finals days of all tournaments organised and run by the Association.
    3. Where necessary, and in accordance with the pertaining weather conditions, sweaters which conform to the above and/or wet weather gear may be worn.
    4. In team contests it is strongly recommended that uniform clothing is worn by all team members.
    5. Nothing in the above shall be interpreted to allow the wearing of track suits, shell suits or denims.
    6. In the events to which Rule 2 is applicable permitted practice on the day will only be allowed to those to this standard and any player transgressing will be dealt with under sub-clauses 2(g) and 2(h).
    7. Any player failing to conform to this standard will be prevented from playing (or continuing) in the competition and may be liable to forfeit any entry fee for, or prize money earned in, the competition.
    8. In the case of team contests any offending player must be substituted prior to the commencement of the game. However, if the player’s game has commenced, the player shall score nil and the opponent shall receive the maximum score.

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Port St Mary Win Jean Kelly Memorial Trophy

Jean Kelly Winners 2015 - Port St Mary

Port St Mary have won the Jean Kelly Memorial Trophy for the third time defeating South Ramsey by 5 chalks.

With South Ramsey starting with a 5 point handicap Port St Mary needed to get out of the traps early and Trish Bull got them off to a flying start winning 21-3. South replied first with a 21-12 win for Gill Dixon against Katy Williams before Elaine Moore and Fiona Kennish won to 16 and 15 respectively. Jayne Kneen completed the first 5 jacks winning 21-14 against Shelly Kennish meaning at the halfway stage the match was all square at 85 points each.

Jenny Moore was first off the second half with a brilliant 21-13 win over Margaret Tasker before Alison Keggen hit back with a 21-10 win meaning Port had a slender 3 point advantage with two games left on the green.

Both teams knew they were in for a tight finish with Lyn Bolton 19-17 up on Wyn Collister and Val Macfarlane level pegging with Jill Quayle in the mid-teens. Winnie battle hard but Lyn came off winning 21-19 and all the attention turned to the final game between Jill and Val who were both playing well under pressure. The game rocked back and forth but Val managed the crucial break away beating Jill to 17 and securing a 5 chalk victory for Port St Mary.

Both set of players should be commended for the standard of bowling on what was a well prepared and good playing surface at Onchan. South Ramsey will go home having won the battle on games but Port St Mary won the war and picked up the trophy on what was the closest final for a number of years.

At the conclusion of the competition Pat Robinson (Ladies President) thanked Heather Horsburgh for running the sheet and Moore Kelly and his family for the prizes and lovely food for the players and spectators.

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Isle of Man vs Lancashire :: Blog


Ladies’ Manx Championship 2015

Ladies Manx Champion 2015

Elaine Moore

With a disappointing entry of 26 the 2015 Ladies’ Manx Championship, sponsored by Ann Gale and Dave McTaggart, was played over one day rather than the two scheduled. The weather stayed fine although the strong winds were having an effect on the behaviour of the woods. Despite that the quality of the field ensured that there was some fine bowling on view.

Quarter-finals: Jayne Kneen 21, Lil Smith 7; Elaine Moore 21, Paula Firth 15; Jenny Moore 21, Lilian Slinger 15; Helen Martin 21, Tricia Bull 11

Semi-finals: Elaine Moore 21, Jayne Kneen 19; Jenny Moore 21, Helen Martin 13.

The final pitted mum Elaine against daughter Jenny and was evenly matched, the score being all square at 7-7 after eleven ends. Elaine had the better of the next period of play, opening up a 15-10 lead which, with two 2’s and a single, Jenny caught up to 15-15 after twenty-three ends. From there Elaine took control, Jenny recording just one more single before her mother ran out the winner 21-16.

Association president, Pat Robertson, thanked the Douglas club for their help throughout the afternoon, measuring, stewarding and providing refreshments. Thanks also went to Chris, Heather and Elaine for running the sheet and doing the raffle.

She particularly thanked Ann Gale and Dave McTaggart who have generously offered to sponsor the event for five years, before asking Ann to present the prizes.

 

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JMS Veterans’ Shield

The draw has been made for the first round of the JMS Veteran’s Shield. Eight teams have entered so that the competition starts at the quarter-final stage. Thursday 16 July and Thursday 20 August have both been scheduled for the early rounds, August 20 being designated for the quarter-finals. However if both captains agree they can play their match on 16 July.

Please inform Heather if you plan on playing your match on July 16th and as soon as the match has been played send the result card to Heather and the match result to Matthew Keggen.

Quarter-final draw:

Marown (+25) v Port St Mary A (Scr)
Port St Mary B (+35) v Onchan A (+20)
Peel Sunset (+15) v Castletown (+30)
Port Erin (+25) v Ballaugh (+20)

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Festival & Super 16 Blog

The following links will show the draw and results for the last 32 of each competition from the June Festival


Isle of Man vs Staffordshire Results

The full results from the Staffordshire game are below. You can still access the match day blog by clicking here.

Home Leg
1 JOHN KENNISH (V CAPT) SOUTH RAMSEY 21-15 BEN DIXON PENN
2 COLIN KELLY (CAPT) MAROWN 21-7 MARK PICKNELL WILLENHALL NORDLEY
3 DEAN KIPLING MAROWN 21-10 DAVID SEMPER WILLENHALL NORDLEY
4 MATTHEW KEGGEN ONCHAN 11-21 AARON TAPPER M&B CHESLYN HAY
5 PETER COLLISTER SOUTH RAMSEY 10-21 CRAIG CARTWRIGHT DUDLEY DELL
6 ROB MONK NORTH RAMSEY 13-21 MARK ROSE ROYAL OAK
7 IAN MOORE DOUGLAS 5-21 PAUL BUSBY PENN
8 MARK MOORLEY MAROWN 14-21 NATHAN DAWES DUDLEY DELL
9 STUART GARRETT DOUGLAS 21-18 JAMIE ELLIOTT M&B CHESLYN HAY
10 PAUL KELLY DOUGLAS 14-21 NICK NEWEY WOODFIELD
11 TREVOR QUAYLE PORT ST MARY 21-17 JASON GROOM PENN
12 PETER SLINGER ONCHAN 11-21 SCOTT SIMPSON WILLENHALL NORDLEY
Home Score 183-214
Away Leg
1 DAVID BRADFORD ONCHAN 12-21 CRAIG BARKER M&B CHESLYN HAY
2 NEIL WITHERS (V CAPT) MAROWN 10-21 PAUL EVANS WILLENHALL NORDLEY
3 GLYNN HARGRAVES ONCHAN 5-21 STUART EDWARDS CHADSMOOR
4 PHIL KERRUISH ONCHAN 16-21 KEVIN KEARY CHADSMOOR
5 MATTHEW QUIRK ONCHAN 14-21 GLYNN STORER WINDMILL
6 DAVE ‘DIDO’ KELLY SOUTH RAMSEY 12-21 KEVIN HANDLEY WINDMILL
7 ADRIAN SKINNER SOUTH RAMSEY 12-21 DAVE WRIGHT WINDMILL
8 JORDAN CAIN ONCHAN 13-21 MARK GARBETT CHADSMOOR
9 EWAN COOIL PORT ST MARY 21-12 DAVID HAYWARD CHADSMOOR
10 PAUL DUNN MAROWN 21-19 NIGEL EGAN VICTORIA PARK
11 DAVE ‘BARNEY’ KELLY (CAPT) DOUGLAS 19-21 CHRIS WARD VICTORIA PARK
12 KEVIN QUIRK ONCHAN 11-21 GORDON HAWKINS VICTORIA PARK
Away Score 166-241
Overall Score 349-455

Isle of Man vs Staffordshire :: Live Blog

Rayner Shield/Plate & Jean Kelly Draws

Rayner Shield Winners 2014

Back Row (L-R): Mike Cain, Stuart Clague, Phil Kelly, John Gelling, Peter Kelly
Front Row (L-R): Neil Withers, Ian Kissack (Captain), Dean Kipling, Colin Kelly

The Men’s Rayner Shield/Plate Quarter Final draws and Ladies Jean Kelly Semi Final draws have been made and are available using the links below.

Click here for Shield Fixtures
Click here for Plate Fixtures
Click here for Jean Kelly Fixtures

Please note if Port St Mary B advance to the Quarter Finals of the Plate the current date shown (18th June) will need to be altered due to fixture clashes.

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