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Over 60’s League Tuesday
Tuesday morning saw three maximums being scored. First of these saw the Nobles ladies travelling to Castletown B with Paula Garrett (Nobles) winning to single figures. Second and third maximums were scored by South Ramsey A who were at home to Mooragh Park B and Castletown A who were away to Breagle Glen C with eight games between the two matches being won to single figures. Peel hosted Breagle Glen B winning 5-1 on games. Lone winner for Breagle was Kay Primrose-Smith who won to 6. Finch Hill ladies travelled to Ballaugh A with the match finishing 4-2 to Ballaugh. Pat Mason and Julie Reilly (Ballaugh) both won to single figures with Lil Smith and Wendy Cowin for Finch winning to 10 and 12. Breagle Glen A drew three all at home against Marown but won by 10 points. Rita Callister and Caroline Whitehead for Breagle, plus Lynda Cadamy for Marown all won to single figures. Mooragh Park were at home to Ballaugh B winning 5-1 and dropping only 3 points. Stopping the full house was Carol Holt who won to 18. South Ramsey B visited Onchan. Unfortunately despite a good effort, South lost 4-2 and by 14 points. Anne Bannan for Onchan won to single figures as did Sue Collier for South.
Thursday morning fixtures
There was only one maximum scored on Thursday by Finch Hill at home to Mooragh Park B. Closest game saw Joan Henderson (Mooragh) losing to 18 against Pat Heesom with Lil Smith, Anne Hon and Wendy Cowin for Finch winning to 7, 9, 4 and 6. Marown hosted Breagle Glen C winning 5-1, only dropping five points. Stopping a full house for Marown was Kay Primrose-Smith who won to 16. Local derby between Mooragh Park A at home to South Ramsey A ended with a 4-2 win for Mooragh in a low scoring match. Janet Monk, Maureen Hamilton and Gill Malpass for Mooragh all won to single figures as did Joyce Ogden and Elaine Moore for South. Ballaugh A made their way to Castletown A. Town won 4-2 with four of their players winning to single figures. Christine McDonald and Julie Reilly were the two winners for Ballaugh winning to 14 and 13. Nobles won 4-2 at home against Peel dropping only four points. Libby Andrade and Dee Lewis (Onchan) won to single figures with Joyce Kelly and Val Allwood (Peel) winning to 20 and 18. Home derby between Breagle Glen B and A resulted in a 4-2 win for the B team. Trish Bull (A team) just missed out making it a three all draw losing to 20 against Pauline Worrall. Onchan travelled to Ballaugh B coming away with a three all draw but winning the match by two points. Closest game saw Ballaugh’s Brenda Clayton winning to 18 against Norma Cowell. South Ramsey B were at home to Castletown B and although match finished three all, Castletown took the honours by 10 points. Sue Collier for South, plus Castletown’s Pat Rigby, Marie Ashurst and Elaine McElroy all won to single figures.
Open Age League
Wednesday night saw the second set of fixtures played. Ballaugh A recorded a maximum at home to Castletown B with four of Ballaugh’s games being won to single figures. Closest game saw Joy Stephens (Castletown B) narrowly losing to 19 against Julie Reilly. Castletown A won 7-2 at home against Nobles with Aalish Moore, Hilary Kermode and Hannah Drewett all winning to single figures, as did Paula Firth for Nobles. Douglas travelled to Peel coming away with a 5-4 win. Winning their games to single figures were Harley Garrett for Douglas and Jo Corkill for Peel. Closest games saw Louise Horsfall and Beverly Wilson (Peel) winning to 19 and 18 against Katie Jacobs and Emma Sayle. Home derby between Breagle A and B resulted in a 7-2 win for the A team. Margie Tasker (A) had a good battle with Hannah Leece with Margie just pipping Hannah 21-20. Two winners for the B team were Roz Cannon and Alison Stockham who won to 7 and 16. Marown B were at home to Ballaugh B winning 6-3 with Crosby ladies Lil Smith and Sue Hammond winning to single figures. Elaine Fenton narrowly missed out winning another game for Ballaugh when she lost to 19 to Grace Cooper. South Ramsey played host to Marown A winning 6-3 on games with Jenny Moore and Kim Hargraves (South) winning to single figures. Closest games saw Rebekah Kelly for Marown and Gillian Jopson for South winning their games to 20 and 19 respectively. Mention must be made about the game between Lauren Groen and Clare Cooper – it was such a good game that both sides of the scorecard were used with Lauren eventually winning to 18. As Clare said ‘it was lovely night for a game of bowls and we were trying for a record number of ends’ – not sure if they did enough!
On Friday night Marown A were at home to Castletown B. Marown won 7-2 with Rebecca Teare and Helen Withers, plus Barbara Young for Castletown all winning to single figures. Closest game of the match saw Marown’s Jayne Smith just edging out Anne Oates 21-19. Castletown A hosted Ballaugh A winning 7-2 on games. Two winners for Ballaugh were Louise Tebay and Caroline Parker winning to 7 and 16. Closest game saw Stella Watterson just pip Ballaugh’s Christie McDonald 21-20. Marown B travelled to Nobles coming away with a 5-4 win. Celia Joughin and Jo Kelly for Marown plus Jo Smith and Colese Creer for Nobles all won to single figures. Marown’s Pippa Clague and Charlotte Clarke plus Nobles Kerri Hampson for Nobles all won their games to 18. Breagle Glen A visited Douglas winning the match 6-3. Two games for Breagle were won to 18, with two games for Douglas being won to 17. Margie Tasker (Breagle) was the only player to win to single figures. Ballaugh B were at home to Peel with the Peel ladies winning the match 6-3. Four of Peel’s wins and one of Ballaugh’s were won to single figures. Closest game saw Gill Clarke for Peel winning to 20 against Brenda Clayton. Mooragh Park travelled to Breagle Glen B coming away with a 7-2 win. Janet Monk, Katie Johnson and Madison McMullan all won to single figures for Mooragh with the two winners for Breagle, Angela Bennett and Roz Cannon, winning to 17 and 11 respectively.
Ladies Association Triples Competition
The Ladies Association triples competition was held on Sunday at Breagle Glen attracting an entry of 11 triples. Getting through to the first of the semi-finals were Tracy Moore, Joyce Ogden and Caroline Whitehead who played Debbie Leece, Helen Withers and Clare Cooper. This was a close game with Debbie, Helen and Clare eventually winning to 16. Second semi-final saw Sue Gawne, Paula Firth and Lynda Cadamy put in a solid performance to beat Voirrey Curphey, Jacqui Elliott and Jean Thackrah 21-9.
In the final, Debbie, Helen and Clare took control of the game and never looking back won 21-8 against Sue, Paula and Lynda. Congratulations to Debbie, Helen and Clare, and to all the lady bowlers who took part. Also thanks to Breagle for hosting the competition and to the Competition committee for the smooth running of the competition.
2025 LADIES CROWN GREEN BOWLING SEASON GETS UNDERWAY
The 2025 ladies crown green bowling got underway this week. With the amalgamation of Port Erin and Port St Mary becoming Breagle Glen, few player transfers, and a newly formed South Ramsey B Over 60’s team, it’s promising to be an interesting season!
2024 Jean Kelly Plate Final
Kicking off the season was the postponed Jean Kelly Plate final from last season between Nobles and Castletown B held at Finch Hill on Monday evening. Nobles started with a handicap of +30 and Castletown B +50. Match finished 7-2 on games to Nobles, points 209-173 including the handicaps. Closest game of the match was between Libby Andrade (Nobles) and Linda Dawson (Castletown) with Libby just pipping Linda to the post 21-19. Two other close games saw Noble’s Marilyn Ellison winning to 18 as did Sue Peach for Castletown B, with Jo Smith, Sue Gawne and Paula Firth (Nobles) all winning to single figures. Well done to the Nobles ladies and thanks to Finch Hill for holding the competition.
Over 60’s League
In the Over 60s on Thursday morning, Ballaugh A started the season in fine form with a maximum win away at Mooragh Park B with three of the games being won to single figures. Gill Hammond (Mooragh) and Kay McKiernan had a good tussle with Kay just edging it 21-19. Reigning champions Nobles hosted Onchan at home winning 5-1 on games with Paula Firth and Sue Gawne (Nobles) both winning to single figures. Lone winner for Onchan was Pauline Cowley who won to 13. Marown took on Peel at home also winning 5-1 on games with Lyn Bolton (Marown) and Shirley Corrin (Peel) both winning to singles figures. Castletown A took on Breagle Glen A at home and although match finished 3 all, Castletown won on points with Linda Dawson (Breagle) crossing the finishing line 21-20 against Anne Oates. South Ramsey A travelled the short distance to Ballaugh B coming away with a 3 all draw and just losing the match by 9 points. Closest game saw Carol Holt (Ballaugh) pipping Judy Kelly to 17. Breagle Glen B played Castletown B at home winning 4-2 on games with Voirrey Curphey (Breagle) winning to single figures. Two winners for Castletown B were Marie Ashurst and Pat Rigby winning to 13 and 14 respectively. Finch Hill were at home against Breagle Glen C with the match finishing 3 all and Finch winning by 15 points. Lil smith and Wendy Cowin (Finch) plus Steph Swift (Breagle) all won their games to single figures. The new team of South Ramsey B played host to Mooragh Park A with the Mooragh Team coming away with a 7-1 win. Anne Buck and Jackie Murley (South) both lost to 14 against Joy Morris and Chris Sims respectively with the lone winner for South, Sue Collier, winning to 7.
Open Age League
Marown started off the season with a solid 8-1 win at home against Mooragh Park. Stopping a full house for Marown was Mooragh’s Janet Monk who won to 19. Lynda Cadamy, Rebecca Teare and Debbie Leece (Marown) all won to single figures. Reigning Champions Castletown A also put in a solid performance when they travelled to Ballaugh B coming away with a 7-2 win. Five of Castletown’s wins were won to single figures, with the two winners for Ballaugh (Elaine Fenton and Gail Curphey) winning to 19 and 14 respectively. Castletown B took on South Ramsey at home with South just narrowly winning 5-4 games. Two closest games of the night saw Castletown’s Sue Peach and Jo Roberts both winning to 18. South’s Jenny Moore, Fiona Kennish and Gill Dixon all won their games to single figures. Ballaugh A made their way to Nobles and although Ballaugh won on games they lost on points with Tina Hampson, Jo Smith and Libby Andrade winning to single figures. Sue Gawne (Nobles) had a good battle against Louise Tebay with Louise just pipping it 21-20. Breagle Glen B played Peel Sunset at home. Match finished 5-4 to Peel with Jo Corkill (Peel) just crossing the line 21-20 against Hannah Leece. Breagle’s Alison Stockham and Jenny Cain won to single figures as did Louise Horsfall and Helen Cowley for Peel. Douglas hosted Marown B with the Crosby ladies coming away with a 5-4 win. Paula Garrett and Erin Quayle (Douglas) plus Rosie Winkle and Lisa Pugh (Marown) all won to single figures with Marown’s Jo Kelly crossing the line 21-20 against Mel Molesworth.
BCGBA Club Championships
The open-age ladies league champions, Castletown, travelled to Cleckheaton at the weekend to represent the Island in the 2024 Club Championships.
In a round robin group that was reduced to four teams when the Staffordshire team pulled out, Castle Sports (Cheshire) got off to a flying start winning their first four games against Castletown. The Town rallied to win the last four games through Hilary Kermode (15-6), Kim Foy (to 14), Stella Watterson (6) and Hannah Drewett (8) but agonisingly fell short by eight chalks.
The second game against group favourites Dearne Sports from South Yorkshire was always going to be difficult and though Kath Kinley won the opening game 15-8 that was the only comfort as the Manx girls lost 67-113.
Far from being disheartened Castletown came roaring back in their final group game against Winnington Park (Mid-Cheshire) and won 6-2 on games and 95-80 on chalks. The winners were Kath Kinley (to 8), Chris Price (5), Tracy Moore (12), Hilary Kermode (7), Kim Foy (12) and Hannah Drewett (6).
The tournament winners included regular Festival players from Wrockwardine Wood who beat Dearne Sports in the final.
August 2024 CLI Players of the Month
August 2024 - CLI Players of the Month
Photos: Lee Christian/Glynn Hargraves/Arnie WithersMen’s Player of the Month: Paul Dunn – Marown
Ladies Player of the Month: Janet Monk – Mooragh Park
Under 21’s Player of the Month: Alex Hampson – Noble’s
The men’s pick went to Paul Dunn who impressed as he was the only man to win all three of his games whilst representing the Isle of Man County Team at Florence Bowling Club in Stoke at the start of the month. This was followed up with two wins in doubles competitions, with his regular partner in crime Neil Withers as they picked up the Ken Parker Cup on North Ramsey, whilst they also retained the Keenan Fours at Ballaugh. It was a quiet month of league action for Dunn, with MGP interrupting the league fixtures, however Dunn won all three league games played.
The Ladies pick went to Janet Monk who picked up the award once again following her 21-18 win over Kim Hargraves in the final of the Isle of Man Merit. In addition to this Janet led the way in the individual merit for Mooragh Park in the Ladies Over 60’s, with the Ladies Night League won a total of 11 games in August, with seven of these won to single figures.
Alex Hampson picked up the Under 21’s award, winning the Rheuben Thomas Memorial Junior competition at the beginning of the month, as he performed well to take home the Shield. In addition to this Alex won to single figures for Noble’s B, also beat a previous Division Three merit winner Jay Waters 21-14 on his own green.
Drewett Wins Pre-Festival Open
Pre-Festival Open Winner 2024 - Hannah Drewett
Photo: Kath KinleyOn Sunday 1st September, Castletown Bowling Club hosted the pre-festival Ladies’ Open. 39 bowlers from the Island and the UK took part, playing on a green in excellent condition in showery conditions.
Losing at the quarter final stage were home greeners Joy Stephens, Marie Ashurst and Kath Kinley, and visitor Kath Watkinson (Mere Brow). In two well contested semi-finals, home greener Hannah Drewett just got the better of visitor Nicola Boulton (Frodsham Red Lion) and Helen Clee (Wrockwardine Wood) beat Olwen Edwards (Llanfairpwll).
In a very good final, Hannah Drewett was victorious 21-13 against Helen Clee.
Club President, Hilary Kermode, made the presentation and thanked everyone who had supported the competition and helped in any way. Special thanks were given to The Sidings who kindly sponsored the competition.
Marown A Edge Closer to Division One Title, Divisions Two and Three All to Play For
There are just two games left to play in Canada Life International League Division One following Marown A’s 8-2 home win over Peel A at Crosby on Wednesday night. Winning for the visitors were Stevie Kelly, who beat Glenn Boland 21-12, whilst Tommy McMeiken won 21-19 against John Gelling. For the home team Colin Kelly comfortably beat Dave ‘Barney’ Kelly 21-8, whilst Paul Dunn remained unbeaten with a 21-11 win over Gary Smith.
Port St Mary A are perilously close to the danger zone as they managed to beat Marown B 5-3 on games at Breagle Glen, however the Port men lost by three chalks (144-147) as the Crosby men managed to salvage a 5-5 draw to avoid defeat. Juan Hargraves filled in for Robbie Cooil as he held off Marown captain Juan Killip 21-20, whilst Paul Skelly beat Brian Kelly 21-19.
South Ramsey A hosted local rivals North Ramsey A with the visitors getting a better result away from home, than they did at Mooragh Park as the South men won 8-2. Winning for the visitors were Paul Allison who beat Jordan Cain 21-19, Allan Callow held off Stefan Kelly 21-15, whilst Rob Monk just lost out 17-21 to Bob Clark.
Castletown A picked up an important 7-3 home win over Douglas A at the crofts, which could have been better as Town captain Jordan Drewett just fell at the final hurdle 20-21 to Gordy Wynne-Smythe, with George Foy getting on the right side of 21-20 against Merv Sayle. The Town men took the aggregate by four chalks (140-136).
Onchan A comfortably beat Marown C 9-1 at the Park with visiting captain Stevie Rundle preventing the whitewash as he won 21-14 against Gary Conwell.
In Division Two league leaders South Ramsey B had a mini disaster away to low lying North Ramsey B as they lost 6-4. The visitors started strongly and won two games 21-8 in the first half of the match, however a stirring fightback from the home team saw the Mooragh men secure a win that helped lift them off the bottom of the table.
There is still everything to play for as Peel B won 7-3 at home to Finch Hill A, as the Peel men sit in second place on 99 points, just one point behind South Ramsey B, whilst Ballaugh A did themselves a huge favour as they beat Onchan B 8-2 at home to leapfrog their opponents into third place on 97 points with Onchan on 93 points.
Noble’s A dragged themselves further away from the danger zone with an 8-2 home win over Port Erin A, whilst Castletown B slipped to a damaging 8-2 defeat away to Douglas B. The Town men are three points adrift of 9th placed North Ramsey B, and eight points off 8th placed Noble’s A.
Division Three is set up very similar to Division Two with the top two in each division on the same number of points with Noble’s C on 100 points following their 7-3 home win over Peel C, whilst Noble’s D are just one point behind on 99 points following a solid 2-8 away win over Onchan C.
South Ramsey C aren’t completely out of it yet as they went into third place, thanks to a 7-3 home win over Noble’s B, as both teams sit on 93 points. Ballaugh B won 6-4 at home to South Ramsey D, with the home team taking the aggregate by five chalks (140-135), whilst Marown D won 7-3 at home to Port St Mary B, with just six chalks separating the two teams (136-130).
In Division Four runaway leaders Ballaugh C won 1-9 away to Douglas D, North Ramsey C beat Peel D 4-6 away from home, securing the win by six chalks (122-128), whilst Noble’s E picked up their sixth win of the season in their first year of bowls, with a 7-3 home win over Finch Hill B.
Ballaugh C would have to suffer an unlikely 0-10 defeat in their final game of the season, whilst North Ramsey C would need to secure two 10-0 wins to secure the title.
Castletown A stretch their lead with maximum points
CTH Insurance Ladies league top of the table Castletown A pulled away with their maximum points win against Peel Sunset, to give them a 56 point lead over second position Marown A. With only three games left to play, I can’t see much change happening at the top of the table.
Second position Marown A played South Ramsey after their defeat the night before in the Jean Kelly Final, Marown took full advantage of playing on their home green and took the win by just 6 points.
Nobles 153-99 Castletown B (6-3)
Marown A 159-153 South Ramsey (6-3)
Castletown A 189-101 Peel Sunset (9-0)
Mooragh Park 164-78 Port St Mary (7-2)
Port Erin 164-171 Ballaugh A (3-6)
JMS Quarter Final Results
Thursday 15th August saw the Quarter Final Stages of the JMS Veterans Shield (Sponsored by Janet Latham) played.
Mooragh Park A (+5) 134-126 Castletown A (SCR)
Castletown B (+5) 130-136 Marown (SCR)
Port Erin A (SCR) 124-137 South Ramsey (+6)
Nobles (SCR) V Mooragh Park B (+6) Postponed
Draw for port Erin and Ballaugh A teams
The Manx Paving & Slate Ladies Over 60’s League saw Port Erin A welcome Ballaugh A where a draw of 104-104 was recorded. With the Ballaugh side taking 4 games.
Ballaugh B just lost out by a close 3 points when they played Port Erin B 98-101. The away team again won 4 of the games.
Port Erin A 104-104 Ballaugh A (2-4)
Mooragh Park A 96-103 Peel Sunset (3-3)
Ballaugh B 98-101 Port Erin B (2-4)
Marown 80-121 Castletown A (3-3)
Onchan A 77-95 Finch Hill (2-4)
Nobles 126-42 Port St Mary A (6-0)
South Ramsey take an away win at Castletown
CTH Insurance League leaders Castletown A were defeated by South Ramsey by a close 9 points. Castletown won 5 of the games, but the Ramsey side played for every point they could to give them the lead on points 160-169 (5-4).
Castletown fought back in the next game when they visited Marown B to keep their spot at the top of the table with a 0-9 win on games to give themselves maximum points.
Castletown B 99-174 Marown A (2-7)
Marown B 98-189 Castletown A (0-9)
Port St Mary 111-159 Nobles (3-6)
South Ramsey 180-102 Douglas (7-2)
Ballaugh A 159-153 Mooragh Park (6-3)
Peel Sunset 159-121 Ballaugh B (6-3)
Castletown A 160-169 South Ramsey (5-4)