McMullan Wins Bill Oliver Junior Trophy
Bill Oliver Junior Winner 2023 - Madison McMullan
Photo: Denise Horisk11 juniors took part in the Port St Mary Bill Oliver junior open competition on Saturday morning.
The players were drawn into two groups in a round robin format consisting of matches played over seven ends.
The top two players in each group progressed to the semi-finals to be played over eight ends.
In the first semi-final, Madison McMullan (Mooragh Park) played her younger sister Bailey (Mooragh Park), this was a very close match and after seven ends the score was 5-5. On the last end Bailey was laying game with two good woods only for Madison to play a great last bowl to win the match.
In the second semi-final Dylan Marsh (Port Erin) played Aalish Moore (Castletown). This pair met recently in the final of a Castletown club comp with the latter winning that encounter. Dylan was determined for a better result this time and played very well to win this match 11-1.
The final was played over 10 ends. Both players were playing to a very high standard as they had been all morning, on this occasion Madison played the more consistent and won the match 13-4.
As usual the standard of bowls from the Islands bowlers was amazing to watch and just seems to get better every year.
At the presentation Christine Holland introduced Roy Oliver to present the prizes. Roy thanked all the players that took part and everyone that helped with the competition.