Castletown Crofters beat First Division Pairs leaders

In this week’s report on the Copyshop Indoor Bowls League, we start with the First Division Pairs where Castletown Crofters beat leaders Ramsey Wallys 4-0 while Enigma and How Much? drew 2-2. The game between Stan and Ollie and Spinners wasn’t played as one of the players had to call off at short notice and in the remaining game, 1 in 4 lost 0-4 to TOU. The league table now shows Ramsey Wallys still leading with 39 points followed by Castletown Crofters on 36 points and Spinners have 34 points but they currently have three games in hand.

In the Premier Pairs, the Dragons Pairing of Clive and Bernice McGreal beat Villans 4-0, the Officials beat Ramsey Raiders also 4-0 and Cheesemakers and Tee Pegs drew 2-2. The remaining match of the night saw Young Guns beat Villa Boys 4-0 leaving Dragons in top spot with 50 points followed by Cheesemakers with 33 points and in third place are Villans with 28 points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs saw the leaders Dragons march on with a 4-0 victory over High Jacks and the Rejects Pairing of Phil Kerruish and Steve Cook beat Woodbourne Reds also 4-0 while Lenton Athletic took the third 4-0 win of the afternoon against Em and Bee. This means that Dragons are in first position with 40 points with Celtic Thunder in second spot on 30 points followed by Rejects who also have 30 points.

A great 6-0 win for Dragons against third-placed Onchan Royals in the Tuesday Morning League saw them extend their lead over second-placed Villans who lost 2-4 to Maxums. Castletown Crofters beat Hillbillies 4-2, Early Birds beat Jacks On A Roll 6-0 and there was also a 6-0 win for Ramsey Raiders against Thru the Gap. The leaders then are Dragons with 69 points and they have extended their lead to five points from Villans with 64 points and in third place are Onchan Royals with 57 points.

In the Friday Singles League the leader Muriel Cain marched on with a 23-7 defeat of Rob Matthews, John Kewley beat Alan Franklin 22-6 and Gordon Wynne-Smythe lost 7-10 to Marilyn Ellison. Win Kewley beat Mike Moyer 15-5 and all this means that Muriel Cain still leads with 37 points followed by John Kewley with 25 points and in third place is Dee Lewis on 22 points.

In the First Division Pairs the one outstanding match in which Spinners beat Oddballs 6-0 has been completed and this sees Spinners win the League with 51 points. In second place are Optimists with 45 points and in third place are Maxums with 40 points.

The Premier Teams League still has some rearranged fixtures to be played and as soon as I have the results of these I will update the League positions. Currently, Cheesemakers have played all of their fourteen games for 56 points, Dragons have played thirteen games for 56 points and Ramsey Wallys have played thirteen games for 54 points.