In the Indoor Bowls at the NSC we saw Cheesemakers move into top place in both the Premier Pairs and Premier Teams Leagues with strong performances in both Leagues.
On Monday last week Cheesemakers beat Spinners 4-0, Tee Pegs drew 2-2 with Villans and Ramsey Raiders beat GG’s 4-0. The remaining two matches saw Blues Brothers and Villa Boys and Northern Lights and Ramsey Wallys both draw 2-2 meaning that Cheesemakers top the League with sixteen points followed by Villans on thirteen points and in third place are Blues Brothers on twelve points.
The Tuesday Morning League is providing some close competition this season and we saw Vee 3 hold Hillbillies to a 3-3 draw while Maxums beat Early Birds 6-0 and Ramsey Raiders beat Onchan Royals 5-1. In the remaining match Castletown Crofters beat the Bowling Stones 6-0 which means that only two points separate the top three teams in the League. In first are Ramsey Raiders on seventeen points followed by Hillbillies also with seventeen points and in third place are Onchan Royals on fifteen points.
In the First Division Pairs Castletown Crofters drew 2-2 with How We Role, Generations lost 0-4 to Tinjo and 1 in 4 drew 2-2 with TOU. Douglas Old Boys lost 0-4 to LIV Bowls and Enigma drew 2-2 with Us2. All this means that LIV Bowls now top the League with sixteen points followed by How We Role on fourteen points and in third place are 1 in 4 with twelve points.
On Wednesday night we saw three matches in the Premier Teams League and in these Spinners lost 2-4 to Ramsey Wallys, Saltire lost 0-6 to Villans and Birdies lost 1-5 to Cheesemakers. The League positions following this are that Cheesemakers lead with seventeen points and in second place are Ramsey Wallys with the same points total and in third place are Villans on thirteen points.
The First Division Teams League continued on Thursday evening with Bowlistics and Moorganites drawing 3-3, Maxums beating Odd Balls 4-2 and Castletown Crofters beating Optimists 5-1. This means that Castletown Crofters now lead the League with fifteen points followed by Optimists on thirteen points and behind them are Moorganites with twelve points.
In the popular Friday Afternoon Pairs the Woodbourne Reds lost 0-4 to Top Dogs, Celtic Thunder beat High Jacks 4-0 and GG’s lost 0-4 to Rejects. The Watties beat Tinker and Bell 4-0 and Crown Greeners and Sunset Rollers drew 2-2. Leading the League now are Top Dogs on twelve points followed by the Watties on ten points and in third place are Celtic Thunder also on ten points.
As usual the Indoor Bowls Week ended on Friday evening with the Singles League and in this the League Leader Muriel Cain beat Alan College 21-9 while second placed Shirley Corrin beat Gordon Drinkwater 17-6. In a tight match Marcia Pearson beat Gordon Corrin 15-14, Mike Ashmole had a 10-0 win against John Kewley and Marilyn Ellison lost 7-14 to Win Kewley. This leaves a fascinating battle for the top of the League with Muriel Cain in first place with twelve points with Shirley Corrin in second place also with twelve points and in third place is Mike Ashmole with ten points.