In the Copyshop Premier Pairs League, Simple Minds win over Blues Brothers means they have closed the gap to one point behind Ayre Assassins; whose match was drawn against third placed Dragons. Ayre Assassins on 40 points; Simple Minds on 39, Dragons 36. The rest of the positions remain as Aljays and Tee Pegs drew their match and Villa Boys lost the first and drew the second in their match against Villans.
The Tuesday Team League matches were rescheduled to the end of the season in order to allow players to attend the funeral of Muriel Cain.
No change in the table of the 1st Division Pairs League as Bandits held first placed Douglas Old Boys to a draw. Second placed Enigma was also held to a draw by CC & me. However, as TOU won both sets against Castletown Crofters, TOU are now on equal points with Enigma. In other matches 1-in-4 and GGs ended their matches in a draw, as US2 took both sets from Atlas.
Wednesday saw a change to the top of the Teams League, as the first and second teams met. Simple Minds took full points from the match and moved clear of Villans by 5 points. Dragons added 6 points to their total from the match against Crown Greeners and closed the gap on the top two. In other matches Saltire won the triples and singles against Spectrum, and Morganites won triples and singles against Possa Bowls. New Avengers won triples and pairs against Birdies.
The new leaders in the Copyshop Triples league are Castletown Crofters, who won both sets against Possa Bowls, and are one point clear of Bowlistics. Optimists remain in third place after their 2-set win against Morganites. In the match between GGs and New Avengers, there was a 2-set win for Avengers, and Oddbowls jump to 5th place after taking both sets from IBS.
As Storm Éowyn battered the Island the Friday Afternoon Pairs was suspended, and players will reschedule the matches as soon as possible. Of the pairs matches played over the weekend. Bowling Stones took both sets from GGs. Top Dogs drew their match against Emanden Utd and Sunset Rollers and Celtic Thunder also drew their match.
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