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Week 10 of the Indoor Bowls season has seen Shirley Corrin extend her lead in the Singles League by beating Mike Ashmole 18-6. Marilyn Ellison lost 10-13 to John Kewley, Gordon Corrin lost 8-13 to Glynis Drinkwater and Alan College lost 10-11 to Win Kewley. This means that Shirley Corrin tops the League with twenty four points followed by Win Kewley with eighteen points and Mike Ashmole with sixteen points.

In the Premier Pairs we saw Blues Brothers lose 0-4 to Cheesemakers, Villa Boys draw 2-2 with Ramsey Wallys and Northern Lights lose 0-4 to Villans. Spinners drew 2-2 with Tee Pegs and GG’s lost 0-4 to the Officials leaving Villans in first place with thirty one points followed by Cheesemakers with thirty points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with twenty three points.

The First Division Pairs saw a really close game between Douglas Old Boys and TOU 2-2 end level with 14 chalks each, LIV Bowls beat 1 in 4 with a score of 4-0 and Generations and Enigma drew 2-2. How We Role beat Tinjo 4-0 and the remaining match was 2-2 draw between Us 2 and Castletown Crofters. Leading this League we have LIV Bowls with thirty four points while How We Role are in second place on twenty six points followed by Castletown Crofters on twenty four points.

In the Friday Afternoon Pairs a great effort from GG’s saw them beat Tinker and Bell 4-0, Rejects and the Watties drew 2-2 and Sunset Rollers beat Woodbourne Reds 4-0. Top Dogs beat High Jacks 4-0 and Crown Greeners and Celtic Thunder drew 2-2 meaning that League is topped by Top Dogs with twenty eight points with Crown Greeners second with twenty four points and Sunset Rollers third with twenty four points.

There were three matches played in the Premier Teams League with Ramsey Wallys beating Spinners 4-2, Cheesemakers beating Birdies 6-0 and Villans beating Saltire 4-2. This means that Cheesemakers lead with thirty eight points followed by Ramsey Wallys with thirty five points and Villans with twenty seven points.

In the Tuesday Morning League Maxums lost 6-0 to Vee 3, Early Birds lost 2-4 to Ramsey Raiders and the Bowling Stones lost 0-6 to Onchan Royals. In the remaining match the Villans beat Hillbillies 6-0 which means that Ramsey Raiders lead with forty three points followed by Villans with thirty eight points and Onchan Royals with thirty three points.

The talking point of last week’s Indoor Bowls at the NSC must be a very rare defeat for Muriel Cain who was beaten 15-5 by Marcia Pearson. Win Kewley beat Glynis Drinkwater 17-7 and Gordon Drinkwater beat Gordon Corrin 15-8. In the remaining match, Shirley Corrin beat Marilyn Ellison 12-11 which means that Shirley now tops the League with eighteen points followed by Muriel Cain with twelve points and in third place is Win Kewley also on twelve points.

In the Premier Pairs League, the leaders Cheesemakers had a bye while Northern Lights lost 0-4 to Ramsey Raiders and Villa Boys beat the Officials 4-0. Ramsey Wallys and Spinners drew 2-2, Blues Brothers beat Tee Pegs 4-0 and Villans beat GG’s 4-0. All this means that Villans move into first place in the League with twenty-one points followed by Cheesemakers with twenty points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with seventeen points.

In the Tuesday Morning League, we saw Maxums lose 0-6 to Ramsey Raiders, Vee 3 lose 2-4 to Castletown Crofters and Hillbillies beat Early Birds 6-0. The remaining match saw Villans beat the Bowling Stones 6-0 meaning that Ramsey Raiders are in top spot with twenty-seven points followed by Hillbillies with the same number of points and in third place are Villans with twenty-two points.

The First Division Pairs League saw How We Role beat Generations 4-0, Us2 draw 2-2 with TOU and Douglas Old Boys draw 2-2 with Enigma. Castletown Crofters beat 1 in 4 with a score of 4-0 and LIV Bowls beat Tinjo 4-0. This means that LIV Bowls are in first position with twenty-four points followed by How We Role with twenty-two points and 1 in 4 with sixteen points.

There were three matches played in the Premier Teams League with Cheesemakers beating Saltire 4-2, Ramsey Wallys beating Birdies 6-0 and Villans taking a 4-2 win against Spinners. In this League, we still have Cheesemakers in top place with twenty-five points followed by Ramsey Wallys with twenty-three points and in third place are Villans with nineteen points.

In the First Divisions Teams Odd Balls and Crown Greeners played out a 3-3 draw, Castletown Crofters beat Bowlistics 4-2 and Maxums lost 1-5 to Moorganites. This leaves Castletown Crofters topping the League on twenty-one points followed by the Moorganites also with twenty-one points and in third place are Crown Greeners on eighteen points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs saw Celtic Thunder draw 2-2 with Top Dogs, Sunset Rollers beat Tinker and Bell 4-0 and GG’s lost 0-4 to Crown Greeners. In the remaining two games the Woodbourne Reds beat the Watties 4-0 and High Jacks lost 0-4 to the Rejects leaving Crown Greeners in top spot with eighteen points followed by Celtic Thunder and Top Dogs both with sixteen points.

One of the talking points in the Indoor Bowls Premier Teams League last week was the great performance from bottom of the League Saltire who beat second placed Ramsey Wallys 6-0. In the remaining games, leaders Cheesemakers beat Villans 4-2 and Spinners drew 3-3 with Birdies. As a result of this Cheesemakers still lead the League with 21 points followed by Ramsey Wallys with 17 points with Villans third with 15 points.

In the Premier Pairs the Officials lost 0-4 to Ramsey Raiders, Spinners drew 2-2 with Northern Lights and GG’s lost 0-4 to Ramsey Wallys. In the remaining two matches Tee Pegs lost 0-4 to Cheesemakers and Villans beat Blues Brothers also 4-0. This leaves Cheesemakers leading with 17 points followed by Villans with 15 points and Ramsey Raiders third with 13 points.

The Tuesday Morning Teams League saw Onchan Royals beat Maxums 6-0, Castletown Crofters lose 2-4 to Ramsey Raiders and Early Birds lose 0-6 to Villans.  The one remaining match saw Bowling Stones lose 2-4 to Hillbillies meaning that Ramsey Raiders top the League with 21 points followed by Onchan Royals and Hillbillies also both on 21 points.

In the First Division Pairs leaders LIV Bowls beat Enigma 4-0, Castletown Crofters drew 2-2 with Tinjo and TOU beat Generations 4-0. 1 in 4 beat Douglas Old Boys 4-0 and Us2 lost 0-4 to How We Role. The top three places in League after this is LIV Bowls in first place with 20 points followed by How We Role with 18 points and 1 in 4 with 16 points.

There were three matches played in the First Division Teams League on Thursday night with Crown Greeners beating Optimists 4-2, Odd Balls losing 0-6 to Bowlistics and Moorganites losing 2-4 to Castletown Crofters. All this means that Castletown Crofters are in first place with nineteen points and they are followed by Bowlistics and Crown Greeners both with fifteen points.

Celtic Thunder took top place in the Friday Afternoon Pairs by beating Tinker and Bell 4-0, the Watties drew 2-2 with GG’s and Woodbourne Reds beat High Jacks 4-0. Sunset Rollers drew 2-2 with Top Dogs and Rejects lost 0-4 to Crown Greeners. The League positions after this show Celtic Thunder, Top Dogs and Crown Greeners in the first three places and all with fourteen points.

There were only three games played in the Singles League and in this Glynis Drinkwater beat Marcia Pearson 23-6, Shirley Corrin beat John Kewley 10-0 and Gordon Drinkwater lost 10-16 to Marilyn Ellison. We now see Shirley Corrin leading the League with fifteen points and in second place with twelve points is Muriel Cain but she has two games in hand and Mike Ashmole is third with ten points.

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.

The third week of the Isle of Man Indoor Bowls League saw a great performance from Villans in the Premier Pairs as they beat Cheesemakers 4-0. GG’s went down 0-4 to Villa Boys and the Officials drew 2-2 with Spinners. In the remaining two games we had another 2-2 draw between Tee Pegs and Ramsey Raiders while Blues Brothers beat Ramsey Wallys 4-0. The end result of this is that Cheesemakers still top the League with twelve points followed by Villans with eleven points and Blues Brothers with ten points.

In the Tuesday Morning League Onchan Royals beat Vee 3 with a score of 4-2, Villans lost 0-6 to Ramsey Raiders and Hillbillies bat Maxums 6-0. In the remaining match, Early Birds lost 1-5 to Castletown Crofters which means that the League is now topped by Onchan Royals on fourteen points followed by Hillbillies also with fourteen points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders on twelve points.

The First Division Pairs League saw Castletown Crofters draw 2-2 with Enigma, TOU lose 0-4 to LIV Bowls and TinJo lose 0-4 to 1 in 4. How We Role beat Douglas Old Boys 4-0 and Us2 also beat Generations 4-0. LIV Bowls now top the League on twelve points followed by How We Role with the same points total and in third place are 1 in 4 on ten points.

In the Premier Teams League, a close match between Villans and Birdies ended in a 3-3 draw, Cheesemakers beat Ramsey Wallys 4-2 and Saltire lost 2-4 to Spinners. This means that Ramsey Wallys still lead the League with thirteen points followed closely by Cheesemakers with twelve points and in third place are Birdies with eight points.

There were three games in the First Division Teams League where Optimists beat Maxums 6-0, Crown Greeners lost 2-4 to Bowlistics and Moorganites beat Odd Balls 4-2. The end result of this is that Optimists are in top place with twelve points and in second place are Crown Greeners with eleven points followed by Castletown Crofters with ten points.

There is a great battle for the lead in the Friday Afternoon Pairs League and last Friday we saw Top Dogs beat GG’s 3-1, Crown Greeners beat Woodbourne Reds 4-0 while High Jacks lost 0-4 to the Watties. In the remaining two matches Tinker and Bell beat Rejects 4-0 and Sunset Rollers drew 2-2 with Celtic Thunder. This means that Top Dogs top the League on eight points followed by Crown Greeners also with eight points and in third place are GG’s with seven points.

The Singles League saw Mike Ashmole and Gordon Drinkwater draw at 12-12, Allan College lose 12-14 to Shirley Corrin and John Kewley lost 6-16 to Win Kewley. The ever-consistent Muriel Cain beat Glynis Drinkwater 20-4 and the remaining match saw Marcia Pearson beat Marilyn Ellison with all this meaning that Muriel Cain is leading the League with nine points. In second place is Shirley Corrin also with nine points and in third place is Gordon Drinkwater with seven points.

The highlight of the early part of the new Indoor Bowls Season is the tight battle for top spot in the Singles League where after the first three matches we have the first six players all having six points. In last weeks games we saw Gordon Corrin beat Win Kewley 20-7, Gordon Drinkwater beat John Kewley 10-0 and in a tight match Marilyn Ellison beat Alan College 12-11. In the remaining two matches Shirley Corrin beat Marcia Pearson 16-9 and in another close game Glynis Drinkwater lost 13-14 to Mike Ashmole. This means that Muriel Cain leads the League with six points and she is followed by Shirley Corrin, Gordon Corrin, Glynis Drinkwater, Gordon Drinkwater and Mike Ashmole also with six points.

In the Premier Pairs League Ramsey Raiders lost 0-4 to Cheesemakers, Spinners beat Blues Brothers 4-0 and Officials lost 1-3 to Tee Pegs. The remaining two matches saw Villa Boys draw 2-2 with Villans and GG’s lose 1-3 to Northern Lights with all this leaving Cheesemakers top with four points followed by Northern Lights and Tee Pegs who both have five points.

The Tuesday Morning League saw Hillbillies beat Onchan Royals 4-2 in a close match and Castletown Crofters lose 0-6 to Villans. Maxums beat the Bowling Stones 6-0 and Vee 3’s lost 2-4 to Early Birds meaning that at this early stage of the season that Onchan Royals are in first place with ten points followed by Villans also with ten points and in third place are Hillbillies with eight points.

In the First Division Pairs League a strong performance from LIV Bowls saw them beat Generations 4-0 while 1 in 4 beat Us2 with a score of 3-1 and How we Role beat Enigma 4-0. Castletown Crofters drew 2-2 with TOU and a 4-0 win for Douglas Old Boys against Tinjo saw Generations move into top place in the League with eight points followed by How we Role also on eight points with 1 in 4 in third place with six points.

In the Premier Teams League we saw Ramsey Wallys beat Villans 6-0, Saltire lost 2-4 to Birdies and Spinners lost 2-4 to Cheesemakers. This means that Ramsey Wallys are in first place with eleven points followed by Cheesemakers on eight points and Birdies on five points.

The First Division Teams League saw Moorganites lose 1-5 to Crown Greeners while in a very tight match Bowlistics lost 2-4 to Optimists and Castletown Crofters beat Maxums 4-2. This leaves Castletown Crofters top of the League with ten  points followed by Crown Greeners on nine points and in third place are Optimists with six points.

Newcomers to Indoor Bowls this season the GG’s have made a good start in the Friday Afternoon Pairs and they moved to top of the league with a 2-2 draw against High Jacks which set of a pattern of draws with Top Dogs drawing with Crown Greeners, Woodbourne Reds drawing with Tinker and Bell and finally the match between Rejects and Celtic Thunder was also drawn 2-2. All this means that GG’s are top with six points followed by Rejects also on six points and in third place are Top Dogs on five points.

The new season of the Isle of Man Indoor Bowls Association Indoor League started at the NSC with the Singles League and in this we saw Marilyn Ellison lose 6-21 to reigning Champion Muriel Cain and Alan Colledge lost 9-18 to Glynis Drinkwater. A close match between Marcia Pearson and Gordon Drinkwater saw the latter player win 11-10 while John Kewley lost 9-12 to Gordon Corrin and in the remaining match Shirley Corrin beat Win Kewley 19-6.

In the Premier Pairs Blues Brothers drew 2-2 with newcomers Northern Lights, Villans lost 3-1 to Ramsey Raiders and a strong performance from Ramsey Wallys saw them beat the Officials 4-0. The other new team GG’s lost 0-4 to Cheesemakers and Tee Pegs and Villa Boys drew 2-2.

The Tuesday Morning League started well for Ramsey Raiders who beat the Bowling Stones 6-0 while Hillbillies also had a 6-0 win against Castletown Crofters. In the third 6-0 result of the morning we saw Early Birds lose to Onchan Royals and Villans beat Vee 3 with a score of 4-2 .

The First Division Pairs saw TOU lose 0-4 to How we Role while Castletown Crofters beat Douglas Old Boys also 4-0. Us2 lost 0-4 to LIV Bowls while Tinjo also lost 0-4 to Enigma and in the remaining match of the evening Generations lost 9-25 to 1 in 4.

In the Premier Teams League we saw three matches played and in these Villans beat Spinners 4-2 while Birdies lost 1-5 to Ramsey Wallys and Cheesemakers beat Saltire 4-2.

We also saw three matches played in the First Division Teams League with Optimists losing 2-4 to Moorgarites and Maxums also lose 2-4 to Crown Greeners while in the remaining match of the session Odd Balls lost 0-6 to Castletown Crofters.

The popular Friday Afternoon Pairs League had five games played and we saw Tinker and Bell lose 1-3 to Top Dogs while Woodbourne Reds lost 0-4 to the GG’s pairing of Glynis and Gordon Drinkwater. Sunset Rollers lost 0-4 to Rejects, High Jacks and Crown Greeners drew 2-2 and Celtic Thunder also drew 2-2 with the Watties.

The first full week of the season was then brought to an end with the second round of the Singles League and in this we saw Marcia Pearson lose 7-21 to John Kewley and Glynis Drinkwater beat Shirley Corrin 12-11 in a very tight game. Win Kewley beat Gordon Drinkwater 14-10 and Gordon Corrin lost 8-14 to Muriel Cain.