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In the Copyshop Premier Pairs, 3 teams took maximum points by winning both sets from their matches last week. Villans won both sets and kept Officials to single figures. Dumb and Dumber also kept their opponents Blues Brothers to single figures taking the win in each set and the match. In the match between Tee Pegs and LIV Bowls the latter managed to get 19 chalks in their 2-set win putting them in top place in the table. Simple Minds Versus Northern Lights managed to win a set each.

A chilly morning in the NSC saw Maxums get off to a good start winning the triples 5-14 against Castletown Crofters. Then Crofters got into their stride to win the singles and pairs. Hillbillies won the triples and singles but missed out on a clean sweep as The Bowling Stones had a good win in the pairs only dropping one chalk. Wins in all three matches for Onchan Royals against Villans. KCS Sunshine Band won the triples by 1 chalk in their match against The Morganites then had more comfortable wins in the singles and pairs to take all the points. Ramsey Raiders were on form achieving double figures in all matches and winning all 3 sets against Early Birds.

Nothing to separate Douglas Old Boys and US2 who both managed 14 chalks and a set each in the First Division Pairs. J&S took both set from TinJo in their match, whilst GGs and The Two Amigos managed a set each. TOU took both sets from The Newby’s and 1 in 4 took both set from Enigma. Four teams now share top slot on 14 points

A much warmer Wednesday evening in the NSC for the Premier Triples as Birdies took the first set comfortably from Ramsey Wallies, the latter managing to win the second set.  Saltire won the first set by 1 chalk, but lost the second set on the last end to Crown Greeners. Ramsey Raiders drew the first set 5-5 against Villans while Villans took the second set 3-8 chalks.

In the First Division Triples, Optimists took both sets and match points from IBS; as Morganites took the first set and drew the second against Castletown Crofters. Bowlistics only gave away 2 chalks in their 2-set win over Fab Fogies.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw US nearly get their first win in a close match against Maxums, the latter taking both sets 6-5, 7-6. The Bowling Stones were kept to singles figures in both sets against GGs, who took maximum points from the match. Crown Greeners took the win in both sets against CC and Me. Rejects managed to draw the second set after losing the first to Top Dogs.

Rounding off the week with the Singles league Paula Garrett took the win from Mike Moyer. Stuart Garrett won his match against Muriel Cain by 1 chalk; and Scott Widdowson won against Mike Ashmole. Two domestic affairs with Shirley taking the win from Gordon in the Corrin match and a draw for Win against John in the Kewley match.

Thank you to our League sponsors The Copyshop.

Top of the Copyshop Premier Pairs table, Villa Boys, took on Villans, winning both sets, the second set by just 1 chalk. LIV Bowls and Blues Brothers had a tight match in which LIV took both sets, keeping them in second place with a game in hand. Simple Minds managed a double figures victory in both sets against Officials to stay third. Northern Lights and Tee Pegs took a set each with the latter getting 20 valuable chalks to help them up the table.

The Tuesday Morning League saw a close-run match between Castletown Crofters and The Bowling Stones. After Crofters won the triples quite comfortably, the Stones gained enough points in the singles to draw the scores level on 17 chalks and 2 points each before the pairs match which ended 7-6 to Crofters. The Morganites were kept to single figures in all 3 matches against Villans who took both triples and singles. Morganites managed to draw the pairs to gain a point. Ramsey Raiders achieved enough chalks and maximum points from their match against Hillbillies to push them up into second place in the table. Early Birds took the triples match 12-3 against KCS Sunshine Band. The singles match was won by KCS 2-14. All to play for in the pairs which KCS won 5-7.

No change at the top of the First Division Pairs, although leaders Douglas Old Boys had a tough match against 1 in 4, the latter taking both sets. The first match lost by Old Boys this season, but with just enough chalks to stay top. Two Amigos gave away only 1 chalk in their first set against US2, 13-1. Roles were reversed in the second set which US2 managed to take 13-2. One set win and a draw for GGs against The Newby’s. Castletown Crofters took both sets from Enigma and TinJo lost the first set to TOU but came back in the second set to even the points.

Ramsey Raiders started well in their Premier Triples match, taking the first set 19-1 against Saltire. However, Saltire secured a point from a drawn second set. After two drawn matches, Crown Greeners managed their first win of the season, taking both sets from Simple Minds. Ramsey Wallies took maximum points from Villans leaving Ramsey Raiders top of the table after 4 matches played. However, the other teams have matches in hand.

Two evenly matched contests on rinks 3 and 4 in the First Division Triples. Castletown Crofters took the first set 8-4 against Bowlistics, the second set was drawn with 6 chalks each. Oddballs versus Morganites finished one set apiece but rink 5 was very different. Optimists achieved double figures in both sets and maximum points against Fab Fogies, pushing them into second place in the table behind Bowlistics.

CC and Me suffered their first loss of the season against The Bowling Stones knocking them off first place in the Friday Afternoon Pairs League. GGs had a good win against US to jump from 7^th to 4^th. Rejects and Watties took a set each in a high scoring match. Top Dogs took both sets, keeping Crown Greeners to single figures.

Paula Garrett took the win from Shirley Corrin 12-8 to keep her top of the Singles league. Muriel Cain had a good win against Mike Ashmole to help her move up the table. Another win for Stuart Garrett against Mike Moyer, 17-6. John Kewley lost to Gordon Corrin 10-13. Scott Widdowson got his second win 10-14 against Win Kewley.

In the Copyshop Premier Pairs, Tee Pegs lost both sets to Villa Boys. Also, Villans lost to LIV Bowls who took both sets comfortably and maximum points.

On to the Tuesday Morning League, Hillbillies were unlucky to lose the triples by 1 chalk to Maxums who continued their form to win both singles and pairs. Maximum points to Maxums. KCS Sunshine Band had mixed fortunes in their game against Castletown Crofters, losing the triples, drawing the singles and winning the pairs to share the overall points.

Onchan Royals lost the triples, but rallied to win the singles and pairs? in their match against Early Birds. Villans lost both triples and singles to Ramsey Raider but came storming back in the pairs with a total of 18 chalks, gaining a valuable 2 points.

Top of the 1^st division pairs Douglas Old Boys won both set against TinJo. J&S took both sets and maximum points in their 1^st division match against The Newby’s. US2 took both sets from GGs keeping them in second place. TOU lost out to 1 in 4 in both sets. Castletown Crofters had a comfortable win over The Two Amigos

Only one match was played in the Premier Triples. Ramsey Raiders lost the first set 4-9 chalks to Crown Greeners, but the Raiders came back in the second set 7-3. Both teams managing to keep their opponents to single figures.

In the First Division Triples, Optimists took the first set against Oddballs, but lost the second by 1 chalk. This close game ended Optimists 14 Oddballs 12. Bowlistics took both sets comfortably and maximum points in their match against Morganites; the match ending 21 chalks to 5. Castletown Crofters experience showed with a comfortable 2 set win against newly formed IBS.

In the Friday Afternoon Pairs League, Watties drew the first set against US, 7 chalks each then took the second set to end the match 3-1 to Watties. Top Dogs took both sets from GGs with a total of 19 chalks to 7, gaining 4 points. A close first set between Tinker & Bell versus CC and Me with 4-6 chalks in favour of the latter. In the second set, CC and Me managed to get 11 chalks to 5 to take the match win.

In their first set The Bowling Stones only managed to take 2 chalks from Rejects 2-12. The second set was much closer with Bowling Stones just losing out by 1 chalk, 6-7.

Paula Garrett leads the singles league table with 7 points but 3 other players are close behind her on 6. Paula won her match against Scott Widdowson 14 chalks to 10. Shirley Corrin took the win against Mike Ashmole, their match ending 17-7. Other matches saw Mike Moyer get his second win 15-10 against Gorden Corrin. Muriel Cain lost her close battle by 1 chalk to Stuart Garrett; the match ended 9-10.

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Results starting with Monday evening Premier Pairs. Simple Minds took both sets from Dumb and Dumber by 18 chalks to 9. In their first game for promoted pair, LIV Bowls took both sets against Officials.  Villa Boys gained maximum points against Blues Brothers. Total chalks 14-5. Tee Pegs won both sets against Villans. The first set by 1 chalk 8-7 then 8-4 in the second set. Northern Lights had a bye.

In the Tuesday Morning League there was a close match between Ramsey Raider and Onchan Royals. Ramsey Raiders took the triples 8-5 chalks; Onchan Royals secured the win in both singles 7-10 and Pairs 4-5. Early Birds took the singles against Maxums. Maxums then took the triples and the pairs.  The Morganites drew the triples against Hillbillies. Hillbillies’s Libby Andrade had a convincing singles match win. Hillbillies also won the pairs. Castletown Crofters lost all 3 matches to give Villans maximum points and a total of 36 chalks. KCS Sunshine Band just lost the triples by 1 chalk against The Bowling Stones, but came back strongly to win the singles and pairs.

The First Division Pairs teams saw TinJo lose both sets to GGs. The Two Amigos in their first match lost the first set to TOU then won the second set by 1 chalk. 2 points each. Castletown Crofters lost both sets to Douglas Old Boys. The Newby’s managed to take the second set against US2, both teams getting 2 match points. A close first set in the match between J&S and Enigma.  J&S won the first set by 1 chalk then had a comfortable win of the second set 8-2 to take 4 points. The week’s bye was 1 in 4.

On Wednesday evening, Premier Triples team Saltire lost to Ramsey Wallies. Ramsey Raiders drew their match against Birdies. Villans got their second draw against Simple Minds. Crown Greeners had a bye

In the First Division Triples, two matches ended in draws. Castletown Crofters playing their first match ended in a draw against Optimists. Bowlistics got their first win against IBS. The match between Fab Fogies against Oddballs also ended in a draw. Morganites had a bye  

Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw all 10 teams in action. Rejects drew their match against GGs. Top Dogs drew the match against US. CC and me took their second win against Watties. Maxums sharing the points with The Bowling Stones with a drawn match. Crown Greeners had a convincing win against Tinker & Bell.

Only 2 matches were played in the Singles league this week. John Kewley losing to Stuart Garrett and Win Kewley taking the points against Mike Moyer.

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Last week we saw the final session of the Tuesday Morning Teams League with Villans beating Hillbillies 4-2 to seal the League win. In the remaining matches Onchan Royals beat the Bowling Stones 6-0, Vee 3 lost 2-4 to Maxums and Ramsey Raiders beat Early Birds 4-2. This means that Villans have won the League with seventy seven points followed by Onchan Royals with seventy five points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with seventy points.

In the Premier Pairs Cheesemakers drew 2-2 with Blues Brothers, Villa Boys lost 0-4 to Ramsey Wallys and the Officials drew 2-2 with GG’s. In the remaining matches Northern Lights had a 4-0 win against Villans and Tee Pegs and Spinners drew 2-2. The League has already been won by Cheesemakers who now have fifty seven points followed by Villans on fifty three points and Ramsey Raiders on fifty two points.

The First Division Pairs which has already been won by LIV Bowls saw TOU lose 0-4 to Douglas Old Boys, Tinjo also lose 0-4 to How We Role and Castletown Crofters beat Us2 4-0. In the remaining game there was again a 4-0 scoreline with LIV Bowls beating 1 in 4 which means that as previously mentioned that LIV Bowls finish first with sixty three points with How We Role second with forty eight points and Castletown Crofters third with forty six points.

In the Friday Afternoon Pairs Tinker and Bell lost 0-4 to GG’s, the Watties and Rejects drew 2-2 and High Jacks lost 0-4 to Top Dogs with Woodbourne Reds also losing 0-4 to Sunset Rollers in the one remaining game played. All this means that Top Dogs lead with fifty one points followed by Crown Greeners on forty eight points and Celtic Thunder on forty four points.

The Singles League on Friday last week saw Glynis Drinkwater lose 11-12 to Gordon Corrin, Win Kewley beat Alan College 11-7 and John Kewley beat Marilyn Ellison 27-4. In the remaining two matches we saw Shirley Corrin beat Mike Ashmole 17-10 and Gordon Drinkwater lose 6-19 to Muriel Cain. This means that with one session left to go that Shirley Corrin tops the League with forty points followed by husband Gordon Corrin with thirty seven points and in third place is Win Kewley on thirty one points.

The final evening of the Indoor Bowls First Division Teams League started with four teams still having a chance of winning the League Title. Moorganites who were holding the top spot had a bye so this gave Crown Greeners, Optimists and Castletown Crofters an opportunity to wrest first place from them. Optimists did their best to win the title by beating Odd Balls 6-0 and Maxums lost 2-4 to Bowlistics leaving the remaining game between Castletown Crofters and Crown Greeners to decide who won the League. This match ended in a 4-2 win for Crown Greeners which meant that they took the title with forty four points followed by Optimists with forty two points and Moorganites with forty one points.

In the Tuesday Morning Teams League the leaders Villans lost 2-4 to Onchan Royals, Ramsey Raiders beat Hillbillies 6-0 and the Bowling Stones lost 2-4 to Vee 3. In the remaining match Maxums lost 2-4 to Castletown Crofters which meant that with one more round of fixtures left that Villans are top with seventy three points followed by Onchan Royals with sixty nine points and Ramsey Raiders on sixty six points.

The Premier Pairs League saw Cheesemakers beat the Officials 4-0, Villans draw 2-2 with Ramsey Wallys and Blues Brothers beat GG’S 4-0. The remaining two games between Ramsey Raiders and Spinners and Villa Boys and Northern Lights both ended in 2-2 draws meaning that Cheesemakers top the League with fifty five points followed by Villans on fifty three points and Ramsey Raiders with fifty two points.

In the First Division Pairs Liv Bowls who already have an unassailable points lead drew 2-2 with How We Role and Douglas Old Boys beat Us2 4-0. The remaining two matches saw Castletown Crofters draw 2-2 with Generations and Tinjo lose 1-3 to TOU. This means that LIV Bowls are top with fifty nine points followed by How We Role on forty four points and Castletown Crofters on forty two points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw leaders Top Dogs held to a 2-2 draw by Rejects while second placed Crown Greeners beat the Watties 4-0. In the remaining games the Woodbourne Reds lost 1-3 to Celtic Thunder and GG’s and Sunset Rollers and High Jacks and Tinker and Bell both drew 2-2. All this means that with one more round of fixtures left that Crown Greeners are now in first place with forty eight points followed by Top Dogs with forty seven points and in third place are Celtic Thunder with forty four points.

As always the Indoor Bowls week ended with the Singles League and in this Mike Ashmole lost 9-13 to Marcia Pearson, John Kewley beat Glynis Drinkwater 18-7 and Muriel Cain beat Win Kewley 19-9. In a close match Gordon Drinkwater beat Alan College 11-10 and Marilyn Ellison lost 8-17 to Gordon Corrin meaning that Shirley Corrin who had a bye is in first position with thirty seven points followed by Gordon Corrin on thirty three points and in third place is Glynis Drinkwater on thirty points.

Wednesday March 8^th saw the final matches played in the Premier Teams League with Cheesemakers beating Villans 4-2 to  become League Champions. In the other two matches played Ramsey Wallys beat Saltire 6-0 and Birdies lost 2-4 to Spinners meaning that Cheesemakers topped the League with sixty eight points followed by Ramsey Wallys with fifty nine points and in third place are Villans with fifty three points.

In the Tuesday Morning Teams League Maxums lost 0-6 to Villans, Early Birds beat the Bowling Stones 4-2 and Castletown Crofters drew 3-3 with Onchan Royals while in the remaining match Vee 3 beat Ramsey Raiders 4-2. This means that Villans lead the League on seventy one points followed by Onchan Royals on sixty five points and Ramsey Raiders on sixty points.

The early closure of the NSC last Thursday meant the postponement of the final matches in the First Division Teams League with these matches being rescheduled for Thursday 16^th March.

The Premier Pairs saw League leaders Cheesemakers held to a draw by Ramsey Wallys while second placed Villans were also held to a draw by the Officials and Spinners beat GG’s 4-0. Tee Pegs lost 1-3 to Northern Lights and Ramsey Raiders beat Vlla Boys 4-0 leaving Cheesemakers in first position with fifty one points followed by Villans who also have fifty one points and in third place are Ramsey Raiders with fifty points.

In the First Division Pairs LIV Bowls sealed their League Victory with a 3-1 win against Castletown Crofters, Generations and Douglas Old Boys drew 2-2 and TOU beat Enigma 4-0. In the remaining two matches Us2 and Tinjo drew 2-2 and How We Role beat 1 in 4 with a 3-1 scoreline which means that LIV Bowls are top with fifty seven points followed by How We Role on forty two points and in third place are Castletown Crofters with forty points.

The Friday Afternoon Pairs League saw leaders Top Dogs draw 2-2 with the Watties, Celtic Thunder beat GG’s 4-0 and Tinker and Bell lost 0-4 to Crown Greeners. Woodbourne Reds drew 2-2 with Rejects and Sunset Rollers beat High Jacks 4-0 with all this leaving Top Dogs in first place with forty five points followed by Crown Greeners on forty four points and Celtic Thunder with forty one points.

The Singles League on Friday Evening was postponed because of the weather and these fixtures will now be played on Wednesday 29^th March.