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A dramatic change of fortune for US as they leapt up the table from bottom to fourth place after a 2-set win over The Bowling Stones.  In the rest of the Friday Afternoon Pairs League Top Dogs are 3 points clear of second place Rejects as both teams took all the points from their matches. In a close game Maxums and Watties took a set each, the chalks result ending 17-18 to Watties; and Crown Greeners and GGs shared the points with a set each.

Second place Simple Minds had a chance for top spot in the CopyShop Premier Pairs if they could take a 2-set win against LIV bowls. However, it was not be as they could only manage to get one point from a draw in the second set. Third placed Villa Boys could improve their position with a win but Officials took the first set. The Boys stepped up a gear to take the second set 11-2. In the other matches Tee Pegs and Dumb and Dumber took a set each; and in a tight match Villans took the first set 9-7, and Northern Lights the second 7-8. The evening ended with no change at the top.

In the Tuesday Morning League KCS Sunshine Band couldn’t stop Onchan Royals from taking all the point in their match. However, KCS earned enough chalks to keep their fourth place. Ramsey Raider also won all sets against The Morganites. Villans were successful in the triples and singles, but Maxums held on to a 10-6 win in the pairs. Castletown Crofters were kept to single figures in both triples and singles by Hillbillies. Crofters rallied in the pairs to gain 2 points from the match. The Bowling Stones managed a win in the pairs, after Early Birds took points from the triples and singles.

First Division Pairs leaders J&S took all the points from their match against The Two Amigos; the win gives them a clear lead of 4 points over second place 1-in-4 who could only manage to draw against GGs. Enigma kept third place Douglas Old Boys to singles figures in each set but couldn’t stop them taking a 2-set win. A tight match between US2 and Castletown Crofters ended a 2-set win for Crofters. The win now puts Crofters ahead of US2. Another bunny-hop up the table for TinJo, as they took both sets from The Newby’s

Ramsey Wallys are now 6 points clear of the rest in the Premier Triples after a 2-set win over Ramsey Raiders. Simple Minds and Villans had wins in their games and enough chalks to jump Villans into second place and Simple Minds up to third.

In the First Division Triples only 2 points separate the top 4, but Bowlistics are back on top by securing two points from the draw against Optimists. Morganites kept third place after drawing the match against Fab Fogies.

Changes at the top of the Singles league as Paula Garrett won her match against Gordon Corrin to take the top spot by one point. The win for Muriel Cain against Mike Moyer pushes her up to third. John Kewley gets his first win of the season against Mike Ashmole and Win Kewley gets her second win against Shirley Corrin to move her up to sixth place.

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In the CopyShop Tuesday Morning League Onchan Royals put on a blistering performance to regain their top place. In their match against The Morganites they amassed a total of 64 chalks. Villans also recorded a chalk total of 44 in their match against Hillbillies. The latter managing a draw in the pairs to stop Villans clean sweep. KSC Sunshine Band had wins in the singles and pairs against Ramsey Raider and Early Birds won the triples, singles and drew the pairs against Castletown Crofters. Wins in the triples and pairs for The Bowling Stones against Maxums, the latter winning the singles to get 2 points.

No change in the top order of the Premier Pairs league.  Dumb and Dumber managed a draw against leaders LIV Bowls, breaking the latter’s 100% record. Second place Simple Minds, took both sets from Tee Pegs.  As did Villa Boys against Northern Lights. Officials had a walk-over in their match against the Blues Brothers giving Officials their first win.

J&S are holding on to top spot in the First Division Pairs, after their 2-set win over US2. The same result for 1 in 4 against The Two Amigos helped them jump to second place. The win for TOU over Douglas Old Boys secured them third place on chalk difference. Meanwhile, Enigma drew the first set against TinJo, then TinJo got into their stride with in impressive 16-2 win in the second set, recording their first win. The Newby’s came close to their first win of the season. The match against Castletown Crofters ended a set each 5-7, 5-4 to Crofters.

Still a Ramsey team at the top of the Premier Triples; it is the Wallys who have taken it from the Raiders when they achieved a 2-set win against Crown Greeners, who keep their third-place position. Birdies jumped to fourth-place by getting a draw and a win against Villans.  Simple Minds recorded their second win after taking both sets from Saltire.

All change at the top of the First Division Triples. Castletown Crofters take top spot after they took both sets against Oddballs; pushing long time league leaders Bowlistics to second place.  More changes as Morganites move to third place after they had a set win and a draw over Optimists. In the final match IBS recorded their second win, by taking both sets from Fab Fogies

In the Friday Afternoon Pairs League, US got their first win with an impressive 25 chalk total against Tinker & Bell. While over on rink 4 Top Dogs took all the points on offer in their match against Maxums to keep them in first place. A 2-set win for Rejects over Crown Greeners helped them hold onto second place. GGs also had a clear 2-set win over CC and me, who were undone by GGs’ shorter jacks. Watties got off to a good start taking the first set 8-2 against The Bowling Stones with second set ending in a draw.

Rounding off the week with the Singles league, where Stuart Garrett is holding top spot by taking the win over Mike Ashmole with a total of 20 chalks. Paula Garrett, Shirley Corrin and Muriel Cain – all with a game in hand – had wins to double figures to keep the race for the league leader interesting.

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The tight, low-scoring match between CC & Me and Top Dogs could have gone either way but the Friday Afternoon Pairs league leaders took both sets 4-5, so 4 valuable points to the ‘canines’.  Maxums managed to draw one set against second-placed Rejects to gain a useful point; the match ending 1-3. One set apiece for Tinker & Bell and The Bowling Stones in their match to move The Stones up one place. Crown Greeners lost the first set to US, then had a comfortable win in the second. GGs took both sets in their win against Watties.

Earlier in the week LIV Bowls kept their 100% record by taking both sets from Northern Lights in the Premier Pairs.  The result of the match between Villa Boys and Simple Minds would decide which team moved into second place and Simple Minds took both sets to grab the slot . Villans started well taking the first set against Blues Brothers, however, the latter took the second, only giving away 2 chalks. Dumb and Dumber had a convincing win against Officials taking them up to 4^th place.

Changes in the Tuesday Morning League as Ramsey Raiders moved to the top after only losing the pairs match against Castletown Crofters. The Morganites started well, winning the triples against Early Birds Then the latter took both the singles and pairs. Villans took all 3 sets and maximum points from their match against The Bowling Stones. KCS Sunshine Band built up a nice lead in the triples against Maxums, but then Maxums took the singles and pairs. Hillbillies, managed to take the triples and pairs against Onchan Royals who had been the league leaders up to this point.

In the First Division Pairs, TinJo moved off bottom spot when they held Castletown Crofters to a match draw. A drawn match between The Two Amigos and Enigma then the same scenario when Douglas Old Boys took on GGs, one set apiece. In the match between US2 and TOU, the latter took the first set in double figures but US2 came back to win the second 6-4. J&S drew 5-5 in the first set against 1 in 4 but doubled that score to take the second.

No change in the Premier Triples with Ramsey Raiders keeping top spot after holding on to a draw against Simple Minds. Villans took both sets from Saltire to give them their second win of the season. Crown Greeners drew the first set against Birdies and won the second.

Although losing one set to Oddballs, Bowlistics did enough to win the second to increase their lead in the First Division Triples. Castletown Crofters move up to second place after their win against Fab Fogies. Morganites kept IBS to single figures in both sets to take the points.

In the Singles league, Stuart Garrett moves to the top of the table after his win over Gordon Corrin. Mike Ashmole had his first win of the season against Win Kewley. Paula Garrett took the points against John Kewley, and Shirley Corrin and Muriel Cain drew their match.

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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.

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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.