With the Premier Pairs opening Week 7 of the Indoor Bowls Season we had some great bowls in what up to now has been the most competitive of the Leagues. Radical Heads were beaten 4-0 by the Dragons with the latter living up to their name with a fierce performance. Young Guns lost 4-0 to Villans, Cheesemakers beat Jazz 4-0 and Likely Lads beat Tee Pegs 4-0. The final match in the Premier Pairs saw Northern Nomads draw with Spinners leaving Dragons in first place in the League on 22 points followed by Cheesemakers on 21 points with Likely Lads third on 19 points and Villans fourth on 18 points.
In the Tuesday Morning League we saw Early Birds beat Castletown Crofters 4-2, Maxums beat Ellan Vannin 5-1, Villans beat Hillbillies 6-0 with Ramsey Raiders and Cushags drawing 3-3 and finally Thru the Gap beat Onchan Royals 4-2. This left Villans leading the League on 36 points with Maxums second on 27 and Ellan Vannin third on 25 points.
Tuesday evenings First Division Pairs saw the leaders Castletown Crofters being beaten by Orange Peelers while Terriers beat Enigma 4-0 which put Terriers top of the League on 20 points with Castletown Crofters in second place also on 20 points and in third place Orange Peelers on 17 points.
The Premier Team League once more saw Dragons breathing fire as they showed good form to beat QPR 4-2 while Villans lost 4-2 to TBC. Spinners lost 4-2 to Saltire while Ramsey Raiders beat Birdies 4-2. This leaves Dragons leading the League on 33 points with TBC second on 32 points and Villans third on 25 points.
Thursdays First Division Teams matches saw the leaders Maxums taking a tight 4-2 win from Bowledly Going nowhere who moved into second place followed by DNA who beat Castletown Crofters 4-2. In the other matches Odds and Bobs drew with Smugglers and Flat Mats beat Mann Utd 6-0.
In the final nights bowling on Friday in the Second Division Pairs League we only saw one outright win as leaders Odds and Bobs 2 beat Woodbourne Reds 4-0 leaving Reckless Rollers v Flat Mats, Questionnaires v Ramsey Raiders and Outcasts v Corrin’s Folly all as 2-2 draws. This means that the top three in the league are Odds and Bobs 2 on 26 points with Reckless Rollers second on 20 points and Outcasts third with 17 points.