After the first four weeks of the I.O.M.I.B.A Indoor Bowling season the Villans are in top spot in the Premier Pairs, Premier Team and Tuesday Morning League. Although I am sure they would point out that it is ‘early days’ and in the Premier Pairs and Premier Teams, Cheesemakers have a game in hand over them.
Premier Pairs
A quick look at the Premier Pairs for week 4 shows that Villans beat TOU 4-0, Young Guns beat GLS, and Tee Pegs beat Orange Peelers by the same 4-0 score line. Northern Nomads beat Radical Heads 3-1 and Cheesemakers had a bye. This puts Villans in top place with 12 points followed by Cheesemakers also on 12 points and Young Guns third on 11 points.
Tuesday Morning League
In the Tuesday Morning League, Hillbillies beat Thru the Gap 4-2, Cushags beat Smooth Matters 4-2, Ellan Vannin had a good 6-0 win over Early Birds, with Ramsey Raiders losing 4-2 to Villans, and the Onchan Royals, Maxums game played out a 3-3 draw. The League positions after this are Villans top on 21 points with Cushags second on 18 points and Ellan Vannin third on 17 points.
First Division Pairs
The First Division Pairs saw Villa Boys beat 1 in 4 with a 4-0 score, and Spinners beat Kencoe 4-0 ,while Unbelieveabowls went down 4-0 to and in-form Enigma pairing. This leaves Villa Boys top of the League on 14 points with Spinners second also on 14 points and Kencoe third on 7 points.
Premier Team
In the Premier Teams, we saw a close game between TBC and Ramsey Raiders ending in a 3-3 draw with some great bowls played. The Villans beat Saltire 5-1, and DNA lost 4-2 to Birdies, the Cheesemakers had a bye. The end result of this was that Villans held their top spot with 19 points with TBC second on 13 points and Cheesemakers third on 11 points.
First Division Team
Thursday nights First Division Team competition saw Spinners take a convincing 6-0 win over CAOS, while Girl Power lost 4-2 to Cowley Cannonballs ,and Odd Balls beat Okay 4-2. Maxums and Smugglers played out a 3-3 draw with this then putting Spinners top of the League with 17 points followed by Maxums and Smugglers both on 13 points.
Second Division Pairs
The Second Division Pairs saw leaders Sensibles held to a draw by Girl Power, and Reckless Rollers also had a draw against Woodbourne Reds. The rapidly improving Cowley Cannonballs had a 4-0 win over Colonicles, and Smooth Matters drew with Sunset Rollers. So after the first four weeks in this League, we have Sensibles still top on 11 points with Reckless Rollers second and Sunset Rollers third both on 10 points.