News
Tartan Terrors win League: Tom Keenan and Stephen McIntyre won the inaugural manx2.com Pairs League, congratulations Tom and Stephen.
Hollingsworth & Yeoman Shield – Mixed Pairs: A light drizzle could not spoil an excellent days bowling with some evenly matched pairs battling for the trophy. Joyce Ogden and Tom Keenan finally taking the trophy having won all their matches. See the "Competitions" page for a full report.
Saturday 24 July: Members are reminded that the Hollingsworth & Yeoman Shield – Mixed Pairs will be played on this date at 1.00pm. There will still be plenty of rinks available for play, for members who are not involved in this competition.
John Ramsey Quaish Cup Pairs: Stephen McIntyre and Eric Maddocks triumphed in difficult conditions to take the trophy. A good turn out despite the weather made for an excellent days bowling for all who competed. See the "Competitions" page for a full report.
Club Newsletter: All members with e-mail should have received the first edition of the Club newsletter by now. Printed copies are also available in the Clubhouse.
Harrison Barometer 2 Bowl Singles: Congratulations to Bill Jones who won his first trophy of the season taking the Harrison Barometer in an exiting final against Jimmy Sansom. Both finalist beat some quality opposition on the way to the final and the standard of play was excellent despite the scorching heat.
Bill however mastered the conditions better during the final and he was the deserving winner of the fine trophy presented to him by Club Publicity Officer Joyce Ogden. See the "Competitions" page for more details.
Competitions List: Now ready, see the "Competitions page", also full finals match reports.
Official Opening of new Clubhouse: Saturday 7th August 1.00pm.
The Committee has invited the Onchan District Commissioners to send a representative to officially open our new Club premises. We will have a simple ribbon cutting ceremony and various fun and fundraising events will take place throughout the day. We also intend to play the Commissioners Triples competition on this day.
We aim to start proceedings around 1.00pm and we hope to firm up the details on when we will start the competition after discussions with the Commissioners, who normally put up individual trophies for this competition.
Any ideas from members would be appreciated and we will put a list on the notice board requesting volunteers to help with the event. Initially we could have a finger buffet and refreshments but its down to the membership as to what they want. We will bring up the target mat and also have a traditional “spider” type event where everyone stands all round the green and attempts to get nearest the jack. We could have a raffle and we could use the dartboard for various games and fundraising, nearest the bull, highest score with 3 darts etc. That’s just a few ideas get your thinking caps on!
We encourage all members to try and make room in their diaries to enable them to attend this important event for our Club. Any contribution you can make in time and effort would be greatly appreciated. Lets all pull together to make this event a great success.
Pairs League: The pairs league resumes on Wednesday 16th June after the TT break.
Bill Moultrie Trophy: The final of the rinks tournament took place on Saturday 12th June with a closely contested match finally being won by the rink of Pam Hooper, Lesley Keenan, Alistair Irving and Harry Shaw. They led all the way but where never able to pull too far ahead of Brian Doherty, Diane Moore, David Quirke and Matt Quayle. See the competitions page for full report and photos.
Steps: Many thanks to Matt Quayle for painting the Club Hut stairs.
Sat 5th June: Unfortunately due to several call offs on the day, there where insufficient numbers to play the Bill Moultrie competition. We will endeavour to play this tournament at a later date. The draw for the Ladies Singles Championship was made, with Alistair Irving making the draw, full details can be found on the "Competitions" page.
We still had a roll up and one very interested spectator obviously thought the standard of bowling was much higher on rink 2!
First trophy: The first trophy of the season was won by James Teare and John Wilcock who beat Alistair Irving and Cliff James in an enthraling final. The weather was superb and 8 teams of pairs battled for the trophy with some very competative matches being won by a single point. See the competitions page for full report and photos.
Competitions: Can all members please check the Competitions page on this site or the notice board in the hut for all news on competitions for this season. Anyone wishing to compete should add their name to the list in the hut for that particular competition by the closing date.
New "old" photos unearthed: Thanks to Jimmy Sansom we have come into possestion of some old colour photos of the visit of David Bryant and Willie Wood in 1985. Have a look at our "History" page to view them, the crowd of spectators is amazing!
First Trophy of the Season: See the "Competitions " page for full details of the first trophy of the season to be played on Saturday 22nd May.
League Results: The Pairs League table can now be viewed on the "Pairs League" page.
First League Meeting: The weather was kind and we had a great evenings bowling on the inaugural meeting of our pairs league. A full turn out saw all 6 rinks playing competitive bowls which was a great sight to behold.
A great atmosphere as well as a competitive edge meant old and new members had a fine evenings bowling with some fiercely contested matches.
As soon as the results are collated we will put post the league table on the "Pairs League" page.
