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FINALWHISTLE

Cav sprints to third in Tour of Britain finale

Ramsey earn opening day win in under-16s league

IntheUnder-16MixedHock- ey League, Ramsey Rogues and Rascals earned a bril- liantwinagainstCastletown B thanks to four goals from AngusMo. Fromthestart, thenorth- erners’ experience told as the quicker stick skills gave themtheedgeagainst avery youngCastletownB side. Ramsey had the lion’s share of chances during the first half but couldn’t con- vert them into goals and at the half-time whistle were only separated by the soli- taryMo goal. During the second half, Rogues andRascals came to life, withCastletownbreaks beingsnuffedoutbyJoeKel- ly before they became too dangerous. Lucy Field of Ramsey be- gan to dictate the gameplay with fantastic positioning,

HOCKEY

CYCLING

MarkCavendishsprinted toa third-placefinishon thefinal stageof theTourof Britainon Sunday. TheManxMissilewasnarrow- ly beaten to the line in Aber- deen by overall winner Wout Van Aert - the man who beat him on the Champs-Élysées in this year’s Tour de France - and long-timeadversaryAn- dre Greipel. But the result in Scotland helped his Deceun- inck-QuickStepsquadseal the team honours overall for the week-long British race. Onwhatwas a goodday re- sults-wise for the Isle of Man contingent in Scotland, Cav’s fellowManxie Matty Bostock was just behind him in ninth placeforCanyondhbSunGod, while TomMazzone was 14th riding for Saint Piran. Further back, the latter’s brotherLeoncrossed the line in 33rd for the same team, while Max Walker was 42nd for TrinityRacing. Manx Hockey Association’s mixed leagues made a wel- come return to action at the weekend. With the pandemic get- ting in thewayofmixedhock- ey since the 2019-20 season, almost two years has passed since the last gameof itskind. Butwith things improving itmadeitsreturnonSaturday, albeit with a reduced sched- uleoffixtureswitheveryteam only playing each other once in the league. This means each match takes on even more impor- tance as there is no way to re- gain the points the next time youplayagainstanotherteam shouldyoudropany - thiswill hopefully lead to an exciting season. In theRossboroughMixed Premier League, all three of the expected main protago- nists for the title earnedwins on Saturday, with Bacchas A overcoming their ownB team with a convincing second- half performance despite the scoresbeinglevelathalf-time. Vikings A dispatched a handy Ramsey A side but, de- spite earning both points on offer, they know they need to improve if they want to challenge for the title, while

interceptions and distri- bution leading to a further three goals all finished by Mo. Special praise for their performances have gone to AgathaMitchellwho, at left- backforCastletown,wassu- perbinpreventingattacking threats materialising down Ramsey’s right side, as well astheaforementionedField. Elsewhere in the Mixed Under-16League, twoteams expected to be fighting for thetitleplayedouta1-1draw intheshapeofCastletownA and Bacchas A, whileHarle- quins pinned their title cre- dentials to the wall in their victory over Valkyrs and Vi- kings did the same against Bacchas B. JENNYLANTRY

Mixed hockey results Results fromSaturday, September 11: RossboroughMixedPremier League RamseyCrookall Cronkbourne BacchasA9 RamseyCrookall Cronkbourne BacchasB2 Elliot Reid3 MattGreenbank SophieHowland 2 Alex Lace Anthony Bentley-Roberts JamieBrown PatrickCox GarethCraig CanaccordGenuityVikingsA4 RamseyA1 EddieCaley AlexKneale ThomasBurrows Breesha Foxton TimothyHenderson MotorworxValkyrsA7 CanaccordGenuityVikingsB1 LuisNovo-Smith DomHubble CherryGodfreyCastletown Southerners 3 CherryGodfreyCastletownCammags 1 DanielleKelly 2 EdenMcCubbin AndrewWinstanley RossboroughMixedDivisionTwo CherryGodfreyCastletownCosney 1 MotorworxValkyrs 2 James Cadamy EllenBarker MarkMoyer CherryGodfreyCastletownCarrick0 CanaccordGenuityVikingsD6 MarkDoherty 2 BeckieO’Brien 2 KT Errock BeccaKelly RamseyRookies4 CanaccordGenuityVikings E0

MarkCavendish (blue jersey) isnarrowlybeaten to thefinish linebyoverallwinnerWoutVanAertwhoraiseshis hand incelebration. AndreGreipel (far right)was second,withCav third. FellowManxmanMattyBostock ishidden fromviewbut crossed the line inafineninthplace.More inThursday’sManx Independent Photo: SWPix.com

Mixed hockey leagues fire into life

by SamSpooner HOCKEY

Valkyrs A overcame Vikings’ second string in convincing fashion. Castletown A, who would be an outside bet for many to takepoints off the threemain challengers without mount- ing a title tilt themselves, got the better of a strong Valkyrs B team with Steven Ronan scoringbothgoals toearntwo points. l Rossborough Mixed Di- vision One saw a close and entertaining battle between Bacchas Colts andVikings C. The latter shaded the first half attacking chances but Bacchas were able to score on the strokeof half-time and tookthatmomentumintothe second half, earning plaudits for their attacking play. But with a goal-line save being made by the impres- siveCharlieBell, thescoresre- mainedall squareat full-time. Valkyrs C, who are this writer’s bet for the title, earned a convincing win against Castletown Cushags, with Chris Thomas scoring

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CiaranGell Alex Freer CherryGodfreyCastletownCelts 2 RossboroughMixedDivisionOne RamseyCrookall Cronkbourne BacchasColts 1 CanaccordGenuityVikingsC 1 CharlieBell CherryGodfreyCastletownCushags0 Kian Ledwidge MotorworxValkyrsB1 StevenRoman 2 JackGentry

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TheHarlequinsAmixedhockey teamthat defeatedRamseyRavens5-1 in DivisionOneon theopeningdayof thenewseasononSaturday

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fourgoalstohelpthewestern- ersgostraight tothetopof the league table. Harlequins A claimed an impressive victory against Ramsey Ravens to go second in the openingweek. Elsewhere, an inter-club derbytookplacebetweentwo CastletownsidesSoutherners and Cammags, with the for- mercomingoutontopthanks to goals from Dani Kelly and AndrewWinstanley. l Vikings D have taken the leadduringtheopeningweek-

endinRossboroughMixedDi- visionTwothankstoa6-0win over a new Castletown team calledCarrick. Valkyrs D put their name forward for potential title challengers following a close win over Castletown Cosney, while Ramsey Rookies also threwtheir name into the hat followingtheirownfairlyeasy win against Vikings E. Finally,HarlequinsBcould be an outside bet to be title challengers following their own victory against Bacchas C.

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BacchasB2 RossGrimley Lucy Cartwright

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MotorworxValkyrsC7 Christopher Thomas 4 StephCottier 2 BobbieHempsall

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JackGentry

Cory Corkhill

CherryGodfreyCastletownA1

RamseyCrookall Cronkbourne

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BacchasA1 JackGrimley

AthenaHealthcareHarlequinsA5 JordanParkinson RonanSantanatoglia OrynBlakemore Christopher Cavey EuanWylie 2

Will Collister

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CherryGodfreyCastletownB0

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