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www.iomtoday.co.im Tuesday, September 14, 2021

FINALWHISTLE

JennyMoore beats her mum Elaine to top prize in Festival

Teare and Dunn win last mixed doubles of 2021 season Castletown Bowling Club hosted the Wilfrid Quayle mixed doubles on Sunday with the competition at- tracting a fine entry of 44 pairs. The eventual winners were Marown pair Rebecca TeareandPaulDunn, taking a hard-earned win over Sue Gawne (Onchan) and Andy Kennish (Peel). In the early stages of the final neither pairing were able to build a lead with the score tiedat 12-12aftereight ends. Teare and Dunn then startedtotakecontrol of the game going on to win seven of the last nine ends to run out 21-16 winners to take the last mixed doubles title of the season. Losing out 16-21 at the semi-final stage were the home green pairing of Kath Kinley and Dean Kinley to thewinningpair,whilehus- bandandwifeAlec(Peel)and Philippa Taylor (Marown) were defeated 12-21 by Gawne andKennish. Falling at the quarter-fi- nal stagewereGraceGawne (Onchan) and Kevin Firth (Douglas) who lost out 18-21 totheTaylors.SouthRamsey pairKimHargravesandSte- fanKellyweredefeated15-21 byGawne andKennish. 2020winnersLynBolton (South Ramsey) and Trevor Quayle (Port St Mary) were well beaten 11-21 by Teare and Dunn, whi le Jenny Moore and James Teare (SouthRamsey)werepipped at thepost20-21byKathKin- ley andDeanKinley. The presentation was made by Castletown club member Hilary Kermode who thanked everyone who had entered, the green keepers, alongwiththeclub members who had helped with the smooth running of thecompetitionthroughout the day. PAIRSEVENT

with two doubles to take her place in the final with a 21-19 victory. Jennystartedherdaywith a21-11successoverPaulaFirth (Onchan), while Bolton had a tough game against Helen Withers (Marown) with the lattermakingherfirstappear- ance inthe festival as shepro- gressedwith a 21-17win. In the bottom half of the drawElainesawofflocalJanet Monk (Mooragh Park) 21-12, while Gadd made sure of her place inthenext roundwitha 21-18 victory over Louise Cot- ton (WrockwardineWood). The Women’s Tourism compet i t ion was played downtothewinneronThurs- day morning on Noble’s No.2 green, and itwas AngelaGaut (Wrockwardine Wood) who had a successful week taking a 21-17 victory over clubmate LouiseCotton in thefinal. Gaut booked her placed in thefinalwithasolid21-12win over TracyWraight (Winder- mereBC),whileCottonended thechallengeofSarahWeaver (Wrockwardine Wood) with a 21-15 win. Wrockwardine WoodisnearTelfordinShrop- shire. Gaut progressed in the quarter-finalswitha21-18win over Kaye Coulthard (Cradley Sports&Social),Wraightbeat SharonGadd(Cononley)21-19. In the other half of the draw Cotton beat Rebecca Teare (Marown) 21-6, whileWeaver endedthechallengeof anoth- er Marown player Philippa Taylor 21-18. took the first four ends in the final without reply from Moore and Hargraves, giving them a buffer which set the platformfor themto triumph 21-13. At the conclusion, Bal- laughclubcaptainJohnMad- drell thanked John Keenan for sponsoring the event for the32ndyearandgreenkeep- er MattMoffatt for preparing the green and to Pat Mason and her team of women for the catering. Thanks were al so ex- pressed to Richard Faragher, Maurice O’Reilly and Trevor Jones forrunning thecompe- tition so efficiently. RICHARDFARAGHER

BOWLS

byGlynnHargraves

Itwas a familyaffair in the final of thewomen’sSeptem- ber Festival betweenSouth Ramseymother anddaughter ElaineandJennyMoore. Both had one festival title to their name going into the fi- nal, so it was a case of who would have the family brag- ging rights at the end of it. Jenny’spreviouswinwasin June2016,whilemumElaine’s was more recent in Septem- ber 2018. On this occasion it proved tobeJenny’sday, followingup herrecentachievementwhen winning the British Senior Merit - coming through a top field in Manchester to prove she is one of the game’s lead- ing female exponents. With the green having changed pace in the two hours since they had been on the green for the semi-finals, Jenny crucially won the toss and played a round peg mark off the edge of the crowd, winning the first eight ends to punish Elaine to full effect as she scored four doubles to take an almost unassailable 17-5 lead. Jennyperformedbrilliant- ly, leadingwell,andevenwhen Elainedidcountwithherfirst bowl Jenny would respond to beat hermother’s bowl. When Elaine did get in there was an ironic cheer, Ballaugh Bowling Club held the32ndeditionoftheKeenan FourseventtheSundaybefore last. There were 35 pairs en- tered, theweather being fine, starting cloudybut improving throughout the day. In the top half of the draw, the first quarter-final was an all-South Ramsey affair, with Alan Moore and Glynn Har- graves taking on Stefan Kelly and Stuart Marshall. A tight gameensuedwith17acrossaf- ter 13 ends, beforeMoore and Hargraves went on to seal the win21-18. The second quarter-fi- nal was between Bob Clark (Castletown) and David Brad-

(Left) ElaineMooreembracesherdaughter Jennyafter thefinal bowl. (Right) Jenny lifted theSeptemberBowls Festival trophy for thefirst time, havingalsowon theJuneevent in2016 Photos:MikeAshmole&ArnieWithers

furthest Manx woman, while Elaine took the runners-up prize of £600. Jenny booked her place in the final with a comfortable 21-11semi-finalwinoverteam- mate Lyn Bolton (SouthRam- sey) in the semi-final, while mother Elaine had a fight on her hands to reach the final as she trailed 7-14 then 13-17 against SharonGadd (Conon- ley, North Yorks) to win six of the last eight ends, finishing

pointed, she would also have been a proud mum. The pair have met on finals day before in 2018, with Elaine having come through against Jenny 21-20 at the semi-final stage, andElainegoingontowinthe final against Gill Simm. In addition to taking her first Septemberwin, and sec- ond festival win overall along with the winner’s cheque for £1,000, Jenny received the Blanche Kaye Trophy for the

then heading for the corners inwhat couldhavebeengame on if she couldhavewona few consecutive ends to plant a seed of doubt in her daugh- ter’smind. But Jenny only lost two more ends towin 21-8 and se- cure the title in style with an excellent second bowl that Elainenarrowlyfailedtobeat. At the end, mother and daughterembracedand,while Elaine was no doubt disap-

Temporaza and Kennish clinch Keenan Fours

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ford (South Ramsey) versus Marown stalwarts Paul Dunn andNeilWithers. Thescorestoodat16across after17ends,beforeClarkand Bradfordwentontowin21-16. In the bottom half of the draw, the third quarter-final wasbetweenvisitorsAndrew White and Colin Crawford (Twingates BC) against Glenn MooreandTonySmart (North Ramsey), inwhichthe former showed their class with a 21- 10 success. The last quarter-final was between home greeners John Keenan and John Mad-

KeenanFourswinnersReginaldTemporaza (left) andAndyKennish (right) withcompetitionsponsor JohnKeenan Photo: RichardFaragher

drell against Andy Kennish (Peel Sunset) andRegTempo- raza (Onchan), with the latter aheadthroughoutandeventu- allywinning 21-12. In the semi-finals, Moore

andHargravesdefeatedClark andBradford21-15,whileKen- nish and Temporaza got the better of White and Clark 21- 16. Kennish and Temporaza

WilfridQuayleMixedDoubles winners - RebeccaTeareandPaul Dunn Photo: GlynnHargraves