At the recent Garenne Groups Sporting Achievement Awards, Guernsey Bowls and Squash organisers Garry Collins and Peter Bridgeman picked up the Sport and Nautical Guernsey Shield for their outstanding effort in arranging last years games. Please click on the link below to access the full article.
The IOM Indoor Bowling Association had three players representing the
To put the
Last years Men’s Singles Champion Mervyn King was defending his Championship in the Men’s Singles event and as an example of the quality of the field he is an ex Professional Singles World Champion and is currently ranked No. 7 in the World by the Professional Bowlers Association.
In the Ladies event last years Champion Claire Johnson was defending her title.
In the Ladies event Mary’s first game was against the defending champion, Claire Johnson and Mary got off to a terrific start taking the first set 9 v 7, before Claire showed her class in the second set, which she took 10 v 3. Mary put up a fight in the tie break, just losing out 2 v 1. Despite this loss, Mary will have taken great heart from taking a set off the defending champion.
In her second game, she was up against Celena Kwok and Mary continued her good form from her first game to take the first set 10 v 6 and hung on to earn a 7 v 7 draw in the second set, which was enough to secure the 2 points for winning the match.
In Mary’s final game she was up against one of the Malaysian Professional Bowlers, Nor Shafeeqah Yayah and although both sets were very tight the Malaysian did enough in each set to take the match and earn the maximum 6 points from her 3 games and top slot in the group. Mary finished a solid third in the group and just missed out on a quarter final place.
SECTION E SHOTS SHOTS TOTALS Claire Johnson ( 7 10 2 V Mary Alderson ( 9 3 1 12 1 0 Celena Kwok (PBA) 6 7 V Mary Alderson 10 7 17 1 2 Nor Shafeeqah Yayah (Mal) 6 10 V Mary Alderson 4 4 8 0
Edwards first game was against Graham Shadwell of England and it was the Englishman who got off to the better start, taking the first set 6 v 3, Edward was just starting to get going and completely dominated the second set, taking it 12 v 2 and would have been a favourite to take the match on the tie break, however Shadwell found his form to take the tie break 2 v 0.
In his second game he came up against Thomas Greechan from
In his final game Edward needed a win to secure a place in Saturday’s quarter final and he was up against Scott Kennedy from
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SECTION C |
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SET NOS |
1 |
2 |
T/B |
V |
SET NOS |
1 |
2 |
T/B |
Graham Shadwell ( |
6 |
2 |
2 |
V |
Edward Alderson ( |
3 |
12 |
0 |
Edward Alderson |
9 |
5 |
2 |
V |
Thomas Greechan |
7 |
11 |
0 |
Scott Kennedy |
14 |
7 |
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V |
Edward Alderson |
4 |
7 |
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Tony’s first game was against up against Barry Kane from Ireland and Tony got off to the worst possible start being 7 v 0 down in the first set, however Tony is nothing but a fighter and he fought back to earn a 7 v 7 draw in his very first World Championship set. The second set went with the more experienced player and Kane ran out 14 v 7 winner, taking the 2 points for the match.
In Tony’s second game he was up against a player familiar to him. Steve Desperques from
In Tony’s final game he was up against the very experienced Welsh player Daniel Gough and from the off the match was very hard for Tony. Gough secured the first set 13 v 7, and continued his form to take the second 12 v 8 and the match.
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1 |
2 |
T/B |
V |
SET NOS |
1 |
2 |
T/B |
Barry Kane ( |
7 |
14 |
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V |
Tony Dugdale ( |
7 |
3 |
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Tony Dugdale |
6 |
10 |
2 |
V |
Steve Desperques |
7 |
5 |
0 |
Daniel Gough |
13 |
12 |
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V |
Tony Dugdale |
7 |
8 |
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Eventual winner in the Men’s event was
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1 |
2 |
T/B |
V |
SET NOS |
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2 |
T/B |
Colin Walker |
5 |
8 |
2 |
V |
Gary Kelly |
11 |
7 |
0 |
In the ladies singles, last years defending champion Claire Johnson, was trying to make it a Scottish double, however Sarah Seymour of England had other ideas and after losing the first set, fought back to take the match on the third and final end of the tie break.
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1 |
2 |
T/B |
V |
SET NOS |
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2 |
T/B |
Sarah Seymour |
5 |
9 |
2 |
V |
Claire Johnston |
9 |
4 |
0 |
In the mixed singles, Mervyn & Suzanne King defeated Lynsey & Thomas Greechan in a close final.
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1 |
2 |
T/B |
V |
SET NOS |
1 |
2 |
T/B |
Lyndsey Greechan & Thomas Greechan |
7 |
10 |
0 |
V |
Suzanne King & Mervyn King |
9 |
4 |
2 |
The IOM Indoor Bowling Association is always on the look out for new members and I think the performances of Mary, Edward & Tony this week have shown our Association members can hold their own at World level and in future years we look forward to progressing into the knockout stages. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Joan Storry on 620169 or send an email to info@manx-bowls.
Ten nations, the largest gathering for this championship to date, (held every two years) Belgium, Canada, England, India, Isle of Man, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and Sweden, competed for four titles (singles, pairs, triples and fours) initially in two qualifying groups each, and the standard was excellent, with the Island team performing tremendously well obtaining a thirty one percent overall success rate, quite an achievement, over two gruelling sessions.
The undoubted star performance from the Manx side came in the singles (group
A) via the
There were also high hopes of success in the fours (group A) after the opening day's play, with Rita Woodworth, Peter Coward, Ann Hollingworth and Sylvia Maddrell coming away with two wins and two draws from their four game session, but unfortunately on the second day things did not go their way and eventually they had to settle for sixth spot.
The pairing of Seamus Whelan and Collin Holland saw mixed fortunes, narrowly losing important games,(including a one point loss to group winners
Sam Peel, in his first venture at singles play at this level showed commendable courage to test some excellent opposition, and though eventually finishing eighth in his group did record two fine wins over
The other results were not quite so encouraging, though Jesse Godinho, Michael Collister and Clare Holland did record a useful win over
The Championships concluded with
SECTION A Ben Thomas ( V Daniel de la Mare ( Colin Walker ( V Ben Thomas V Colin Walker Daniel de la Mare V