A number of league leaders in the mixed and mens league did their title hopes no harm with convincing wins. In particular Tynwald Celts B in mixed league six scored maximum points.
Results for week ending 23rd January 2015.
Mixed Leagues
League 1
Doehle Corporate Selborne A 1 Microgaming Marown A 16
Celton Fencibles A 7 Citywing Vikings A 12
Vikings started off the stronger of the two teams with wins for Sam Mills and Steve Allen 21/15 21/19 at second mens over Ian Hemensley and Juan Corrin and Charlotte Dougherty and Emma Nicholson 18/21 21/17 21/11 at second womens over Kim Moore and Jodie Green. There was a very solid win at first mens for Steve Quayle and Matthew Nicholson of Vikings over Andy Fairhurst and Kevin Harding 21/19 21/18. Fencibles stopped a clean sweep of the level doubles for Vikings with Jess Li and Philippa Li beating Sam Murphy and Yvonne Irvine 21/13 21/17. Fourth mixed saw Mills and Dougherty take the first game 21/16 before Fencibles Corrin and Green took the next two 21/19 21/15. Vikings took the next two mixed in straight games courtesy of Allen and Irvine 21/19 21/13 and Quayle and Murphy 21/18 21/15. First mixed proved to be the closest of the night with Vikings Matthew and Emma Nicholson taking the first game 21/17 against Fairhurst and Jess Li, but Fencibles took the next two games 21/19 21/16. SN
League 4
Tynwald Celts A 16 Microgaming Marown C 2
Cannell Print Rushen B 10 Celtic Gold Peel A 9
Another close match between Rushen and Peel. Peel started well winning the first three doubles when Liam Reynolds and Bhorat Chheti beat Nick Fullerston and David Leigh 15/21 21/16 21/19 at second mens. Second womens saw Gillian Craine and Alison Craine beat Caroline Whitehead and Rachel Chalker 21/10 21/8 and at first mens Stu Gell and Darren Irving beat Arun Mahalingam and Adrian Edwards 21/19 16/21 21/15. Rushen’s first women Amanda Munro and Annie Haworth won 21/18 21/14 against Susan Craine and Rachel Golby to leave Peel leading 6-4 after the level doubles. Fourth mixed saw Rushen’s Fullerton and Chalker win in two games 21/18 21/18 against Reynolds and Gillian Craine. Third mixed went to Peel with Chheti and Alison Craine beating Leigh and Whitehad 21/15 22/20. The only mixed to go to three was second mixed where Rushen’s Mahalingam and Haworth beat Irving and Golby 21/14 19/21
21/11. The final mixed also went the way of Rushen when Edwards and Munro beat Gell and Susan Craine 21/19 22/20. ER
League 5
CuPlas Callow St Ninians C 13 Caley Stores Sulby 7
A great win for St Ninians which involved four of the matches going to three games. Both Alex Hewlett of St Ninians and Norma Brew of Sulby were involved in two of them, first mens and first mixed. Both matches had a similar scoreline with Hewlett and his partner Michael Corlett winning the mens 21/12 18/21 21/12 and Brew with Joan Hughes winning their mixed 13/21 21/13 2112. KW
Men’s Leagues
League 3
Sulby Glen Sulby 157 Celton Fencibles A 252
League 4
Citywing Vikings B 247 Microgaming Marown C 135
Another straight-froward win, for a strong Vikings, sees them remain unbeaten at the top of the league. The first two ties went Vikings way and saw them comfortably over the thirty point barrier. The middle two ties saw Vikings biggest win when Mark Falconer and Neil Brew beat Paul Coppell and James Smith 21/7 21/66. The final two ties again went Vikings way, but they did drop their first points to Marown, when Alex Townell & Falconer beat Joe Garrity & Coppell 21/9 16/21. Marown continue to languish at the bottom of the league, while Vikings look towards promotion. With Fencibles B also doing well in this league, we'll have to wait for the final fixture before we know who will win promotion. MF
League 5
Doehle Corporate Selborne C 217 Magee & Co Castletown/Abbey C 198
League 6
Tynwald Celts B 250 CuPlas Callow St Ninians C 90
