Excitement and high scores were the order of the day as the Winter Indoor League got under way.
There were thrills aplenty in a titanic top division tussle at Kirk Michael where the home side came within five points of shocking champions Port St Mary.
Ashley Gardner notched a 99 for PSM along with club mate Kevan Kneale to ease them ahead but Perryn Watson pulled out a 99 too while there was a phalanx of 97s from Suzanne McKnight, Alex Trafford, Alisha Gale and the club's 12 year-old prodigy, Noah Mayne.
There were more straightforward wins in Divisions 2 and 3 as Kirk Michael's lack of strength in numbers let them down.
Kirk Michael v Port St Mary
Division 1
99 Perryn Watson Ashley Gardner 99
97 Suzanne McKnight Kevan Kneale 99
97 Alex Trafford Callum Grant 98
97 Noah Mayne Ben Kelly 98
97 Alisha Gale Gary Knight 97
487 491
Division 2
94 Beth Gale Jackie Gardner 96
90 Kevin Quinn Ethan Kiernan 96
85 Colin Watson Ean Brewis 96
Derek Kermode 95
Ryan Forrest 95
269 478
Division 3
Eddie Maddrell 95
Juan Clague 95
George Dalton Brown 94
Tom Pirson 94
Greg Beard
471
Humphrey hits a hundred at St John's
A perfect 100 from David Humphrey of IoMSC Douglas saw off Sulby with veteran Nick Brown scoring 99. Sulby's top gun was Teddy Sayle with 98.
Humphrey had the added pleasure of watching his son Matthew take part in his first match and notch a creditable 89.
Douglas bagged wins in all three divisions.
Division 1
IoMSC Douglas Sulby
100 David Humphrey Teddy Sayle 98
99 Nick Brown Will Quayle 96
98 Sharon Drysdale Andy Mitchell 96
97 Martin Burns Mark Cain 95
95 Matthew Roosen Peter Webb 94
489 479
Division 2
95 Mark Osborn S Harvey 91
93 Tracey Skelton Peter Faragher 90
93 Paul Perkins Rod Forshaw 89
92 Sam Jones
92 Christian Eaton
465 270
Division 3
92 Keith Lowney
89 Matthew Humphrey
181
Laxey lay Sandsiders low
Over at Laxey Glen, Laxey powered past IoMSC Sandsiders and it looks, even at this early stage, that it may be a hard season for the St John's-based club as the effect of limited numbers will influence their line-ups.
Laxey v IOMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
Laxey IOMSC Sandsiders
Division 1
98 Harry Creevy Andy Traynor 93
98 Gemma Kermode Phil Kneen 92
97 John Wood Steve Callus 92
94 Gary Kneale Norman Ormrod 88
92 Andrew Jessop Graham Wyatt 88
479 453
Division 2
91 Stephen Curphey Terry Green 62
80 Bridget Kneale
171 62
