Douglas Bay Pirates took a commanding lead in the Cherry Orchard League last Sunday at the NSC after a 7-0 victory over Ramsey Rebels.

Josh Ffrench & Stephen Gale won the pairs for the Pirates with a 13-7 victory before Gale added another 2 points after winning the singles 18-1. The triples was much closer but the Pirates held on to an 8-7 win to complete the victory and move 9 points clear at the top.

Ballaugh stayed in second place despite losing 4-3 to Laxey Minors who move up to third. David Cottier & Peter Coward won the pairs 11-7 for the Minors and Seamus Whelan took the singles 8-7 to give them a 4-0 lead in the game but an impressive display from Ann Gale, Dave McTaggart and Richard Faragher saw Ballaugh bounce back in the triples with an 11-2 victory to take 2 points and the bonus point.

Colby Cosmos had an impressive 5-2 win over Ronaldsway Blockbusters. Ann Hollingworth & Pauline Kelly won the opening pairs 17-4 for the Cosmos and Hollingworth then won her singles 10-8. Blockbusters fought back in the triples though to record an 11-6 win but Cosmos came out on top in the match as 5-2 victors.

The overall standing after 4 weeks are:
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Next week is the Ronaldsway Fours at the NSC. Anyone wishing to enter a team should call Chris Holland on 471827.