Douglas Bay Pirates beat Douglas Destroyers 7-2 last Sunday at the NSC to increase their lead to 8 points with one game remaining in the Cherry Orchard League.

Douglas Destroyers won the opening game as Eddie Brew beat Michael Collister 10-8 but Eric Maddocks nut the Pirates back on level terms with a 19-6 win over James Teare before Stephen Gale won 24-3 against Harry Minor. The triples also went the way of the Pirates with a 23-1 victory including a 6 on the last end.

Ronaldsway Blockbusters remain second after a 6-3 victory over Erin Elite. Chris Holland beat Linsey Durcan 10-6 for the Blockbusters but Bernie Durcan beat Seamus Whelan 17-8 before Collin Holland put the Blockbusters back in control with an 11-9 victory over Steve Durcan. A tight triples game saw the Blockbusters win 8-6 but thanks to Bernie Durcan’s big singles win meant that Erin Elite took the bonus point to leave Ronaldsway Blockbusters needing to beat Douglas Bay Pirates 9-0 in the final game of the season to stop them winning the league.

Colby moved up to fifth place with a 9-0 victory over Ballaugh. Sylvia Maddrell got the ball rolling for Colby with a 13-5 victory over Richard Faragher before Ann Hollingworth won her game 19-3 against Dave McTaggart and Matt Quayle beat Ann Gale 13-10. Colby wrapped up that game with an 11-4 win in the triples.

Ballaugh B won their first game of the season as they beat Laxey Minors by a single chalk in a a tight game at the foot of the table. Tony Quine beat Archie Collister 13-8 for Ballaugh B but David Cottier levelled the game with a 14-9 win over Stephen Bradley. Pat Mason then won the final singles game 16-10. The triples finished 6-2 to Ballaugh B meaning that they claimed the bonus point by 44-43 chalks, resulting in a 5-4 victory.

The table with one game remaining is:
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Next week sees the second games of the Haldane Fisher League with Colby facing Erin Elite, Douglas Sharks playing Ballaugh and Douglas Quads playing Ronaldsway Rockets while Michael Collister & Stephen Gale will be competing in the Swedish Masters on the Short Mat Players Tour in Stromsad, Sweden.