Stephen Gale, Eddie Brew, Michael Collister & Jayne Smith produced a superb display of bowls last Sunday at the NSC to take the Ronaldsway Fours competition by storm.

The set the tone of the afternoon racing to an 8-0 lead after three ends in their opening game against Richard Faragher, Rita Woodworth, Darrell Allcote & James Teare, eventually winning 14-5. In the other game Collin Holland, Dave McTaggart, Chris Holland & Ann Gale gave away a costly 5 on the penultimate end of their match against Wyn Collister, David Cottier, Matt Quayle & Archie Collister which ended up 8-8.

The second round of games saw Gale’s team continue their fine display with a 20-1 victory over Collister’s side which saw them take 15 in just four ends. Holland’s four also had an impressive 18-2 win over Faragher’s side which kept them in with a chance of taking the championship if the could beat Gale’s team in the final game.

The opening few ends were close with the scores level at 3-3 after three ends but then Gale’s team found their form from the previous two games with Eddie Brew playing some wonderful bowls and ran away with a score of 3, 5 and another 3 in the successive ends to put the game out of reach of Holland’s side. The final score of 14-3 was good enough for Holland’s side to finish runners-up. In the other game of the final round Faragher’s team held on to claim third place. After leading 10-4 on the last end Collister’s side nearly claimed a remarkable comeback but fell one point short, claiming 5 for the game to finish 10-9.

The final standings were:

Team	Points	Chalks +	Chalks –	Chalks Diff
Stephen Gale, Eddie Brew, Michael Collister, Jayne Smith	6	48	9	+39
Collin Holland, Dave McTaggart, Chris Holland, Ann Gale	3	29	24	+5
Richard Faragher, Rita Woodworth, Darrell Allcote, James Teare	2	17	41	-24
Wyn Collister, David Cottier, Matt Quayle, Archie Collister	1	18	38	-20