The last 20 years have seen a remarkable growth in interest and support for the Manx language in the island but what Manx people often don’t release is the international interest in this revival.

What has been achieved here is being closely followed throughout the world an interest that is illustrated by this year’s Ned Maddrell Lecture, which will be delivered by Peter Muhlhausler, professor of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Prof Muhlhausler is visiting the island to see what lessons he can learn that may help benefit languages in Australia.

In particular, he is interested in ideas to support his work in Norfolk Island, which is a small island located between Australia and New Zealand and which is part of the Commonwealth of Australia.

There are some interesting historical links between Norfolk Island and the Isle of Man.

The island was settled in the 1850s from Pitcairn Island, where many of the Manx Bounty mutineers settled.

The language known as ‘Norf’k’ is described as the language ‘that is spoken by descendants of the first free settlers of Norfolk Island who were descendants of the settlers of Pitcairn Island’.

The language is said to be a mixture of Plattdeutsch (low German), 18th century English and Tahitian.

Christian – a name common in the Isle of Man and the surname of the most famous Bounty mutineer, Fletcher Christian – continues to be a common surname in Norfolk Island.

In his lecture, which will be delivered at the Stable Building at the University Centre at the Nunnery in Douglas on Saturday, September 14, at 3pm and which is hosted by the Manx Heritage Foundation, Prof Muhlhausler will give an overview of the language situation in Norfolk and of his work in Australia.

During his stay Prof Muhlhausler hopes to visit the Bunscoill Ghaelgagh in St John’s together with a number of those people involved in the resurgence of interest in the language.

Adrian Cain. the Manx language development officer for the Manx Heritage Foundation, said: ‘That such a visit gives really credibility to the work we carry out here while providing great PR for the language and also raising the profile of the island internationally.’

If you have any questions about cancer, you should be able to get some answers later this week.

The Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association is bringing the ‘i-Van’ to the island from Wednesday to Friday (September 11 to 13).

The ‘I-Van’ is a vehicle from Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network which is designed to bring cancer awareness information to the local community.

I-Van is equipped with a range of information materials, and with two trained staff members who can help to answer any questions you may have relating the signs and symptoms of cancer, or cancer screening.

The i-Van will be in the following locations:

· Ramsey Shoprite car park, on Wednesday from 9.30am to 4.30pm

· Port Erin Shoprite car park, on Thursday from 9am to 12.30pm

· Peel Shoprite (Derby Road) car park, on Thursday from 1.30pm to 5.30pm

· Douglas Town Centre, near the Strand Shopping Centre, on Friday from 10am to 5pm

The Steam Packet has sponsored the i-Van visit.

Teachers in the Isle of Man will not be affected by regional strikes, a union involved in the dispute has confirmed.

The National Union of Teachers and NASUWT has announced members in eight areas of England will strike in October.

A national strike could follow.

NUT island branch secretary Karl Flint said the regional strikes will ‘definitely not’ affect the island as the North West region isn’t involved.

He said the dispute was with the English Education Secretary so precedence would suggest the island’s teachers will be excused from any ballot ‘and it is therefore highly unlikely teachers in the island will be asked to take part in the action’.

He said the branch ‘fully support the action in defence of the right of every child whatever their background to a decent education in a good state school, something the present changes and proposed changes seek to undermine’.

Education chiefs say there are no plans to follow the English Government and raise the participation in education age to 17 in the island.

From this month, students in England have to stay in education – such as at school, a further education college, or part-time alongside employment – to 17 rather than 16.

In addition, 16-year-olds who do not get a C grade or better in their English and maths GCSEs will have to continue studying the subjects.

The island’s director of education, Martin Barrow, said that students who haven’t achieved a C in English and maths and who stay on in education are ‘expected’ to continue with the subjects.

‘There are no plans to introduce this on the island as the vast majority of our young people already choose to follow this route and either enter sixth form or move on to courses at the Isle of Man College of Further and Higher Education,’ Mr Barrow said.

‘If young people follow those routes they are expected to continue with maths and/or English if they haven’t gained a Grade C at GCSE and that has been the case in recent years.’

In September 2012, 52 per cent of year 11 students (ages 15 and 16) returned to the sixth forms of the island’s five state secondary schools and 31 per cent went into further education at the Isle of Man College.

Work permit procedures are to be streamlined to deal with a shortage of skilled engineers and information technology professionals.

Today, the government has announced that relevant work permit applications which are correctly submitted will now be considered within two working days.

Read the full story in today’s Isle of Man Examiner.

Police want to trace the driver of a stolen car that crashed into a bus stop at St John’s.

The green Ford Mondeo was taken without consent from the Union Mills area and crashed into a bus stop at The Hope at about 6am yesterday morning (Sunday).

The Curragh Road, St John’s, from the junction of Ballacraine to the junction of The Hope was closed for three hours following the accident.

‘Police inquiries are continuing to trace the driver,’ a police spokesman said.

Mark Cavendish was denied victory on his return to track cycling by the narrowest of margins on Friday at the International Belgian Open.

In his first track outing for Britain since the 2009 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland, the Manx Missile stayed in contention throughout the 15-kilometre scratch race and led a five-man breakway which lapped the field late on.

Cav looked to have secured the win but was pipped on the line by inches from Holland’s Wim Stroetinga.

The SCE Contractors Isle of Man Sport Trap Championship was held at Meary Veg, Santon with 28 competitors taking part in dry cool breezy conditions.

The leader after the first round was last year’s winner Marty Kneen on 21 with Juan Cowley second on 19.

Junior Robert Watterson, Kevin Oates and Jeff Corkill followed in equal third place, with George Davies, Mark Bimson and Alan Wade next on 17. Jack Kneen was the colt leader on 14.

In the second round Stan Cross scored 17 to finish on 30, as did Jeff Fargher. Paul Magee also scored 17 to finish on 31, one ahead of Magee, Wade and David Walton.

Then came Bimson and Davies on 33, just behind sixth-place finisher Corkill (35). The latter lost out on countback to John Moore for fifth place.

Oates was fourth on 36 with Watterson taking third 38 after scoring 20 in his second round. Cowley also scored 20 to finish runner-up on 39.

This only left Kneen and he repeated his score from the first round (21) to retain the title.

This week is the final round of the Colin Bowen English Skeet League. Duty officers are M. Walker and S. Dobbs.

Results: 1, M. Kneen 42; 2, J. Cowley 39; 3, R. Watterson 38; 4, K. Oates 36; 5, J. Moore 35; 6, J. Corkill 35. Other winners: Colt - J. Kneen 28. Veteran - R. Radcliffe.Woman - M. Morgan

Bendy buses will not be coming to the island after all, the Isle of Man Examiner understands.

Today’s paper says it believes that a report into the issue says they should not be introduced to the island.

The front-page photo is of one competitor jumping into the air on his bicycle during the End-to-End race. The centre pages are also full of photos of the event.

Inside, the Examiner prints a photo of the boat that is being eyed by Ellan Vannin Line to take on the Steam Packet. We also ask the Steam Packet what it thinks of the plan.

One area of Manx life that always courts controversy is work permits. We report in full today plans to ‘streamline’ the system for certain sectors which the government believes suffer from a skills shortage.

The sad inquest into the death of a man in his 90s is reported on page 5. He fell down stairs and never recovered.

As people in the Isle of Man, in common with most of the developed world, get fatter, we talk to a sport development manager about what can be done about the problem.

You might remember that the Chief Minister revealed his concerns about the issue recently. {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/allowing-your-child-to-get-obese-is-form-of-child-abuse-1-5965277|Click here for a reminder about the story}

This week’s Examiner also reveals that a Heritage Homes plan for 88 new homes has been refused. The paper has more details.

We also report the suspicions of one union leader that the end of the pay negotiating body, Whitley Council, is a done deal. We also ask the government about it.

Also inside today, we hear from the government worker who’s in charge of waste disposal. It looks as though changes are likely.

The back page leads with the success of one of our rugby teams against an English rival.

The island’s favourite paper has lots more, including Terry Cringle’s nostalgia pages, reports from the districts and eight pages of business news.

It’s in the shops now.

Voters are being given a chance to suggest the names for the new parliamentary constituencies.

Twelve equal constituencies of two seats each are due to be created, as recommended by the independent Boundary Review Committee and agreed by Tynwald in June this year. They will replace the current mixture of three, two and one-seat constituencies.

There was an opportunity to suggest names as part of a public consultation by the Boundary Review Committee at the start of this year, and these were taken into account when the committee reported to the June Tynwald.

The suggested names are as follows: Ayre and Michael (a new north constituency), Ramsey, Garff (a new constituency comprising Laxey, Lonan and Maughold plus Onchan parish and Howstrake), Onchan (replacing the suggested name of Onchan Urban for the current Onchan constituency minus Onchan parish and Howstrake), Douglas West, Douglas Central, Douglas North and Douglas East, Middle (the current Middle constituency plus Santon), Malew, Arbory and Castletown (a new south constituency comprising Castletown plus Malew and Arbory), Rushen (a south west constituency comprising the current Rushen minus Arbory) and Glenfaba and Peel.

Further suggestions for names of the new constituencies can be made by emailing Ann.Craine@cso.gov.im no later than 5pm on October 7.

Manx fans of real ale are to be treated to four of the north’s best beers as winners of the recent Market Town Taverns (MTT) Yorkshire Beer Awards.

Steven Taylor, on-trade retail director at Heron and Brearley said: ‘As a top Yorkshire pub chain, MTT became part of the Heron and Brearley group in 2011.

‘So we thought we would celebrate their inaugural beer awards in the best possible way for our customers.

‘This will be done by be hosting the winning beers in seven of our own leading real-ale pubs in the island.’

The winning ales will be showcased at the Woodbourne, Prospect, British, Queens, Terminus Tavern, Cat with No Tail and Castle Arms for a short time only.

They will also herald the real ale trail running from September 27 to October 6 at these seven houses, which are fast becoming venues of choice for the Isle of Man’s real ale fans.

The Market Town Taverns awards were announced, fittingly, on Yorkshire Day, August 1, and were chosen from submissions by 105 Yorkshire-based breweries to a blind tasting session.

Manual voting in Market Town Taverns’ 15 outlets spread over north and west Yorkshire, along with online voting saw more than 2000 votes cast for the finalists, with Saltaire Pride brewed by Saltaire Brewery emerging overall winner.

The classic English pale bitter, brewed from Challenger, Bramling Cross and Cascade hops, earned the comment from the judging panel: ‘Great example of an English beer’.

The judging panel included Cask Marque’s training and national account manager Annabel Smith.

She said: ‘When we were tasting the beers we didn’t just rate them on likeability, we had a look at the colour, we made sure they were clear, we had a good smell of the beer and, for me, it’s always about “would I have a second pint of this beer?” so my rating was weighted quite heavily in that favour.’

Guest beers to be hosted by Heron and Brearley are: Saltaire Gold, Saltaire Pride and Stateside IPA – Saltaire Brewery;

Citra – Great Heck Brewing Company;

Londinium – Rooster’s Brewing Company;

Curious and Highway – Magic Rock Brewing Company.

Market Town Taverns is a North Yorkshire-based niche operator founded in 1999 which was acquired by Heron and Brearley Group in 2011.

There are 15 free-of-tie outlets in North Yorkshire in areas around Knaresborough, Leeds and Northallerton.

The business focuses on growing real ale trade.

Fresh from his success in Turkey yesterday aboard Producer, leading jockey Richard Hughes has a good book of rides lined up at Brighton today.

Today, MONDAY

BRIGHTON: 2.30 Saskia’s Dream (Jockey Richard Hughes) (NAP) 3.0 Juan Alonso (Richard Hughes) 3.30 Special Report (Shelley Birkett) 4.0 Jewelled (Seb Sanders) 4.30 New Falcon (Richard Hughes) 5.0 Pour La Victoire (Richard Hughes) 5.30 Cape Crossing (O Murphy)

PERTH: 2.20 Smart Ruler (A P McCoy) 2.50 Toye Native (AP McCoy) 3.20 Wild Geese (P Buchanan) 3.50 Call Box (S Crawford) 4.20 Outrageous Request (C Nichol) 4.50 Sergeant Pink (H. Brooke) - NB) 5.20 It’s All An Act (AP McCoy)

HUNTINGDON 2.10 Koultas King (R Johnson) 2.40 Crescent Beach (H Oliver) 3.10 Odin (C Shoemark) 3.40 Hanga Roa (J Moore) 4.10 Chilbury Hill (M Byrne - NB) 4.40 Nicky Nut Job (C McKee) 5.10 Handmaid (J Moore)

There has been a drop in the number out of work in the Isle of Man for the fifth month in a row.

The number out of work in August was 1,028.

That’s 27 down on the figure in July but 36 up on August 2012.

The Manx unemployment rate is 2.3 per cent. The UK’s rate last month was 7.8 per cent.

Germany’s is 5.3 per cent, Spain’s 26.3 per cent, Greece’s 27.6 per cent and the Republic of Ireland’s 13.4 per cent.

The Manx figure includes people claiming for credits only but not benefits. It does not include people under the age of 18 who aren’t claiming benefits.

More details on the latest figures in Thursday’s Manx Independent.

The Isle of Man women’s hockey team retained their inter-island hockey crown on Sunday after a series of impressive performances over the weekend.

A hard-fought victory against Bermuda kicked off the tournament on Friday night, which set the scene for the rest of the tournament as a well-organised defence ensured that a single island strike claimed both points on offer.

It was more of the same on the Saturday as defence stayed on top, leading to 1-0 victories against both Jersey and Guernsey along with a goalless draw against the impressive Orkney Islands. This result confirmed both teams’ places in Sunday afternoon’s final.

In front of a 250-strong crowd, the final started as another cagey affair, with much industry but few goalscoring chances for both teams in the opening 25 minutes.

Just before half-time, however, the Isle of Man got the breakthrough a surging run into the D and strike from the outstanding Zoe Carney wasn’t cleared by the Orkney defence. The ball was put back into the danger zone by Sarah Blackman and turned into the net by inter-island debutante Imogen Manning.

Orkney, however, showed their quality by equalising a matter of minutes later, a firm strike from a short corner from Charlotte Thompson puncturing the Manx defence for the first time over the weekend. Island goalkeeper Sami Jordan got a touch to the ball but unluckily could not keep it out.

As the second half started the Manx, led by the Carney sisters in midfield, started to exert their influence and this led to space for a mazy run from youngster Laura Atkinson. She cut through the Orkney defence, before dispatching the ball into the corridor of uncertainty between defence and goalkeeper leading to the simplest of finishes for Blackman on the back post.

Buoyed by the goal, the Manx pushed forward again, and Zoe Carney capped off a fine performance with a solid strike from a short corner. Orkney pushed and pushed towards the end, but the island’s very own brick walls Kirsty Bowley and Nicci Cain ensured that the game finished 3-1 and the island celebrating another Inter-Island victory as they retained their crown.

More in Thursday’s Manx Independent

Cronkbourne CC completed a memorable season for the Tromode club on Sunday by triumphing by seven wickets over Peel and St John’s in the Standard Bank League Cup final.

The westerners batted first but soon slumped to 69 all out. Cronkbourne, who had already won the Premiership and President’s Day titles this season, then knocked off the target for the loss of just three wickets.

Full report in Thursday’s Manx Independent.

Guernsey hockey was celebrating after a comprehensive victory over the Isle of Man in the Inter-Island Hockey Tournament’s men’s final on Sunday.

The Manx hosts started the tournament in impressive fashion against Bermuda on Friday night, a confident and clinical performance leading to an impressive 12-0 win.

The IoM’s good form continued into Saturday morning, as a stubborn Jersey team were beaten 2-1 in a tight affair, confirming that the island would be taking their place in the final against one of the Channel Island squads.

This team was to be the equally impressive Guernsey who, after hitting four past Bermuda, completing a 5-2 win victory against the Isle of Man and took part in an entertaining 3-3 draw with Jersey.

After their victory between the two in the group stages, the Guernsey men had reason to be confident before Sunday’s final.

However, it was the Isle of Man who started brightly, with some imaginative hockey, in particular from Andy Bridson, testing the Guernsey defence with aerial balls and almost leading to goals from Jonny Callow and Karl Moore.

The Channel Islanders looked dangerous, however, and after an even opening passage they broke the deadlock with a short corner from Chris Lowin which deflected unluckily past Will Margot in the Isle of Man goal.

More even play followed, with both teams having chances in an end-to-end affair, before Guernsey doubled their advantage through the impressive Matt Watson.

The second half was more of the same, as Guernsey seemed content to soak up the Manx pressure, including many good attacking moves orchestrated by Gareth Morris and captain Greg Miller.

However, the green defence stood firm and the counter attacks were swift and clinical, and they killed the game off as a contest halfway through the second period with their third goal coming from a second short corner strike.

The hosts would not stop fighting though and as they pressed forward Guernsey scored two late goals through Isaac Damarell and Andy Whalley giving them a somewhat flattering score-line in a fairly evenly contested affair.

The Channel Islanders deserved their victory and the clinical finishing they showed throughout the tournament was the difference between the sides.

More in Thursday’s Manx Independent.

Volunteer helpers are urgently required to help run the 50th anniversary Rally Isle of Man later this week.

Powered by Microgaming, the rally takes place from Thursday to Saturday covering a mix of classic and new stages across the island.

Marshals and timekeepers are needed to ensure the event is a success. Marshals are a vital ingredient in any volunteer-led event and anyone who has an interest in motorsport or simply wants to be involved would be warmly welcomed. There is no need for any previous experience.

Adam Warburton, chief marshal for Rally Isle of Man, said: ‘We value any time that people can lend us, whether it be a morning, an afternoon or evening. Locals provide amazing support for us every year and it really is appreciated. We hope to welcome individuals to help celebrate the anniversary of this great event, revered throughout the sport.’

Anyone interested is asked to get in touch with Rally Isle of Man on 852440 or by calling into Rally headquarters, based at the TT Grandstand any day this week.

Alternatively you can go along to any of a series of signing on sessions being held throughout the week leading up to the event in both Ramsey and Douglas:

They are at the Swan Hotel, Ramsey this evening (Monday) between 7 and 9pm; Rally HQ, TT Grandstand, Monday 9am to 5pm; Tuesday 9am to 7pm; Wednesday 9am to 9pm.

Visit www.rallyisleofman.co.im for further information.

Platt Bridge’s 73-year-old panel bowler Jim Carney from Wigan used all his years of experience on finals day to put an end to the best overall effort in the September Bowls Festival by a local bowler for 30 years.

In ever-changing conditions, Carney beat Onchan bowler and red hot bookies favourite David Bradford 21-12 in the final after the heavens opened .

Despite the defeat, Bradford needn’t be disheartened. He was simply magnificent all week, winning the Tourism competition the day before and falling just one game short of the first local double since Peter Collister won both competitions in 1983.

I can’t help thinking that the conditions beat Bradford and maybe if the rain had held off he may have completed the historic double, but nothing should be taken anything from Carney who was imperious in the final and never let his opponent settle.

He found his length from the off and just kept putting the bowls up and beating whatever stood in his way. It was a spectacular performance from Carney and he was able to prove the old adage that age and experience can overcome youth and treachery.

Both men looked good from the moment they stepped on the green on finals day and Bradford eased past Dave Tubey (Belvedere) 21-11 in the quarter-finals before putting out Clay Flattley (St George’s), the slayer of Manx dreams who had eliminated three past local winners in the earlier rounds, 21-17 in the semis.

Carney was pushed a little closer in his opener beating Michael McDonnell (Lloyd Hotel) 21-18 before ending the brave efforts of Allan Gaut (Wrockwardine Wood) 21-17 to book his final berth.

A mention must also go to Jordan Cain (Onchan) who played brilliantly all week to make the quarter-finals just losing out to Gaut 21-18.

Friday without a doubt belonged to Carney who deserves every accolade afforded him for his breath-taking performance but the week belongs to Bradford who showed his class in all competitions, none more so than in the last 16 of the main competition where he ended the challenge of pre-tournament favourite Wayne ‘The Beast’ Ditchfield (St Bernard’s) 21-8.

Thursday morning saw the final of the Tourism competitions and a very successful few hours for Manx bowls with not only Bradford winning the men’s competition but Margaret Tasker (Port St Mary) made it a local double by winning the women’s event.

The Tourism finals day usually produces the highest standard of bowls of the week and this time around was no different.

Bradford was matched up against Ditchfield in the quarter-finals and, in one of the games of the week, edged home 21-20 after trailing 20-15. He played arguably the bowl of the tournament to save game, holding his nerve to just come in off Ditchfield’s woods. He then played faultlessly to see the game out.

He was equally as impressive in the semi-finals defeating his Onchan team-mate Kevin Quirk 21-16 to set up a final showdown with James Wilcox (Crossgates).

If there was a game to rival Bradford’s epic tussle with the Beast it was this final which was superb. This time the Manxman stormed into a commanding 19-13 lead before the brave Yorkshire lad began his battling comeback, making it to 18 before his opponent scored again.

He then rallied and picked up two singles to leave things tied at 20-20. After producing his best lead of the game he must have thought he was home and hosed, but Bradford was not to be outdone and produced a spectacular winner to claim the Tourism crown.

Margaret Tasker completed the local double with some magnificent displays of bowling. She was untouchable in her opener as she blasted past quarter-final opponent Sylvia Bentham (Tarleton) 21-8.

She then followed this up with a hard-fought 21-18 win over Angela Gaut (Wrockwardine Wood) 21-18 in the semis to ensure she was in the final against Veronica Lyon (West Derby Recs) fighting it out for top honours.

Lyon ended the dream of an all-Manx final as she put in a blistering performance to put out Viv Grills (Mooragh Park) 21-9 in the semi-finals.

In the final Tasker started the stronger moving into a 10-5 lead but Lyon battled hard and dug deep to get back into the game, but once the Port St Mary women moved into a 12-10 lead she never looked back.

Although Lyon managed to pick up another five points in the game they were intermittent as she was unable to break Tasker’s stranglehold on the game and the magnificent Manxie finished the game off with some great leading 21-15.

The main women’s competition final was all about the Wrockwradites with both finalists coming from the same club in Shropshire.

Tracy Ryan just had the edge in the final over Angela Gaut, who had a brilliant week, 21-17. Ryan trailed 14-7 but once she got the block never looked back, only dropping a single to lead 20-15. Gaut fought hard but it was a case of too little too late as Ryan had enough in the tank to get home.

Jo Smith (Onchan) picks up the trophy for furthest Manx woman in the competition after losing out in the semi-finals 21-11 to Ryan.

Smith, who made finals day in June, backed it up with another strong display. In the quarter-finals she put out the only other local in the last eight as she beat Janet Monk (Mooragh Park) 21-10.

The doubles competitions as ever proved extremely popular and none more so than the Open Pairs with entries closing almost as soon as they opened with 64 pairs fighting to get in. This is the only one of the doubles where you can pick your partner and there are some quite frightening twosomes on show.

Local man John Kennish (South Ramsey) teamed up with visiting bowler Jon Marshall (Old Whittington) to great effect as the lifted the title thanks to an 11-8 final victory over brothers Dave and Steve Baskerville (Knutsford).

The men’s title went to visitors Barry Pitman (Platt Bridge) and Martin Gilpin (Kings Arms) with an 11-6 win over Brian Furber (H.R.B.L.) and Steve Oliver (Meersbrook). The women’s final featured local lady Paula Garrett (Douglas) but unfortunately her and partner Bridget Lunn (Osset Flying Horse) were on the losing end of a 11-4 score line to Lynsey Gorman (Quarry BC) and Natalie Hughes (Crossgates).

The Mixed Doubles title went to John and Yvonne Hamilton (Meersbrook) who beat Mel Hobson (Meersbrook) and Marjorie Haigh (Heckmondwike) 9-4 in the final. In the consolation competitions Jon Marshall backed his doubles win up with another victory this time winning 21-10 in the final against George Lomax (St Bernards).

In the women’s event Hazel Bourne (Netherfield) held off another local challenge, this time of Lillian Slinger (Mooragh Park) 21-16.

In the visit.com flyer Slinger’s grandson Robert Monk (North Ramsey) also just lost out going down 9-7 to Mick Hewitson (Singleton).

In the final competition of the week Mike Burrows (Warrington) won the last-chance flyer with a 21-16 win over Frank Jolly (Fishwick Ramblers) in the final.

Thanks must again go to Steve Moore and his team who have worked tirelessly with the tourism division of the Department of Economic Development to put on another flawless festival of bowling competitions.

Thanks also go to everyone who helped in anyway and in particular the greenkeepers who produced excellent playing surfaces for the competitions. I wait with baited breath for June next year where we can do it all again.

Douglas got off to a flying start in South Lancashire/Cheshire Division One with a 36-7 bonus-point win over Ruskin Park at Port-e-Chee on Saturday.

The try bonus point was in the bag by the break with first half tries from Bryn Snellgrove, Craig Lea, Callum Randle and Scott Goodall, plus a conversion from Snellgrove. In the second half Douglas added tries from Mike Hebden and Blake Ronald with Snellgrove on target with the conversions. Ruskin Park picked up a consolation score from Adam Fogerty who converted his own try.

Full round-up of the weekend’s rugby in Monday’s Examiner.

Results

South Lancs/Cheshire Division One

Douglas 36-7 Ruskin Park

South Lancs/Cheshire Division Two

Bowdon 39-12 Ramsey

Port Sunlight 24-28 Vagabonds

Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield

Vagabonds B 5-24 Southern Nomads

Ramsey B 48-3 Castletown

Emerging Nomads 0-85 Douglas B

A vandal punctured four tyres on a car parked in Ramsey overnight on Friday/Saturday.

The car was a blue Subaru Impreza and it was parked in Lheaney Road.

Constable Darren Wylde is investigating.