Peel and St John’s have won the Isle of Man Premiership. In their final league game of the season they beat nearest rivals Cronkbourne by seven wickets in a powerful display.

The Douglas team batted first and suffered an early set back when Adam McAuley was bowled by Dan Hawke. With the total on 34 Jaco Jansen fell to Akkie van den Berg and it became 46 for 3 as Nick Hawke trapped the prolific Max Stokoe for 21.

Carl Wagstaffe hit a confident 26 and at 95 for 4 the game was in the balance. Then the Saints struck hard and four wickets fell for the addition of only one run. The last six Cronkbourne wickets fell for just 15 runs as the team were dismissed for 110.

Dan Hawke took 3 -15 and there were two wickets apiece for Nick Hawke and Russell Miller.

In reply Peel and St John’s withstood a fierce opening attack, but lost Ollie Webster with the score on 24. Another wicket fell, but opener Chris Hawke guided his side to the brink of victory.

He cracked an excellent 45 which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. When he was out, Alex Williamson and Nick Hawke made sure of success, taking the total to 112 for 3 from 23 overs.

This was a fine performance by last year’s champions who lost only one match in the entire season.

Elsewhere in the Premiership Crosby cemented third place with a big win against Valkyres. The Marown team racked up an impressive 202 for 7 from their 40 overs. Danny Kniveton smashed 85 and brother Ricky got 45.

Joe Rothwell then demolished Valkyres with a stunning five wickets for nine runs off five overs. No batsman reached double figures as the side were bowled out for 40 in 18 overs. In the last four days Rothwell has taken ten wickets for just 20 runs.

Castletown’s season ended with a very good nine wicket win at Ramsey. Grant Atchison hit 55 and Andy Ball 31 as the home side ended on 176. Bowling honours went to Ewan Quayle for a superb spell of 5 -12.

The Town batsmen raced to victory, led by George Burrows with a sparkling 86 not out and Jack Newbery who made 65. This gave Castletown fourth place in the league.

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The Cain League title was won by Ramsey after a dramatic evening last Wednesday.

At the start of play the northern club had led the table by just one point over Crosby. The Marown side went to Mullen-e-Cloie where they overcame Peel and St John’s B by a massive 127 runs.

An excellent batting display saw Crosby run up 177 for 3 with Jack Rowlands hitting 70 and Kevin Kniveton 53. Both fell to Saint’s skipper Alex Williamson.

Any hopes of the home side getting the runs were quickly dashed by Joe Rothwell. In four high class overs he took five wickets for only 11 runs. Five were clean bowled and his spell included a hat-trick.

Peel and St John’s ended on 50 for 9 which gave Crosby both points and meant that Ramsey had to win to gain the title.

They went in first against Cronkbourne B and racked up 158 for 5. Shaun Kelly smashed 49 and Dan Kelly made 44. Cronkbourne made a good effort to reach their target, but finished on 107 for 9.

So Ramsey B finished their season in style by winning the Cain League. This gives them another trophy to go with the Blincoe Cup which they won a few weeks ago.

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The Island Juniors have returned from the Bromsgrove Festival with the great record of five victories from five matches.

Having won all their T20 games, on the final day the Manx played a 40 over per side fixture against Huntingdonshire.

The Island batted first and made a splendid 283 for 8. Nick Wild hit 59, Drew Buxton 55 and George Burrows 50.

Good tight bowling then caused Huntingdon major problems and they ended on 152 for 9. Pick of the attack were Seth Aycock (3 -12) , Eddie Beard (2 -3) and Wild (1 -2).

The performance of the Manx team at the festival has been outstanding. Congratulations go to the squad, together with coach Simon Beard and manager Karen Riordan.