The Isle of Man made a dream start to Netball Europe’s Open Challenge on Thursday night beating Israel 90-28 in front of a packed NSC.

The Hooded Ram-sponsored side continue their campaign on home soil today, Friday, with games against UK Armed Forces Netball Association and Cayman Islands at 1pm and 7pm respectively.

Some tickets are available on the door for those games, but are sold out for Saturday’s fixtures against UAE and Gibraltar.

The four-day tournament concludes at the NSC on Sunday.

Thursday, May 9

UK AFNA 34-31 Gibraltar

Cayman Islands 39-55 Ireland

Israel 23-62 Emirates

Gibraltar 54-40 Cayman Islands

Ireland 30-36 UK AFNA

Israel 28-90 Isle of Man

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Friday, May 10

9am Ireland v Israel

11am Emirates v Cayman Islands

1pm Isle of Man v UK AFNA

3pm Gibraltar v Israel

5pm Ireland v Emirates

7pm Isle of Man v Cayman Islands

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Saturday, May 11

9am UK AFNA v Cayman Islands

11am Isle of Man v Emirates

1pm Ireland v Gibraltar

4pm Emirates v UK AFNA

6pm Gibraltar v Isle of Man

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Sunday, May 12

9am Cayman Islands v Israel

11am Emirates v Gibraltar

1pm Isle of Man v Ireland

3pm Israel v UK AFNA

Followed by the closing ceremony