St Marks Portadown Open Pairs Tournament

St Marks Portadown are holding their annual Open Pairs Tournament commencing:

Mon 6th Jan - Fri 10th Jan

Finals Sat 18th Jan 2014

Entries to:
May Cassells - 028 38331323
Pauline Beattie - 07921508878

National Finals Results

The National Finals took place on Wed 6 December 2013 at Mullabrack. Congratulations to the following who have qualified to play in the National Finals in March 2014:

Singles Winners
A Corrigan (Drumgor)
N Uprichard (St Matthews)
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Pairs Winners
D McDonald
M Trainor (St Anthony's)

T Mulholland
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Triples Winners
P Whittle
T Mulholland
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Rinks Winners
I Doone
C McMillen
J Beattie
A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Ladies Singles Winner
P Beattie (St Marks)

Ladies Pairs Winners
M Cassells
P Beattie ( St Marks)

Ladies Triples Winners
S Garvey
R Beattie
C McMillen (Drumgor)

Junior Singles Winner
J Robinson (St Matthews)

Junior Pairs Winners
B Whittle
S Breen (St Anthony's)

Over 55 Pairs Winners
N McClure
D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Armagh Ladies ease past East Antrim

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies today on a convincing 44 shot win over East Antrim.

After beating Oriel in the opening round Armagh knew they had to keep their momentum going against East Antrim in the 2nd round.

Armagh had to make 2 late changes in their team with Marlene Hobson and Diane Agnew withdrawing due to the death of club member Gertie Pearson and at this time we would like to pass on are condolences to the Pearson family.

On mat 1
Christina Dempster, Michelle Wright, Irene Doone and May Cassells made a steady start to their game but a run of successive ends gave the Armagh rink a win of 14-5.

Mat 2 saw Catherine McMillen's rink of Sophia Minish, Linda Milligan and Sadie White storm away to a 9-0 lead playing excellent bowls throughout. The East Antrim rink made a late charge but wasn't enough and Catherine ran out to a 14-6 win.

Agnes Crozier, Ann Patton, Hilary Agnew and Elizabeth Smyth had a tough tussle on mat 3. After fighting their way to a 9-5 lead, the unfortunate loss of a 5 on the 9th end left them 1 down going into the last end. To their credit they picked themselves up and got 1 shot in the last end to get a 10 all draw.

Half time score Armagh 38-21 East Antrim

The second half kicked off on mat 4 with Flo McNally's rink of Ann Crozier, Goretti Garvey and Jean Hawthorne playing excellent bowls and a big count of 7 on the 3rd end saw Flo's rink race off to a 15-5 win.

Elizabeth Lavery, Rosemary Beattie, Leslie Strain and Rachel Cassells had a tough battle on mat 5. The Armagh rink battled hard but unfortunately lost out 3-9 to a on form East Antrim rink.

On rink 6 Pauline Beattie's rink of Margaret Dempster, Christina Breen and Daphne Marshall produced another superb display running out to a 20-0 lead after 8 ends, with East Antrim getting 1 on the 9th end and Armagh adding a further 4 on the last end, the Armagh rink enjoyed a 24-1 win.

Final Score: Armagh 80-36 East Antrim

Armagh will now play Western at home on Sat 4th Jan

Line up for National Finals

Full line up for National Finals:

Singles Finals
Section A
M Sproule (Cranagill) v G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Section B
N Uprichard (St Matthews) v P Moffett (Cranagill)

Section C
K Trainor (St Anthony's) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Pairs Finals
Section A
D McDonald (St Anthony's) v A Smith (Tullysaran)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) v M Sproule (Cranagill)

Triples Final
G Crothers (Armagh GC) v T Mulholland (Cranagill)

Rinks Final
M Trainor (St Anthonys) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Over 55 Pairs Final
T Bell (St Marks) v D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Ladies Singles Final
P Beattie (St Marks) v M Livingstone (St Pats Armagh)

Ladies Pairs Final
P Beattie (St Marks) v E Smyth (Markethill Pres)

Ladies Triples Final
C McMillen (Drumgor) v E Smyth (Markethill Pres)

Junior finalists will be posted when available

Finals to be held in Mullabrack on Wednesday 4th Dec at 7pm
Greys and Whites or Club shirts

Armagh Men Through in Interzone Shield

Armagh Men have  beaten North Down by 17 shots in the first round of the Interzone Shield.

Results:
A Roberts 4 - 9 R Hastings
M Sproule 16-2 G McKee
M Trainor 10-6 S Headley
A Corrigan 12-6 K Taylor
A Leckey 16-16 S Cavan
J Beattie 6-8 P Campbell

Final Score
Armagh 64 - 47 North Down

Armagh will now face Donegal in next round at home on Sat 11th Jan

Champion of Champions, and Local Tournament Successes

Gary Culbert, Matthew Crawford, Jal Richardson and Andrew Leckey (St Marks) have won the Champion of Champion Rinks title today in Shawsbridge beating Oriels Michael Hand in the final. It’s been a profitable season so far for local players in tournaments around the country:

 

September

St. Mark’s Andrew Leckey wins the Irish Open Singles at Shaws Bridge

Drumgor’s Aidan Corrigan wins First Dromore Singles

Lawrence McCarten, Robert Kidd and Cecil Dillon (Armagh GC) on win Kilkerly Triples

 

October

Robert Kidd and George Crothers (Armagh Golf Club) on win Cullyhanna Pairs

Pat Garvey (Tullysaran) on wins Corduff singles

Jal Richardson wins the World Pairs in Birmingham with William Morrison (1st Ahoghill)

Armagh Ladies Get Revenge

Congratulations to the Armagh Ladies today on beating the defending champions Oriel by 44 shots in the opening round of the Ladies Interzone.

Armagh knew they had to 'up' their game after a disappointing performance in last years final and thats just exactly what they did. 
On mat 1 Oriel had no answer to Elizabeth Smyth's rink of Agnes Crozier, Ann Patton and Hilary Agnew. The Armagh rink played excellent bowls throughout and proved far to strong for J Roullier's rink and ran away with a 21-3 victory.
On mat 2 Mary Livingstone, Rosemary Beattie, Sandra Whittle and Rachel Cassells had a slow start and after 5 ends were 1-7 down against B Cunningham and her rink. The Armagh ladies never gave up and fought their way back to come away with an excellent 9-7 win. 
Mat 3 saw a tight tussle between Armagh's Marlene Hobson, Michelle wright, Diane Agnew and May Cassells who took on Oriel's R Brennan. With good bowls played by both rinks, nothing could separate the 2 rinks after 10 ends ending up 9-9 draw, leaving Armagh with a 20 shot lead at the break.

Half Time
Armagh 39-19 Oriel 

After a brilliant performance from Armagh's 1st half rinks all Armagh had to do was to keep things tight..but instead the pulled out the stops to add a further 24 shots to the final score.
On mat 4 Flo McNally's rink of Ann Crozier, Goretti Garvey and Jean Hawthorne took on Emma Colgan and her rink. After 9 ends Flo was leading 9-5 but a lift of 7 in the last end saw Flo's quartet ending up 16-5 winners.
Christina Breen, Elizabeth Lavery, Daphne Marshall and Pauline Beattie took on Carol McMahon and her rink on mat 5. The Armagh Ladies proved too strong for the Oriel rink and with the help of a 6 on the 7th end the Armagh foursome came away with a 13-2 victory with 2 ends to spare.
The final game of the day was between Catherine McMillen and her rink of Sophia Minish, Linda Milligan and Sadie White against Patricia Hanlon's quartet. Catherine and her rink played excellent bowls and had a tight battle with the Oriel rink but finished 8-6 up with an end to spare giving Armagh a fantastic 44 shot victory 76-32.

It was Armagh Ladies turn for revenge this year but the game was played in great spirit and in a great sporting manor and that was a credit to both teams.

Armagh will now travel away to East Antrim on Sat 30th November.