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"First legs" have been played in all 3 of the preliminary matches. St Mark's have more or less guarenteed their spot in the next round with a resounding 56-19 home win over St Patrick's Gold. The second leg in Armagh on Thur 9 Oct should be a formality.
Kilmore travel to St. Paul's for the second leg of their tie on 15 October with a 20 shot advantage, and look well placed for a crack at St. Mark's in the next round, which would be very interesting following their surprise victory over them in the league
However it's a different story in the Lakeside / St Pat's Maralin tie. The first leg in Lakeside ended even 44-44, which would make St. Pat's slight favourites for the return leg in their hall on Monday 6 October, but it's all to play for.

St. Mark's slip up at Kilmore

St. Mark's did not get the start they wanted to their league campaign. They were beaten by one shot (30-29) and collected only 1 point away to Kilmore. Next up is a vital home game against St. Anthony's. The loser of that game will be playing catch-up in the league title race.

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Co Armagh Golf Club have edged out reigning Div 1 Champions St. Anthony's by 7 shots, collecting 5 points away from home in the first meeting of the season between 2 of the "big 4". Click here for Sean Trainor's report on the game. Meanwhile St. Saviours also got off to a winning start collecting 6.5 points in Tandragee GC. Click here for Jack Moffett's report on the game.

St. Paul's have made an excellent start to Div 2 collecting 12 points from their first 2 games - 7 at home to Moira Pres and 5 away to St Patrick's Blue.

Locals win Tullylish Pairs

Pauline Cassells (St. Mark's) and Joe Beattie (Drumgor) have won the inaugural Tullylish Pairs tournament. They beat T. McCartan from St. Coleman's Laurencetown in the quarter finals, before beating Richard Martin from Tullylish in the semi-final and Jean and Dessie Hamilton (Dromore NS) in the final.

The Finals Night draw was as follows:-

J Beattie (St Marks) v T McCartan (St Coleman's Laurancetown)
N Hare (Hillsborough) v R Martin (Tullylish)
I Perry (Waringstown) v R Flemming (Ballymena)
D Hamilton (Dromore NS) v Bye

SEMI FINAL

J Beattie (11) v R Martin (3)
R Flemming (9) v D Hamilton (10)

FINAL

J Beattie (10) v D Hamilton (2)

Two Armagh players on Irish Team

Congratulations to Pauline Cassells and Martin Trainor who have been selected to play for Ireland in the British Isles Championships in Coleraine on 14th and 15th November. Martin is skipping a rink, while Pauline is playing third to Western player Gary Burke.

Click here for the full team.

League up and running

The first few fixtures have been played in the league. Reigning Div 1 champions St. Anthony's got an early scare before claiming 5 points at home to newly promoted Mullavilly. Click here for Sean Trainor's report on the game. Meanwhile St Matthew's won by a shot in their first game against Tullysaran, also collecting 5 points.

Drumgor's quest to regain their division 1 status got off to a good start with a 16 shot away win in St Patrick's Maralin in the first Division 2 match of the season. They came away with 5½ points - a good return against one of their main rivals for promotion.

Armagh to play in Charity Zone Event

Armagh have selected teams to play in a triangular Charity Interzone Event with North West and Mid Ulster Zones in Ardboe Community Hall. The men's event will take place on Sat 4 October with a 2.00pm start, while the ladies event starts at 1.00pm the following Saturday (11th October). Each zone has nominated it's own charity. All proceeds raised by Armagh will go to Macmillan Cancer.

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Mullabrack to run Fun Tournament

Mullabrack are running a fun tournament starting Saturday 13 September. The following details have been provided by Jal Richardson

It will be a pairs tournament, but the person you play with will be picked out of a hat, therefore you don't need to bring a partner. Expect to play two runs of ten ends, but number of ends will depend on crowd that turns up. Price will be £2 per person. Tea and biscuits will be served. Will run for the months of September and October for definite and depending on the crowds we might continue it on up to Christmas.