As usual the recent St. Saviours pairs tournament attracted bowlers from far and wide. Several "big names" were among the 11 pair who had got through, but it was refreshing to see the local St. Matthews Richhill pair of William Gilpin and Nigel Uprichard emerging victorious. They overcame Gordon and Raymond Stubbs from Ballinderry in the final by 8 shots to 5, after equally impressive wins against Eddie Marsden and Paul Reid (also from Ballinderry) in the semi finals, and the Mossley combination of Eddie Crawford and Aaron Dilworth in the quarter finals.
The full results from the finals night are as follows:
C Leckey/A Leckey (St. Mark's) beat M Grimley/P Devlin (Drumgor)
G Stubbs/R Stubbs (Ballinderry) beat S Scott/D Scott (Garvaghy)
J Moffett/U Shaw (St. Saviour's) beat P Burn/C Cumiskey (??)
Quarter Finals
E Marsden/P Reid (Ballinderry) beat K Wright/G Conroy (??)
J Moffett/U Shaw beat S McCall/L McCarten (Armagh GC)
G Stubbs/R Stubbs beat C Leckey/A Leckey
W Gilpin/N Uprichard beat E Crawford/A Dilworth (Mossley)
Semi Finals
G Stubbs/R Stubbs beat J Moffett/U Shaw
W Gilpin/N Uprichard beat E Marsden/P Reid
Final
W Gilpin/N Uprichard beat G Stubbs/R Stubbs 8-5
