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Tuesday 8 September 2009

Local duo selcected for Ireland

Drumgor's Joseph Beattie and St. Mark's Andrew Leckey have been selected for the Irish team for the Home International Series in Llandrindod Wells on 21 and 22 November. Joe is playing second in the rink skipped by Lisburn's Raymond Stubbs, while Andrew is third to John Quinn from Donegal in a team that sees 8 changes from last year's series.

The team will play 3 practice games, one of which will be against an Armagh team in Richhill on 5 October. The full Irish team is as follows:

Rink 1
G.Lithgo (Mid Antrim)
P.Reid (Lisburn)
D.Spratt (Mid Tyrone)
G.Burke (Western)

Rink 2
J.McCaffrey (Western)
R.O'Neill (North West)
S.Hall (Mid Antrim)
C.McHugh (Mid Ulster)

Rink 3
P.Duff (Oriel)
J.Beattie (Armagh)
G.Conroy (Mid Tyrone)
R.Stubbs (Lisburn)

Rink 4
A.Paul (Mid Ulster)
L.Harrison (North West)
A.Leckey (Armagh)
J.Quinn (Donegal)