Zone and National Championship Update

The Zone Finals will be held in Milltown Parish hall on Mon 28th December starting at 7.00pm sharp.    Singles Semi Finals -    J Gray (St Marks) v P Beattie (St Marks)          &         M Hobson (St Saviours) v S Conroy Snr (St Anthonys)     Pairs Final -    A Leckey (St Marks) v R Cassells (St Marks)     Mixed Pairs Semi Finals -      H Trainor (Tullysaran) v J Beattie (Drumgor)      &      A Leckey (St Marks) v E Whitten (St Saviours)     Junior Pairs Final -     J Moffett (St Saviours) v D McCann (Milltown Parish)     Rinks Final -     N Uprichard (St Matthews) v K McCall (Redrock)       The Nationals Finals will be held in St Saviours on Wed 30th December starting at 7.00pm sharp.   Singles Section A Final -     D Beattie (Drumgor) v S Conroy Snr (St Anthonys)   Singles Section B Final -     C Trainor (St Anthonys) v D McDonald (St Anthonys)   Singles Section C Final -     J Beattie (Drumgor) v N Uprichard (St Matthews)     Pairs Section A Final -     S Conroy (St Anthonys) v D McDonald (St Anthonys)   Pairs Section B Final -     A Hughes (St Saviours) v M Trainor (St Anthonys)   Over 55's Pairs Final -     D McDonald (St Anthonys) v E Whitten (St Saviours)     Triples Final -     A Hughes (St Saviours) v L McCartan (Armagh GC)     Rinks Final -     T Bell (St Marks) v D McDonald (St Anthonys)     Ladies Singles Final -     P Beattie (St Marks) v D Marshall (Armagh GC)   Ladies Pairs Final -     F McNally (St Matthews) v C McMillen (Drumgor)   Ladies Triples Final -     P Beattie (St Marks) v E McDonald (St Anthonys)     Junior Singles Final -     S Breen (St Anthonys) v Adam McCann (Milltown Parish)

Armagh men through to Interzone Q/F

Armagh men started off the defence of their Interzone title with a hard fought 8 shot victory away to North East zone. The locals were 9 up at the break and held on in the second half to secure to win.

First Half

Danny McDonald won by 7
Alan Roberts won by 4
Andy Leckey beat by 2

9 up at half time

Second Half

Andrew Hughes won by 7
Joe Beattie beat by 3
Derek Wright beat by 5

Armagh now travel to North Belfast in the Q/F.

 

Pauline wins prediction league

Pauline Beattie has finished top of the lastest AZ Online Prediction League. Kieran Trainor was a close second, 1 point behind. As for the "Auld Fella" - better luck next time!!

Armagh win Top Team Event

Armagh have won the 2009 Top Team competition. Victory was almost assured after the 2 games this morning but a 10-6 points victory in the "individuals" match against West Glamorgan this afternoon sealed the win. Scores were as follows:

 

Singles

A.Leckey won 17-10 (2 pts)

S.Conroy Snr lost 11-14

 

Pairs
J.Moffett, N.Uprichard won 17-7 (2 pts)

I.Irwin, D.Beattie won 20-10 (2 pts)

 

Triples

K.McConville, J.Richardson, S.Conroy Jnr lost 9-11

C.Donaldson, C.Deering, G.Crothers won 15-10 (2 pts)

 

Fours

M.Cassells, D.Agnew, C.McMillen, P.Beattie lost 7-8

E.McDonald, P.Garvey, K.Trainor, M.Trainor won 18-1 (2 pts)

 

Congratulations to all who took part over the 2 days.

Top Team - Day 2 Updates

Results so far from day 2.

 

Team Game: Armagh 62 (11 points) West Glamorgan 44 (1 point)

 

F.McNally, L.McCarten, C.Mulholland, P.Beattie won 9-4

M.Cassells, D.Beattie, S.Conroy Jnr, J.Beattie won 10-5

D.Agnew, R.Hunter, I.Perry, A.Hughes won 17-3

E.McDonald, N.Uprichard, S.Conroy Snr, D.McDonald won 11-10

C.Donaldson, K.Trainor, G.Culbert, A.Roberts won 9-7

K.McConville, C.McMillan, P.Moore, A.Leckey lost 6-15

 

Individuals: Armagh 8pts Cheshire 8pts

 

Singles

S.Conroy Snr won 16-11 (2 pts)

M.Trainor lost 11-15

 

Pairs

C.Leckey, P.Beattie lost 12-15

J.Richardson, J.Beattie lost 11-12

 

Triples

C.Deering, G.Crothers, P.Moore won 17-9 (2 pts)

P.Garvey, S.Conroy Jnr, D.McDonald lost 11-13

 

Rinks

I.Irwin, L.McCarten, C.Mulholland, D.Wright won 19-1 (2 pts)

J.Moffett, R.Hunter, I.Perry, A.Hughes won 13-12 (2 pts)

 

The above results virtually guarantee an overall victory for Armagh with an individuals match with West Glamorgan still to come.

Top Team Results

Armagh got off to a good start today in the British Isles Top Team Event.  In the opening game Armagh played Cheshire in the team event which consists of 6 rinks.  Each winning rink got 1 point, 1/2 point for draw and 6 points for overall shot win.   C Leckey, D Beattie, M Trainor, J Beattie  won 19-8 against A Evans rink.   J Moffett, R Hunter, I Perry, A Hughes won 9-7 against G Lee   P Garvey, N Uprichard, S Conroy Snr, D McDonald lost 10-11 to P Mason   J Richardson, K Trainor, G Culbert, A Roberts lost 8-10 to K Lackford   C Deering, G Crothers, P Moore, A Leckey won 11-3 against G Whewell   I Irwin, L McCartan, C Mulholland, D Wright lost 8-9 to J Thornhill   Final Score - Armagh 65 (9 points) v Cheshire 48 (3 points)     Next up was Armagh v Cheshire in the Individual event.  2 Points for win and 1 point for draw   Singles D McDonald 16  (2pts) v S Proctor 13 J Beattie 13 (1pt) v D Reed 13 (1pt)   Pairs J Richardson, A Hughes 11 (1pt) V R Ridings 11 (1pt) I Irwin, D Wright 17 (2pts) v A Evans 5   Triples C Donaldson, D Beattie, M Trainor 13 (2pts) v V Slater 10 J Moffett, G Culbert, A Roberts 14 (1pt) v P Mason 14 (1pt)   Rinks C Deering, G Crothers, P Moore, A Leckey 10 (2pts) v P Gregory 8 M Cassells, D Agnew, C McMillen, P Beattie 12 (2pts) v R Mason 9   Total score Armagh 106 (13 pts) v Cheshire 83 (3pts)     Second game of individuals, Armagh played West Glamorgan   Singles A Leckey won 16-8 (2pts) M Trainor won 17-10 (2pts)   Pairs I Perry, A Hughes won 18-8 (2pts) C Leckey, J Beattie won 17-5 (2pts)   Triples K McConville, R Hunter, P Moore drew 9-9 (1pt) G Crothers, L McCartan, D Wright drew 10-10 (1pt)   Rinks E McDonald, K Trainor, G Culbert, A Roberts won 9-5 (2pts) P Garvey, N Uprichard, S Conroy Snr, D McDonald 12-11 (2 pts)   Total score Armagh 104 (14pts) v West Glamorgan 66 (2pts)     After the first days play, Armagh have 36pts after 3 games Cheshire have 16pts after 3 games West Glamorgan have 8pts after 2 games

Top Team Programme of Events

Top Team - Programme of Events

Orchard Leisure Centre, Armagh

Friday 4th December
9.00   am      Teams arrive for photograph
9.30   am      Opening Ceremony
10.00 am      Game 1: Cheshire v West Glamorgan (Team rinks)
11.30 am      Game 2: Armagh v West Glamorgan (Individuals)
2.00   pm      Game 3: Armagh v Cheshire (Individuals)
3.30   pm      Game 4: Cheshire v West Glamorgan (Individuals)           

Saturday 5th December
9.00   am      Game 5: Armagh v West Glamorgan (Team Rinks)
10.30 am      Game 6: Armagh v Cheshire (Individuals) 
1.00   pm      Game 7: Cheshire v West Glamorgan (Individuals)
2.30   pm      Game 8: Armagh v West Glamorgan (Individuals)
4.00   pm      Game 9: Armagh v Cheshire (Team Rinks)