2 more Irish Titles for Pauline

St. Mark's Pauline Beattie increased her tally of Irish Ladies titles by
claiming both the Ladies Singles and Ladies Triples titles at the National
Finals in Richhill Leisure Centre. Accompanied by her Aunt Rachel and mum
May she beat the Western triple skipped by G. Stevenson 13-5. In the
singles she recovered from losing 4 in the first end to defeat F.
McDermott from North West 16-12. Full results:

Singles:
A. Paul (Mid Ulster) 15 P. Hanlon (Oriel) 5

Pairs:
C. Hill & A. Paul (Mid Ulster) 15 P. Boyle & PJ Gallagher (Donegal)6

Triples:
K. O'Neill, L Harrison, R. O'Neill (North West) 16 J. Devine, A. Daly, N.
Logue (North West)1

Fours:
M. Savage, P. Conroy, M. Savage, G. Conroy (Mid Tyrone) 8 A. Ingram, K.
McBride, S. McBride, I. McBride (West Down) 7

Ladies Singles:
F. McDermott (North West) 12 P. Beattie (Armagh)16

Ladies Pairs:
J. Ringland & A. Weir (East Antim) 19 A. Mulligan & C. McKenna (Monaghan)2

Ladies Triples:
R. Cassells, M. Cassells, P. Beattie (Armagh) 13 J. Bleakley, P Bell, G
Stevenson (Western) 5

Over 55 Pairs:
P. McSorley & T. Patton (Foyle) 18 T. Mulligan & T. Began (Monaghan) 12

Junior Singles:
S. Hand (Oriel) 20 P. Reynolds (Northern) 12

Locals win St. Saviours.

St. Mark's Cyril and Andrew Leckey have won this year's St Saviours Pairs
tournament beating D McAllister from Cookstown in the final. Results from
Finals Night:

Prelim
A Leckey beat T Wallace
R Stubbs beat D McStravock

Quarter Finals
A Leckey beat R Stubbs
D Jordan beat P Christie
T Johnston beat I Craig
D McAllister beat P Beattie

Semi Finals
A Leckey beat D Jordan
D McAllister beat T Johnston

Final
A Leckey beat D McAllister

St Marks win Fane Valley League

St Marks are the new Fane Valley League Champions, thanks to a 7 point win in their last game at home to Waringstown. Needing just 4½ points to win the title they took full points with a comfortable 50 - 14 win. Rink scores:- P Beattie 13 K McCoy 2 G Culbert 9 Keith McCoy 4 A Leckey 16 A Reed 4 C Leckey 12 N McCoy 4

Armagh represented in 2 National Finals

The finals of the National Championships will be held tomorrow (Sat 27
March) in Richhill Leisure Centre. Armagh are represented in 2 events with
Pauline Beattie aiming to add to her list of Ladies titles. She is in the
final of the Ladies Singles (3pm) against F. McDermott from North West,
and then teams up with mum May and aunt Rachel in the Ladies Triples Final
(1pm)against G.Stevenson's triple from Western.

The action starts at 1.00pm. Full programme:

Singles:
A. Paul (Mid Ulster) -v- P. Hanlon (Oriel)

Pairs:
C. Hill & A. Paul (Mid Ulster) -v- P. Boyle & PJ Gallagher (Donegal)

Triples:
K. O'Neill, L Harrison, R. O'Neill (North West) -v- J. Devine, A. Daly, N.
Logue (North West)

Fours:
M. Savage, P. Conroy, M. Savage, G. Conroy (Mid Tyrone) -v- A. Ingram, K.
McBride, S. McBride, I. McBride (West Down)

Ladies Singles:
F. McDermott (North West) -v- P. Beattie (Armagh)

Ladies Pairs:
J. Ringland & A. Weir (East Antim) -v- A. Mulligan & C. McKenna (Monaghan)

Ladies Triples:
R. Cassells, M. Cassells, P. Beattie (Armagh) -v- J. Bleakley, P Bell + G
Stevenson (Western)

Over 55 Pairs:
P. McSorley & T. Patton (Foyle) -v- T. Mulligan & T. Began (Monaghan)

Junior Singles:
S. Hand (Oriel) -v- P. Reynolds (Northern)

St. Saviour's win Zone Cup

St. Saviour's have won the Armagh Zone Cup after a hard fought 5 shot
victory over St. Anthony's. Rink scores to follow.

2010-11 Interzone Draws

Hot on the heels of the 2009-10 Interzone Finals, the draws for the
2010-11 competition has been made. Armagh men have been handed a tough
first round tie away to Oriel, while the ladies are at home to the newly
formed South and East Belfast Zone. Full draws as follows:

MEN
1st round
W Down v N Eastern
Lisburn v Western
Mid Antrim v North Belfast
Oriel v Armagh
Mid Ulster v N West
Larne v N Down
M Tyrone v E Antrim
Donegal v Monaghan

2nd round and bottom half of draw
Northern v Cork
S+E Belfast v S Down
S Tyrone v Meath
Foyle v Mid Down

LADIES
1st round
Western v W Down
M Antrim v M Down
M Tyrone v Cork
N Down v Oriel
Armagh v S+E Belfast
Northern v M Ulster

2nd round
S Tyrone v Lisburn
N Eastern v Donegal
N Belfast v E Antrim
Monaghan v Foyle
S Down v N West

No dates set as yet for either competition

DJ is World Champ!

Congratulations to St. Mark's player DJ Wilson, who along with his brother
Jonny became World Pairs Champion at the World Bowls event in Dumfries at
the weekend.

In the final, the Wilsons defeated the English pairing of Babs Morokutti
and Jon Pitcher, with Jonny drawing the shot with the last bowl of the
match to win the title.

Scores for all the events can be found on www.esmba.co.uk

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St. Mark's win Zone Shield

St. Mark's have won this year's Zone Shield after a comfortable victory
against Portadown Golf Club last night. The game was over as a contest at
half time with St. Mark's a massive 29 shots up. The Golf Club faired a
little better in the second half but it was just damage limitation. Rink
scores were as follows (St Mark's skips first):

Rink 1: Tony Bell 16 Geoffey Robinson 3
Rink 2: Jal Richardson 20 Tony Benson 4
Rink 3: Gary Culbert 7 Gerald Holloway 8
Rink 4: Pauline Beattie 10 Raymond Gilmore 5

Final Score: St. Mark's 53 Portadown GC 20

Gilford rink wins Jethro League

The St. John's Gilford rink skipped by Noel Conlon has won this years Jethro Rinks League. In the play-off match Noel's rink beat Elizabeth Smyth's foursome 13-9. Maurice Milligan's four over came Nicky Garvey's rink 19-12 in the 3rd place playoff.

 

Once again the tournament raised a substantial amount for charity with a cheque for £3,000 presented to Ward 4 South in Craigavon Area for the purchase of new monitors.

 

Well done to all involved.

Down to the wire

The race for the Fane Valley Division 1 title will finally be decided next
Friday evening in Carelton Street, Portadown when St Mark's play their
final game against Waringstown. Last night reigning champions St.
Anthony's beat title contenders St. Saviour's collecting 6 points in their
last game (league table will be updated over the weekend). This puts them
4 points ahead of St. Mark's so basically St. Mark's need to beat
Waringstown to win the league.

One certainty however is that Queen Street will be playing in Division 2
next year. The Lurgan club were beaten in Tullysaran last night which
finally sealed their fate. Either Kilmore or St. Partick's Maralin will
join them.

Portadown Golf Club have secured the Division 2 title. St. John's Moira
look favourites to join them in the top division next year, but given the
unpredictability of the results on division 2, nothing can be taken for
granted.

David wins Friendship Singles

Drumgor's David Beattie claimed this season's friendship singles title
after a great night's bowling in Milltown Parish Hall last night. He beat Alan Cassells from Queen
Street (i.e. me!!!) in what was a high scoring final. With 3 ends left
David was 10-9 down but a 4 and a single over the next 2 ends gave him the
title.

Results (Q/F onwards):

Quarter Finals

Barbara Wilson (Cladymore) beat Laurence McCarten (Armagh Pres The Mall)
Alan Cassells (Queen Street) beat Sean Trainor (St. Anthony's)
Andrew Leckey (St. Mark's) beat Noel Wilson (Waringstown)
David Beattie (Drumgor) beat Kenny Nelson (Moira Pres)

Semi Finals

Alan Cassells beat Barbara Wilson
David Beattie beat Andrew Leckey

Final

David Beattie beat Alan Cassells

David played excellent bowls all evening and was a worthy winner. For me
it was great getting to a final again. It brought back memories!!

Many thanks to the Milltown club for the use of their facilties and the
excellent supper.

Sad news

I'm sad to report that Ivan Marshall, the Fane Valley League Chairman, passed away today (Sunday 7 March). Ivan was a well respected member of the zone and played for Armagh Golf Club of which he was secretary. He previously served on the Zone Committee and represented Armagh at Interzone level. Our thoughts are with Ivan's wife Daphne and the family circle at this sad time.

Fane Valley League set for exciting finale

The Fane Valley division 1 title race was blew wide open when reigning champions St. Anthony's defeated league leaders St. Mark's in tonight's top of the table clash. They won by 12 shots picking up a vital 6½ points which sees them draw level on points with St Mark's, but with a slightly inferior shot difference. Rink scores from the game were as follows (St. Anthony's skips first):

 

Paul Moore 9 Pauline Beattie 9

Martin Trainor 10 Tony Bell 8

Danny McDonald 10 Gary Culbert 9

Sean Conroy Snr 14 Andrew Leckey 5

 

St. Anthony's 43 (6½) St. Marks 31 (½)

 

The other big game scheduled for tonight, St. Saviour's v Armagh GC, was not played.