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.