St. Mark's duo win St. John's pairs

Pauline Beattie and her dad Robert Cassells have won St John's Moira pairs.
In the Finals Night last night they beat Martin Trainor in 1st game, DJ
Dilworth in semi final and Graham Wilson from Ballymena in the final in a
tied end.

Ladies through

Armagh Ladies have safely negotiated the first round of this year's Interzone competition beating South and East Belfast by 25 shots. Rink scores as follows:

M Cassells won 15-4
D Marshall won 10-7
E Smyth drew 9-9

Half Time Armagh 14 up

F McNally won 12-7
P Beattie won 13-6
C McMillen lost 8-9

Final Score 67-42. Armagh now play Mid Ulster at home on 27 Nov.

Interzone Competitions kick off.

This season's Interzone competitions kick off tomorrow (30 October) when
Armagh ladies play the newly formed South and East Belfast Zone in St.
Matthew's Richhill. Then next Saturday (6 November) the men travel to
Cooley Community Centre to take on Oriel in what promises to be a cracking
first round tie. Both games start at 2pm.

Both the mens and ladies teams see a number of changes from last year,
some of which were due to unavailability. Click on the links below to see
the teams.

Ladies

Mens

Good luck to both Armagh teams in this years competition.

National Rinks Update

The National Rinks took place last night (Wed 27 Oct). The following will
go on to the play offs on Friday 12 November:

A. Leckey (St. Mark's) -v- H. Trainor (Tullysaran)
Winner to play A. Corrigan (Drumgor) in semi final.

2nd Semi Final: P. Beattie (St. Mark's) -v- N. Uprichard (St. Matthew's)

National Singles Update

The National Singles took place last night (25 October) in Tandragee
Recreation Centre. The semi finalists in the 3 sections are as follows:

Section A
P Whittle (Cranagill) v A Leckey (St MArks)
D McDonald (St Anthonys) v N McCoy (Waringstown)

Section B
P Beattie (St Marks) v B Martin (St John's Moira)
S McCall (Armagh G C) v R Beattie (Drumgor)

Section C
C Trainor (St Anthonys) v G Crothers (Armagh GC)
J Beattie (Drumgor) v N Uprichard (St Matthews)

St Josephs Kildress Charity Triples Tournament

The following was received from Seamus McGlinchey:

St Josephs Charity Triples Tournament

This year St Joesphs Kildress are running their Annual Triples Tournament
in aid of MS. Over a number of years the club run their tournament in aid
of Marie Curie and Chest Heart and Stroke and donated £23,000 to these two
charities. This year the club have decided to turn their attention to
local MS charities. The tournament will run from Monday 8th Nov to Friday
12th Nov with the finals on Tuesday 16th Nov. Limited to 20 triples per
night. The club would like those that have supported the tournament in
recent years and hope again to recieve a great response from bowlers both
locally and from further afield. For those that have never been to the
tournament before it is held just outside Cookstown on the Omagh road.

Entries can be made by contacting either Seamus McGlinchey on 07850349915
or Damien Grimes on 07810123256

Dobbin have the edge

St. Saviour's hold a slender 2 shot advantage after the first leg of their
Zone Cup clash with St. Mark's last night in Carleton Steet. The second
leg is at St. Saviours on Sat 27 November, and while the Dobbin may be
slight favourites on their home patch, St. Mark's will certainly feel they
can overturn the deficit. Scores from the first leg as follows (St. Mark's
skips first):

Pauline Beattie 8 Mark Wilson 14
Jal Richardson 9 Dane Jordan 9
Tony Bell 7 Harold McIvor 7
Andrew Leckey 11 Andrew Hughes 7

St. Mark's 35 St. Saviour's 37

Champion of Champions

The Champion of Champions tournament takes place next Saturday (23rd October) in Ballymoney.

 

Armagh have 4 representatives in the singles. Paul Moore plays R. McCaw from West Down, Joe and David Beattie play L. Jacob (Donegal) and G. Moen (Monaghan) respectively, while Pauline Beattie plays either Eddie Curran (Donegal) or K. Blakely (South Down).

 

Armagh are well represented in the pairs with 8 pairs in the draw as follows:

 

Section A

Errol Whitten -v- B. Holmes (North West)

Danny McDonald -v- D.Gourley (Mid Tyrone)

Sean Trainor -v- W. Kane (North West)

Andrew Hughes -v- G. Henry (South Tyrone)

 

Section B

Laurence McCarten -v- G. Lithco (Mid Antrim)

Robert Kidd -v- C. McHugh (Mid Ulster)

Cyril Leckey -v- M.Grieve (North West)

Martin Trainor -v- G. Brian (Western)

 

Robert Cassells is Armagh's only chance in the triples. He plays D. McClintock from Donegal in the first round.

 

Armagh have no representatives in the rinks this year.

 

The full draws can be seen on the IIBA website.

 

Good luck to all Armagh players.

2010-11 Stonebridge Nationals

The draws for the 2010-11 Stonebridge Nationals are now online. Click here for the full draw.

International Open 2011

The following is from Craig Burgess, organiser of the 2011 International Open.

Hello,
 
I am pleased to annouce that the International Short Mat Open will once again be going ahead. It will again be on Easter weekend but please note the change of venue.
 
We have been looking for a new venue and have last night agreed to move to Havering Indoor Bowling Club. The facilities are first class and we hope you can join us for the biggest money competition in Short Mat Bowls. The venue is 40 minutes from Stanstead airport so ideal for people flying in.
 
For those who did not attend the 1st event in April we had 38 triples and 32 fours from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Belgium & Sweden in what was truly a world class event. If you have not read the report from Short Mat International i would recommend that you take a look. It was a great weekend.
 
This season we will be changing the format to fours and pairs as many thought this would enable them to make up teams a lot easier.
 
We will also be running a plate for both comps at no extra cost due to the popularity of the fours plate this year.

Players will be getting at least 4 games in both competitions as there will be a Round Robin Stage before we go to the knockout stages, same as last year.

In the fours teams will be in a group of 5. The top 2 will qualify for the main comp with the 3rd and 4th placed sides going into the plate. The team finishing bottom will be emliminated. Games will be played over 8 ends in the Round Robin, 10 ends in the knockout stages

In the pairs teams will be in a group of 4. The top 2 will qualify for the main comp with the 3rd and 4th placed sides going into the plate. Games will be played over 10 ends in the Round Robin, 12 in the Knockout stages

I have attached the entry form with this email but should you have any further queries please do not hesitate in contacting me.
 
Hotel deals will be posted as soon as we have them. All of the latest new will be appearing on the following website www.shortmatplayerstour.com
 
Thanks again for the support over the past year with getting this off the ground and hope to see you all in 2011.
 
Kind Regards
 
Craig Burgess

Club Championships

The 2010 Club Championships took place in Ballymoney on Saturday 9
October, with St. Mark's and St. Anthony's representing Armagh Zone. It
was St. Anthony's who had the best run in the main competition reaching
the quarter finals with wins over Ballinrees and Strabane, before going
out to Cookstown Parochial.

The final of the main competition will be between Cookstown High and
Limavady R&CC.

St. Mark's succumbed to a first round defeat to Du Pont, but faired better
in the Plate competition reaching the final to play Balliderry from
Lisburn.

A date for the finals has not yet been set.