National Results

Winners

Singles
D Beattie (Drumgor) and S Conroy (St Anthony's)

Pairs
Rachel Cassells, P Beattie (St Marks) and J Richardson, A Leckey (St Marks)

Triples
P Wilson, J Richardson, A Leckey (St Marks)

Fours
D Beattie, J Beattie, M Sproule, A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Over 55 Pairs
S Conroy (St Anthony's)

Ladies Singles
D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Ladies Pairs
F Robinson, F McNally (St Matthews)

Ladies Triples
R Cassells, M Cassells, P Beattie (St Marks)

Junior Singles
A Robinson (St Luke's Loughgall)

Junior Pairs
B Whittle & S Breen (St Saviours/St Anthony's)

Armagh National Finals

Armagh's representatives in this season's National Championships in March 2012 will be decided on Wednesday evening in Tullysaran hall. Play starts at 7pm and the finalists are as follows:

 

National Singles

Section A: S Conroy (St Anthonys) v M Sproule (Drumgor)

Section B: S McCall (Co Armagh Golf Club) v D Beattie (Drumgor)

 

National Pairs 

Section A: N Uprichard (St Matthews) v A Leckey (St Marks)

Section B: T Miller (Portadown Meth) v P Beattie (St Marks)

 

National Triples

A Leckey (St Marks) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

National Rinks
A Roberts (St Marks) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Over 55 Pairs
Semi Finals

R Cassells (St Marks) v M Beattie (St Lukes Loughall)

D Ewart (Mullavilly) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

 

Ladies Singles

D. Marshall (Armagh GC) v E. Smyth (Markethill)

 

Ladies Pairs

P. Beattie (St. Mark's) v F. McNally (St Matthew's)

 

Ladies Triples

P. Beattie (St. Mark's) v C. McMillen (Drumgor)

St. Mark's Pairs

St. Mark's Portadown are holding their annual pairs tournament commencing Mon 9 January 2012. Section nights are Mon 9 to Fri 13 January inclusive, with finals on Sat 14 January. To enter contact May Cassells on 028 38331323.

Shock defeat for men

Armagh Men crashed out of this years Interzone competition after a shock 4 shot defeat at home to North Down. The locals were strong favourites to progress to the quarter finals but the visitors didn't read the script and pulled off a fine victory despite only winning on 2 rinks. Rink scores were as follows.

1st half
A Corrigan lost 8-15
D McDonald won 10-7
A Roberts won 13-10

Armagh 31-32 North Down

2nd half
S Conroy lost 3-11
J Beattie won 11-8
A Leckey won 10-8

Final score Armagh 55-59 North Down

Mens team for North Down clash

The Armagh Mens team to face North Down on Saturday 3^rd December has been announced and can be found here. The game will take place in St. Matthew’s Richhill at 2.00pm with a place in the quarter final against either Mid Tyrone or Foyle up for grabs.

Armagh Ladies through

Armagh Ladies have beaten Oriel by 10 shots in their first game in this
years competition.

1st half
E Smyth lost 3-7
M Cassells won 9-6
D Marshall lost 8-9

Armagh 20-22 Oriel

2nd half
F McNally drew 7-7
C McMillen won 16-6
P Beattie won 10-8

Final Score Armagh 53-43 Oriel

The ladies now host Cork in the next round on Sat 7 January 2012.

Latest results

St. Mark's 40(5) St. Anthony's 37(2)
Waringstown 37(5.5) St. Matthew's 28(1.5)
St. Pat's Maralin 1 CAGC 6

Table will be updated on Monday.

National Ladies Triples Update

Final
R. Cassells, M. Cassells, P. Beattie (St Marks) v S. Garvey, R. Beattie, C.
McMillen (Drumgor)

National Ladies Championships Update

Ladies Singles Final:
D. Marshall (Armagh GC) -v- E. Smyth (Markethill)

Ladies Pairs Final:
M.Cassells / P. Beattie (St. Mark's) -v- F. Robinson / F. McNally (St.
Matthew's)

Ladies Team announced for Oriel game

Armagh Ladies' Inter-Zone Championship second-round match with Oriel will
take place in Richhill's St Matthew's on Saturday, November 26 at 2.00pm.
The team is as follows:

S.Garvey (Drumgor)
S.Minish (Milltown Parish)
S.White (StJohn's Moira)
P.Beattie (St Mark's)

E.Hunter (Markethill Pres)
L.Milligan (Mullavilly)
R.Cassells (St Mark's)
E.Smyth (Markethill Pres).

A.Crozier (Redrock Pres)
A.Patton (Redrock Pres)
H.Agnew (St Matthew's)
D.Marshall (Co Armagh GC)

S.Corrigan (Drumgor)
E.McDonald (StAnthony's)
I.Doone (Drumgor)
C.McMillen (Drumgor). .

A.Crozier (Markethill Pres)
S.Whittle (Cranagill)
L.Strain (Markethill Pres)
F.McNally (St Matthew's).

M.Wright (St Pat's Magheralin)
M.Hobson (St Saviour's)
D.Agnew (St Saviour's)
M.Cassells (St Mark's)

Reserves: M.Dempster (Markethill Pres), G.Garvey (Tullysaran), J.
Hawthorne (Redrock Pres), B.McGleenan (St Pat'sArmagh), M.Trainor
(Tullysaran).

St. Joseph's Kildress Charity Triples Tournament

(Received from Seamus McGlinchey)

This is a charity triples tournament that we run every year.

This year we have chosen Breast Cancer as our beneficiary.

It starts on Tuesday 22nd Nov and runs, wed 23rd, Thurs 24th and Fri 25th.

Finals on Sat 26th.

Limited to 20 triples per night.

Play starts at 7.30 each evening.

Our club is; St Josephs Kildress. Just 5 miles outside Cookstown on the
main Cookstown to Omagh Rd.

You can contact me, Seamus mc Glinchey 07850349915 or Damian Grimes
07810123256.

Many Thanks

Seamus

Armagh Men though

Armagh Mens team's passage into the 2nd round of this years Interzone competition wasn't just as straightforward as many thought it would be. They were strong favourites against Meath but found themselves 2 shots down at half time on difficult mats. However the 2nd half was much more comfortable with the locals finally winning 61-41. Rink scores as follows:

1st Half

T Mulholland lost 6-8
A Roberts won 9-8
A Corrigan 10-11

Half Time Armagh 25-27 Meath

2nd Half

S Conroy won 12-4
A Leckey won 14-6
J Beattie won 10-4

Final Score Armagh 61-41 Meath

Armagh now host North Down in the last 16.

Nationals Update

After the playoffs last night, the triples final is:-
A Leckey (St Marks) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

The rinks final is:-
A Roberts (St Marks) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

National Triples Update

Semi Final

A Leckey (St Marks) v T Crawford (St Anthonys)

Winner to play S Conroy (St Anthonys) in the Final.

St. John's Moira Pairs

St. John's Moira are running their annual pairs tournament. Nights of play are as follows:

 

Wed 2nd November

Thu 3rd November

Sat 5th November

Tue 8th November

Wed 9th November

 

Finals Saturday 12 November.

 

To enter contact Sadie White on 028 92612231

Nationals Update: Over 55 and Open Pairs

Over 55 Pairs
Semi Finals

R Cassells (St Marks) v M Beattie (St Lukes Loughall)

D Ewart (Mullavilly) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

National Pairs Section A Final

N Uprichard (St Matthews) v A Leckey (St Marks)

National Pairs Section B Final

T Miller (Portadown Meth) v P Beattie (St Marks)

No joy for Armagh in Champion of Champions

Armagh players had mixed fortunes in this years champion of champions.
Best performers were St. Anthony's Sean Trainor in the singles and St
Mark's Robert Cassells and Pauline Beattie in the pairs. Both reached the
semi finals of their competitions with Sean going out to eventual winner
Jim Fox of Oriel, and Robert and Pauline beaten by Mid Tyrone's Gerard
Conroy.

Stephen McCall and Laurence McCarten of Armagh GC reached the quarter
finals of the pairs before losing out to Cassells and Beattie. St.
Saviour's Andrew Hughes also bowed out in the quarter finals of the
singles beaten by M. McAleese of N. Eastern zone. Armagh's other
representative in the singles, Paul Moffett from St. Saviour's lost in the
first round to A. Steele from Donegal.

In the triples Armagh GC's Robert Kidd reached the quarter finals before
going out to eventual winner Eddie Marsden from Lisburn. The St. Mark's
triple of May Cassells, Ida Eldon and Rachel Cassells gave Mid Ulster's
Sean Quinn a mighty scare in the first round before going out on a second
tie end.

In the fours Drumgor's Aidan Corrigan and St. Anthony's Sean Conroy both
fell at the first hurdle to Lisburn's Raymond Stubbs (eventual winner) and
North Down's Paul Canning respectively.

National Rinks Update

Semi Final
Aidan Corrigan (Drumgor) v Andrew Leckey (St Marks)

Winner plays Alan Roberts (St Marks) in final.

Mens Zone Team announced

The Armagh Mens Zone team to play Meath has been selected and can be found here. The match will be played on Saturday 5 November in Skryne Community Centre at 1pm sharp.

 

Any member who can't play is asked to advise Zone Convenor Flo McNally as soon as possible.

 

A bus will leave the Fairgreen car park in Portadown at 10.30am sharp. Contact Flo for further information.

National Draws now online

The draws for this years Nationals have been made and can be viewed here, or via the main menu. The singles have already been played with the following through to the finals:

 

Section A Final

 

S Conroy (St Anthonys) v M Sproule (Drumgor)

 

Section B Final

 

S McCall (Co Armagh Golf Club) v D Beattie (Drumgor)

£2,200 raised in Charity Zone event

Armagh and West Down mens and ladies zone teams have raised £2,200 between them for charity. NI Chest Heart & Stroke, the Mandeville Unit and the Newry Hospice each received £740. The teams played for the Michael Catney and Ivan Marshall Cups in Loughbrickland on Sat 09 Oct before the cheque presentation was made.

Armagh won both games, the ladies winning by 13 shots and the men winning by 3.

Ladies :-
D Marshall won 5-2
M Cassells won 7-5
E Smyth won 10-3
P Beattie won 6-2
I Doone won 8-6
F McNally lost 3-8

Men :-
A Corrigan won 10-3
D McDonald won 10-7
A Roberts lost 5-7
D Wright lost 4-10
A Leckey won 7-3
J Beattie lost 6-9

Charity Zone Games Arranged

Charity zone games have been arranged for both the mens and ladies teams
against West Down. Both games will take place on Saturday 8 October in
Loughbrickland and all money raised will go to the Chest Heart and Stroke
and Mandeville Unit charities.

Armagh Ladies off to Bedford

Armagh Ladies are going to Bedford to play an English Select Ladies Team on Sat 1st Oct & Sun 2nd Oct. The games will be played on a "Top Team" basis, 2 rounds of individuals (2 singles, 2 pairs, 2 triples, 2 rinks)and 2 team games (6 rinks) on Saturday and the same again on Sunday, so 8 games in total. The following have been selected:

Anne Crozier (Armagh GC)
Daphne Marshall (Armagh GC)
Catherine McMillen (Drumgor)
Irene Doone (Drumgor)
Samantha Corrigan (Drumgor)
Sheilagh Garvey (Drumgor)
Agnes Crozier (Markethill)
Elizabeth Smyth (Markethill)
Margaret Dempster (Markethill)
Lesley Strain (Markethill)
Eleanor Hunter (Markethill)
Linda Milligan (Mullavilly)
Ann Patton (Redrock)
Eileen McDonald (St Anthonys)
Sadie White (St John’s Moira)
Flo McNally (St Matthews)
Hilary Agnew (St Matthews)
Sophia Minish (St Marks)
May Cassells (St Marks)
Rachel Cassells (St Marks)
Pauline Beattie (St Marks)
Marlene Hobson (St Saviours)
Elizabeth Lavery (St Saviours)
Diane Agnew (St Saviours)
Sandra Whittle (St Saviours)
Bernie McGlennan (St Pats Armagh)
Michelle Wright (St Pats Maralin)
Goretti Garvey (Tullysaran)
Maria Trainor (Tullysaran)

League fixtures online soon!

The Zone League fixtures have been released. I hope to have them on the site by the weekend.

 

Alan

Bowling Mat Required

St. Anthony's Martin Gormley is on the lookout for a second hand bowling mat for Loughshore special needs schools in Belfast at which he is a teacher. If you can help Martin and his pupils out please contact him by clicking here.

2011-12 Zone Cup

The draw has been made for the 2011-12 Zone Cup as follows:

St. Patrick's Blue -v- Waringstown
Kilmore -v- Tullysaran
St. John's Moira -v- St. Mark's
St. Matthew's -v- Queen Street
St. Partick's Gold -v- Drumgor
St. Paul's -v- St. Patrick's Maralin
St. Anthony's -v- Tandragee GC
Markethill -v- St. Saviours

First round ties have to be played by Sat 8 October.

Fun Bowls

A few fun bowls tournaments are being held in the Armagh Zone area over the next few months!!   Tullysaran:- Fri 15th July, Fri 22nd July, Fri 5th August and Fri 12th August.   Armagh Masonic:- Fri 29th July and Sat 30th July   St Luke's Loughgall:- Mon 01st August, Mon 08th August, Mon 15th August, Mon 22nd August and Mon 29th August   Mullabrack continues running every Wednesday night starting back again on Wednesday 20th July.   Play starts at 7pm each evening and everyone is welcome!!

Richhill Fun Bowls

A fun bowls tournament is being run in St. Matthew's Richhill hall over 4
Thursday evenings: 9, 16, 23 June and 7 July. Play commences each evening
at 7.00.

Everyone welcome!

St. Anthony's U25 singles a great success.

The first Under 25 shortmat singles tournament organised by Sean Trainor has been a great success. Players came from far and wide to participate with William Boggs from Ardstraw emerging victorious. A full report of the tournament can be found on the BowlsNI website. Congratulations to Sean and St. Anthony's on this great initiative and hopefully it will become an annual event.

St. Mark's trio retain National Ladies Triples title.

Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline Beattie have retained their National Ladies Triples title after beating Linda Carelton's Monaghan triple 14-3 in yesterday's final in Richhill Leisure Centre. Pauline was also aiming to defend her National Ladies Singles title but lost narrowly in the final to Mid Ulster's Brigid Davidson in a great game of bowls.

 

Other results from finals day were as follows:

 

NC Singles: D Hamilton 13 : 6 J Wilson

Jun singles: N Hand 18 : 7 J Beatty

NC Pairs: J Quinn 10 v 9 C Mackin

NC Triples: J Wilson 9 v 6 L Graham

NC Rinks: D Morrison 10 v 9 G Burke

L Pairs: R Brennan 14 v 9 M Tommons

Over 55 pairs: D Turtle 13 v 11 E Irwin

Promotion / Relegation Update

The latest round of results has confirmed Mullavilly's promotion along
with Kilmore to Division 1. Tandgragee Golf Club needed 6 points from
their final match last night against St. Malachy's to go up, but could
only manage 5.

In Division 1 Tullysaran require 18 points from their last 3 games to
survive and send Waringstown down along with Portadown Golf Club.

(League tables will be updated over the weekend.)

Promotion / relegation going to the wire

With the season drawing to a close, there are couple of promotion /
relegation issues to be decided. In Division 1 Portadown Golf Club cannot
avoid the drop but the question is whether Tullysaran can catch
Waringstown or St. John's Moira to avoid joining the Golf Club in Division
2 next year. Tullysaran currently are 18½ points adrift of Waringstown but
have 4 games in hand, so the outcome may not be known until well into
April.

In Division 2, perennial yo-yo team Kilmore are going back up again to
Division 1. It looks to be a straight fight between their neighbours
Mullavilly and Tandragee GC to see who joins them. Mullavilly have the
points on the board, but Tandragee GC have 3 games in hand and are only 8½
points behind Mullavilly. Mathematically any of Queen Street, St. Paul's,
St. Patrick's Blue, or St. Columba's could still go up, but it would take
a dramatic collapse by Tandragee GC in particular for this to happen.

St. Mark's claim runners up spot

St. Mark's have finished runners up to St. Anthony's in this seasons Zone
League Division 1. Needing 10 points from their last 2 games to overtake
St. Saviour's, they got 5 points of Tullysaran last Friday and then 7 of
Waringstown last night.

Great week for St. Anthony's

St. Anthony's will certainly remember the last 7 days for a while. On Mon
21 March their representative in the Friendship Singles, Sean Trainor,
walked away with the title. The next night they clinched the league title.
Then on Thurs 24 March they claimed their 3rd double in 4 years by beating
St. Saviour's in the final of the Zone Cup by 20 odd shots. They then
represented Armagh along with St. Mark's in the Club Championships at
Carrickmacross and made it as far as the semi-finals, losing narrowly in a
tie end to Hillsborough after beating Glastry, Mossley and All Saints
Tullylish.

St. Mark's were beat in the second roung by Wellington after beating
Conlig in the first game.

Sean wins Friendship Singles

Congratulations to St. Anthony's Sean Trainor who lifted this year's Friendship Singles title, beating St. Mark's Andrew Leckey in the final.

St. Anthony's win League

After an impressive campaign, St. Anthony's have won this seasons League
Division 1 title with 2 games to spare. Their closest challengers St.
Saviour's could only manage 2 points at St. John's Moira in their last
match last night which meant they could not finish above St. Anthony's.
St. Anthony's were also due to play Drumgor last night but Drumgor could
not field a team and St. Anthony's were awarded the 7 points. This had no
bearing on the final league positions due to St. Saviour's defeat.

The 2 teams lock horns tomorrow night in the final of the Zone Cup in
Waringstown. A win for St. Anthony's would mean a 3rd league/cup double in
4 years. However St. Saviour's will be keen to get something out of their
season and retain the Zone Cup they won last year.

St. Saviour's defeat in Moira opens the door for St. Mark's to claim
runner's up spot in the league. The outgoing champions have 2 home games
left against Waringstown and Tullysaran and 10 points from those 2 games
would see them pip St. Saviour's for second spot.

The Zone Shield was decided on 15 March when the Golf Clubs of Portadown
and Tandragee met, with the latter emerging victorious.

Mixed fortunes in Nationals

The National Championship have been taking place over the last 2 Saturdays in Ballymoney Indoor Stadium and the Armagh representatives had mixed fortunes. However Armagh will be represented in 2 finals on 2 April at Richhill Leisure Centre with Pauline Beattie aiming to retain the Ladies Singles and Ladies Triples titles she won last year at the same venue. 

 

On Sat 5 March the National Rinks, National Singles, Ladies Pairs and Over 55 Pairs were played. The Armagh rink of Robert Cassells, May Cassells, Pauline Beattie and Alan Roberts started by receiving a walkover when their Cork opponents didn't show. They then played the Mid Tyrone rink skipped by Rodney Cunningham in the 2nd round and won 7-6. They then played the Western rink skipped by Irish International skip Gary Burke in the quarter final, but could not reproduce their form from the previous round and succumbed to an 11-5 defeat. Burke went on to reach the final where he plays D. Morrison from Mid Antrim.

 

In the singles Andrew Leckey lost 11-9 to eventual finalist Dessie Hamilton from Lisburn in the 2nd round after beating D. Campell (South Tyrone) 10-8 in the first round. Pauline Beattie and George Crothers both lost their 1st round games by 2 shots against P. Rooney Jnr (Mid Down) and Uel McKeeman (North Eastern) respectively.

 

The Ladies pair of Leslie Strain and Elizabeth Smyth, and the Over 55 pair of May and Robert Cassells also suffered defeat in the early rounds.

 

The National Triples and Pairs, and the Ladies Singles and Triples were played on Saturday 12 March. In the Triples Eileen & Danny McDonald and Sean Conroy Snr started with a great 10-9 win over the highly fancied Mid Ulster triple skipped by Colm McHugh. However they couldn't reproduce that form in the quarter final against West Down's DJ Wilson and bowed out.

 

In the pairs Tony Bell recorded victories against E. O'Hare (South Down) and D. McRandall (Larne) before going out to P. McGee. Andrew Leckey had a good win against Gary Burke (Western) in the first round before going out to C. Dunwoody in the 2nd round.

 

Armagh's main success came in the Ladies Singles and Triples. Pauline Beattie had a busy day playing and winning 8 games between the 2 competitions. In the singles she saw off E. Boal (S&E Belfast), L. Hamilton and G. Menice (N. Belfast), and will now play Bridget Davidson from Mid Ulster in the final. In the triples with mum May and aunt Rachel she beat J. Sharpe (North Eastern), R. Wylie (Mid Down), A. Polin (West Down) and C. McMahon (Oriel), and will now play L. Carleton from Monaghan in the final.

 

The finals will take place in Richhill Leisure Centre on Saturday 2 April. The line up will be as follows:

 

National Singles: D. Hamilton (Lisburn) -v- J. Wilson (West Down)

National Rinks: G. Burke (Western) -v- D. Morrison (Mid Antrim)

National Triples: J. Wilson (West Down) -v- L. Graham (Foyle)

National Pairs: C. Mackin (Oriel) -v- J. Quinn (Donegal)

Ladies Singles: P. Beattie (Armagh) -v- B. Davidson (Mid Ulster)

Ladies Pairs: M. Tomkins -v- R. Brennan

Ladies Triples: P. Beattie (Armagh) -v- L. Carleton (Monaghan)

Over 55 Pairs: D. Turtle -v- E. Irwin

Junior Singles: N. Hand -v- J. Beattie

Mullabrack Triples

Mullabrack are running their annual triples tournament commencing on Monday 25 April. Contact Victor Houston on 37551088 or 07707694766. Alternatively the entry form can be found here.

St. Saviour's Pairs

St. Saviours will be running their annual pairs tournament starting in the
last week of March. Section nights will be from Monday 28 March to Friday
1 April with the Finals on Saturaday 2 April. To enter contact Andrew
Hughes on 02838339391 or 07800573352.

Local winners of St. Anthony's

St. Anthony's Singles and Pairs finals were held on Friday 25 February and
it was 3 locals that emerged victorious. Mr and Mrs Aidan Corrigan from
Drumgor won the pairs with Paul Moffett from St. Saviour's winning the
singles.

St. Anthony's Under 25 Singles / St. John's Moira Singles

Hot on the heels of their Open Singles and Pairs tournaments, St. Anthony's are running an Under 25 Singles tournament. This is a great initiative and hopefully will be well supported. It is open to anyone born on or after 9 April 1986 and play will take place on Thur 7 and Fri 8 April evenings and Sat 9 April afternoon. Finals will take place on Sat 9 April evening. The Saturday afternoon session will hopefully encourage those from farther afield to enter. Click here for the entry form or contact Sean Trainor on 07754925683 for more details.

For those of us who no longer fall into the Under 25 category St John's Moira are also running their annual singles tournament. Nights of play are Sat 2 April, Wed 6 April, Sat 9 April, Tue 12 April and Wed 13 April with the finals on Sat 16 April. To enter contact Sadie White on 02892612231.

St. Anthony's Finals

The Finals of St. Anthony's Pairs and Singles takes place on Friday 25 February and promises to be a great night's bowling. The following are through to the Finals Night:

Pairs:
Sean Conroy, St Anthonys
Aidan Corrigan, Drumgor
Andrew Hughes, St Saviours
Paddy Hanlon, Cooley
Paul Hagan, Donaghmore
Ciáran McIntyre, Redeemer
Laurence McCarten, Armagh GC

 

Singles:

Stephen McMahon, Carrickmacross

Sean Trainor, St Anthony's

Nick Haire, Hillsbrough

Alan Johnston, Donacloney

Darren McCullough, Antrim Lawn

Seamus Murphy, Poyntspass

Seamus McMath, Towers

Paul Moore, St Anthony's

Damien McAllister, Cookstown Par

Billy Martin, St Johns Moria

Andrew Hughes, St Saviours

Paul Moffett, St Saviours

 

Top ladies prize to be be contested between

Eileen Trainor, St Anthony's

Margaret McGrath, Washing Bay

Bernie Jones, Tullysaran. 

1st Magherafelt Invitational Singles

3 Armagh players (Pauline Beattie, Martin Trainor and Andrew Leckey) are
involved in a new singles tournament run by 1st Magherafelt Presbyterian
Bowling club in aid of Tearfund. Many of the top short mat bowlers in the
country have been invited, almost all will have been involved in a major
final at the National Championships or Champion of Champions competition.

Play will take place over 2 nights (22 and 24 Feb) with 16 singles each
night in 4 groups of 4. Each group will be played on a round robin basis
with the top 2 from each group going throught to the knockout finals on
Friday 25 Feb. Groups are as follows:

Tuesday 22nd February
Rodney Kane, Keith McCullagh, Ryan O'Neill, Colum McHugh
U McKeeman, Eddie Curran, Johnny Wilson, Liam McHugh
Andy Leckey, Marty Trainor, DJ Wilson, Clark Hill
John Quinn, Gerry McCabe, Dessie Hamilton, Edwin Irwin

Thursday 24th February
Mark O'Looney, Pauline Beattie, Leigh Harrison, Stephen McKinley
Andy Steele, Derek Spratt, Trevor Turkington, Kevin Conroy
Gerard Conroy, Tommy Johnston, Alan Johnston, Damien McElroy
Paddy Hanlon, Bridgett Davidson, Noel Graham, Alan Paul

Play starts 7pm each evening
10 ends
No tied games, 1 bowl shoot-out decides winner
top 2 go through to knock-out stages

Tournament Report - Omagh County PTA Pairs

The following report was received from Neville Hagan:

Report on the bowling tournament organised by Omagh County Primary School P.T.A. (Feb 7th - 15th)

Omagh County Primary School ran a very successful second bowling
tournament in the Campsie Road school from 7th -15th February. After
qualifying, ten pairs returned for the finals night, which produced a very
high standard of bowling. The final was contested between Connie Campbell
/ Phelim McKiver (St. Bridgets, Brogagh) and Catherine McCrossan / P.J.
McCrossan (St. Pat's, Drumquin). A fantastic game saw neither pair taking
a strong hold on the game and after nine ends the score was all square at
7-7. A tie end was needed and it ultimately went down to the last two
bowls to decide who would lift the Herbst Machinery trophy. With his last
bowl McKiver drew round a short bowl to sit plumb on the jack - McCrossan
tried in vain with a swinging forehand to nudge the shot bowl off but he
just grazed past it and fell out leaving the Brogagh pair as winners of
this years event.

The results of finals night were:

1st Round

P.J.McCrossan (St. Pats, Drumquin) 12 H.Wilson (Ardstraw) 2

D.Spratt (Mayne) 7 A.Smith (Tullysaran) 6

Quarter Finals

P.J.McCrossan 9 D.Spratt 6

M.Kane (St. Joseph's, Kildress) 3 R.Kidd (Armagh G.C.) 8

P.McKiver (St. Bridgets, Brogagh) 12 J.Jacob (Ramelton) 2

C.Short (Clogherney) 7 M.Cunningham (Mayne) 8

Semi Finals

P.J.McCrossan 8 R.Kidd 3

P.McKiver 7 M.Cunningham 2

Final

P.McKiver 8 P.J.McCrossan 7 (after tie end)

At the conclusion of the tournament two cheque presentations were made:

Rodney Cunningham (P.T.A.) presented Ken Thompson (Principal) with a
cheque for £1900.00 as the proceeds raised from the running of the
competition.

James Anderson (P.T.A.) presented Victor Sawyers (Marie Curie Cancer Care)
with a cheque for £150.00 as the proceeds from the finals night raffle.

National Finals Draws

The draws have been made for this year's Stonebridge National Finals in Ballymoney on 5 and 12 March. Armagh's representatives have been drawn as follows:

5 March: RINKS
10.30: A. Roberts (St. Mark's) -v- J. Long (Cork)

5 March: SINGLES
11.30: A. Leckey (St. Mark's) -v- D. Campbell (South Tyrone)
11.30: G. Crothers (Armagh GC) -v- U. McKeeman (North Eastern)
11.30: P. Beattie (St. Mark's) -v- P. Rooney Jnr (Mid Down)

5 March: LADIES PAIRS
10.30: E. Smyth (Markethill) -v- S. McCullough (North Down)

5 March: OVER 55 PAIRS
13.30: R. Cassells (St. Mark's) -v- W. Nutt (East Antrim)

12 March: TRIPLES
11.30: S. Conroy (St. Anthony's) -v- C. McHugh (Mid Ulster)

12 March: PAIRS
11.30: T. Bell (St. Mark's) -v- E. O'Hare (South Down)
12.30: A. Leckey (St. Mark's) -v- G. Burke (Western)

12 March: LADIES TRIPLES
10.30: P. Beattie (St. Mark's) -v- J. Sharpe (North Eastern)

12 March: LADIES SINGLES
12.00: P.Beattie (St. Mark's) -v- E. Boal (S&E Belfast)

(No draws available for Junior Singles or Pairs)

The full draw can be found on the IIBA Website.

Local Tournaments Update

St. Anthony's Pairs

The following are through to the Finals Night on 25 February:

Sean Conroy, St Anthonys
Aidan Corrigan, Drumgor
Andrew Hughes, St Saviours
Paddy Hanlon, Cooley
Paul Hagan, Donaghmore
Ciáran McIntyre, Redeemer

2 more pairs from tonight's section will complete the high quality line-up.

The Singles will run on the following dates: 17th,18th,19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd Feb with Finals also on 25th Feb. To enter contact Christina Breen on 07799432426 or 38361397


St. Matthew's Pairs

St. Matthew's Pairs Finals were held on Sat 4 Feb with the Drumgor/St. Mark's pairing of Mark Sproule and Andrew Leckey emerging victorious. They beat Robert and Colin Deering from Armagh GC in the final. Beaten semi finalists were Sean Quinn (Cookstown Parochial) and Danny McStravick (Desertmartin). The other section winners were:

Aidan Corrigan (Drumgor)
John Martin (Magherally)
J. Mackey (Soldierstown)
Raymond Gourlay (Loughaghery)
Robert Kidd (Armagh GC)
David Irwin (Benburb)

Killyman Parish Open Pairs

Killyman Parish are running an open pairs tournament starting Mon 21 March -
Fri 25 March. Finals Sat 26 March.

Entries to:
I Eldon 028 87722713
V McIvor 028 87729291
G Cardwell 028 87726629

Ladies win 6th Interzone Title

Armagh Ladies won the Interzone for the 6th time by beating Donegal by 26 shots in  the final. The first half rinks laid the foundation for the win building up a 15 shot lead at the break. This proved too much of a hurdle for Donegal to overcome in the second half and with Armagh adding another 11 shots to the winning margin it was a comfortable victory in the end.

 

1st half scores

 

E Hunter, E Lavery, R Cassells, E Smyth 11 - 5 A Gilfillan

Anne Crozier, L Strain, H Agnew, D Marshall 13 - 3 V Patterson

M Wright, M Hobson, D Agnew, M Cassells  6 - 7 R Crawford

 

Half Time Armagh 30 - 15 Donegal

 

2nd half scores

 

M Livingstone, S Minish, S White, P Beattie 16 - 4  M Montgomery

S Corrigan, S Garvey, I Doone, C McMillen 9 - 6 E Doherty

A Crozier, G Garvey, S Whittle, F McNally 3 - 7 R McDonnell

 

Total score Armagh 58 - 32 Dongal

 

This win adds to the other wins in 1989/90, 1992/93, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008/09

 

Congratulations to all concerned

St. Anthony's Tournament

St. Anthony's are holding their annual Pairs and Singles tournament. Dates of play are as follows:

 

Pairs: 10th,11th,13th,14th Feb
Singles: 17th,18th,19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd Feb
Finals night: Friday 25th Feb

To enter contact Christina Breen on 07799432426 or 38361397

Armagh men fall to Donegal

It may have been Armagh men's first home game for 3 years, but they came out second best against a determined Donegal side in the semi final of the Interzone.

 

The home side trailed by 2 shots at the break with Alan Roberts' 13-4 win cancelled out by 11-10 and 15-5 defeats to Aidan Corrigan and Joe Beattie respectively. Armagh came out of the blocks quickly in the second half and were soon in front, but Donegal pegged them back in what was turning out to be an excellent game. Marty Trainor drew his came 10-10 and with the 2 Andrews (Leckey and Hughes) playing their last ends Armagh were 6 down. In an exciting finale Hughes lay 5 and Leckey lay 1 which would have tied the game, but excellent last bowls by Andrew Steele and John Quinn secured 2nd shot against Hughes and shot against Leckey respectively to see Donegal through to their second final in 3 years. Northern will be their opposition but if they keep up their recent form they will be hard to beat.

 

Rink scores were as follows:

 

A Corrigan 10 v PJ Gallagher 11

A Roberts 13 v P McGee 4

J Beattie 5 v D McClintock 15

A Leckey 8 v J Quinn 13

M Trainor 10 v E Curran 10

A Hughes 6 v A Steele 6

 

Final score: Armagh 52 Donegal 59

 

It's now left up to the Ladies to carry the Armagh flag in their final, ironically against Donegal.

St. Anthony's almost there

It may be only the end of January, but St. Anthony's have all but secured this season's League Division 1 title. In what has been an impressive campaign to date St. Anthony's went a massive 27½ points clear of second place St. Saviour's after beating them last night by 3 shots and picking up 5 points.

 

St. Anthony's may have played 2 more games than their rivals, but it's hard to see anyone catching them. Their aim now will be to go through the season unbeaten.

 

 

Ladies into Interzone Final

Armagh Ladies sailed into the Interzone Final after another impressive display away to West Down in today's semi final. 5 of the 6 rinks recorded victories. Rink scores were as follows:

 

1st Half

M. Cassells won 7-6

D. Marhsall won 12-5

E. Smyth won 8-6

 

Half time: Armagh 27 West Down 17

 

2nd Half

F. McNally won 12-4

C. McMillen lost 7-11

P. Beattie won 12-4

 

Final score: Armagh 58 West Down 35

 

Armagh now play Donegal in the Final on 12 February. Venue to be confirmed.

St. Matthew's Pairs

The popular St. Matthews Pairs tournament commences on Mon 24 January.
Nights of play are as follows:

Sections Mon 24 to Fri 28 Jan, & Mon 31 Jan
Finals Sat 4 Feburary

To enter, contact Flo McNally on 02838393669, 07715109153 or 07834423482

Tournament Notice - Omagh County PTA Pairs

The following was received from Neville Hagan:

 

Omagh County PTA Pairs Tournament

• Qualifying: Mon 7th, Tue 8th, Wed 9th, Thu 10th, Fri 11th February
• Finals: Tue 15th February
• Entry: £5
• First Prizes: TV/DVD Combi
• Venue: Omagh County Primary School, Campsie Road, OMAGH, Co. Tyrone BT79 0AJ (4 MATS)
• Contact: RODNEY CUNNINGHAM, 80 Reaghan Road, OMAGH, Co. Tyrone, BT79 7TQ (Tel: 077 8327 1637)

Thanks for your help,

Nev.

Mossley duo win St. Mark's

Alicia Weir and Eddie Crawford from Mossley have won St. Mark's Pairs Tournament, beating Stephen McCall and Laurence McCarten from Armagh Golf Club in the final. Results from Finals Night were as follows:

 

Quarter Finals

S. McCall / L. McCarten (Armagh GC) beat M. Davison / PJ McCrossan (Mid Tyrone)

D. Robinson / T. Wallace (Aughintober) beat L. Martin / J. Martin (Magherally)

W. Gilpin / N. Uprichard (St. Matthew's) beat C. Herron / D. McDonald (St. Anthony's)

A. Weir / E. Crawford (Mossley) beat S. McGlinchey / M. Wilson (Cookstown HS)

 

Semi Finals

L. McCarten beat T. Wallace

E. Crawford beat N. Uprichard

 

Final

E. Crawford beat L. McCarten

Men follow Ladies into Interzone semis

It was a case of "anything you can do..." as Armagh Men emulated the Ladies achievement last week by brushing aside North Eastern Zone by 21 shots to go into the semi finals of this years Interzone competition. Rink scores were as follows:

 

1st Half

Joe Beattie won 14-10

Aidan Corrigan won 12-6

Alan Roberts won 14-8

 

Half Time: Armagh 40 North Eastern 24

 

Andrew Leckey won 11-7

Martin Trainor lost 12-11

Andrew Hughes won 10-8

 

Final Score: Armagh 72 North Eastern 51

Local duo selected for International A Series

Congratualtions to Alan Roberts (St. Mark's) and Aidan Corrigan (Drumgor)
who have been selected to represent Ireland in the British Isles 'A'
Series in Swansea on 19th & 20th March. Alan is skipping a rink with Aidan
as his third. The full team is on the IIBA website.

Armagh Ladies coast into semis

Armagh Ladies eased into the semi finals of this years Interzone competition
with a 36 shot win over South Tyrone. It was sweet revenge for the ladies
after last years defeat to the same opponents. All 6 rinks won as follows:

1. D Marshall 13-4 J McOscar
2. M Cassells 12-10 C Campbell
3. E Smyth 13-4 A McKiver

Half time Armagh 20 up

4. F McNally 10-8 I Eldon
5. P Beattie 8-4 K Daly
6. C McMillen 14-6 M McGrath

Final Score Armagh 70-36 South Tyrone

Armagh now play West Down away on Sat 22nd Jan.

St. Mark's to the fore in National Finals

It was definitely St. Mark's night in the National Finals. They were
represented in 8 of the 12 finals and won all 8. St. Anthony's claimed 2
titles and Armagh GC and Markethill 1 each.

National Finals Results:

Singles
Section A
A Leckey (St Marks) 13-8 D McDonald (St Anthonys)

Section B
P Beattie (St Marks) 12-8 S McCall (Armagh GC)

Section C
G Crothers (Armagh GC) 11-8 N Uprichard (St Matthews)

Junior Singles
S Breen (St Anthonys) 14-4 C Hernon (St Anthonys)

Pairs Section A
A Leckey (St Marks) 9-8 J Beattie (Drumgor)

Pairs Section B
T Bell (St Marks) 11-9 M Sproule (Drumgor)

Over 55 Pairs
R Cassells (St Marks) 7-5 S Conroy (St Anthonys)

Triples
S Conroy (St Anthonys) 11-4 A Hughes (St Saviours)

Rinks
A Roberts (St Marks) 9-7 A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Ladies Singles
P Beattie (St Marks) 11-7 D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Ladies Pairs
E Smyth (Markethill) 11-3 G Garvey (Tullysaran)

Ladies Triples
P Beattie (St Marks) 7-5 E Smyth (Markethill)

Teams for Interzone Quarter Finals selected.

Teams have been selected for both the Ladies and Mens Interzone quarter finals. The ladies are first up on Sat 8 January when they take on South Tyrone in St Matthew's Richhill. Click here for the team.

 

The men take on North Eastern Zone on 15 January in Dunluce Parish Hall, Bushmills. Click here for the team.