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.