National Championship Winners

National Final Results:

Singles
Section A
P Beattie (St Marks) 9 - 2 A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) 12 -7 G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Pairs
Section A
A Hughes (St Saviours) 10-9 K Trainor (St Anthonys)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) 11-8 G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Triples
A Leckey (St Marks) 9-4 A Corrigan (Drumgor)

 

Rinks
A Corrigan (Drumgor) 12-4 L McCartan (Armagh GC)

Ladies Singles
P Beattie (St Marks) 10-4 H Agnew (St Matthews)

Ladies Pairs
P Beattie (St Marks) 12-0 R Cassells (St Marks)

Ladies Triples
P Beattie (St Marks) 14-1 S Whittle (Cranagill)

Over 55 Pairs
M Grimley (Drumgor) 9-6 R Hunter (Markethill Pres)

Junior Singles
S Breen (St Anthonys) 11-2 J Robinson (St Matthews)

Junior Pairs
J Robinson (St Matthews) 11-5 T Millar (Portadown Meth)

Mens Zone Team

Mens Interzone 3rd Round

Armagh v WestDown

St Matthews Richhill on Sat 12th Jan at 2pm.

1. W Gilpin (St Matthews)

N Uprichard (St Matthews)
G Crothers (Armagh GC)
M Sproule (Drumgor)

2. S Breen (St Anthonys)
C Deering (Armagh GC)
K Trainor (St Anthonys)
A Leckey (St Marks)

3. C Trainor (Tullysaran)
R Hunter (Markethill Pres)
L McCartan (Armagh GC)
J Beattie (Drumgor)

4. C Trainor (St Anthonys)
P Garvey (Tullysaran)
G Culbert (St Marks)
A Roberts (St Marks)

5. P Whittle (St Saviours)
J Moffett (St Saviours)
A Hughes (St Saviours)
A Corrigan (Drumgor)

6. P Moffett (St Saviours)
S McCall (Armagh GC)
D Beattie (Drumgor)
D Wright (St Saviours)

Subs: J Hendron (Armagh GC), W Martin (St Saviours)

Rinks 1-3 bring 2 dozen small traybakes
Rinks 4-6 bring half a loaf of sandwiches

BLACK TROUSERS & TEAM SHIRTS

Anybody unable to play contact Flo McNally ASAP

Success for Armagh Juniors

Congratulations to Armagh Junior Zone Team who have reached the final stages of the Junior Zone Competition.
They put on a superb performance today in Hillsborough beating hot favourites Oriel 4-1 in their 1st game and then beat the hosts Lisburn 5-0 in their 2nd game.
This has been by far the best performance from the Armagh Juniors in quite some time and hopefully they can continue this form in the finals.
Congratulations also have to be made to Junior Coach Paul Whittle and Sandra Whittle who have gave up their time to coach our Juniors. This extra time spent with the juniors has proved to be a big success which was shown in the games today!

National Finals Schedule

Order of play for tonights National Finals: 1st Run Mat 1: Singles Section A - A Corrigan v P Beattie Mat 2: Pairs Section A - A Hughes v K Trainor Mat 3: Singles Section B - G Crothers v A Leckey Mat 4: Junior Singles - J Robinson v S Breen 2nd Run Mat 1: Pairs Section B - G Crothers v A Leckey Mat 2: Ladies Singles - H Agnew v P Beattie Mat 3: Junior Pairs - T Millar v J Robinson Mat 4: Over 55 Pairs - M Grimley v R Hunter 3rd Run Mat 2: Triples - A Corrigan v A Leckey Mat 3: Ladies Triples - S Whittle v P Beattie 4th Run Mat 3: Rinks - A Corrigan v L McCartan Mat 4: Ladies Pairs - R Cassells v P Beattie All players to be in St Matthews Richhill for 7pm sharp. Greys & Whites.

Armagh Juniors into finals

Congratulations to Armagh Junior Zone Team who have reached the final stages of the Junior Zone Competition. They put on a superb performance today in Hillsborough beating hot favourites Oriel 4-1 in their 1st game and then beat the hosts Lisburn 5-0 in their 2nd game. This has been by far the best performance from the Armagh Juniors in quite some time and hopefully they can continue this form in the finals. Congratulations also have to be made to Junior Coach Paul Whittle and Sandra Whittle who have gave up their time to coach our Juniors. This extra time spent with the juniors has proved to be a big success which was shown in the games today! Well done again!!

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Ladies Team Selected

Armagh Ladies Team Selected to face West Down in Dromore Cathedral on Sat 5th Jan at 2pm.

1. A Crozier, H Agnew, D Marshall, I Doone
2. M Wright, M Hobson, D Agnew, M Cassells
3. Agnes Crozier, S Whittle, L Strain, E Smyth
4. R Beattie, E Lavery, C McMillen, R Cassells
5. M Dempster, G Garvey, J Hawthorne, F McNally
6. S Minish, S White, Sile Garvey, P Beattie

Subs. D Bell, S Garvey, L Milligan, T Millar, B Whittle

DRESS:- Team polo shirts/black trousers/skirts

Anyone unable to play please contact Flo McNally as soon as possible. 07834423482 or 02838393669

2013 Zone Championship Draws

The draws have been made for this season’s Zone Championships and can be found here.

Locals selected for Irish "A" Squad

Congratulations to Aidan Corrigan from Drumgor and Lawrence McCartan from Armagh Golf Club on being selected for Ireland in the 'A' Series In Dumfries on 17th & 18th March 2013.

Full Team:
Team Event:
Rink 1: C Hogg, J Hand, E Crawford, A Corrigan
Rink 2: G Smith, C Hill, D Jordan, D McElroy
Rink 3: J Mullen, C Middleton, PJ Gallagher, I Ross
Rink 4: L Hamilton, W Morrison, J Murnaghan, N Graham

Singles: S McKinley
Pairs: N Haire, F Dillon
Triples: M Crawford, J Calvin, A Laughlin
Rinks: C Scott, P NcNamara, L McCartan, E Curran

 

St. Anthony's Under 25 Singles Tournament

St Anthonys are holding their Under 25 Singles tournament on the weekend before Christmas. Play will take place on Friday 21st December @ 8pm and
Saturday 22nd December @ 4pm.

Final on Saturday 22nd December @8pm

Entries to Sean - 07754925683
Christina - 07799432426
via Facebook or e-mail; seantrainor26@gmail.com
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Upcoming Tournaments

St Marks Portadown Open Pairs Tournament
Mon 7th Jan - Fri 11th Jan 2013

Finals Sat 12th Jan 2013
Entries to May Cassells 028 38331323 or Pauline Beattie 07921508878 or leave a message on facebook.

 

Armagh Zone Championships

Rinks - Tue 1 Jan: St. Saviours / St. Matthews

Mixed Pairs – Thu 3 Jan: Tandragee Rec Centre

Singles – Man 14 Jan: Tandragee Rec Centre

Pairs – Wed 16 Jan: Tandragee Rec Centre

Triples – Fri 18 Jan: Tandragee Rec Centre

 

Finals – Fri 1 Feb: Waringstown

 

Entry forms with fees should be with Flo McNally by Sat 15 December.

Good win for Ladies

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies after a great performance beating Mid Ulster by 21 shots.
Elizabeth Smyth's rink produced the performance of the day winning 22-1. May Cassells rink had another tight game and where 1 up going into last end but unfortunately lost a 5 to lose 8-12. Irene Doone's rink got off to a slow start but where able to fight back from a 9-1 deficit to only get beat by 1 shot

9-10.
Half time Armagh 39-23 Mid Ulster.
In the 2nd half Armagh knew they had to keep things tight and hold on to their 16 shot lead.
Pauline Beattie's rink where able to snatch a 2 in the last end to draw 8-8 with Brigid Davidson, Rachel Cassells rink produced a fine performance to win 14-9 and Flo McNally's rink kept things tight with S Anderson to draw 8-8.
Final score Armagh 69-48 Mid Ulster.
Armagh now play West Down away on Sat 5th Jan 2013.

 

Tournament Success

Congratulations to Jim Hendren, Stevie McCall and Lawrence McCartan from Armagh Golf Club on winning Whitecross Triples.

Ladies Interzone Team

 

The Ladies Inter Zone competition continues this Sat 1st Dec, with Armagh hosting former winners Mid Ulster in St Matthews Richhill at 2pm. The team is as follows: 1. Ann Crozier, R Beattie, C McMillen, I Doone 2. M Wright, M Hobson, D Agnew, M Cassells 3. A Crozier, S Whittle, L Strain, E Smyth 4. E Lavery, H Agnew, D Marshall, R Cassells 5. M Dempster, A Patton, J Hawthorne, F McNally 6. S Minish, S White, Sile Garvey, P Beattie Res: D Bell, G Garvey, S Garvey, N Gilkinson, T Millar, L Milligan, B Whittle Rinks 1,2,3 to bring half loaf sandwiches Rinks 4,5,6 to bring 2 dozen pastry Anyone unable to play contact Flo Mcnally ASAP on 07834423482

Men win against Donegal

Congrats to Armagh Men's Zone team who beat Donegal today by 1 shot in Raphoe.

After a great start to the 1st half Armagh led by 12 shots with Joe Beattie's rink winning 9-7 against D McKlintock, Alan Roberts beat PJ Gallagher 11-5 and Derek Wright won his game 12-8 against P McGee.

Half time score Donegal 20-32 Armagh

Armagh where able to hang on in the 2nd half after a late charge by Donegal with Andrew Leckey beating E Curran 10-4, Aidan Corrigan lost 2-11 to J Quinn and Mark Sproule lost 5-13 to A Steele.

Final score Donegal 48-49 Armagh.

Armagh will now play West Down at home on Sat 12 Jan 2013

Men's zone team picked

The men's inter zone competition continues this Sat with Armagh away to
former finalists Donegal. A coach will be leaving the Fair Green, Portadown
at 9.30am, stopping at the Melon Country Inn at 10.30. All team members
please inform Flo McNally (07834423482) immediately if you are travelling by
coach.

Team as follows:-
1. P Garvey,N Uprichard,G Crothers, M Sproule.
2. S Breen,C Deering,J Richardson,A Leckey.
3. C Trainor,R Hunter,L McCartan,J Beattie.
4. C Trainor (St Ants),K Trainor,G Culbert, A Roberts.
5. P Moffett,P Whittle,A Hughes,A Corrigan.
6. S McCall,D Beattie,T Bell,D Wright.

Game is in Raphoe Cathedral Parochial Hall at 1pm.

British isles Championships

Round up of scores from the recent British Isles Championships.

Team Event
Round 1
Wales beat England 35-29
Ireland beat Scotland 56-30

Round 2
England beat Scotland 61-15
Ireland beat Wales 46-31

Final Round
Ireland beat England 46-32
Wales beat Scotland 51-28

Final Standings
1st Ireland
2nd Wales
3rd England
4th Scotland

Individuals
Singles
1st Wales
2nd Ireland

Pairs
1st Ireland
2nd Wales

Triples
1st England
2nd Ireland

Rinks
1st Ireland
2nd England

Pauline heads to Potters

 

Good luck to Pauline Beattie this weekend as she heads to Potters to play for the Irish team in the British Isles Championships. Pauline is the only lady selected for the team and also has the honour of being chosen as team captain. Play will take place on Sat 17 and Sun 18th. The full team is as follows:

 

Rink 1			Rink 2
P Beattie	Armagh		G Stubbs	Lisburn
M Wilson	Mid Ulster		D Morrison	Mid Antrim
J Wilson	West Down		R O'Neill	North West
C McHugh	Mid Ulster		R Stubbs	Lisburn
Rink 3			Rink 4
A Morrison	Mid Antrim		M Beattie	Foyle
P J McCrosssan	Mid Tyrone		L Harrison	North West
K Conroy	Oriel		J Quinn	Donegal
G Conroy	Mid Tyrone		A Paul	Mid Ulster

 

  
Team Manager    A Rice  

Team Captain      P Beattie  

Individual Series  

Singles                  J Quinn  

Pairs                     R O’Neill & L Harrison  

Triples                  R Stubbs, R Stubbs & G Stubbs  

Rinks                    M Wilson,A Paul, G Smith & C Hogg   

National Finalists

With all the Armagh Zone Nationals played down to the finals the line up is as follows:

Singles
Section A
A Corrigan (Drumgor) v P Beattie (St Marks)

Section B
G Crothers (Armagh GC) v A Leckey (St Marks)

Ladies Singles
P Beattie (St Marks) v H Agnew (St Matthews)

Rinks
A Corrigan (Drumgor) v L Mc Cartan (Armagh GC)

Pairs
Section A
A Leckey (St Marks) v G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Section B
A Hughes (St Saviours) v K Trainor (St Anthony's)

Ladies Pairs
P Beattie (St Marks) v R Cassells (St Marks)

Triples
A Leckey (St Marks) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Ladies Triples
P Beattie (St Marks) v S Whittle (Cranagill)

Over 55 Pairs
M Grimley (Drumgor) v R Hunter (Markethill)

 

The Finals will be held in Mullabrack Parish Hall on Friday 28th December

 

Friendly Match for Men Team

In preparation  for their trip to Donegal, Armagh Men are playing South Tyrone Men in friendly match this Fri night 9th Nov in Coalisland Parochial Centre at 7.30pm. Team as follows:

1. C Trainor, K Trainor, G Culbert, A Roberts
2. C Deering, N Uprichard, G Crothers, M Sproule
3. C Leckey, S Breen, J Richardson, A Leckey
4. P Moffett, P Whittle, A Hughes, A Corrigan
5. P Garvey, R Hunter, L McCarten, J Beattie
6. S McCall, D Beattie, T Bell, D Wright

Subs: I Irwin, C Mulholland, C Trainor (Tullysaran)

Donegore Triples Success

Congratulations to Gary Culbert, Joe & Pauline Beattie on winning Donegore Triples last night beating fellow Armagh Zone players Stevie McCall, Mark Sproule and Aidan Corrigan in the final.   Results:   Quarter Finals: A Corrigan beat D Duncan P McNamara beat U McKeeman D McStravock beat J Wilson P Beattie beat D McCandless   Semi Finals: A Corrigan beat P McNamara P Beattie beat D McStravock   Final: P Beattie beat A Corrigan

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Armagh Ladies Through

Armagh Ladies won their opening game in the Ladies Interzone by beating South & East Belfast by 39 shots.   After a slow start in the opening ends of the 1st half, Armagh were able to open a 16 shot gap by half time.   The 2nd half started strongly for Armagh and were able to increase their advantage by a further 23 shots, this also included a lift of 8 shots by Flo McNally's rink on their 9th end!!   Rink scores as follows:   A Crozier, G Garvey, L Strain, E Smyth drew 10-10   Ann Crozier, R Beattie, H Agnew, I Doone won 15-6   M Wright, M Hobson, D Agnew, 'Ma' Cassells won 14-7   Half Time South & East Belfast 23 - 39 Armagh   M Dempster, A Patton, J Hawthorne, F McNally won 23-5   S Minish, S White, Sile Garvey, P Beattie won 11-6   E Lavery, N Gilkinson, S Whittle, R Cassells drew 11-11     Final Score South & East Belfast 45 - 84 Armagh     Armagh will now have a tough encounter with former Champions Mid Ulster at home on Sat 01 Dec.

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Zone League Results

Zone League Division 1 and 2 results and tables are now up to date.

CoC Pairs Winners

Pauline and Joe Beattie who won this year’s Champion of Champions Pairs.

 

Upcoming Triples Tournaments

St Brigids Brocagh Open Triples (South Tyrone)

 

Mon 12th Nov, Tue 13th, Wed 14th, Thur 15th and Fri 15th November

Finals Fri 16th Nov or Wed 21st Nov

 

Entries to Colette Campbell - 02887738523 or Connie - 07979614056.

 

 

St Joseph's Kildress Annual Charity Triples (Mid Ulster)

 

Thurs 15th Nov, Tue 20th, Wed 21st, Thur 22nd

Finals Fri 23rd Nov 

Seamus McGlinchey 07850349915 or Damian Grimes 07810123256

Local Success in Champion of Champions

Pauline and Joe Beattie have won this years Champion of Champions pairs played at Shaws Bridge indoor stadium.

In the first round they beat A Daley (North West Zone) and followed this with victories against S Carleton (Monaghan), N Haire (Lisburn), A Reel (Oriel) and C Hill from Mid Ulster. This put them in the final where they beat Noel Graham from Lisburn in a tie end.

Meanwhile in the triples St. Anthony's Sean Trainor also tasted success being part of the winning Oriel triple skipped by Kevin Conroy.

The winners of the other Champion of Champions competitions were:

Singles - J Quinn (Donegal)

Triples - K Conroy (Oriel)

Rinks - M Wilson (Mid Ulster)

National Draws

The draws for the National Championships have been made and can be found here. The action starts on Monday 15 October with the National Singles.

St John's Moira Pairs

St John’s Moira are holding their annual open pairs tournament (licence no. A/3/2012/2013) commencing on Monday 29 October. Section nights are Mon 29 October to Fri 2 November with finals on Saturday 3 November 2012 with the usual excellent prizes.

 

To enter contact Sadie White on 028 92612231.

Armagh Zone Cup

The draw for this season’s Zone Cup can be found here.

National and Zone Championship Dates

Dates for National and Zone Championships are as follows:

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mon 15th Oct - Singles - Tandragee RC
Wed 17th Oct - Ladies Singles - Armagh Rd Pres
Thur 18th Oct - Rinks - Tandragee RC
Tue 23rd Oct - Pairs - Tandragee RC
Wed 24th Oct - Ladies Pairs - Mountnorris & Tullyallen
Fri 26th Oct - Triples - Tandragee RC
Mon 29th Oct - Over 55s - St Marks Portadown
Tue 30th Oct - Ladies Triples - St Lukes Loughgall
Thur 01st Nov - National Playoffs - St Matthews Richhill
Sat 15th Dec - Jnr Singles and Jnr Pairs - St Saviours
Fri 28th Dec - NATIONAL FINALS - Mullabrack Parish

ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tue 1st Jan 2013 - Rinks - St Saviours/St Matthews
Thur 3rd Jan 2013 - Mixed Pairs - Tandragee RC
Mon 14th Jan 2013 - Singles - Tandragee RC
Wed 16th Jan 2013 - Pairs - Tandragee RC
Fri 18th Jan 2013 - Triples - Tandragee RC
Mon 28th Jan 2013 - Zone Playoffs - St Marks Portadown
Fri 1st Feb 2013 - ZONE FINALS - Waringstown

Wed 06th Mar 2013 - Friendship Finals - Mullabrack Parish
Wed 13th Mar 2013 - Shield & Cup Finals - Jethro Centre Lurgan

 

Armagh Ladies beat English Ladies Select

Armagh Ladies have recorded a fine victory over an English Ladies Select side after a great weekends bowls in Richhill Leisure Centre. Combinations of singles, pairs, triples, rinks and team matches took place on Friday and Saturday with Armagh running out 65 points to 47. Full details here.

 

 

The victorious Armagh Ladies squad

 

 

Officials / representatives of Armagh and England with the Mayor of Armagh.

Armagh Zone Open Singles Tournament

Armagh Zone are holding an Open Singles Tournament in St Matthews Richhill Church Hall on:-   Mon 03 Sep - Fri 07th Sep with Finals on Sat 08 Sep 2012.    This will be one of the first singles tournaments around at the start of the shortmat season, so it will be a good chance for all you bowlers out there to get an early win under your belt and qualify for Champion of Champions 2013.   Entries to:-   Flo McNally - Home  (02838393669)  Mobile (07834423482) Or Pauline Beattie (07921508878)

Armagh Zone now on Facebook

Armagh Zone has now got a Facebook site.

 

The address is www.facebook.com/armaghzone

 

The site is not maintained by me but will be a "sister" site to Armagh Zone Online!

Double joy for Armagh at National Finals

Armagh had double success at the National Finals in Richhill Leisure Centre. The St. Mark's triple of Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline Beattie coasted to their fourth Ladies Triples title in a row, beating Wilma Adair's Mid Antrim triple 17-4 in a one-sided final. Danny McDonald and Sean Conroy of St. Anthony's had a much tougher encounter with R. Black and D. Turtle from Broughshane in the Over 55 pairs final. Black and Turtle were the holders of the title but the St. Anthony's duo were determined to take the title from them and the locals finally secured victory after a tie end.

 

Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline Beattie (St. Mark's) – Ladies Triples Winners

 

Sean Conroy and Danny McDonald (St. Anthony's) receiving the Over 55 Pairs Cup.

National Finals

The finals of the National Championships are taking place this afternoon in Richhill Leisure Centre. Armagh are represented in 2 of the finals. St. Anthony's Sean Conroy and Danny McDonald are in the final of the Over 55 Pairs, while Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline Beattie from St. Mark's are in the final of the Ladies Triples. There will be 9 finals in total so a great afternoon's bowling is guarenteed. The action starts at 1.30pm.

John Doone

The season is ending on a sad note with the passing of well known Drumgor bowler John Doone. John will be missed both in Drumgor and around the zone. His funeral is tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 11.30am in St. Anthony's Craigavon.

St Mark's do the double

St Mark's followed up last night's Zone Cup success by wrapping up the Zone League Division 1 title. They needed 5 points from their last game against Kilmore tonight and got 6.5 to finish 2 points ahead of Armagh Golf Club.

League tables will be updated on Sunday evening.

St. Mark's win Zone Cup

St Marks have won this season's Zone Cup after beating St Anthony's by 10 shots in the final last night in St. Matthew's Richhill.

Rink scores were as follows (St. Mark's skips first):

1st half
P Beattie 9-11 D McDonald
A Leckey 11-6 S Conroy

St Marks 3 up at half time

2nd half
G Culbert 10-6 N Haire
A Roberts 11-8 D Wright

Final score
St Marks 41-31 St Anthonys

Target set

Only one thing is left to be decided in this season's Zone League - the winners of Division 1. St. Marks' need 5 points from their final game at home to Kilmore on Fri 30 March to claim the title. The target was set after Armagh GC got 6½ points in their final game against Drumgor last night. At the bottom neighbours Kimore and Mullavilly will be returning to Division 2 after Mullavilly lost their last 2 games. They will be replaced in Division 1 by Tullysaran and Portadown GC meaning the 2 teams promoted the previous season have been relegated and the 2 teams relegated the previous season have come back up again.

 

Zone Cup Final

This seasons Zone Cup Final will be between holders St. Anthony's and St. Mark's. St. Anthony's overcame Drumgor in the semi final while St. Mark's eased past Kilmore. The Final will take place on Thursday 29 March in St. Matthew's Richhill with a 7.30pm start.

Zone League going to the wire!

It's quite possible that the winner of this year's Zone League Division 1 title won't be known until after the last game of the season has been played. St. Mark's have 2 games left - Waringstown and Kilmore (both at home) with the latter being the final league game of the season. 11 points from these 2 games will guarentee the league title goes to Carelton Street. Any slip ups however could open the door for either Armagh Golf Club or St. Saviour's. Both have one game left. Armagh CG are at home to Drumgor while St. Saviour's travel to Kilmore.

Kilmore themselves are rooted to the bottom and with their last 2 games against two title chasers, their hopes of avoiding relegation seem slim. The second relegation spot is between St. John's Moira and Mullavilly. Mullavilly are 1½ points ahead of St. John's with a game in hand, but the 2 teams have to play each other. This will be St. John's last game and with Mullavilly enteraining St. Anthony's in their last game, a big win for St. John's could see them survive. There's a lot of bowls to be played yet however.

Division 2 is more clear cut. Tullysaran have cruised to the Div 2 title and a return to the top flight. They will most likely be joined by Portadown Golf Club who need 6 points from their last to games to secure promotion. The first of these is against Queen Street (the only other team that could mathematically be promoted) while their final game is at home to bottom club Shankill.

 

Zone Championship Winners

Pairs Winners – Rachel Cassells & Pauline Beattie (St. Marks)

 

Mixed Pairs Winners – Joe Beattie & Catherine McMillen (Drumgor)

 

Singles Winner – Andrew Leckey (St. Mark's)

 

Rinks Winners – Mark Sproule, Aidan Corrigan, Joe Beattie, David Beattie (Drumgor)

 

(Pictures courtesy of Pauline Beattie)

Zone Championship Winners

The finals of the Zone Championships took place last night in St. Mark's. It was a case of Drumgor -v- St. Mark's in 3 of the finals, with Drumgor also being represented in the fourth final. Results were as follows:

Singles Final
A Leckey (St Marks) 7
M Sproule (Drumgor) 6

Pairs Final
P Beattie (St Marks) 9
J Beattie (Drumgor) 7

Mixed Pairs Final
J Beattie (Drumgor) 9
G Culbert (St Marks) 5

Rinks Final
A Corrigan (Drumgor) 13
R Hunter (Markethill) 1

(Photos to follow)

 

 

Waringstown claim Zone Shield

Waringstown emerged victorious after a tight tussle with St. John' Moira in this year's Zone Shield Final held at Mountorris & Tullyallen. Only 2 shots separated the teams at the end with Waringstown winning the shield for the first time. Pictures below courtesy of Paul Whittle. (Click on photo to enlarge).

 

Waringstown captain Tommy Anderson receiving the Shield from Zone Chairman Raymond Hunter

 

Waringstown

 

St John's Moira

 

St. Anthony's Under 25 Singles

St Anthonys will be running their second under 25 singles tournament on Thursday 5th, Friday 6th of April with an Afternoon session on Saturday 7th of April. The final will be later that evening, 7th April.
Players must be born on or after 8th April 1987.

Due to refurbishment works in our hall the tournament will be held at DUNBARTON OUTDOOR BOWLING CLUB this season.

The Tournament has once again been sponsored by www.ballybrakesbowls.com so please show your support for a local business putting something back into the sport.

Contact Sean: 07754925683 or seantrainor26@gmail.com
Christina - 028 38361397
Defending Champion is William Boggs from Ardstraw who defeated Paddy Hanlon in the final
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Division 2 Update

Thur 15 March

Tullysaran 33.75 (6) St. Paul's 33 (1)

Confirms Tullysaran's promotion to Division 1.

(League table will be updated on Mon evening.)
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Division 1 Update

Fri 16 March: St. Marks 61 (7) Drumgor 18 (0)

League table will be updated on Monday evening.
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Zone Rinks Update

Final

A. Corrigan (Drumgor) -v- R. Hunter (Markethill)
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St. Saviour's Pairs

The annual St.Saviours (Dobbin) Pairs Tournament this year will be played from

Monday 26th March to Friday 30th March.

FINALS NIGHT: Saturday 31st March.

To enter please contact Andrew Hughes on 07800573352 or 02838339391

Zone Shield Final: Change of Venue

Due to unforeseen circumstances the venue of the Zone Shield final on Wed 14 March has been changed. It will now be played at Mountnorris & Tullyallen Hall at the same time.

Jethro League Winners

Photos courtesy of Alan Roberts

Winning Rink skipped by Elizabeth Smyth

Front Row: Runners Up - Skip N. Conlon.
Back row: 3rd Place - Skip G. Clinghan

Nationals Finals Update #2

The second half of the National Finals was played off yesterday in
Ballymoney Indoor Stadium.

The St. Mark's triple of Rachel Cassells, May Cassells and Pauline Beattie
are in the final of the ladies triples. They beat Bridget Davidson of Mid
Ulster in a tie end in semi finals and will play Wilma Adair from mid Antrim
in the final. Pauline was also beaten in her 2nd game in the open pairs.
St. Mark's Andrew Leckey was also in 2 competitions. He was beaten in the
semi finals of open triples and in the second game in the open pairs.

Zone Singles Update

Semi Finals

N Uprichard (St. Matthew's) v M Sproule (Drumgor)
A Leckey (St. Mark's) v P Moffett (St. Saviour's)

Jethro Rinks Finals Day

JETHRO RINKS LEAGUE

RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED ON THURSDAY 8th. March.

( Finals Day )

FINAL FOR THE HOUSE 2 HOME CUP

E.Smyth 12 N.Conlon 11 ( after a tie end )

3rd. & 4th. PLACE PLAY OFF GAME

W.Clinghan 16 N.Garvey 13

Miss Sara Johnston the representative from the main Sponsors of the League

House 2 Home presented the prizes with the House 2 Home Cup going to Elizabeth

Smyth's Rink, and the Shield for the Runners Up going to Noel Conlon's Rink.

The third and forth placed Rinks of William Clinghan and Nicky Garvey also received

their prizes

The Winner of the Friendship Singles Competition this year was Shelia Garvey and

Malachy Grimley was the Runner Up.

George Richardson the League Secretary presented the Jim Wilkin Bowl to Linda

Milligan. This trophy goes each year to the person that collects the most money .

The main purpose of The Jethro Rinks League every year is to raise as much money

as possible for Charity and this year we were able to hand over cheques of £1,000 to

each of our three nominated Charties which were The Southern Area Hospice,

Macmillan Cancer Support and The Alzheimers Society.   (Photos to follow)

Zone Pairs Update

Semi Finals

J Beattie (Drumgor) v A Miller (Portadown Meth)
P Beattie (St. Mark's) v L McCarten (Armagh CG)

Zone Mixed Pairs Update

Semi Finals

J Beattie (Drumgor) v Raymond Hunter (Markethill)
S Breen (St. Anthony's) v G Culbert (St. Mark's)

Zone Cup / Shield Final + Zone Playoffs

Zone Cup Final:

St. Mark's -v- St. Anthony's or Drumgor (St. Anthony's 4 up after S/F first leg)

Thursday 29 March 2012 (note this has been changed from 22 March)

Venue: St. Matthew's Richhill

 

 

Zone Shield Final

 

Waringstown -v- St. John's Moira

 

Wednesday 14 March 2012

Venue: Markethill Masonic Hall

 

 

Zone Championship Playoffs

 

Thurdsday 15 March 2012

Venue: St. Saviour's

 

 

Zone Campionship Finals

 

Monday 19 March 2012

Venue: St. Mark's

Zone Rinks Update

Quarter Finals:

A. Leckey (St. Mark's) v J. Murnaghan (St. Amthony's)

Winner plays R. Hunter (Markethill) in Semi Final

 

A. Corrigan (Drumgor) v P. Lappin (Tandragee GC)

D. Sinton (Clare) v D. Wright (St. Anthony's)

National Finals Update

The first half of the National Finals took place today in Ballymoney. St. Anthony's Danny McDonald and Sean Conroy are in the final of the Over 55 Pairs, but there was less joy for the Armagh in the other competitions. Sean was also in the singles but was beat in the first round, as was Drumgor's David Beattie.  David was also part of Aidan Corrigan's rink which was beaten in the quarter final. Flo McNally was beaten in her second game of the Ladies Pairs, while Beth Whittle and Sean Breen were beat in the first round of the Junior Pairs.

 

Next Saturday sees the playoffs of the Triples, Pairs, Ladies Singles, Ladies Triples and Junior Singles.

Friendship Singles

Dayne Jordan has won this years Friendship Singles after a narrow 1 shot victory over Drumgor's Mark Sproule in the final.

Zone Singles Update

Section A
A. Leckey v U. Shaw
P. Moffett v K. Daly

Section B
P. Beattie v N. Uprichard
M. Sproule v S. Whittle
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2012 Zone Draws

The draws for the 2012 Zone Championships have been made and can be viewed here.

Good luck to all taking part.

Killyman Open Pairs Tournament

 

Killyman are running an open pairs tournament in St Andrews Parish Hall, Killyman as follows:   Mon 26th March to Fri 30th March   Finals on Sat 31st March   Entry Fee £5.00 per pair   Entries in by Mon 12th March to:   Mrs Ida Eldon :- TEL: 028 87722713  or   Mr Dennis Simpson :- TEL: 028 87724363

Day to forget for Ladies

Armagh Ladies have failed to retain the Interzone title they won in 2011
after a heavy 31 shot defeat in today's final against Donegal. Scores were
as follows:

1st half
E Smyth 13 - 4 M Montgomery
D Marshall 2 - 17 V Patterson
M Cassells 9 - 10 A Gilfillan

Half Time
Armagh 24-31 Donegal

2nd Half
C McMillen 2 - 13 R Crawford
F McNally 3 - 18 R McDonnell
P Beattie 6 - 5 E Doherty

Final Score
Armagh 36 v Donegal 67

Congratulations to Donegal on a fine victory.