Tournament Notice - Omagh County PTA Pairs

Received from Neville Hagan:

 

Omagh County PTA Pairs Tournament

• Qualifying: Mon 6th, Tue 7th, Wed 8th, Thu 9th, Fri 10th February
• Finals: Sat 11th February
• Entry: £5
• 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)

Co Antrim Open Pairs Short Mat Competition

Received from Jim Baker Stadium

Hi,

Some information regarding our new short mat tournament. It would be
nice to see get entries from all over the country, any help in
gathering up some interest and entries from the Armagh Zone in anyway
possible even be that via word of mouth.

County Antrim Indoor Bowling Club, in conjunction with Antrim Lawn
Bowling Club, is pleased to announce our inaugural liscenced Short Mat
Tournament, the County Antrim Open Pairs. The competition will be held
at the Jim Baker Stadium from Wednesday 22nd February to Saturday 25th
February 2012. The competition will see a prize fund exceeding £500
thanks to our kind sponsors Bairds Funeral Service, NFU Mutual, FL
Amusements and Stephen Coleman Building and Joinery Services.

Qualifying nights will be held at 7pm sharp on Wednesday 22nd,
Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th February with a further two
morning/afternoon qualifying sessions on Saturday 25th February.
Finals will then be held on the evening of Saturday 25th February at
7pm. The cost of entry is £5 per pair.

To enter please use the form on our dedicated website or complete one
of our entry forms which have been sent out to various short mat clubs
on or before Monday 20th February.

Ladies through to Interzone Final

Armagh ladies have reached a 2nd consecutive Interzone final by beating West
Down in the semi finals today by 20 shots. Scores were as follows:

1st half
M Cassells won 14-7
D Marshall won 11-2
E Smyth lost 8-11

Half Time
Armagh 33-20

2nd half
F McNally lost 4-11
P Beattie won 11-7
C McMillen won 12-2

Final score Armagh 60-40 West Down

Armagh will now play Donegal in a repeat of last years final on 11th Feb,
venue to be arranged.

St. Matthew's Pairs

St Matthew's Richhill is holding it's annual open pairs tournament
commencing Monday 30th January

Dates of play:
Monday 30th January to Friday 3rd February 2012
Finals night: Saturday 4th February
Entry fee: £5

To enter contact Flo McNally, 02838393669 or 07834423482, 07715109153

Crawford & Leckey win St. Mark's

Matthew Crawford and Andrew Leckey have won St. Mark's pairs tournament. Results from finals night are as follows:

 

Prelims
I Armstrong beat W Coulter
A Johnston beat K Trainor

Quarter Final
I Armstrong beat A Johnston
A Corrigan beat D Hamilton
S Conroy beat N Hamilton
A Leckey beat J Beattie

Semi Final
I Armstrong beat A Corrigan
A Leckey beat S Conroy

Final
A Leckey beat I Armstrong

Ladies team for Semi Final clash

Ladies Inter-Zone Semi Final

 

Armagh v West Down

 

Sat 21st Jan 2012 at 2pm in St Matthews Richhill

 

The team to represent Armagh Zone is as follows:-

 

S Garvey (Drumgor)

S Minish (Milltown)

S White (St John's Moira)

P Beattie (St Marks)

 

E Hunter (Markethill Pres)              

L Milligan (Mullavilly)

R Cassells (St Marks)

E Smyth (Markethill Pres)

     

Anne Crozier (Redrock)                         

A Patton (Redrock)                         

H Agnew (St Matthews)                   

D Marshall (Armagh GC)                   

 

S Corrigan (Drumgor)

E McDonald (St Anthony's)

I Doone (Drumgor)

C McMillen (Drumgor)

 

Agnes Crozier (Markethill Pres)

S Whittle (St Saviours)

L Strain (Markethill Pres)

F McNally (St Matthews)

 

M Wright (St Pats Magheralin)

M Hobson (St Saviours)

D Agnew (St Saviours)

M Cassells (St Marks)

 

Reserves:- (in alphabetical order)

 

M Dempster (Markethill Pres)

G Garvey (Tullysaran)

J Hawthorne (Redrock)

E Lavery (St Saviours)

M Livingstone (St Pats Armagh)

B McGleenan (St Pats Armagh)

St. Mark's Qualifiers

The following have qualified in St. Mark's Pairs Tournament:

Fri 13 Jan:
K. Trainor (St. Anthony's)
A. Johnston (Donacloney)

Thu 12 Jan:
A. Leckey (St. Mark's)
I. Amrstrong (Wellington)

Wed 11 Jan:
A. Corrigan (Drumgor)
J. Beattie (Drumgor)

Tue 10 Jan:
D. Hamilton (Hillsborough)
N. Hamilton (Hillsborough)

Mon 9 Jan:
W. Coulter (St. John's Moira)
S. Conroy (St. Anthony's)

Armagh Ladies through to Semi Finals

Armagh Ladies are through to the semi finals of this year's Interzone competition after a 16 shot victory over Cork today. Scores were as follow:

 

1st half

 

M Cassells won 8-7

E Smyth won 9-7

D Marshall won 11-4

 

Armagh 28-18 Cork

 

2nd half

 

C McMillen won 8-7

P Beattie won 13-8

F McNally drew 11-11

 

Final score

 

Armagh 60-44 Cork

 

Armagh now play West Down at home on Sat 21 Jan 2012.  West Down had a 55-54 shot win away at Western.

National Winners - Photos

Please click here for photos from the Armagh Nationals Finals Night at Tullysaran on Wed 28 Dec 2011. All photos are courtesy of Paul Whittle.