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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