Men's Interzone 2nd Round Plate

Men's Interzone 2nd Round Plate

Armagh v Donegal

Sat 11th Jan 2014 at 2pm in St Matthews Richhill

P Garvey
S McCall
N Uprichard
M Trainor

P Garvey Jnr
G Crothers
D Beattie
A Leckey

P Moffett
C Trainor (St Anthonys)
G Culbert
A Roberts

C Trainor (Tullysaran)
P Whittle
T Mulholland
M Sproule

W Gilpin
S Breen
K Trainor
A Corrigan

J Hendren
C Mulholland
R Hunter
D McDonald

Reserves: S Jess & S Oliver

Anyone unable to play please contact Flo as soon as possible.

Ladies Interzone Sat 4 Jan 2014

Ladies Interzone 3rd Round

Armagh v Western

Sat 04th Jan 2014 at 2pm in St Matthews Richhill

M Dempster
C Breen
D Marshall
P Beattie

Agnes Crozier
Ann Patton
H Agnew
E Smyth

S Minish
L Milligan
S White
C McMillen

R Beattie
I Doone
L Strain
R Cassells

Anne Crozier
G Garvey
J Hawthorne
F McNally

M Hobson
M Wright
D Agnew
M Cassells

Reserves: D Bell, C Dempster, E Lavery, M Livingstone,
S Whittle

Anyone unable to play please contact Flo as soon as possible.

Armagh Juniors through to Semi's

Congratulations to the Armagh Junior Zone team who beat Oriel by 5 shots in a nail biting game in Cooley today.

In a game were the lead changed back and forth, it was Oriel who took a 4 shot lead into the last four ends of the game.

Armagh's Sean Breen was able to lift a 2 on his last end and after an excellent running shot by Andrew Robinson to ditch the jack to gain another 2 shots, this left the game all square with only 2 ends remaining on James Robinson's mat.
On the 9th end James played the perfect running shot with his last bowl to move the jack to the 4 waiting Armagh bowls to gain a vital 4 to put Armagh within sight of victory going 4 up into the last end.
The last end proved to be quite a dramatic end as Armagh tried to sow things up, Oriel's Shane Hand was forced to burn the jack twice with his last bowl to keep Oriel's hopes alive. On the 3rd replay of the last end it was Armagh that struggled and with only 1 bowl in the head, Shane Hand with the last bowl had a chance to 'chop and lie' the Armagh bowl to lie 5 shots and win the game. Luckily for Armagh, Shane was slightly wide and just clipped the Armagh bowl but did not move it, leaving Armagh the winners and heading onto the semi final stages.

It was a great team effort from the Armagh side and they showed their fighting spirit right up to the end!!

Well done guys!!

 

Rink Scores:

1.       Zoe Minish, Kevin Donaldson, Chris Coleman, Andrew Hamilton – Lost 8-12

2.       Connor Lenaghan, Bethany Whittle, Ryan King, Sean Breen – Won 10-8

3.       Luke Frizzell, Teri Millar, Nathan Minish, James Hamilton – Won 14-7

 

Final Score Oriel 27 Armagh 32

 

The Armagh squad complete with mascot.

 

Kevin Donaldson, Andrew Robinson, Chris Coleman, Zoe Minish

 

Nathan Minish, Teri Millar, James Robinson, Luke Frizzell

 

Bethany Whittle, Ryan King, Sean Breen, Connor Lenaghan

 

Reserves: Ellen Boyd, Dillon Boyd, Laura Cassells, Chloe Wilson

St Marks Portadown Open Pairs Tournament

St Marks Portadown are holding their annual Open Pairs Tournament commencing:

Mon 6th Jan - Fri 10th Jan

Finals Sat 18th Jan 2014

Entries to:
May Cassells - 028 38331323
Pauline Beattie - 07921508878

National Finals Results

The National Finals took place on Wed 6 December 2013 at Mullabrack. Congratulations to the following who have qualified to play in the National Finals in March 2014:

Singles Winners
A Corrigan (Drumgor)
N Uprichard (St Matthews)
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Pairs Winners
D McDonald
M Trainor (St Anthony's)

T Mulholland
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Triples Winners
P Whittle
T Mulholland
M Sproule (Cranagill)

Rinks Winners
I Doone
C McMillen
J Beattie
A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Ladies Singles Winner
P Beattie (St Marks)

Ladies Pairs Winners
M Cassells
P Beattie ( St Marks)

Ladies Triples Winners
S Garvey
R Beattie
C McMillen (Drumgor)

Junior Singles Winner
J Robinson (St Matthews)

Junior Pairs Winners
B Whittle
S Breen (St Anthony's)

Over 55 Pairs Winners
N McClure
D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Armagh Ladies ease past East Antrim

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies today on a convincing 44 shot win over East Antrim.

After beating Oriel in the opening round Armagh knew they had to keep their momentum going against East Antrim in the 2nd round.

Armagh had to make 2 late changes in their team with Marlene Hobson and Diane Agnew withdrawing due to the death of club member Gertie Pearson and at this time we would like to pass on are condolences to the Pearson family.

On mat 1
Christina Dempster, Michelle Wright, Irene Doone and May Cassells made a steady start to their game but a run of successive ends gave the Armagh rink a win of 14-5.

Mat 2 saw Catherine McMillen's rink of Sophia Minish, Linda Milligan and Sadie White storm away to a 9-0 lead playing excellent bowls throughout. The East Antrim rink made a late charge but wasn't enough and Catherine ran out to a 14-6 win.

Agnes Crozier, Ann Patton, Hilary Agnew and Elizabeth Smyth had a tough tussle on mat 3. After fighting their way to a 9-5 lead, the unfortunate loss of a 5 on the 9th end left them 1 down going into the last end. To their credit they picked themselves up and got 1 shot in the last end to get a 10 all draw.

Half time score Armagh 38-21 East Antrim

The second half kicked off on mat 4 with Flo McNally's rink of Ann Crozier, Goretti Garvey and Jean Hawthorne playing excellent bowls and a big count of 7 on the 3rd end saw Flo's rink race off to a 15-5 win.

Elizabeth Lavery, Rosemary Beattie, Leslie Strain and Rachel Cassells had a tough battle on mat 5. The Armagh rink battled hard but unfortunately lost out 3-9 to a on form East Antrim rink.

On rink 6 Pauline Beattie's rink of Margaret Dempster, Christina Breen and Daphne Marshall produced another superb display running out to a 20-0 lead after 8 ends, with East Antrim getting 1 on the 9th end and Armagh adding a further 4 on the last end, the Armagh rink enjoyed a 24-1 win.

Final Score: Armagh 80-36 East Antrim

Armagh will now play Western at home on Sat 4th Jan

Line up for National Finals

Full line up for National Finals:

Singles Finals
Section A
M Sproule (Cranagill) v G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Section B
N Uprichard (St Matthews) v P Moffett (Cranagill)

Section C
K Trainor (St Anthony's) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Pairs Finals
Section A
D McDonald (St Anthony's) v A Smith (Tullysaran)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) v M Sproule (Cranagill)

Triples Final
G Crothers (Armagh GC) v T Mulholland (Cranagill)

Rinks Final
M Trainor (St Anthonys) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Over 55 Pairs Final
T Bell (St Marks) v D Marshall (Armagh GC)

Ladies Singles Final
P Beattie (St Marks) v M Livingstone (St Pats Armagh)

Ladies Pairs Final
P Beattie (St Marks) v E Smyth (Markethill Pres)

Ladies Triples Final
C McMillen (Drumgor) v E Smyth (Markethill Pres)

Junior finalists will be posted when available

Finals to be held in Mullabrack on Wednesday 4th Dec at 7pm
Greys and Whites or Club shirts

Armagh Men Through in Interzone Shield

Armagh Men have  beaten North Down by 17 shots in the first round of the Interzone Shield.

Results:
A Roberts 4 - 9 R Hastings
M Sproule 16-2 G McKee
M Trainor 10-6 S Headley
A Corrigan 12-6 K Taylor
A Leckey 16-16 S Cavan
J Beattie 6-8 P Campbell

Final Score
Armagh 64 - 47 North Down

Armagh will now face Donegal in next round at home on Sat 11th Jan

Champion of Champions, and Local Tournament Successes

Gary Culbert, Matthew Crawford, Jal Richardson and Andrew Leckey (St Marks) have won the Champion of Champion Rinks title today in Shawsbridge beating Oriels Michael Hand in the final. It’s been a profitable season so far for local players in tournaments around the country:

 

September

St. Mark’s Andrew Leckey wins the Irish Open Singles at Shaws Bridge

Drumgor’s Aidan Corrigan wins First Dromore Singles

Lawrence McCarten, Robert Kidd and Cecil Dillon (Armagh GC) on win Kilkerly Triples

 

October

Robert Kidd and George Crothers (Armagh Golf Club) on win Cullyhanna Pairs

Pat Garvey (Tullysaran) on wins Corduff singles

Jal Richardson wins the World Pairs in Birmingham with William Morrison (1st Ahoghill)

Armagh Ladies Get Revenge

Congratulations to the Armagh Ladies today on beating the defending champions Oriel by 44 shots in the opening round of the Ladies Interzone.

Armagh knew they had to 'up' their game after a disappointing performance in last years final and thats just exactly what they did. 
On mat 1 Oriel had no answer to Elizabeth Smyth's rink of Agnes Crozier, Ann Patton and Hilary Agnew. The Armagh rink played excellent bowls throughout and proved far to strong for J Roullier's rink and ran away with a 21-3 victory.
On mat 2 Mary Livingstone, Rosemary Beattie, Sandra Whittle and Rachel Cassells had a slow start and after 5 ends were 1-7 down against B Cunningham and her rink. The Armagh ladies never gave up and fought their way back to come away with an excellent 9-7 win. 
Mat 3 saw a tight tussle between Armagh's Marlene Hobson, Michelle wright, Diane Agnew and May Cassells who took on Oriel's R Brennan. With good bowls played by both rinks, nothing could separate the 2 rinks after 10 ends ending up 9-9 draw, leaving Armagh with a 20 shot lead at the break.

Half Time
Armagh 39-19 Oriel 

After a brilliant performance from Armagh's 1st half rinks all Armagh had to do was to keep things tight..but instead the pulled out the stops to add a further 24 shots to the final score.
On mat 4 Flo McNally's rink of Ann Crozier, Goretti Garvey and Jean Hawthorne took on Emma Colgan and her rink. After 9 ends Flo was leading 9-5 but a lift of 7 in the last end saw Flo's quartet ending up 16-5 winners.
Christina Breen, Elizabeth Lavery, Daphne Marshall and Pauline Beattie took on Carol McMahon and her rink on mat 5. The Armagh Ladies proved too strong for the Oriel rink and with the help of a 6 on the 7th end the Armagh foursome came away with a 13-2 victory with 2 ends to spare.
The final game of the day was between Catherine McMillen and her rink of Sophia Minish, Linda Milligan and Sadie White against Patricia Hanlon's quartet. Catherine and her rink played excellent bowls and had a tight battle with the Oriel rink but finished 8-6 up with an end to spare giving Armagh a fantastic 44 shot victory 76-32.

It was Armagh Ladies turn for revenge this year but the game was played in great spirit and in a great sporting manor and that was a credit to both teams.

Armagh will now travel away to East Antrim on Sat 30th November.

Mens Zone Team Selected

Team to represent Armagh v Oriel on Sat 26th Oct in St Saviours at 2pm is as follows:

C Deering
G Crothers
J Richardson
A Leckey

P Garvey
S McCall
D Beattie
M Trainor

P Moffett
C Trainor (St Anthonys)
G Culbert
A Roberts

S Breen
L McCartan
K Trainor
A Corrigan

J Hendren
C Mulholland
R Hunter
J Beattie

P Whittle
N Uprichard
T Mulholland
M Sproule

Subs: C Trainor (Tullysaran), W Gilpin

Any players unavailable please contact Flo ASAP.

All players to be at venue for 1.45pm wearing NEW ARMAGH TOPS and black trousers.

Team sheets are in the post, please refer for food allocation for each rink.

Champion of Champions Draws

 

This year's Champion of Champions takes place on Sat 9 November in Shaw's Bridge Bowling Stadium Belfast. Armagh are well represented in all the competitions. The full draws can be found on the IIBA Website.

Zone Double Header

 

The Armagh Zone teams face a tough start to this season's Interzone competition. Both teams have been drawn at home to Oriel in the first round with the men playing on Sat 26 October and the ladies the following Saturday (2 Nov). The full draws can be found on the IIBA website at the links below:

 

Mens Draw

 

Ladies Draw

National Draws now online

The draws for this year’s National Championships are now online here.

Armagh win Charity Zone Event

(From Armagh Zone on Facebook)

 

Congratulations to both Armagh Ladies and Mens teams today on winning the Charity Zone Event against West Down Zone.
The ladies kicked off the action in Loughbrickland Presbyterian Church Hall with Catherine McMillen's rink taking on West Downs Lynn Martin on mat 1. Catherine and her rink of Margaret Dempster, Linda Milligan and Hilary Agnew all played excellent bowls to race off to an early lead and never looked back and eventually won 13-4.
Mat 2 saw Agnes Crozier, Sophia Minish, Leslie Strain and Elizabeth Smyth meeting the ever dangerous Angela Cannaway. After 9 ends nothing could separate the 2 rinks but Angela managed to lift a count of 3 on the last end to give the West Down rink a 11-8 win.
On Mat 3 Rachel Cassells and her rink Diane Bell, Rosemary Beattie and Sandra Whittle eased their way to a 11-4 victory over Patricia Martins rink.
At the half way stage Armagh were leading 32-19
Christina Breen, Ann Patton, Daphne Marshall and Pauline Beattie all played excellent bowls and stormed their way to a 17-4 win over the experienced Bernie Conlan.
Flo McNally and her rink Ann Crozier, Greta Garvey, Jean Hawthorne had a slow start against Ann Poland, but after a count of 6, Flo never looked backed and ran out 15-7 winners.
Marlene Hobson, Michelle Wright, May Cassells and Diane Agnew had a tight encounter with Evelyn Robb. The ever reliable Armagh foursome played well throughout and came away with a 9-5 win.
Final Score West Down 35-73 Armagh
It was a great performance on the day by Armagh Ladies and they once again retained the 'Ivan Marshall Memorial Cup' for the fourth consecutive year.

The men took centre stage next with Armagh looking to regain the 'Michael Catney Memorial Cup' which they narrowly lost out on last year.
The returning Martin Trainor and his team mates Pat Garvey, Stevie McCall and David Beattie had a great game with West Downs Robert Kidd. Nothing could split the two rinks after 10 ends with the game ending up in a 10 all draw.
Paul Whittle, Colin Deering, Terry Mulholland and Mark Sproule came up against West Downs Cecil Dillion. Mark's rink fought hard and eventually came away with a 6 shot victory 14-9.
Eddie Campbell's West Down rink came up against Aidan Corrigan and his rink William Gilpin, Sean Breen and Kieran Trainor. Again there wasn't much separating these two rinks but Aidan managed to seal 10-6 win after 10 ends.
At the halfway stage Armagh had their noses in front with a 9 shot lead 34-25.
The second half got underway with Paul Moffett, Nigel Uprichard, Gary Culbert and Alan Roberts taking on John Martin. The Armagh rink stormed off to a 6-0 lead and after a mini fight back from West Down, Alan guided his rink to a 9-5 victory.
Chris Trainor, George Crothers, Jal Richardson and Andrew Leckey found tough opposition in West Downs Johnny Wilson. The Armagh rink fought hard throughout but found themselves 2 down going into the last end. The Armagh rink were lying 2 for the draw with only Johnny's last bowl to come. The West Down skip played the perfect running shot to give him a 11-7 win over the Armagh rink.
The final game of the day was between Armagh's Jim Hendren, Chris Mulholland, Raymond Hunter and Joe Beattie who faced Alan Johnston and his rink. Joe's rink started off well and were leading 5-3 after 4 ends, then a count of 7 on the 5th end for the Armagh foursome gave the Armagh rink the breathing space they needed and they eased to a 14-9 victory.
Final Score West Down 50-64 Armagh

After a great days bowling, a cheque was presented to the Marie Currie Cancer Nurses Charity for a grand total of £2400. A big thank you must go out to all players and non players who raised this fabulous amount for a very worthy cause.

St Marks Win Club Championships

Congratulations to St Marks Portadown on becoming the 2013 Club Champions beating defending champions Cookstown Parochial by 4 shots in the final. 

St Marks had reached the final stages by beating Cooley, Larne Falcons, Tamlaght and 1st Ahoghill, setting up a semi final clash with Benvarden from North Eastern Zone. 
St Marks edged in front early on in the game and held on to eventually win by 8 shots.

With Cookstown Parochial beating Redeemer in the other semi final, St Marks would now face the defending champions in the final.

The final was hard fought over all 3 mats with both teams playing excellent bowls. St Marks took the lead early but with no more than 3 or 4 shots in the game, the final was far from over. 
Cookstown fought back and reduced the deficit to 1 shot but St Marks held their nerve over the remaining ends and added a further 3 shots to eventually win by 4 shots.

Charity Zone Match

Armagh mens and ladies teams will once again face neighbouring zone West Down next Sat 12th Oct in Loughbrickland in the annual Charity Zone Competition with play starting at 11.30am.

The men will be playing for the 'Michael Catney Memorial Cup' while the Ladies will compete for the 'Ivan Marshall Memorial Cup'.
All money raised will be going to Marie Curie Cancer Nurses.

Format will be:
Run 1 - Ladies (11.30am)
Run 2 - Mens (12.45pm)
Run 3 - Ladies (2.30pm)
Run 4 - Mens (4.00pm)

Teams as follows:

Ladies: 11.30am
Rink 1 - Ann Crozier, L Milligan, H Agnew, C McMillen
Rink 2 - A Crozier, S Minish, L Strain, E Smyth
Rink 3 - D Bell, R Beattie, S Whittle, R Cassells

Ladies: 2.30pm
Rink 4 - M Dempster, G Garvey, J Hawthorne, F McNally
Rink 5 - M Hobson, M Wright, M Cassells, D Agnew
Rink 6 - C Breen, A Patton, D Marshall, P Beattie

Subs - C Dempster, F Robinson

Men: 12.45pm
Rink 1 - P Whittle, N Uprichard, T Mulholland, D Wright
Rink 2 - W Gillpin, S Breen, M Sproule, A Corrigan
Rink 3 - P Garvey, S McCall, D Beattie, M Trainor

Men: 4.00pm
Rink 4 - C Deering, K Trainor, G Culbert, A Roberts
Rink 5 - C Trainor, G Crothers, J Richardson, A Leckey
Rink 6 - J Hendren, C Mulholland, Ray Hunter, J Beattie

Subs - R Hunter, P Moffett, A Robinson, J Robinson

Anyone unable to play, please contact Flo McNally ASAP.

Charity Zone Matches

Armagh mens and ladies teams will once again face neighbouring zone West Down this Sat 12th Oct in Loughbrickland in the annual Charity Zone Competition with play starting at 11.30am.

The men will be playing for the 'Michael Catney Memorial Cup' while the Ladies will compete for the 'Ivan Marshall Memorial Cup'.
All money raised will be going to Marie Curie Cancer Nurses.

Format will be: 
Run 1 - Ladies (11.30am)
Run 2 - Mens (12.45pm)
Run 3 - Ladies (2.30pm)
Run 4 - Mens (4.00pm)

Teams as follows:

Ladies: 11.30am 
Rink 1 - Ann Crozier, L Milligan, H Agnew, C McMillen 
Rink 2 - A Crozier, S Minish, L Strain, E Smyth 
Rink 3 - D Bell, R Beattie, S Whittle, R Cassells

Ladies: 2.30pm
Rink 4 - M Dempster, G Garvey, J Hawthorne, F McNally
Rink 5 - M Hobson, M Wright, M Cassells, D Agnew 
Rink 6 - C Breen, A Patton, D Marshall, P Beattie

Subs - C Dempster, F Robinson 

Men: 12.45pm
Rink 1 - P Whittle, N Uprichard, T Mulholland, D Wright 
Rink 2 - W Gillpin, S Breen, M Sproule, A Corrigan 
Rink 3 - P Garvey, S McCall, D Beattie, M Trainor

Men: 4.00pm
Rink 4 - C Deering, K Trainor, G Culbert, A Roberts 
Rink 5 - C Trainor, G Crothers, J Richardson, A Leckey
Rink 6 - J Hendren, C Mulholland, Ray Hunter, J Beattie

Subs - R Hunter, P Moffett, A Robinson, J Robinson 

Anyone unable to play, please contact Flo McNally ASAP.

Good luck to all involved.

St Marks reach semi finals of Club Championships

(From Armagh Zone on Facebook)

 

After the first days play at Shaws Bridge St Marks Portadown have once again reached the semi finals of the Club Championships in Shawsbridge. St Marks beat Cooley is first round then Larne Falcons in second round and after beating Tamlaght in the third round it set up another clash with 1st Ahoghill who beat St Marks I'm the semi final stages last year. The game was tight throughout but St Marks held on to win by 3 shots overall. St Marks will now play Benvarden in the semi finals on Fri 11 Oct.

Good luck to Drumgor and Armagh GC who play next Saturday. Drumgor take on Christchurch in the opening round and Armagh GC face Clontibrett.

St. John's Moira Pairs

St John’s Moira are holding their annual open pairs tournament (licence no. A/1/2013/2014) commencing on Tuesday 29 October. Section nights are Tue 29 October to Fri 1 November with finals on Saturday 2 November 2012 with the usual excellent prizes. 

To enter contact Sadie White on 028 92612231 or sarahearlsfort@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

Jethro League

This year’s Jethro Rinks League got under way on 19 September. Keep up to date with results via the link on the main menu and on the Jethro Community Bowlers Facebook Page.

2013-14 Zone League Fixtures

The 2013-14 Zone League Division 1 and 2 Fixtures are now online. Let me know if there’s any errors!

Pub Quiz

Armagh Zone is holding a 'Pub Quiz' in Stonebridge Brasserie on Friday 20th Sep at 8.30pm. £20 per team with no more than 5 people in each team. A raffle will also be held during the interval!!
Everyone welcome, so why not gather up a team and come over for a nights craic!!

Armagh Cup Draw

The draw has been made for this years Armagh Zone Cup. Again this year there are some tasty first round games!! None more so than St Saviours against defending champions St Marks and 'New Boys' Cranagill against former winners St Anthonys.

New Tournaments

The short mat season is kicking off with a few early tournaments over the next few weeks.

First we have:

Markethill Festival Pairs held in Mullabrack Church Hall
Nights of play:
Mon 5th Aug, Tue 6th Aug, Wed 7th Aug, Thur 8th Aug
Finals Night - Fri 9th Aug

Entries to Jal Richardson - 07756221840


Armagh Zone Open Singles in St Matthews Church Hall, Richhill
Nights of play:
Mon 2nd Sep - Fri 6th Sep. Finals Sat 7th Sep

Entries to Flo McNally - 07834423482 or 02838393669

You can also enter via Facebook at the Armagh Zone Page


Moneyglass Bowling Club Open Singles
Nights of play: Mon 2nd Sep - Thur 5th Sep. Finals Fri 6th Sep

Entries to - Henry Marron - 028 79650382

Mullabrack Triples

Mullabrack Triples tournament will be held in their new hall with play on Mon 1^st – Fri 5^th April. Finals will be on Wed 10^th April.

Contact Victor Houston on 028 3755 1088/07707694766 (no calls after 9pm please) or Jal Richardson on 07756221840 (anytime). Entries can also be emailed on victor.houston@btinternet.com

 

 

 

Zone League Round Up

St. Mark’s have retained the Zone League Division 1 title despite losing their last game against Armagh GC on Friday evening. Their previous loss was against Drumgor in early January but an impressive run of 12 straight wins scoring 77 out of a possible 84 points meant they had the title wrapped up before the Armagh GC game.

 

Drumgor capped off a good season by securing runners up spot finishing 1 point ahead of Armagh GC.

 

At the other end of the table Portadown GC will be returning to Division 2 after only 1 season in the top flight. It looks like they will be joined by St. John’s Moira who failed to get the 1 point they needed to stay up in their last game against Waringstown (result to be confirmed).

 

Kilmore have again won division 2. There was a tight battle for runners up with Tandragee GC edging it from Mullavilly and St. Columba’s. Mullavilly finished third on shot difference.

Zone Cup and Shield Finals

Congratulations­ to St Marks on retaining the Armagh Zone Cup and Drumgor on winning the Armagh Zone Shield.
In a repeat of last years cup final St Marks played St Anthony's.
St Marks started off strong in the first half opening up an 8 shot lead. St Anthony's fought back in second half and over the first few ends reduced the deficit to 3 shots. However this was as close as they got and St Marks pushed on to a 19 shot win.
P Beattie 9 - 2 S Trainor
A Roberts 8 - 7 N Haire
A Leckey 17 - 4 S Conroy
G Culbery 6 - 8 J Murnaghan

In the Shield final Drumgor and Armagh Golf Club had a very tight tussle. Drumgor held a slight advantage at the break with a 3 shot lead.
Armagh levelled the game half way through the 2nd half but Drumgor managed to hold on and sealed their victory with a 3 shot win.
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Zone Cup and Shield Finals

Just a reminder that the Armagh Zone Cup and Shield are being held in the Jethro Community Centre in Lurgan tomorrow night (Wed 13 Mar).

 

The top 4 teams in division 1 will be action with St Marks taking on St Anthony's in the Cup Final, a repeat of last years final, and Drumgor take on Armagh GC in the Shield Final.

Play starts at 7.30pm.

Jethro Rinks League Finals

Nicky Garvey and his rink have won this years Jethro Rinks league after a tie end victory in Thursday’s final against Billy Clinghan. Noel Conlon won the 3^rd place playoff 19-8 against Elizabeth Smyth.

 

After the finals a cheque for £1,500 was presented to Southern Area Hospice.

Photos below courtesy of Alan Roberts

 

Nicky Garvey’s winning rink

 

Runners Up – W. Clinghan

 

3^rd Place – N. Conlon

 

4^th Place – E. Smyth

 

Presentation of Cheque

5th Friendship Singles Title for Andrew.

Congratulations to Andrew Hughes who won the Friendship Singles on Wed night. He claimed the Hutchinson Shield for the 5^th time after beating Sean Trainor in the final in Mullabrack Parish Hall.

Great performance by Armagh Juniors

Armagh Zone would like to congratulate our Junior team on their superb performance in the finals of the Junior Interzone. Unfortunately they lost in the final to the more experienced North Down team but showed great determination and team spirit throughout, coming from behind in the semi final against Western to win by 7 shots.  With a lot of young players in the team, the prospects are looking good for the future of the Armagh juniors.  Big thanks also to Paul and Sandra Whittle for putting in their time coaching the team.

Well done to all the team you are all winners!!!

 

Jethro League Finals

The Jethro League Finals Day will be on Thursday 7th. March starting at 10.30am.
when the Winner of Morning Section ( William Clinghan ) will play the Winner of
Afternoon Section ( Nicky Garvey ) for the overall Winners and Runners Up Prizes.
The Runner Up of the Morning Section ( Elizabeth Smyth or Aidan Magee )
will play the Runner Up of the Afternoon Section ( Noel Conlon ) in the overall 3rd
& 4th playoff game.

 

The main Charity this year is the Southern Area Hospice.

Upcoming Tournaments

Letterkenny Outdoor Club Shortmat Triples

Nights of play:
Mon 18th Feb
Tues 19th Feb
Thurs 21st Feb
Fri 22nd Feb
Finals night:
Thurs 28th Feb

Entries to:
Lee Jacob: 00353864493737
David Bonner: 00353872462219

Co. Antrim Open Pairs (Jim Baker Stadium)

Thurs 21st Feb
Fri 22^nd Feb
Sat 23rd Feb (afternoon & evening)

Finals Tue 26th Feb

Contact Robert McCullough on 02894 465694 or 07877723951 or by contacting the Baker Stadium directly on 02894432937 or on their website at jimbakerstadium.com

 

St. Saviour’s Pairs

 

Saturday 16th March
Monday 18th March
Tuesday 19th March
Wednesday 20th March
Thursday 21st March

Finals night: Friday 22nd March

Entry fee: £6

Contact Andrew Hughes on 07800573352

Ardaghey Bowling Club, Monaghan.

Open Pairs Tournament , Tuesday 19th March - Friday 22rd March 2012, Final on Tuesday 26th March 2012

Contact: Anne Holland 0035386 6030667

 

Mew win classic encounter

Congratulations to the Armagh Men 's Team who beat Oriel today by 4 shots to become the Interzone Champions for a fifth time.

The final turned out to be a classic with both teams playing superb throughout but it was Oriel who started the stronger of the two. Counts of 2, 3, and 1 in the opening end gave Oriel a 6 shot lead and they increased this to 16 shots by the 6th end.
Armagh fought back over the remaining 4 ends to reduce the deficit to just 5 shots at half time.

1. P Garvey, G Crothers, G Culbert, A Roberts 6-11 P Duff
2. P Moffett, S McCall, D Beattie, D Wright 9-12 F Dillon
3. C Trainor, R Hunter, L McCartan, J Beattie 8-5 J Murnaghan

Half Time Armagh 23 - 28 Oriel

Armagh came out fighting in the second half and in the opening end they lifted 5 shots across the mats to bring the match back to all square.
Oriel hit back and took a 2 shot lead in the 4th end.
Armagh squared it up again after 5 ends.
Oriel went 2 up again after 6 ends.
Armagh went ahead for the 1st time in the match by 1 shot after 7 ends.
Oriel took back the lead in the 8th end by 3 shots.
Armagh bounced back in the 9th to lead by 1 shot.
With Aidan Corrigan getting 2 shots in his last end and Andrew Leckey losing 1 shot, it left Armagh 2 up overall with only Mark Sproule's rink left on its last end.
Armagh held their nerve in the last end gaining a furhter 2 shots to come out winners in a classic match.

4. W Gilpin, S Breen, K Trainor, A Corrigan 8-7 K Conroy
5. P Whittle, N Uprichard, A Hughes, M Sproule 12-3 G McCabe
6. C Trainor, C Deering, J Richardson, A Leckey 7-8 P Hanlon

Final Score
Armagh 50 - 46 Oriel

Armagh Men Interzone Title

Armagh Men have won this years Interzone competition after beating Oriel in today’s final Loughbrickland.

 

Details to follow.

Joe wins English Masters

 

Congratulations to Drumgor's Joe Beattie who has won the English Masters singles tournament with St. Mark's Jal Richardson runners up. 6 players travelled across the Irish Sea to compete with players from England, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Belgium, Sweden, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Jamaica. Joe and Jal were accompanied by Andrew Leckey (St. Mark's), David Beattie (Drumgor), Cecil Dillon (Armagh GC) and Mark Beattie (Strabane).

 

The tournament was held in the Wey Valley Bowls Club in Guildford, England on Sat 8 and Sun 9 Feb. There where 9 groups of 6 players who all played in a 'Round Robin' basis. The top 2 qualified out of each group to the main knockout competition. It proved a successful tournament for the local players with Mark Beattie finishing in 3rd place and Andrew Leckey reaching the Q/F where he lost to Joe in a "3 end shoot out".

 

There are a number of similar events throughout the year. There have been 2 events in England, 1 in Belgium and Sweden and one scheduled for Shaws Bridge, Belfast in April.

 

Check out http://shortmatplayerstour.com/ for full results of this weekends event and details of other events.

 

Well done again to Joe and the other local competitors.

Ladies fall at final hurdle

Congratulations to Oriel ladies today on winning the ladies Interzone title. It wasn't Armagh's day with the damage being done in the 1st half with Oriel storming away to a 29 shot lead.
Armagh clawed some shots back in the 2nd half but were only able to reduce the deficit to 16 shots.

Rink scores:
D Marshall 3-20 G Rouiller
M Cassells 9-13 B Cunningham
E Smyth 5-13 R Brennan

Half Time
Armagh 17-46

R Cassells 11-4 E Colgan
F McNally 7-8 P Hanlon
P Beattie 12-5 C McMahon

Final Score
Armagh 47-63 Oriel

St. Anthony's into Zone Cup Final

St. Anthony’s have reached the Zone Cup Final after a 69-25 victory in a 1 leg playoff against Waringstown. They will play either St. Mark’s or St. Saviour’s in the final. (St. Mark’s are 13 shots up after the 1^st leg at St. Saviour’s).

Ladies Interzone Final

LADIES INTERZONE FINAL
Armagh v Oriel
In Killyman Parish Church Hall
Saturday 9th Feb 2013 at 2pm

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

Reserves:
D Bell, S Garvey, L Milligan, T Millar, B Whittle

A meal has been booked at Stonebridge Brasserie, Dobbin Road after the final. Cost is £15 per head, please let Flo McNally (07834423482) know as soon as possible if you will be attending.

George Anderson

Armagh Zone are saddened to pass on the news of the death of George Anderson, Vice Chairman of The Jethro Bowling Club. The Jethro Bowlers and Armagh Zone send their sincere sympathy to the Anderson family.

St. Anthony's Tournament - Reminder

 

St Anthony’s Pairs & Singles

Pairs: Thu 7 February to Tue 12 February 2013 (excl. Sat 9^th Feb)

Singles: Thu 14 February to Monday 18 February 2013

Finals Friday 22 February 2013

Contact Christina Breen 02838361397 or 07799432426

Locals win St. Matthews

St. Matthew’s Richhill pairs tournament concluded last night with St. Marks / Drumgor partnership of Andrew Leckey and Mark Sproule emerging victorious, beating St. Saviours Paul Moffett and Andrew Hughes in the final.

Men into Interzone Final

Armagh are still on course for an Interzone double with the Men reaching the final of their competition yesterday after a 15 shot victory against North West.

The first half started well but didn't get it all their own way as in previous games.
Joe Beattie's rink all played well throughout their game and ran away to a 14-5 win.
Derek Wright's rink started off slow and by 7 ends they where 2-11 down but 2 counts of 3 and 4 in the last 2 ends reduced the deficit to 2 shots and ended up 9-11.
Alan Robert's rink had a tight tussle in their game and by the last end they were 7-10 down but a count of 2 on the last end left them only 9-10 down.

Half Time: Armagh 32-26 North West

North West started off strongly in the second half and after a couple of ends there was only 1 shot in it.
Armagh fought back and increased their lead to 13 shots with only 2 ends remaining. A further 2 singles gave Armagh the win by 15 shots.
Mark Sproule won 9-4
Aidan Corrigan won 11-10
Andrew Leckey won 10-7

Final Score Armagh 62-47 North West

Armagh will now face Oriel in the final on Sat 16th Feb

Armagh have now set themselves up for a 'Treble' chance with both Ladies and Mens teams facing Oriel in the finals and not forgetting Armagh Juniors who also have reaced the final stages in the Junior Interzone!!

Mens Interzone Semi Final Team

Men's Interzone Semi Final

Armagh v North West

St Matthews Richhill 2pm

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

Subs: J Hendron, W Martin, P Wilson, T Bell

Rinks 1-3 Bring half loaf sandwiches
Rinks 4-6 Bring 2 dozen buns

Ladies into Interzone Final

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies today on reaching their 3rd successive Interzone final by beating Foyle by 14 shots.
Another solid display in the 1st half give Armagh a 18 shot lead at halftime with Elizabeth Smyth's rink winning 17-6, May Cassells winning 13-6 and Daphne Marshall drawing 5-5.
Half Time
Armagh 35-17 Foyle

Foyle fought back hard in the 2nd half and at one stage of the game they were only 7 shots behind, but Armagh Ladies dug deep and on the 8th end Armagh lifted counts of 4, 4, 2 across the mats to give them a 17 shot lead with 2 ends to go.
Armagh hung on and eventually won by 14 shots.

Rachel Cassells lost 10-14
Pauline Beattie won 10-4
Flo McNally lost 8-14

Final score Armagh 63-49 Foyle.

Armagh will now face Oriel in the final.

Ladies Interzone Semi Final Team

Ladies Interzone Semi Final

ARMAGH V FOYLE

St Matthews Richhill Sat 19th Jan at 2pm

Armagh Team.

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

Reserves: D Bell, S Garvey, L Milligan, T Millar, B Whittle

Rinks 1-3: 2 dozen small tray bakes
Rinks 4-6: half loaf of sandwiches

Anyone unable to play contact Flo McNally ASAP on 07834423482.

Upcoming Tournaments

St. Matthew’s Richhill Pairs

Mon 21 January to Fri 25 January 2013

Finals Sat 26 January 2013

Contact Flo McNally 07834423482

 

Tullysaran Singles

24 – 30 January (excl. 26 Jan), 3 – 6 February 2013

Finals Friday 8 February

Contact Hugh Trainor 02837548102

 

St Anthony’s Pairs & Singles

Pairs: Thu 7 February to Tue 12 February 2013 (excl. Sat 9^th Feb)

Singles: Thu 14 February to Monday 18 February 2013

Finals Friday 22 February 2013

Contact Christina Breen 02838361397 or 07799432426

 

Omagh County PS Parent Teacher Assoc Pairs

(In association with Mayne Bowling Club)

Mon 18 February to Friday 22 February 2013

Finals Sat 23 February 2013

Contact Rodney Cunningham 07783271637

For further details click here

 

Morrisons win St. Marks

Congratulations to William and Andrew Morrison (1st Ahoghill) on winning St Marks Pairs beating John Mackey (Soldierstown) in the final.

Final Night Results

A Morrison (1^st Ahoghill) beat T Sudlow (Dromore)
T Vance (Clogherney) beat G Crothers (Armagh GC)
J Mackey (Soldierstown) beat B Marron (Moneyglass)
A Leckey (St. Mark’s) beat C Comiskey (Cullyhanna)

Semi Finals
A Morrison beat T Vance
J Mackey beat A Leckey

Final
A Morrison beat J Mackey

Men follow Ladies into Interzone semis

Armagh are still on course for an Interzone double with the Men's team reaching the semi finals of the their competition beating West Down by 14 shots.
A great performance in the 1st half gave Armagh a commanding lead at half time.
In particular Joe Beattie's rink played quality bowls to seal a 19 shot win finishing 20-1 against G Chambers.
Alan Roberts rink got off to a slow start but fought back to only loose by 3 shots 6-9 to A Johnston.
Derek Wrights rink also produced a strong display to win 10-4 against DJ Wilson.

Half Time
Armagh 36-14 West Down

West down fought back in the 2nd half and were able to reduce the deficit to 14 shots but the damage had already been done in the 1st half.
Mark Sproule ended up with a draw 10-10 against R Martin after Richard lifted 3 shots in last end to tie.
Andrew Lecky's rink lost 5-13 against E Campbell.
Aidan Corrigan was able to lift 3 shots in the last end to draw 9-9 with J Wilson.
Final score
Armagh 60-46

Armagh will now play North West in semis who beat defending champions Mid Ulster by 3 shots 58-55.

Ladies into Interzone Semis

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies on beating West Down by 23 shots in yesterday’s Interzone Quarter Final.

 

Again it was the 1st half that done the damage with Armagh taking a 21 shot lead into the second half. Armagh were able to keep it tight in the second half adding a further 2 shots to the overall score.

Rink scores:

H Steenson 5 - 11 M Cassells
E Robb 4 - 14 E Smyth
P Martin 4 - 9 D Marshall

 

Halftime
West Down 13 - 34 Armagh
 
L Martin 6 - 6 R Cassells
A Poland 6 - 10 F McNally
B Conlon 12 - 10 P Beattie
 
Final Score
West Down 37 - 60 Armagh
 
Armagh will now face Foyle at home in Semi Finals on 19 Jan and the other semi will be Oriel v North West