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Sunday 27 January 2013

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.

Saturday 26 January 2013

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!!

Friday 25 January 2013

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

Saturday 19 January 2013

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.

Thursday 17 January 2013

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.

Monday 14 January 2013

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 9th 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

 

Sunday 13 January 2013

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 (1st 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.

Sunday 6 January 2013

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