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