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