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