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