Zone Cup and Shield Finals

 

Congratulations to Drumgor for winning the Armagh Zone Cup and St Marks for winning the Armagh Zone Shield.
 
Final

The Cup Final proved an very tighter affair with Drumgor holding a slender 1 shot lead at the half way stage. 
It looked to be plain sailing for Drumgor as by 6 ends in the second half they had increased their lead to 8 shots. 
St Saviours however fought back hard over the remaining ends and with only 1 end remaining in both mats, St Saviours had levelled the match. 
A bowl over the fender by St Saviours on the last end proved crucial at this late stage as it gave Drumgor a 3 shot lead with only one mat left. Drumgor held on in the last end and only dropped 1 shot to win the cup by 2 shots. 

Rink Scores
J Beattie 9-7 R McMullan
D McMahon 6-7 U Shaw
A Corrigan 9-6 R Walker
L McHugh 9-11 H McIvor

Final score
Drumgor 33 - 31 St Saviours

Shield

The shield was literally a game of 2 halves as St Anthony's took the early lead in the first half due a convincing win on one mat and went into the break with a 8 shot lead. St Marks came out all guns blazing in the second half and were able to pull back the 8 shots over the first few ends and go on to win the shield by 13 shots.

Rink Scores
G Culbert 5 - 17 N Haire
A Roberts 9 - 5 T Crawford
S McSorley 18 - 6 S Trainor
A Leckey 13 - 4 D McDonald

Final Score
St Marks 45-32 St Anthonys

Armagh success at Nationals

 

Armagh Zone enjoyed a double success at the Irish National Finals in Richhill Leisure Centre on Sat 22 March. St. Mark's Pauline Beattie triumphed in the Ladies Singles with a hard fought victory over Mid Ulster's Brigid Davisdon. Brigid led throughout the game and went into the last end 10-9 up, but Pauline claimed 2 on the last end to win.

 

It was much easier for Cranagill's Beth Whittle and St Anthony's Sean Breen in the final of the Junior Pairs. They played excellent bowls to comprehensively beat the Hastings brothers from North Down.

 

The Cranagill triple of Paul Whittle, Terry Mulholland and Mark Sproule narrowly missed out on making it a treble for Armagh, losing out in the triples to Lisburn's Nicky Haire on the last bowl of the game.

 

Cranagill did have something else to cheer about as Dayne Jordan and Mark Wilson (representing Mid Ulster) won the pairs title with a 12-6 win over Martin McAleese and David Walker.

Tournament News

Friendship Singles

This seasons Friendship Singles Finals was held in St. Matthew’s Richhill on Thurs 13 March. Drumgor’s Aidan Corrigan emerged victorious beating St. Mark’s Pauline Beattie in a tie end in the final.

 

Killyman Pairs

Pauline and Joe Beattie have won Killyman Pairs (finals were on Sat 15 March).

 

Final Night Results

P Beattie beat D Jordan
F Dillon beat J Carson
N Graham beat P Noble
I Armstrong beat D Beattie

Semi Finals
N Graham beat I Armstrong
P Beattie beat F Dillon

Final
P Beattie beat N Graham

 

Ballylinney Rinks

St. Mark’s Gary Culbert, Matthew Crawford, Jal Richardson and Andrew Leckey have won Ballylinney rinks.

 

Oriel over 55 Pairs

Tullysaran’s Pat Garvey teamed up with Sean Conroy to win Oriel Zones over 55 Pairs.

More success for Armagh in Nationals

Congratulations to Paul Whittle, Terry Mulholland and Mark Sproule of Cranagill who have reached the final of the National Triples. They will take on N Haire next Saturday in Richhill Leisure Centre. The full line up for the finals is as follows (finals to be held in Richhill Leisure Centre on Sat 22 Mar at 1pm):

 

Singles
T Crawford v R O'Neill

Pairs
M Wilson v D Walker

Triples
M Sproule v N Haire

Rinks
S McKinley v R O'Neill

Ladies Singles
P Beattie v B Davidson

Ladies Pairs
M Wilson v E Hastings

Ladies Triples
L Hamilton v B O'Neill

Over 55 Pairs
S Conroy v G Bell

Junior Singles
S Hand v D Davidson

Junior Pairs
S Breen v N Hastings

National Championships

The first half of the National Championships were played on Saturday 8 March in Shaws Bridge stadium. Armagh Zone had a successful day and will be represented in at least 2 finals. Pauline Beattie is in the final of the ladies singles, while Bethany Whittle and Sean Breen are in the final of the junior pairs. St Anthony’s Terry Crawford is also in the final of the open singles representing North Belfast zone. The triples, pairs, ladies triples and junior singles will be played off next Saturday.

 

Results from Sat 8 March:

 

Open Singles final
R O'Neill v T Crawford

Rinks Final
L Harrison v S McKinley

Ladies Singles Final
P Beattie v B Davidson

Ladies Pairs Final
M Wilson v E Hastings

Junior Pairs
S Breen v N Hastings

Armagh Juniors finish third

Armagh Juniors grabbed third spot in this year’s Junior Interzone competition in yesterday’s finals day at Ardboe. Armagh, North West, Western and North Down all arrived at the Mid Ulster venue hoping to lift the title and it was North West who emerged victorious.

 

The open draw saw Armagh paired with North West and Western paired with North Down in the semi finals. Armagh were hoping to reach the final for the second year running, but it wasn’t to be going down by 15 shots. However the locals showed great character to bounce back in the 3^rd place play off to beat Western by 5 shots.

 

Armagh brought a squad of 18 to the finals day, all of which got at least one game. A special mention must go to Paul and Sandra Whittle for all the hard work they have put into the Junior Zone team again this season.

 

THE ARMAGH JUNIOR INTERZONE SQUAD

Back Row (L – R): Teri Miller, Ryan Adair, Andrew Robinson, Chris Coleman, Sean Breen, Ryan King, James Robinson, Bethany Whittle, Dillon Boyd

Front Row (L – R): Kevin Donaldson, Ellen Boyd, Chloe Wilson, Laura Cassells, Zoe Minish, Cara Lenaghan, Conchur Lenaghan, Nathan Minish, Luke Frizzell