Armagh ladies will travel to Cork for the semifinals of the Ladies Inter Zone on Saturday 30 Jan 2016. All being well they will be travelling down on the Saturday morning and coming back on Sunday. Any players or spectators wishing to travel by bus could you please contact Jal ASAP to book your seat on the bus and also your hotel room.
There's only 2 weeks to get all booked so please try and confirm your interest to Jal by this Friday at the very latest.
Both Armagh Interzone teams have been in action in the last couple of weeks in the quarter finals of their respective competitions.
The men were first up on Sat 9 January away to Oriel. The first half was reasonable close with Armagh trailing by 4 at half time, but the second half belonged to Oriel with the hosts running away to a comfortable 29 shot win. Rink scores were as follows:
M Sproule 5 v 6 P Duff
A Leckey 10 v 7 S Trainor
T Mulholland 7 v 13 S McMahon
Armagh 22 Oriel 26
J Beattie 3 v 10 K Conroy
M Trainor 2 v 16 P Hanlon
S McSorley 11 v 15 G McCabe
Armagh 38-67 Oriel
The ladies fared much better in their Q/F in Ardstraw against Mid Tyrone on 16 Jan. The damage was done in the first half with Armagh building up a 25 shot lead. The second half rinks added a further 10 shots to the overall winning margin to set up a S/F clash away to Cork. Rink scores as follows:
First half
W Sterritt 5 - 23 P Beattie
J McKee 5 - 9 R Cassells
V Fox 5 - 8 D Marshall
Half time
Mid Tyrone 15-40 Armagh
Second Half
H McGlone 2-12 I Douglas
C McCrossan 7-8 L Douglas
J Henderson 7-6 I Doone
Final Score
Mid Tyrone 31-66 Armagh