Armagh Men though

Armagh Mens team's passage into the 2nd round of this years Interzone competition wasn't just as straightforward as many thought it would be. They were strong favourites against Meath but found themselves 2 shots down at half time on difficult mats. However the 2nd half was much more comfortable with the locals finally winning 61-41. Rink scores as follows:

1st Half

T Mulholland lost 6-8
A Roberts won 9-8
A Corrigan 10-11

Half Time Armagh 25-27 Meath

2nd Half

S Conroy won 12-4
A Leckey won 14-6
J Beattie won 10-4

Final Score Armagh 61-41 Meath

Armagh now host North Down in the last 16.

Nationals Update

After the playoffs last night, the triples final is:-
A Leckey (St Marks) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

The rinks final is:-
A Roberts (St Marks) v A Corrigan (Drumgor)

National Triples Update

Semi Final

A Leckey (St Marks) v T Crawford (St Anthonys)

Winner to play S Conroy (St Anthonys) in the Final.

St. John's Moira Pairs

St. John's Moira are running their annual pairs tournament. Nights of play are as follows:

 

Wed 2nd November

Thu 3rd November

Sat 5th November

Tue 8th November

Wed 9th November

 

Finals Saturday 12 November.

 

To enter contact Sadie White on 028 92612231

Nationals Update: Over 55 and Open Pairs

Over 55 Pairs
Semi Finals

R Cassells (St Marks) v M Beattie (St Lukes Loughall)

D Ewart (Mullavilly) v S Conroy (St Anthonys)

National Pairs Section A Final

N Uprichard (St Matthews) v A Leckey (St Marks)

National Pairs Section B Final

T Miller (Portadown Meth) v P Beattie (St Marks)

No joy for Armagh in Champion of Champions

Armagh players had mixed fortunes in this years champion of champions.
Best performers were St. Anthony's Sean Trainor in the singles and St
Mark's Robert Cassells and Pauline Beattie in the pairs. Both reached the
semi finals of their competitions with Sean going out to eventual winner
Jim Fox of Oriel, and Robert and Pauline beaten by Mid Tyrone's Gerard
Conroy.

Stephen McCall and Laurence McCarten of Armagh GC reached the quarter
finals of the pairs before losing out to Cassells and Beattie. St.
Saviour's Andrew Hughes also bowed out in the quarter finals of the
singles beaten by M. McAleese of N. Eastern zone. Armagh's other
representative in the singles, Paul Moffett from St. Saviour's lost in the
first round to A. Steele from Donegal.

In the triples Armagh GC's Robert Kidd reached the quarter finals before
going out to eventual winner Eddie Marsden from Lisburn. The St. Mark's
triple of May Cassells, Ida Eldon and Rachel Cassells gave Mid Ulster's
Sean Quinn a mighty scare in the first round before going out on a second
tie end.

In the fours Drumgor's Aidan Corrigan and St. Anthony's Sean Conroy both
fell at the first hurdle to Lisburn's Raymond Stubbs (eventual winner) and
North Down's Paul Canning respectively.

National Rinks Update

Semi Final
Aidan Corrigan (Drumgor) v Andrew Leckey (St Marks)

Winner plays Alan Roberts (St Marks) in final.