Morrisons win St. Marks

Congratulations to William and Andrew Morrison (1st Ahoghill) on winning St Marks Pairs beating John Mackey (Soldierstown) in the final.

Final Night Results

A Morrison (1^st Ahoghill) beat T Sudlow (Dromore)
T Vance (Clogherney) beat G Crothers (Armagh GC)
J Mackey (Soldierstown) beat B Marron (Moneyglass)
A Leckey (St. Mark’s) beat C Comiskey (Cullyhanna)

Semi Finals
A Morrison beat T Vance
J Mackey beat A Leckey

Final
A Morrison beat J Mackey

Men follow Ladies into Interzone semis

Armagh are still on course for an Interzone double with the Men's team reaching the semi finals of the their competition beating West Down by 14 shots.
A great performance in the 1st half gave Armagh a commanding lead at half time.
In particular Joe Beattie's rink played quality bowls to seal a 19 shot win finishing 20-1 against G Chambers.
Alan Roberts rink got off to a slow start but fought back to only loose by 3 shots 6-9 to A Johnston.
Derek Wrights rink also produced a strong display to win 10-4 against DJ Wilson.

Half Time
Armagh 36-14 West Down

West down fought back in the 2nd half and were able to reduce the deficit to 14 shots but the damage had already been done in the 1st half.
Mark Sproule ended up with a draw 10-10 against R Martin after Richard lifted 3 shots in last end to tie.
Andrew Lecky's rink lost 5-13 against E Campbell.
Aidan Corrigan was able to lift 3 shots in the last end to draw 9-9 with J Wilson.
Final score
Armagh 60-46

Armagh will now play North West in semis who beat defending champions Mid Ulster by 3 shots 58-55.

Ladies into Interzone Semis

Congratulations to Armagh Ladies on beating West Down by 23 shots in yesterday’s Interzone Quarter Final.

 

Again it was the 1st half that done the damage with Armagh taking a 21 shot lead into the second half. Armagh were able to keep it tight in the second half adding a further 2 shots to the overall score.

Rink scores:

H Steenson 5 - 11 M Cassells
E Robb 4 - 14 E Smyth
P Martin 4 - 9 D Marshall

 

Halftime
West Down 13 - 34 Armagh
 
L Martin 6 - 6 R Cassells
A Poland 6 - 10 F McNally
B Conlon 12 - 10 P Beattie
 
Final Score
West Down 37 - 60 Armagh
 
Armagh will now face Foyle at home in Semi Finals on 19 Jan and the other semi will be Oriel v North West

National Championship Winners

National Final Results:

Singles
Section A
P Beattie (St Marks) 9 - 2 A Corrigan (Drumgor)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) 12 -7 G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Pairs
Section A
A Hughes (St Saviours) 10-9 K Trainor (St Anthonys)

Section B
A Leckey (St Marks) 11-8 G Crothers (Armagh GC)

Triples
A Leckey (St Marks) 9-4 A Corrigan (Drumgor)

 

Rinks
A Corrigan (Drumgor) 12-4 L McCartan (Armagh GC)

Ladies Singles
P Beattie (St Marks) 10-4 H Agnew (St Matthews)

Ladies Pairs
P Beattie (St Marks) 12-0 R Cassells (St Marks)

Ladies Triples
P Beattie (St Marks) 14-1 S Whittle (Cranagill)

Over 55 Pairs
M Grimley (Drumgor) 9-6 R Hunter (Markethill Pres)

Junior Singles
S Breen (St Anthonys) 11-2 J Robinson (St Matthews)

Junior Pairs
J Robinson (St Matthews) 11-5 T Millar (Portadown Meth)

Mens Zone Team

Mens Interzone 3rd Round

Armagh v WestDown

St Matthews Richhill on Sat 12th Jan at 2pm.

1. W Gilpin (St Matthews)

N Uprichard (St Matthews)
G Crothers (Armagh GC)
M Sproule (Drumgor)

2. S Breen (St Anthonys)
C Deering (Armagh GC)
K Trainor (St Anthonys)
A Leckey (St Marks)

3. C Trainor (Tullysaran)
R Hunter (Markethill Pres)
L McCartan (Armagh GC)
J Beattie (Drumgor)

4. C Trainor (St Anthonys)
P Garvey (Tullysaran)
G Culbert (St Marks)
A Roberts (St Marks)

5. P Whittle (St Saviours)
J Moffett (St Saviours)
A Hughes (St Saviours)
A Corrigan (Drumgor)

6. P Moffett (St Saviours)
S McCall (Armagh GC)
D Beattie (Drumgor)
D Wright (St Saviours)

Subs: J Hendron (Armagh GC), W Martin (St Saviours)

Rinks 1-3 bring 2 dozen small traybakes
Rinks 4-6 bring half a loaf of sandwiches

BLACK TROUSERS & TEAM SHIRTS

Anybody unable to play contact Flo McNally ASAP

Success for Armagh Juniors

Congratulations to Armagh Junior Zone Team who have reached the final stages of the Junior Zone Competition.
They put on a superb performance today in Hillsborough beating hot favourites Oriel 4-1 in their 1st game and then beat the hosts Lisburn 5-0 in their 2nd game.
This has been by far the best performance from the Armagh Juniors in quite some time and hopefully they can continue this form in the finals.
Congratulations also have to be made to Junior Coach Paul Whittle and Sandra Whittle who have gave up their time to coach our Juniors. This extra time spent with the juniors has proved to be a big success which was shown in the games today!

National Finals Schedule

Order of play for tonights National Finals: 1st Run Mat 1: Singles Section A - A Corrigan v P Beattie Mat 2: Pairs Section A - A Hughes v K Trainor Mat 3: Singles Section B - G Crothers v A Leckey Mat 4: Junior Singles - J Robinson v S Breen 2nd Run Mat 1: Pairs Section B - G Crothers v A Leckey Mat 2: Ladies Singles - H Agnew v P Beattie Mat 3: Junior Pairs - T Millar v J Robinson Mat 4: Over 55 Pairs - M Grimley v R Hunter 3rd Run Mat 2: Triples - A Corrigan v A Leckey Mat 3: Ladies Triples - S Whittle v P Beattie 4th Run Mat 3: Rinks - A Corrigan v L McCartan Mat 4: Ladies Pairs - R Cassells v P Beattie All players to be in St Matthews Richhill for 7pm sharp. Greys & Whites.