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26 IRISH INDOOR
IRISH INDOOR

BOWLING ASSOCIATION
BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Champion of Champions
Champion of Champions

The annual champion of champion’s competition brings to-
gether the winners of the season's singles, pairs, triples and
rinks tournaments with the winners in each category repre-
senting Ireland in World Bowls. It is therefore a highly prized
event.
RINKS
RINKS
In the rinks section, National winner Leigh Harrison was
drawn against fellow international Gerry McCabe but the expected lose encounter did not
materialise with McCabe running out an easy 14 - 2 winner. Newly recalled to the Irish team,
Andy Leckey was just
edged by Eddie Craw-
ford while in the bottom
half John McMahon and
Johnny Wilson proved
too good for Gary Burke
and Trevor Turkington.
The semi-finals
brought comfortable
wins for the Oriel rink of
Gerry McCabe, Stephen
McMahon, Dairmuid
McMahon and Paddy
Hanlon 16 - 4 over Eddie
Crawford and for Johnny
Wilson's West Down
rink 10 - 3 over John Stephen McMahon, Dermot McMahon, Gerry McCabe
McMahon. and John Murnahan with IIBA President Mrs Flo McNally
McCabe's rink dominated the final
with a 12 - 4 and now go to the next
World Bowls Championships.
TRIPLES
TRIPLES
In the triples quarter finals, Aaron
Tennant just squeezed out the fan-
cied Raymond Stubbs 7 - 6 while
Alan Paul proved too strong for
Gary McNabb.
In the bottom half Aidan Cor-
rigan had a ding dong battle with
the in form P J McCrossan
coming through 10 - 9 while Cecil
Dillon had a similar battle winning
Dereck McCallion, Mark Sproule and Aidan 7 - 6 against Danny McDonald.
Corrigan with IIBA President Mrs Flo McNally
In the semi’s Alan Paul, Clark
Hill and Willie Lennox, world bowls winners came through against Tennant while the Armagh
trio of Aidan Corrigan, Dereck McCallion and Mark Sproule proved too good for Cecil Dillon.
In the final Corrigan squeezed out the favoured Alan Paul.