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St. MARKS
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TRIUMPH
TRIUMPH
The Irish Club Championship was
generously sponsored by the Gal-
way Bay Hotel. The club champi-
onship is the premier team
competition in Irish Bowls.
The Hotel’s sponsorship en-
abled 96 prizes to be presented to
semi-finalist, runners up and win-
ners of both competitions. The hold-
CLUB CHAMPIONS St. MARK’s ers of the title, Cookstown Parochial
from the Mid Ulster Zone made a
determined effort to hold on to the
title and continue Mid Ulster and Cookstown's domination of the competition.
However, on the day it was St Mark's Portadown who proved themselves worthy winners.
Parochial came back from near defeat in the qualifying rounds turning round 9 and 11 shot deficits
with just 2 ends to go in both the semi-final and final, whilst St Mary's had a more comfortable run
to finals day.
In their semi-final St Mark's
proved too strong for Benevarden,
beating them 26 - 18, whilst
Parochial had a comfortable 32 -
22 win over Redeemer from Oriel.
The final was keenly con-
tested with little separating the two
teams. There are occasions when
games turn with just a single bowl.
With Parochial lying 5 Tony PLATE WINNERS Cookstown Par.
Bell drove at the head, cleared the
Parochial bowls and lay 3 himself, an 8 shots turnaround. 2 ends later he converted a 3 against
into a shot for St Marks. Parochial skip D McElroy had a
chance to take out a bowl to lie a possible 6 though it would
probably have been a comfortable draw for Gary Culbert.
The Parochial skip instead went for the jack to guar-
antee a count but just missed. On such ends are games de-
cided. On the day St Mark's deserved their 21 - 17 win.
Cookstown Par v St Mark's
C McHugh 8 - 6 A Roberts
D McElroy 6 - 6 G Cuthbert
P Hanlon 3 - 9 A Leckey
In the plate competition semi-finals, Spa had a narrow 25 -
23 win over Gortnessey while St Mary's Aghadowey had a
more comfortable 34 - 16 win over Du Pont. The final was
closely contested for the first 5 ends before Spa pulled away
to win 28 - 17.
SPA V DU PONT
Louise Campbell Sales P Christie 5 - 6 J Mullan
Manager of the Galway Bay A Laughlin 13 - 5 A Cassley
Hotel presents a sponsorship P McNamara 10 - 6 D McCann
cheque to tournament Seamus Kyne
organiser Seamus Kyne