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             replacing Joe Beattie in world bowls triples just missed out against Colin Shortt  and
             Gerry Men qualified for the semi-finals. Hand narrowly defeated Quinn while Shortt had         47
             a narrow win over Moen. It was the family combination of Nial Hand, his father and 2 broth-
             ers who were victorious and qualified for the world bowls rinks.
              GALWAY BAY HOTEL IRISH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
             GALWAY BAY HOTEL IRISH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
                                                                           The  Galway  Bay  Championships
                                                                           proved to be Mid Ulster’s continued
                                                                           dominance  of  the  competition  with
                                                                           Steelweld,    formerly    Cookstown
                                                                           Parochial, claiming the title for the
                                                                           sixth time and retaining it having won
                                                                           it 2018.
                                                                                This time it was far from being
                                                                           an easy passage their semi-final and
                                                                           final being decided by single shots
                                                                           on the last bowl. While short of the
                                                                           highly experienced Colum McHugh,
              STEELWELD                                                    they  began  with  a  convincing  win
              STEELWELD
                                                                           over previous winners St Mark’s by
             32 – 13, In round 2, they
             had  an  equally  convinc-
             ing win over Gortnessey
             from the Foyle Zone, win-
             ning 28-12.
                   The  semi-final  saw
             them  play  Derramore
             from the North West zone
             winning on the last bowl
             25-24.     They     played
             Wellington from Western
             zone who had 38-15 wins
             over  Aclint,  38-13  over
             Ballylennon and 34 – 14
                                                                          WELLINGTON
             over  Corduff  from  Oriel.                                  WELLINGTON


                                                                             The  final  saw  Wellington  having
                                                                             the upper hand with Damian McEl-
                                                                             roy’s rink keeping Steelweld in the
                                                                             game. With one end to go on the
                                                                             last mat, Wellington held a single
                                                                             shot lead.
                                                                                   Steelweld’s  Aaron  Ward’s
                                                                             last  bowl  left  his  side  lying  two
                                                                             shots and Wellington’s Gary Burke
                                                                             just failed to change the situation
                                                                             with his last bowl leaving the Mid
                    COOLEY                                                   Ulster side with a narrow victory.
                    COOLEY
                                                                                   In  the  plate  competition  for
             1st round losers it was Cooley from Oriel zone who came out on top. They had wins over Magh-
             ery from Donegal and St Mark’s from Armagh zone while their opponents Marian from Northern
             zone had wins over Dunluce and Rock. The final was a tight affair for the first 7 ends before
             Cooley pulled away to win 29-21.
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