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6 Ireland continued on their winning way with a

57 - 26 victory over Scotland. Paul Duff, Gerard
Conroy, Gordon & Raymond Stubbs recorded a 19 -
6 victory and a 17 - 7 came from Alan Paul, Ryan
O’Neill, Uel McKeeman & Colum McHugh.
Going into the last round the Irish team held the
advantage, as they were unbeaten with 6 points and
a shots plus of 109. England meanwhile had 4 points
and a shots plus of 95. Wales also had 4 points but
a disadvantage of minus 13 shots. the final battle
was between Ireland and England, whilst Wales
faced the Isle-of-Man. Wales duly beat the IOM by
72 shots to 23, with Mike John, Cory Williams, Tom
Jones and Stephen Williams winning 28 - 11.
Dale Gorman, Arwel Nicholas, Robert Hughes Scottish President Bob Barr
& Alan Slattery also weighed in with a 21 - 5. The presents the McDermott trophy
England v Ireland match started slowly but bit by bit to England Manager Keith Smith
England’s experience on the faster mats began to tell
and in the end they won three of the four rinks and drew the other for a superb 43 - 22 victory.
Chris Shakeshaft, Craig Burgess, Jason McLean & Chris Williams made a great contribution
to the England scoreline with a 16 - 3 victory that included a 5 and finished off with a 4, as did
Michael Ivings, Bronagh Malone, James Trott & Lee Toleman, who won 12 - 6.
With both teams on 6 points it came down to shots, with England having a shots plus of
116 to Ireland’s 83. Thus ended an 18 year wait for an English victory in the team event but
sadly, not one ESMBA official attended the event and were not present to enjoy the victory.
There was also a new trophy to play for the McDermott Trophy, donated by Irish President
Ronnie McDermott. This is a winner takes all trophy presented for overall success on all the
weekend’s events, including the individual championships. 5 points are awarded to the winners
of each event and 4 points for second place, down to 1 point for last place. When all the points
were added up, England came out on top with 21 points; Wales had 20 points and Ireland 19.
DOMINIC REED LIFTS THE SINGLE TITLE FOR ENGLAND
The opening round of the Singles saw England’s
Dominic Reed being pushed very hard by The
Isle-of-Man’s Stuart Gale. After 12 ends of the 15
end game the match stood at 11 all but Dominic
struck with a three only to see Stuart reply with a
two leaving the Englishman 14 - 13 up going into
the last end but despite all his efforts Stuart gale
could not prevent Dominic from taking a two for
a 16 - 13 victory. The other game saw Scotland’s
Lawrence Moffat scoring a solid 14 - 8 victory
over his Welsh opponent.
Lawrence then repeated his winning feat
with a 15 - 12 victory over Stuart Gale, with Stuart
once again pushing his opponent hard. Dominic
Reeds second game against the very experi-
enced Dessie Hamilton was again close up to 12
Singles Champion Dominic Reed with ends with Dominic just a single shot ahead at 11
May Barr the President of the British - 10 but a 3 - 1 - 1 finish ensured a 16 - 10 victory
Isles Short Mat Bowling Council for England over Ireland.