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           12    I II IB BA A   C CH HA AMPION OF CHAMPIONS
                                  MPION OF CHAMPIONS
                                                                  This  season
                                                                  the      IIBA
                                                                  made  a  sig-
                                                                  nificant  trial
                                                                  change  with
                                                                  the  Cham-
                                                                  pion       of
                                                                  Champions
                                                                  competition.
                                                                  Previously
                                                                  players  could  qualify  by  winning  a  single,
           pairs, triples or rinks tournament but could only enter in one discipline. This time tournaments win-
           ners could enter two disciplines; singles or rinks on day 1 and pairs or triples or day 2 with the
           winners qualifying for world bowls.
                 In the rinks, Gerry McCabe defeated Nick Haire in the
           semi final while Andrew Lecky defeated Vera McHugh. The
           final was dominated early by McCabe’s rink as they led 6 – 0
           . Lecky’s rink came back to square the game going into the
           last end and it went to the final bowl with Lecky winning 7 –
           6.
                 In the singles Kevin Conroy defeated Pauline Beattie
           12 – 4 while Ray Stubbs defeated Mark Beattie 9 – 6. The
           final was a tightly fought game and link the rinks went to the
           last end and last bowl with Conroy winning 7 - 6. Harold
           Massey IIBA Chairman made the presentations to Kevin Con-
                                                       roy and Andrew Lecky's rink
                                                       Day 2 of the Champion of Champions saw the pairs and
                                                       triples section. In the triples quarter finals Peter Christie
                                                       defeated Aidan Corrigan 12 - 3, Jal Richardson de-
                                                       feated Mark Wilson 6 - 5, Danny McDonald defeated
                                                       Gary Burke 11 - 6 and Stephen McKinley beat Rachel
                                                       Cassells 10 - 2.
                                                             The semi finals saw wins for Peter Christie by 8 -
                                                       7 over Jal Richardson and Stephen McKinley by 7 - 6
                                                       0ver Danny McDonald. The final was not as tightly con-
                                                       tested as several of the earlier games with the Christie
                                                       triple always in control
                                                       as  they  ran  out  11  -
                                                       winners.
                 In  the  pairs  Pauline  and  Joe  Beattie  were  surprisingly
           beaten by Norman Rutledge 8 - 6, Martin Trainor narrowly beat
           William Morrison 8 - 6, Ryan O'Neill surprisingly lost 10 - 9 to
           David Beattie, while Johnny Grey again had a surprise 8 - 7 win
           over Sean Trainor.
                 In the semi finals Norman Rutledge defeated Martin Trainor
           12 - 6 while Beattie defeated Gray 7 - 5. The final was a tightly
           fought throughout going to very last bowl with Rutledge coming
           through 10 - 9 over Beattie.  The winners of both competitions
           qualify to represent Ireland at the next World Bowls.
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