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                                                                         Mid Ulster

                                                                           Qualifiers
                                                                           Qualifiers
                                                                  The Mid Ulster section of the national cham-
                                                                  pionships  proved  to  be  a  good  night  for
                                                                  members of Cookstown High who earlier in
                                                                  the  day  had  been  surprisingly  eliminated
                                                                  from  the  Galway  Bay  Irish  Club  Champi-
                                                                  onship.
                                                                       In the rinks Mark Wilson, Dayne Jor-
                                                                  dan, Glen Smith and Colin Hogg came back
                                                                  from  an  early  deficit  when  they  were  not
                                                                  playing well to overtake the fancied Cook-
                                                                  stown  Parochial  rink  of  Colum  McHugh,
                                                                  Damian McElroy, Liam McHugh and Brigid
                                                                  Davidson.
                                                                       In the triples Cookstown High's John
                                                                  McKay, Malcolm Cunningham and Johnny
                                                                  Shepherd looked dead and buried against
                                                                  Moortown's  Martin  Crozier,  Eugene  Kelly
                                                                  and Tommy Quinn but somehow scrambled
                                                                  a 4 on the last end when they were 3 down
                                                                  to scrape throug in the pairs
                                                                       Cookstown High's Chris McKnight and
                                                                  Colin Hogg proved too strong for Seamus
                                                                  McGlinchey  and  Tommy  Johnston  while
                                                                  Parochial's  Colum  McHugh  and  brother
                                                                  Liam were too good for club mates Damian
                                                                  McElroy and Aaron Ward.
                                                                       In  the  singles  Dayne  Jordan  Cook-
                                                                  stown High, Martin Crozier Moortown and
                                                                  Tom Montgomery qualified
                                                                       In  the  Ladies  championships  Brigid
                                                                  Davidson defeated Maghera's Shiela Ander-
                                                                  son to qualify in the singles. Shiela Anderson
                                                                  and Mildred Martin Maghera Pres qualified
                                                                  in the pairs while in the triples Brigid Davi-
                                                                  son, Denise McHugh and Melissa Davidson
                                                                  came out on top.
                                                                       In the over 55 competition, It was the
                                                                  Maghera Pres combination of Robin Clark
                                                                                             and Shiela Ander-
                                                                                             son who scored a
                                                                                             last bowl win over
                                                                                             Gerry     McHugh
                                                                                             and  Robert  As-
                                                                                             pinal  of  Cook-
                                                                                             stown Parochial to
                                                                                             qualify.
                                                                                             From
                                                                                             Seamus Kyne
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