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Ireland snatch the Fours
Ireland snatch the Fours
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on Shots difference
on Shots difference
Wales, Dylan Johnson, Dafydd Jones, Phil
Ladd & Rob Evans opened up with cracking
14 - 8 win over the much fancied Irish four of
Paddy Hanlon, Liam, Keith & Colm McHugh,
this after an opening five that must have
shocked the Irish players.
Meanwhile, England’s Adam Easthope,
Allen Williams, Craig Strong & Ross Dunkley
were firmly dumped 18 - 7 by Scotland’s J.
Marchbank, S. Hiddleston, S. McDonald & J.
Broach, who include two fives in their score-
Keith McCulloch, Colum McHugh.
line. Both opening matches were a turnup for
Liam McHugh, Paddy Hanlon the books.
and IIBA President Flo McNally
A second defeat followed for England,
as Ireland got their run back on track, coming from 8 - 9 with two ends to go they scored two
threes for a 14 - 9 win. Wales kept their winning run going but with a very narrow 9 - 8 victory
over Scotland. All Wales had to do in this third and final round was to beat England but the En-
glish trio finally got their act together to beat Wales 13 - 9 and the two shots the Welsh conceded
on the last end proved vital for the Irish. They scored a two on the last end to beat Scotland 13
- 8 and when all the shots were added up, Ireland won the rinks title by one shot!

Fours
Fours

Ireland win the Premier team event after a shock opening!
Ireland win the Premier team event after a shock opening!
Perennial favourite Ireland were given quite a shock in the opening round against Wales. For
Ireland, Niall Hand, Jal Richardson Gerard Conroy & John Quinn won 19 - 12 but the other three
games were taken by Wales, the best of which was a stunning 15 -6 result by Aled Humphey’s,
Jac Edwards, Andrew Jones & Andrew Hudson. The overall win was 46 - 40.
Scotland put up a very creditable performance against England, drawing one of the for
games and with E. McGubbin, S. Anderson, D. Kelly & A. Higgins 10 - 5. England’s 37 - 31 result
was certainly helped by Danny Langdon, Ryan Knight, Gary Best & Roger Wiggins with a 12 -
5 result.
The second round saw Scotland blown away 51 - 24 by Ireland, with the best Irish once
being Niall Hand, Jal Richardson Gerard Conroy & John Quinn with a 20 - 4 result. The match
between England and Wales saw the English comfortably beaten 44 - 27. The only win for Eng-
land was an 11 - 7 from Lawrence Moffet, Adam Smith, Bronagh & Lee Toleman. Best for Wales
was a 14 - 6 from Aled Humphey’s, Jac Edwards, Andrew Jones & Andrew Hudson.
The third round was the first match between England and Ireland with Irish basically blow-
ing away the English 45 - 18, England’s only win was a 9 - 7 from Sam Harvey, Pen Pay, James
Smith & Chris Willies.