Fixtures and Results

Fri 21^st July:

McKenna Cup:

Chapel, 7pm: John Lennon v Danny Trainor (Marker: Maurice)

Knipe’s Lane, 7.45pm: Seamus Conlon v Connor McGuigan (+1)

Sat 22^nd July:

Anne Marie Smyth Cup:

Grade 1 Final:

Chapel, 2.30pm: Maggie Gartland v Hayley Morgan or Elaine McGrady (Markers: Teresa M and Bronagh)

Temac Cup:

Nesbitt’s Lane, 3pm: Kerry Dillon v Caoimhe Campbell

Chapel, 3.30pm: Fiona McAnallen v Leanne Mackle

Hall, 4pm: Mary Fullerton v Maureen McKinney

Chapel, 4.30pm: Bernie McGrady v Teresa O’Neill

Hall, 5pm: Donna Patterson v Annette Fullen

Sun 23^rd July:

Mary Ann’s Cup: Grade Finals:

Chapel, 11.15am: Daniel Trainor v Barry McKenna (Marker: Martin Rooney)

Nesbitt’s Lane, 12noon: Malachy Quigley snr v Shane Donnelly

McKenna Cup:

Chapel, 2.30pm: Paul Mackle v Frank Donnelly (Marker: Mickey McVeigh)

Knipe’s Lane, 3.15pm: Maurice Rooney v Fr. Brian White

Mon 24^th July:

McKenna Cup:

Chapel, 7pm: Philip Corrigan v Paddy O’Neill (Marker: Danny)

Knipe’s Lane, 7.45pm: Sean McSorley v Aidan Conlon

Tues 25^th July:

Temac Cup:

Chapel, 7pm: Michelle Rooney v Dervla Toal (+2) (Markers: Imelda and Kate)

Hall, 7.30pm: Emma O’Neill v Collette Murtagh

Results:

Ronan McKenna v Martin Rooney: Rooney and McKenna both started well going across the Point Road in two each. McKenna pulled his third across the road leaving Rooney with a useful lead round Mary Ann’s. McKenna recovered with a well-played bowl to Kilpatrick’s. A big shot up the hill from Rooney coupled with McKenna not getting his bowl out from the left, gave Rooney a two-bowl lead at Mullantur. Rooney continued steady bowling to the cap leaving McKenna no chance of recovery. McKenna failed to take his chances round the corner and up the home straight, however a big shot into the last corner gave him a glimmer of hope. Rooney stood up to the challenge, getting near the line from no corner and when McKenna spun his bowl across to Knipe’s Lane, Rooney had nothing to do to beat the mark.

Cormac Conlon v Barry McKenna: A big shot from Conlon down past O’Neill’s opened an early lead of almost a bowl. An out-of-sorts McKenna failed to make any in-roads and before Mullantur, Conlon had increased the lead to nearly two. Young McKenna was slowly finding his form, and a big shot from above Kilpatrick’s opening Mary Ann’s, cut the lead to under a bowl. When Conlon’s next shot took a bad hop off a manhole cover, suddenly his lead was rather slim. A good shot from McKenna to the Point Road left the score level. McKenna put the pressure on, scoring with his last, and when Conlon fell short, hitting the dead kerb, young McKenna had timed his recovery to perfection, leading for the first time at the line.

Daniel Trainor v Colm McGahan: McGahan started the better of the two, and Trainor had to throw a big third shot to level the score at four each by Mary Ann’s. McGahan pulled away again at Kilpatrick’s and Trainor needed the breaks past Mullantur to level it again at Allen’s. A good shot by Trainor from Allen’s to the cap gave him the lead for the first time, and his next, played perfectly to the bridge, put him almost a shot in front. A couple of mistakes from McGahan at O’Neill’s put paid to his chances of recovery, and Trainor ran out a comfortable two bowl winner at the top corner.

With the non-showing of Peter Daly and Eddie Mallon, Paddy O’Neill took on Aidan Conlon in a challenge. In a score when O’Neill failed to hit the heights, Conlon belied his second grade status to run out a comfortable winner.

There was also some action earlier in the holiday week. Connor O’Neill had a narrow victory over Patrick Garvey, winning on the last shot. John Lennon bowled well on Friday evening to bear Cormac Garvey. Stephen O’Neill beat Paul Corrigan by a shot.

We would like to extend our sympathy to Marty McKinney and his family on the death of his uncle, Jim Donnelly. May he rest in peace.

Fixtures and Results

Thurs 13^th July:

Anne Marie Smyth Cup:

Semi-finals:

Chapel, 7pm: Hayley Morgan v Elaine McGrady (Markers: Teresa and Emma O’Neill)

Nesbitt’s Lane, 7.30pm: Maggie Gartland v Claire Mackle

Finals on Tues 18^th July:

Chapel, 7pm: Grade 1a Final

Nesbitt’s Lane, 7.30pm: Grade1b Final

Fri 14^th July:

McKenna Cup:

Chapel, 7pm: Stephen O’Neill v Paul Corrigan (Marker: Patrick)

Nesbitt’s Lane, 7.45pm: John Lennon v Cormac Garvey (+1 shot)

Sat 15^th July:

Temac Cup:

Chapel, 2.30pm: Kerry Dillon v Caoimhe Campbell (Markers: Caroline and Kate)

Hall, 3pm: Kate McVeigh v Pauline Lennon

Chapel, 3.30pm: Donna Patterson v Annette Fullen

Hall, 4pm: Mary Fullerton v Maureen McKinney

Sun 16^th July:

Mary Ann’s Cup: Semi-finals:

Chapel, 11.15am: Daniel Trainor v Colm McGahan (Marker: Paddy O.)

Knipe’s Lane, 12noon: Barry McKenna v Cormac Conlon

McKenna Cup

Chapel, 2.30pm: Paul Mackle v Frank Donnelly (Marker: Mickey McVeigh)

Knipe’s Lane, 3.15pm: Eddie Mallon v Peter Daly

Mon 17^th July:

Challenges:

Chapel, 7pm: Marty and Sé Mullan v Maurice Rooney and Michael O’Neill (Marker: Danny)

Knipe’s Lane, 7.45pm: Danny Trainor and Patrick Garvey v Connor and Paddy O’Neill

Results:

Mickey Quigley v Danny Trainor: Trainor got off to a bad start while Quigley had three good shots to near Mary Ann’s. He was a shot up at the corner and increased his lead to almost two going up the hill. Trainor hit two big shots, both of which got good running, from before Mullantur to twenty yards into the cap. This, aided by a short shot from Quigley below Allen’s, saw a major change with Trainor now taking the lead. Trainor, however, didn’t push home this advantage round the corner to Toby’s, and Quigley then regained a lead of ten yards. Good throwing from Trainor up the straight should have left it a formality when he opened the top corner in three, with Quigley falling short of the corner in three. Quigley, throwing first, fell yards short of the line, but, unbelievably, Trainor slipped up and ended up short of Quigley’s mark. He made up for it, however, when his last, with the help of a fortunate rub, sailed over the top of the hill and he was relieved to see Quigley fall fifty yards short of the mark.

Fixtures and Results

McKenna Cup:

Fri 7^th July:

Chapel, 7pm: Mickey Quigley v Danny Trainor (Marker: Maurice)

Knipe’s Lane, 7.45pm: John Lennon v Cormac Garvey (+1 shot)

Tues 11^th July:

Chapel, 7pm: Connor O’Neill v Patrick Garvey (Marker: Mickey McVeigh)

Knipe’s Lane, 7.45pm: Shane O’Neill jnr v Jason Lennon

Anne Marie Smyth Cup:

Sat 8^th July:

Chapel, 2.30pm: Roisin Mackle v Claire Mackle (Markers: Anna and Bronagh)

Allen’s Lane, 3pm: Hayley Morgan v Sheilagh Rooney

Temac Cup:

Sat 8^th July:

Chapel, 3.30pm: Kate McVeigh v Pauline Lennon

Allen’s Lane, 4pm: Kerry Dillon v Imelda Fay

Chapel, 4.30pm: Donna Patterson v Annette Fullen

Hall, 5pm: Helen McKeown v Maureen McKinney

Mon 10^th July:

Chapel, 7pm: Emma O’Neill v Danielle Grimley (Markers: Caroline and Teresa M)

Allen’s Lane, 7.30pm: Anne Marie Smyth Cup: Alisha Rooney v Kelly Mullan

We would all like to congratulate Philip Corrigan on winning the Portmor Cup, well done, Philip. Good Luck to all the Armagh throwers in Cork this weekend.

Results:

Anthony Rooney v Daniel Trainor:

With Kevin Daly not appearing, a speedy decision was made on the road to promote his opponent, Anthony Rooney, and throw his next round score against Daniel Trainor. Rooney’s short second shot left young Trainor with a valuable lead of almost a bowl at McKinney’s, but Rooney threw a big shot to the point of Mary Ann’s to nearly level the score. Trainor, however, was not to be denied, and used his superior speed up the hill to be nearly a bowl up after Mullantur. Rooney tried to regain the lost ground, but Trainor was still nearly a bowl up at the start of the cap. Trainor’s next, unbelievably, put the score over as a contest, when, from past Nesbitt’s lane he pulled his bowl to perfection and it sailed round the corners to almost Toby’s lane. With Rooney going nearly three shots out at this point, he decided to shake hands.

Back down the road in a hastily arranged three corner, Ronan McKenna and Paddy O’Neill got the better of Anthony Rooney and Martin Rooney and Danny Trainor and Kevin Daly.

Patrick Garvey and Michael O’Neill v Cormac Garvey and Ethan Rafferty:

The afternoon challenge was a somewhat depleted affair with the main senior protagonists not appearing. Patrick and Cormac Garvey stepped into the breach and a very tight and interesting score ensued. Some very big shots were thrown by all throwers and nothing could separate the two sides all the way to Mary Ann’s corner. Here Michael O’Neill produced a miler to almost the Point Road to help his team on the road to victory, recording a last shot win.