St. Michael's unbeaten run ended
Editorial Department • Published 12 Jan 2012 13:00
0 Comments
Enniskillen club St. Michael's A were on the receiving end for the first time this year on Tuesday evening when Clogher Valley were deserving winners by 3 points to 1.
It has to be said that St Michael's were without the services of international skip Jude Morris, but this does not take away from the fine performance by the Fivemiletown club who now take over the second position in section A.
Pride of place has to go to Basil Stubbs' rink of Frances Cartwright, Blaney Cartwright and Trevor Stubbs who romped home to victory in their games against St Michael's James McCaffery and Paul Wilson by 15 shots to 1 and 17 shots to 6 respectively.
Matt Livingstone sealed Clogher Valley's memorable win by defeating James McCaffery's rink by a 9 shots to 3 margin. With only five week's fixtures remaining St Michael's A still remain favourites in this section to book a semi final place in the play-offs holding a seven point advantage over Clogher Valley at the top.
In the remaining game in Section A, Trory B edged victory over Florencecourt in a bottom of the section encounter.
In section B it was all change at the top. With Cleenish having a bye, Mullaghdun and St Mary's took over positions number one and two respectively.
This section seems to be going to the wire with only two points separating the top three teams and Mullaghdun leading the way. The Belcoo team added a very important three points from their game with Royal British Legion. Niall Cox's rink was in top form and secured Mullaghdun's win after they chalked up an 8 shots to 6 victory over the Legion's R Livingston, followed by a superb 15 shots to 3 win against Legion's Janet Brown.
St Mary's kept their name in the hat for a semi-final place when they collected the maximum 4 points comfortably against Cavanacarragh,
In the only game in section C, Kilskeery looked the better team in the first two games against Wellington B having drawn one and their rink skipped by Trevor Brian defeating Ivor Armstrong's rink by 8 shots to 3, but in the remaining two games Wellington secured an overall win by winning both with Ivor's rink defeating Jamie Beatty and Caroline Scott's rink edging victory by 2 shots. Wellington B now trail their club rivals Wellington A by three points in this section and still remain in their as possible qualifiers.
In section D, Tamlaght side Derryvullan continued their successful season after ending with an important three points from their encounter with St Michael's B. Ian McElroy's rink going home with a 100 per cent record on the night after they had relatively easy victories over St Michael's B rinks skipped by Gaby Maguire and Gordon Beatty whose rink were the Enniskillen team's only point earners of the evening when they defeated Roly Nixon's rink by 11 shots to 9.
In the 'Lakelander's derby', the A team collected three points which still leave them trailing the leaders by 2.5 points with both having played the same number of games. Will Stevenson's B team rink saved the brush for their team when they easily defeated Wilfie Crawford's rink by 10 shots to 5. collecting a four and a three on the way.
This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 12 Jan 12
Return to the main index, get more from this section or browse our Sport archives.
