Lisnagarvey four are champions
John McCloughlin, Gareth McCloughlin, Ivan Craig and Neil Mulholland beat the Balmoral rink, skipped by Clifford Craig, 21-16 in the final.
Garvey were 0-5 down early on but came back to 5-5 and after that it was nip and tuck as both rinks tried to stamp their authority on the game.
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Hide AdGarvey opened up a gap at 16-12 and led 19-16 with an end left, though Balmoral were lying two before Garvey took the shots out and were two up themselves.
In the fours semi-finals, which were postponed because of heavy rain on the Wednesday night and switched to Friday evening, there was success for the Garvey four.
Mulholland’s rink were comfortable 21-13 winners over Matt Reid, Balmoral in the semi-final.
There as disappointment on the Monday night at Carrickfergus when both local open singles competitors lost in the semi-finals.
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Hide AdLisnagarvey’s Philip Cromie had a close battle with Andrew Corrigan, Portadown, but lost 21-16, while Gavin Clinghan, Dromore, could not handle Marty McHugh, Whitrehead, and lost 21-8.
In the rinks the Dromore four, J. Dawson, G. McDowell, A. Johnston and D. McCandless went out 22-15 to C. Craig, Balmoral, but it was tight enough at times.
- Dromore took a point off NIBA Division One leaders, Bangor, in the re-arranged game on Tuesday night at Holm Park.
James McKenny got the point for the locals, who are virtually doomed to relegation.
But, they did give Bangor a good run in the other games, but to no avail.